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MS. Heb. a. 2

Contents:
A fragment of a marriage contract
Marriage contract; magical formulae
Fragments of Hebrew documents
A marriage contract between Japheth son of Solomon and Berakhah daughter of Shemariah
Marriage contract; Leviticus
A marriage contract
An Arabic document
A document concerning a sale of property
A will, in Arabic
Fragment of a marriage contract
[14 more parts]

MS. Heb. a. 3

Contents:
Letters and legal documents

MS. Heb. b. 3

Contents:
Document in Arabic
Document
A fragment of a marriage contract
An Arabic document
Documents
A conveyance of property
Document; liturgical
Fragment of a marriage contract
[24 more parts]

MS. Heb. b. 11

Contents:
Letters and deeds

MS. Heb. b. 12

Contents:
Dees and letters

MS. Heb. b. 13

Contents:
Mishnah ברכות with the commentary of Maimonides in Arabic
Mishnah
Tosefta טבול יום and עוקצין, ed. Zuckermandel, p. 685, line 16 (ומאה) to p. 687, line 33 (ששלקן אין)
Babylonian Talmud ראש השנה, fol. 29b, line 21 (בר לחמא) to fol. 32, line 26 (אף כאן)
Babylonian Talmud חגיגה
Alfasi בבא קמא i. 2 (למעוטי מאי) to ii. 2 (וחצי נזק הוא)
Fragments of Midrash בראשית רבה
Fragment of Midrash
Rashi ’s commentary on Exodus xxxiv. 31 (הוא כל) to Leviticus v. 17 (ביום הכפורים ע̇א̇כ̇ו̇)
Title מן תפסיר בראשית, commentary in Arabic on Genesis
[26 more parts]

MS. Heb. c. 13

Contents:
A deed in Arabic conveying property
A fragment of a magical treatise in Arabic
A fragment of entries in Arabic
Letter
Three oblong slips containing lists of names
A fragment of a letter (?)
A fragment of some business record in Arabic
The end of a commercial document, in which שלושה חנותים are mentioned
A fragment of an Arabic commercial document
[11 more parts]

MS. Heb. c. 28

Contents:
Deeds and letters

MS. Heb. d. 46

Contents:
Midrash on Psalms
Arabic commentary on Isaiah iii. 16
Seadiah Gaon's אזהרה
Responsa
Halakhic commentary on Babylonian Talmud זבחים
Arabic text of Maimonides' מורה הנבוכים
Midrash on Exodus xxix. 1
Midrash on the ten commandments
Sayings as in חופת אליהו
Passages from the Bab. Talmud
[18 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 58

Contents:
ספרא
Babylonian Talmud ברכות
Babylonian Talmud ראש השנה
A commentary on Babylonian Talmud נדה, fol. 69b
Commentary on Babylonian Talmud ביצה
A commentary on Babylonian Talmud זבחים
Rationalistic commentary on Gen. xxi-xxiv
A fragment of a prayer-book in Arabic for י̇ה̇כ̇
Mishnah אבות
Mishnah and Talmud for daily recitation
[20 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 61

Contents:
Fragment of the Arabic text of Judah hal-levi’s כוזרי
An astrological fragment, headed ברג̇ אלחות
Legal documents
Homilies on the פרשיות
Fragments in Arabic
Liturgical pieces
Commentary in Arabic on Halakhoth
Fragment of the Arabic commentary of Samuel b. Ḥofni on Numbers xxi. 31 to xxii. 1
Halakha in Arabic on חזקה
Fragment of a commentary in Arabic on Deuteronomy v. 19-23
[29 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 65

Contents:
Fragment of a כתובה
Deed, in Arabic
Fragment of a quittance
Letter of consolation
Business letter, in Arabic
Fragment of a letter
כתובה
[34 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 66

Contents:
Fragment of a deed, in Arabic
Letter, in Arabic
Fragment of the end of a conveyance
Deed, in Arabic
Contract, in Arabic
Responsum, in Arabic
Deeds, in Arabic
[126 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 68

Contents:
Alfasi תענית
Fragments of Rashi's commentary on Babylonian Talmud עירובין
Babylonian Talmud גיטין fol. 77b, line 1 (בתקנת) to the end of the chapter
Fragment of מעשיות
Fragment of a grammatical work, on the forms of the verb
Fragments of Maimonides in Arabic
Fragment of a controversial work in Arabic
Commentary in Arabic on the beg. of כי תזריע (Lev. xii. 2-4)
Fragment of a sermon or treatise, in Arabic, on retribution
Biblical verses, followed by liturgical poems
[22 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 75

Contents:
Alfasi הלכות ציצית, parts of fols. 86a to 87a
Halakhoth or commentary on יבמות, the beg. of chapter x
Arabic letter; Halakha on Gittin
Midrash Tanḥuma, end of פר̇ תבא and beg. of נצבים
Headed לך לך, fragment of a homily on that parasha, from Gen. 15,4 to 15,18
Fragment of a theological treatise in Arabic
Fragment of an Arabic commentary on Lev. 25, in connection with Mishnah B. Mezia iv. 10 and v. 1
Fragment of D. Qimḥi's commentary on 1 Chron. 4,3-17
Fragment of an Arabic responsum (?)
Legal document
[18 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 76

Contents:
Lev. 1,12-17
Lev.13,6-18, 21,7-24
Isaiah 56,2 - 57,6
Saadia's Arabic version of Exod. 28,36 – 29,17; 29,18-46; 32,6-27; 32,31 - 33,16
Commentaries on Genesis
Rashi's commentary on Gen. 42,14 – 43,8, (fol. 13) 43,19 – 44,19, (fol. 15) 45,1 – 46,7
Haggadah
Arabic commentary on Num. 31,3-8
Arabic commentary on Hos. 7,13 – 9,15
Commentary on the end of Ps. 90 to nearly the end of Ps. 91
[34 more parts]

MS. Heb. d. 80

Contents:
Gen. 18,11 to 19,9
Gen. 21,18 to 23,10 and (fol. 4) 24,14-42
Rashi's commentary on Gen. 31,30-49, but with additions
Num. 20,14 to 21,9
Ezek. 1,12 to 10,7
Psalms 147,12 to 149,9
Job 6,14 to 7,10 and (fol. 17) 13,7 to 14,15
Lam. 1,21 to the end of the book, followed (fol. 22v) by Esther 1,1 to 2,22
Liturgical
Arabic treatise on degrees of relationship
[15 more parts]

MS. Heb. e. 45

Contents:
Part of a controversial treatise, in Arabic, on the differences between Rabbanites and Karaites
Lists of the Pentateuch lessons
The lessons for week-days
Liturgical fragment
Masoretic fragment
Rhymed prose
An Arabic sermon
A treatise on אביב
Some philosophical treatise
An Arabic history of the Kings according to the book of Kings
[18 more parts]

MS. Heb. e. 70

Contents:
Hymns
Arabic translation of prayers with commentary
Liturgical
אזהרות
On the story of Joseph
[6 more parts]

MS. Heb. e. 74

Contents:
Fragment of a book of formulae for letters
Part of a commentary, in Arabic, on Deuteronomy
Fragment of a theological work (or commentary ?), in Arabic
Fragment of a commentary, in Arabic, on Jeremiah xvii. 22, 23
Commentary, in Arabic, on Exodus
Commentary, in Arabic, on Leviticus xvii. 4 to 14
Philosophical work, in Arabic, on שיר השירים
Magical recipes
Poems
Commentary, in Arabic, on difficult passages in Babylonian Talmud שבת
[37 more parts]

MS. Heb. e. 98

Contents:
Miscellaneous fragments.

MS. Heb. e. 105

Contents:
Miscellaneous fragments.

MS. Heb. f. 18

Contents:
An Arabic treatise in defence of the Rabbanitic belief in an oral law, against the Karaites, On the number of letters in the Biblical books, etc.

MS. Heb. f. 24

Contents:
Two sermons for the feast of Purim, in Arabic

MS. Heb. f. 40

Contents:
A chronicle in Arabic, from the creation to the year 4919 A.M. = 1470 Sel. = 553 A.H. = 1159 A.D., divided into seven sections

MS. Heb. f. 57

Contents:
Liturgical fragments
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