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MS. Heb. e. 50

Physical Description

Ff. 72.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Wertheimer, 1893 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 50/1

Contents

Casuistical treatise in Arabic

beg. with the fourteenth chapter, headed פי ואג̇באת אלאבל ולואזמה עלי אלכואץ מן אקרבאיה ואלעואם מנהם פנקול, on the rules of mourning, divided into thirteen parts (קסם), ending with the following words: פהאדה י̇ג̇ קסם תלזם אלאנסאן פי חק ואלדיה דון סאיר אלאהל.

Next comes (fol. 5) ומן מאתת זוג̇תה ולם יכן לה ולד.

There are the following quotations:

a (fol. 7) וכדלך מן קתלה אלסלטאן או עסכר או עדו או מא שבה דלך פאן אלאבילות ואגבה עליה מד ידפן או מד יקע אלמנע ואלאיאם מן דפנה וכדאלך קאל רב שרירא ורב האיי ז̇ל̇;

b (fol. 8b) וקאל רבינו שמואל בן חפני גאון ז̇צ̇ל̇ אן אלדין יתבעון אלג̇נאזה יג̇וז אן יכונו כלפהא וקדאמהא עלי מא קאל אלקדמא את שלפני המטה...;

c (fol. 9) R. Natronai is quoted;

d (fol. 9b) R. Paltoi is quoted;

e (fol. 10) וקאל רבינו סעדיה גאון ז̇צ̇ל̇ אן אלאבל יברך ברכת מזון לנפסה;

f (ibid.) וקאל רב גאון ז̇ל̇.

Haya is often quoted.—Chap. xv (fol. 10b) is headed פי ואג̇באת בתי כניסיות, concerning the duties in the synagogue;

chap. xvi (fol. 16) is headed פי נט̇אם תרתיב אלברכות, on the order of the blessings, incomplete.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; 8vo, paper.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Wertheimer, 1893 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 50/2

Contents

Fol. 17
The text of 1 Samuel xxiii. 11 (כאשר) to xxvi. 6 (לאמר)

with vowel points, accents, and a few Masoretic notes.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Yemen Rabb. char.; 8vo, paper. (Part of the same MS. as No. 7)

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Wertheimer, 1893 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 50/3

Contents

Fol. 25
Text of Jeremiah l. 11 (ותצהלי) to verse 44 (מעליה)

Blank spaces in the MS. before verses 17, 28, 31, and 41.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 8vo, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Wertheimer, 1893 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 50/4

Contents

סליחות

With vowel points (Segol sometimes expressed by the sign of Pathah).

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 27) introduction (beg. missing);

b.

(fol. 28b) beg. אהה על רוב פשעי (חטאנו);

c.

(fol. 29b) תֿהלתך בשחרית הקשיבה (לשחרית), ת to ז;

d.

(fol. 31) איך אֿזלה ידי (למוסף), א̇ב̇;

e.

(fol. 32b) (למנחה) אפפוני חבלי זדוני, acr. אברהם;

f.

(fol. 33b) הרביתי לפשוע והשחתי, end missing.

Physical Description

Yemen Rabb. char.; 8vo, paper.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Wertheimer, 1893 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 50/5

Contents

Fol. 34
וידוי attributed to R. Nissim (with variations, beg. and end missing), a few vowel points.
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; 8vo, paper, injured.
Probably by the same hand as No. 6.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Wertheimer, 1893 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 50/6

Contents

Fol. 38
Headed ודוי חטאנו לערבית לכפור

beg. חטאנו לפניך בכל רַגַע, incomplete; with vowel points.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Yemen Rabb. char.; 8vo, paper, injured.
Probably by the same hand as No. 5.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Wertheimer, 1893 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 50/7

Contents

Fol. 40
Text of Psalms (part of the same MS. as ff. 17 to 24) lxxx. 9 (ותטעה, MS. lxxviii) to lxxxix. 49 (מי, MS. lxxxvii).
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

(Part of the same MS. as No. 2)

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Wertheimer, 1893 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 50/8

Contents

Liturgies
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 50) יחיש שלומן, ends ודלת ראשך כארגמן;

b.

(ibid.) כארג) יופרס מסך לחוגגים), and small pieces for שבעה of פסח, followed by short פזמונים, some headed ל = לחן;

c.

(fol. 56b) עבדים נקחו, acr. עמרם חזן;

d.

(fol. 57) יוצאים ביד רמה, acr. יעקוב (each letter twice).

This is followed again by small פזמונים.

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; 8vo, paper.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Wertheimer, 1893 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. e. 50/9

Contents

Liturgies for the seventh day of Pesah, headed מעמד ויושע

Partly with vowel points.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 59b) אגמונו שלהף (א̇ב̇);

b.

(fol. 61) תלאוב עיקפם (ת̇ש̇ר̇ק̇);

c.

(fol. 62) יד הימנית חצבה רהב (acr. יוסף ברבי ניסן?);

d.

(fol. 64) קראוך... ידו נטה על הים (acr. יהודה חזק);

e.

(fol. 64b) אמנם עשר שירות, followed by small פזמונים;

f.

(fol. 65b) איכר וצמדו כהורהו, headed א̇ב̇) קיקלר), followed by two short פזמונים;

g.

(fol. 67b) מזמור שירו ליי שיר, headed ל̇ בשיר השירים;

h.

(fol. 68b) בשלח און קובץ (ובכן), followed by short פזמונים, headed לחן = ל, incomplete.

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; 8vo, paper.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Wertheimer, 1893 (from the Genizah).

Additional Information

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Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. ii, by Adolf Neubauer and Arthur Ernest Cowley, Oxford 1906, No. 2687.

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