Includes Nezikin and Kodashim with indexes by Aviʻezri Zelig Oyerbakh; commentaries and notes by Avraham Oyerbakh. Includes sermons on the weekly Torah portions. Autograph. Author's name and date o... Show moreIncludes Nezikin and Kodashim with indexes by Aviʻezri Zelig Oyerbakh; commentaries and notes by Avraham Oyerbakh. Includes sermons on the weekly Torah portions. Autograph. Author's name and date of birth appears in Yosef Avivi's book "Rabbinic manuscripts", item #62, page 25. Show less
This manuscript is the oldest known text of the Sheʼiltot, the first work with an attribution of authorship to be composed after the redaction of the Talmud (ca. 500 C.E.). Its combination of halak... Show moreThis manuscript is the oldest known text of the Sheʼiltot, the first work with an attribution of authorship to be composed after the redaction of the Talmud (ca. 500 C.E.). Its combination of halakhic, aggadic, and ethical elements are arranged according to the weekly Torah portion as well as the portions pertaining to holidays. Sheʼiltot may be translated as "questions" or "discourses." Since much of the subject matter of the manuscript predates the final editing of the Talmud, these discourses are important in establishing accurate readings of many talmudic texts. This manuscript is crucial for the establishment of a critical edition of the Sheʼiltot. In Oriental semi-cursive script; headings in square script; numerous marginal glosses in several later hands. Scribe unknown. Ruled in hardpoint, single-column text, 27 lines; brown ink. Sassoon no. 415. Physical manuscript previously owned by: Sasson ben Mordecai Barzani of Mosul; David Solomon Sassoon. Show less
Two cycles of sermons on the Pentateuch and festivals, and on Tractate Yevamot. Written in author's own handwriting. Fifty lines to a page; Ashkenazic script. Dated: Strasbourg, 28 Shevat, 5568 [18... Show moreTwo cycles of sermons on the Pentateuch and festivals, and on Tractate Yevamot. Written in author's own handwriting. Fifty lines to a page; Ashkenazic script. Dated: Strasbourg, 28 Shevat, 5568 [1808]. Includes index. Show less