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Or 17123

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032-004397026

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Or 17123

Title:

Sermons and homilies on passages from Deuteronomy

Scope & Content:

Sermons and homilies on the Pentateuch: Deuteronomy. Written or collected and edited by Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor.

Or 17123 (1): 6 extracts from Malbim’s work ha-Torah ṿeha-mitsṿah / התורה והמצוה on Deuteronomy. [1] Recto columns A & B: on the Shema‘ / שמע, Deuteronomy 6:4. [2] Recto column C: on the ‘removal of the shoe’ ceremony, Deuteronomy 25:5-10. [3] Recto column D: ‘You shall repeat and say: My father was a lost Aramite’, Deuteronomy 26:5. [4] Verso columns A – C: on the ‘confession’ made when presenting first fruits, Deuteronomy 26:1-11. [5] Verso columns C – D: ‘Look out from Your holy dwelling’, Deuteronomy 26:15. [6] Verso column D: the difference between tithes before the giving of the Torah and once the Torah has been given, on Deuteronomy 26:12-15.

Or 17123 (2): Homiletic items on passages in Deuteronomy, Pericope Ṿa-’etḥanan / ואתחנן, and Pericope Nitsavim / נצבים and its haftarah (Isaiah 61:11). Sources include: Derekh Yesharah / דרך ישרה; and Binah la-‘itim /בינה לעתים.

Or 17123 (3): On Pericope Va-’etḥanan / ואתחנן, multiple homiletic items on select phrases from Deuteronomy 3:23-25, ‘I prayed to the Lord for grace at that time, saying: Lord, God, You have begun to show to Your servant Your greatness and Your powerful hand; For who is a god in the heavens and on earth who can do as Your deeds and as your acts of strength? Now, let me pass over so that I may see the good land that is on the other side of the Jordan, this good mountain, and Lebanon’, and 4:4, ‘However you, who are attached to the Lord, your God, all are alive this day’.

Or 17123 (4): Homiletic items on Pericope ‘Eḳev / עקב, including the segue from the end of Pericope va-’Etḥannan / ואתחנן, Deuteronomy 7:11, into the beginning of Pericope ‘Eḳev / עקב, Deuteronomy 7:12. Sources include: Pene Daṿid / פני דוד; Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (indicated by עש”יר = Ezra Sassoon Reuben); and ‘Arve Naḥal / ערבי נחל.

Or 17123 (5): Homiletic items on Pericope ‘Eḳev / עקב, including the segue from the end of Pericope Ṿa’etḥannan / ואתחנן into the beginning of Pericope ‘Eḳev / עקב. The 35 items contained herein are written in several different handwritings, indicating that HED added items over the years. Only the last 10 items contain attribution, to Ohel Ya‘aḳov / אהל יעקב.

Or 17123 (6): Homiletic items on Pericope Re’e / ראה . The 45 items contained herein are written in several different handwritings, indicating that HED added items over the years. Only the last items included attributions, although an attribution was later added to an earlier item. Sources include: Derekh yesharah / דרך ישרה; ‘Areve Naḥal / ערבי נחל (to Pericope Nitsavim / נצבים); Midrash Rabbah; and Midrash Tanḥuma.

Or 17123 (7): Homiletic items on Pericope Shofeṭim / שופטים. The 13 items contained herein are written in several different handwritings, indicating that HED added items over the years. Only the last item contains an attribution, to Midrash Rabbah on this pericope.

Or 17123 (8): Sermon on Pericope Shofeṭim / שופטים. Epigraph: the opening verse of the pericope, Deuteronomy 16:18, ‘Judges and officers shall you place for yourselves in all of your gates … and they shall judge the nation with a righteous judgment’; lemma: Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 5a, on edification through afflictions and ‘afflictions of love’. HED makes references to his manuscript notebooks: recto column A, to page 136; verso column A, to page 171.

Or 17123 (9): Homiletic items on Pericope Ki Tetse / כי תצא, all 4 items without attribution, and all on the opening verse, Deuteronomy 21:10, ‘When you go forth in battle over your enemy, the Lord will deliver him into your hand’.

Or 17123 (10): From Isaac Arama’s ‘Aḳedat Yitsḥaḳ / עקידת יצחק volume 5 – Deuteronomy, Gate 98, on the beginning of Pericope Ki Tavo / כי תבוא, which contains an exploration of the theme of attaining inner freedom via subjugation to and covenant with God. Excursus on humans’ natural desire for freedom.

Or 17123 (11): Fragment of collection of homiletic items on Pericope Ki Tavo / כי תבוא. Sources include: Derekh Yesharah / דרך ישרה; and Rosh Daṿid / ראש דוד.

Or 17123 (12): On Pericope Ki Tavo / כי תבוא: From ‘Torah ’or’ / תורה אור section of Rabbi Leibush Malbim’s Torah commentary, introduction to the covenant of Deuteronomy chapter 28, including the curse section. Discusses Divine goodness and compassion, transgression vs. fulfilment of divine commands, recompense (reward and punishment).

Or 17123 (13): Approximately 23 homiletic items (including a scored-out item) on Pericope Nitsavim / נצבים and for the coinciding Sabbath of Repentance (Return) / שבת תשובה, including the special haftara. Written in several different handwritings, indicating that HED added items over the years. Only the last item contains an attribution, to oral transmission (‘I heard it’).

Or 17123 (14): Homiletic items on Pericope Pericope Nitsavim / נצבים and for the coinciding Sabbath of Repentance (Return) / שבת תשובה, including the special haftara. Sources include: Derekh Yesharah / דרך ישרה; Rosh Daṿid / ראש דוד; and She’erit Ya‘aḳov / שארית יעקב.

Or 17123 (15): On Pericope Nitsavim / נצבים: Handheld piece of stiff paper with ‘chapter-headings’ and single-word reminders of topics on this weekly Torah portion. Draft on recto, with some scoring out; revised version on verso. (Presumably this served HED in public preaching.)

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Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

The Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor Archive

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

15 separate items:

Or 17123 (1): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (2): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (3): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (4): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (5): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (6): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (7): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (8): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (9): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (10): 6 folios.

Or 17123 (11): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (12): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (13): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (14): 1 folio.

Or 17123 (15): 1 folio.

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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 17123 (1): Black ink on single sheet of yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 373 mm x 242 mm.

Or 17123 (2): Brown ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 148 mm x 100 mm.

Or 17123 (3): Dark brown or black ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 403 mm x 295 mm.

Or 17123 (4): Black – grey ink with purple underlinings on single sheet of onionskin paper, approximately 222 mm x 90 mm.

Or 17123 (5): Black – grey ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 403 mm x 293 mm.

Or 17123 (6): Black ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 402 mm x 294 mm.

Or 17123 (7): Black and grey ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 296 mm x 200 mm.

Or 17123 (8): Black ink on single sheet of yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 291 mm x 198 mm. Paper manufacturer’s logo embossed (top: recto column A = verso column B).

Or 17123 (9): Black – grey ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 295 mm x 201 mm.

Or 17123 (10): 1 handsewn quire consisting of 6 bifolia forming 12 folios, the first 6 of which are used. Approximately 136 mm x 109 mm. Black ink on graph paper.

Or 17123 (11): Fragment of single sheet of paper, approximately 75 mm x 50 mm, written in grey ink.

Or 17123 (12): Black ink on single sheet of yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 415 mm x 260 mm.

Or 17123 (13): Black and brown ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 300 mm x 198 mm.

Or 17123 (14): Black ink on single sheet of light blue paper, approximately 132 mm x 78 mm.

Or 17123 (15): Black ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 183 mm x 62 mm.

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Custodial History:

Dangoor Family

Source of Acquisition:

Dangoor Family (heirs of the author / editor)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

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