Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• Jona, Solomon Michel, -1811
  יונה, ישעיה חזקיה שלמה מיכאל בן שמעון

Other related names

• Saruco, Solomon, 1752-1784, addressee
  סרוק, שלמה.
• Treves, Yeḥiʼel Ḥayim, addressee
  טריביש, יחיאל חיים.
• Melle, Benjamin Ha-kohen, active 18th century, addressee
  מעלי, בנימין הכהן.
• Yaʼir Neḥemiah ben Mosheh ʻAzaryah, active 18th century, addressee
  יאיר נחמיה בן משה עזריה.

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9978084714103681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1479340642
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1229058

Publisher

Language

Origin

Date

between 1779 and 1793

Place

Vercelli : Turin, Italy

Summary

Collection of personal documents of the rabbi of Turin, including responsa and correspondence.

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

Support

Provenance

• Sold by Refa'eli Auctions (Jerusalem), January 2022.
   

Subjects topical

• Manuscripts, Hebrew--Italy--Vercelli--18th century--Specimens
• Manuscripts, Hebrew--Italy--Turin--18th century--Specimens
• Letters
• Hague (Netherlands)
• Amsterdam (Netherlands)
• Turin (Italy)
• Vercelli (Italy)

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Manuscripts, European
• Responsa (Jewish law)
• Personal correspondence

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — [Novellae on the Talmudic topic of witness signatures on official documents, or עדי חתימה כרתי, Vercelli?, undated]
• fol. 3r — [Appeal to brother-in-law Solomon Saruco, Hague, Netherlands, regarding plight of brother Rafael Jona, Turin, undated]
• fol. 5r — [Responsa, regarding immersion of vessels, Torino?, undated]
• fol. 7r — [Responsa, regarding handwashing and additional fiscal laws, Torino [Turin], undated]
• fol. 8r — [Responsa, 2 Heshvan 5544 [28 October 1783], written regarding a woman who wished to take medicine for difficulties with menstruation]
• fol. 10r — [Draft of letter, written to Benjamin Ha-kohen Melle [of Amsterdam?], updating details regarding a civil lawsuit, undated]
• fol. 11r — [Letter written by brother-in-law Yechiel Treves, and undersigned by Jona, admonishing a synagogue confraternity and a call for communal order, Vercelli, 2 Sivan 5539 [17 May 1779]]
• fol. 13r — [Responsa to Yaʼir Neḥemiah ben Mosheh ʻAzaryah, ritual scribe and shohet of Turin, regarding traditions of space placings in Torah scrolls, separating portions of the Book of Genesis; Turin, 22 Tevet 5547 [12 January 1787]
• fol. 14r — [Responsa document, Italian and Hebrew, regarding the validity of a Torah scroll which the letter ḥet was damaged, and a mourner seeking to be involved with business to avoid losses; Vercelli, 13 July 1794]