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Or 17112

Record Id:

032-004396037

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004396037

MDARK:

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ISAD(G)

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Or 17112

Title:

Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's Sermons: drought, illness, recovery

Scope & Content:

Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's (HED’s) sermons on drought, illness, and recovery

Or 17112 (1): Sermon for the drought, 10th of the Month of Shevaṭ 5669 [Anno Mundi = Monday, 1 Feb 1909 CE], week of Torah portion Be-Shalaḥ. The lemma is a passage from Exodus Rabbah 21:4, on the week’s Torah reading. The Midrash begins with a lemma from the week’s pericope, ‘Why do you cry out to Me?’ (Exodus 14:15). The theme is that God listens to the prayers of every person. The original context is Israel’s cry when they were trapped between the sea and Pharoah’s army. The present context is to cry out to God to end the drought.

Or 17112 (2): Sermon for the drought, Thursday of the Torah portion Yitro, 20th of the Month of Shevaṭ [5669 Anno Mundi = 11 Feb 1909 CE], after the morning prayers. The lemma is a group of extracts from Exodus Rabbah 28, on the week’s Torah reading. The Midrash begins with a lemma from the week’s pericope, ‘I am the Lord your God [Who brought you forth from the Land of Egypt]’ (Exodus 20:2), and discusses the special connection between God and the People of Israel.

Or 17112 (3): Sermon: quest to reconcile God and the People: God should end the drought; and the people should live a divinely meaningful life. Epigraph: ‘This is the teaching regarding the ‘olah [= burnt offering], it is the ‘olah’ (Leviticus 6:2). HED makes reference to midrash on this verse, but he did not copy the text of the midrash. Next, he offers a rhymed plea to God to end the drought and send rain. Then he addresses the congregation, opening with a phrase that forms an acrostic of the Tetragrammaton: ‘Let the men understand; let the women listen’ / יבינו האנשים וישמעו הנשים, exhorting them to live ultimately meaningful lives.

Or 17112 (4): Sermon: ethical / spiritual antidote to illness. Begins in the middle of the topic, ‘Now, let us go back and see, regarding the third affliction that comes from the illness that frightens us: Does it have an easy cure …?’

Or 17112 (5): ‘Sermon that I delivered at the dinner for the beginning of the month, Thursday, beginning of the month Kisleṿ 5648 [Anno Mundi = 17 November 1887 CE], before the sages and rabbis of our city, Baghdad, may God protect it, for the lovingkindness that blessed God did with me – when, this past Elul, I was [in the City Ḥy ?], where I took ill. God sent me His help from the sanctuary (cf. Psalm 20:2): He healed me and He made me live. May it be His will that he prolong my days in good and my years in pleasantness. May this be His will; Amen! / דרוש שדרשתי בסעודת ר"ח וים ה' ר"ח כסליו תרמ"ח בפני חו"ר עירנו בגדאד יע"א על החסד שעשה השי"ת עמי בהיותי בחו' אלול העבר פעיר חי ונחליתי שם וה' שלח לי עזרו מקדש והחלמני והחייני י"ר שיאריך ימי בטוב ושנותי בנעימים כיר"א. After an opening lemma from Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 60b, ‘“A person is obligated to bless [God] for bad similarly to for good; and for good similarly to for bad.” What is the meaning …’, HED opens with a phrase that forms an acrostic of the Tetragrammaton: ‘Let the listeners understand, and let the wise intelligize’ / יבינו השומעים וישכילו החכמים.

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Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

The Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor Archive

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-004396037

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-004396037

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

5 Separate items:

Or 17112 (1): 8 folios.

Or 17112 (2): 15 folios.

Or 17112 (3): 1 folio.

Or 17112 (4): 2 folios.

Or 17112 (5): 20 folios.

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Digitised Content:

Languages:

Hebrew

Scripts:

Hebrew

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1930

Date Range:

1860-1930

Era:

Access:

Unavailable as awaiting conservation

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Physical Characteristics:

Or 17112 (1): Black and brown ink on 3 folios of an 8-folio paper quire, approximately 171 mm x 109 mm. Hand bound with string.

Or 17112 (2): Black and grey ink on 15 folios of a 16-folio quire of yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 171 mm x 110 mm. Hand bound with string.

Or 17112 (3): Black ink on paper, approximately 261 mm x 210 mm.

Or 17112 (4): Black ink on paper, one bifolium making two folios, approximately 182 mm x 112 mm.

Or 17112 (5): Black and grey ink on 20 folios of a 26-folio quire (including the cover, which contains writing), on paper, mostly yellowing and acidic, approximately 134 mm x 108 mm.

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Custodial History:

Dangoor Family

Source of Acquisition:

Dangoor Family (heirs of the author)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Dangoor, Ezra Reuben, Ḥakham Bashi = Chief Rabbi, 1848-1930