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Fol. 1
Fragment of Judah ben Barzilai ’s commentary on the ספר יצירה (ed. Halberstam, p.182, line 22 to the end of p. 184), with many variants and additions.
Language(s): Hebrew

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Fol. 5
Averroes ’ Arabic commentary on Aristotle ’s Sophistics (?)

the following passage may help identification (fol. 5b):

קאל תם קולנא בלא מוג̇אלט̇ה בתשאבה אלאסמא לאנה לו קאל קאיל כאן אלאסכנדר מלכא וקאל אכ̇ר לם יכון אלאסכנדר מלכא

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Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 6
A fragment of an Arabic sermon (?)

a section beg. (fol. 6b) וקד סכר אלה אלאכים אלמוכלפין להא אלדי תשהד עליהם באן אלה יועדבהום בנאר יקרון באנהא כותב אלה פכותב אלה יומנא הדא היא אנפעלנא....

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 8
A fragment of an Arabic introduction to Job

a section beg. וקד ינבג̇י אן נעלם אן הדא אלכתאב הו עלי אהל אלעאלם. לא עלי איוב וחדה. ואן מנה איצ̇א שרח מא פי אלכתאב מא לם יתביין מן תם..

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 10
Fragment of a deed in Arabic

dated Fostat, 1545 Sel. = 1234 A.D.:

the second line reads [אב]רהם הרב המובהק דגל הרבנים יחיד הדור ופלאו ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו את אשר אמר... מר̇ ור̇ טהוי הזקן היקר נ̇ע̇ אלמערוף באבן אלניסאן;

last line, עולם לערער על רבנו חננאל ש̇צ̇ ממכר הדירה הזאת.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Origin: Fostat; 1234

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Responsum on difficult words in Babylonian Talmud
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 11) שבת ff. 3b to 7b;

the following passage occurs (fol. 11b) מגילת סתרים מגלה שיש בה הלכות פסוקות כעין ספר הלכות שאינן בתלמוד שמצוי אצל כל אדם לפיכך נקרא מגילת סתרים;

b.

(fol. 12) שבת ff. 45b to 52.

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Responsa

beginning missing; the first complete one beg. (fol. 13) ודשאילת היכי דאמי טובת הנאה אינה ממון;

followed by וששא̇ל היכי דאמי מינין הראוי לעינין מעשר, and ודשאלת המוכר שור לחברו ונמצא נגחן, incomplete;

fol. 14, ודשאילת כגון שהיו מחצה התחת̇ עודפות, and ולשדורי גיטא ביד ארמאה.

Language(s): Hebrew, Aramaic

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הלכות גדולות
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 15) הלכות שבת, beg. במלאכה שאין צריכה לגופה (ed. Venice, p. 21b to p. 22a, line 18);

b.

(fol. 16b) הלכות חנוכה (ed. Hildesheimer, p. 83 to p. 85, line 10 from below);

c.

(fol. 19) הלכות מילה (ed. Hildesheimer, p. 101 to p. 103, line 9); with marginal notes.

Physical Description

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Fol. 21
Rashi’s commentary on Babylonian Talmud בבא קמא
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

fol. 2b (דסנהדרין על רציחתו) to fol. 3b (לפטרה ברשות הרבים כרגל);

b.

(fol. 22) on fol. 5 (את העבד דכתי̇ ביה יתן לאדניו) to fol. 6 (מסוכסכה ולהכי).

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Fol. 23
שאילתות of R. Aḥai

ed. Venice, no. v, p. 4a, col. 13 (אלמא אף על גב דאית ליה בנים) to no. ix, p. 4b, col. 16 (ויש יליד בית).

Language(s): Hebrew

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Halakhoth [הלכות ברכות]
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 25) beg. דבש תמרים ש̇ נ̇ ב̇ דאמ̇ מר בר רב אשי;

b.

(ibid.) שאילתות (different from the edition of those of Aḥai), beg. שאילתא דמחיבין דבית יש̇ למי עסק באוריתא.

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Fol. 29
Aramaic text and Arabic translation of the ה̇ פסוקות (see No. 2669, 21), ed. Schlossberg, p. 41, and ה̇ גדולות, ed. Venice, fol. 108d.
Language(s): Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 30
ס̇ שטרות in Arabic

beg. with part of chapter vii, beg. נעלם אן חרוף אלותאיק לא יגוז אן יוסע בעצ̇הא מן בע[ץ̇];

followed by the first ten lines of chapter viii;

fol. 31 is headed ואל י̇ו̇ כתאב אלטלאק [גט].

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 32
Aramaic text and Arabic translation of the ה̇ פסוקות (see above, no. 12), agreeing with ה̇נ̇, ed. Venice, fol. 23b and fol. 4d.
Language(s): Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic

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Fol. 34
Commentary on Babylonian Talmud בבא קמא

chapter viii, beg. missing, perhaps by R. Hananel or R. Nissim.

On the Talmud passage עד רופין את רבו ועושהו בן חורין the commentator says וגרסינן בתלמוד ארץ ישראל.

Language(s): Hebrew

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Syr. curs. char.; small fol., paper.

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Fol. 38
Fragment of a casuistical commentary on Mishnah כלאים

the abbreviated name מ̇ר̇ occurs often. The commentator quotes הרב רבי יוסף, רב̇ שמו̇ ר̇ תם, הרב ר̇ אליהו, ר̇ נסים, ר̇ בשם ר̇ משה גריינץ, רבי̇ י̇ב̇א̇; evidently by a Franco-Rhenish rabbi.

Language(s): Hebrew

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Ger. Rabb. char.; small fol., vellum, stained.

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Commentary on Babylonian Talmud
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 40) end of a commentary on Babylonian Talmud תמורה;

the last lines run as follows: כי תניא הא מתניתא דאמ̇ אפר הקדש אסור לעולמית בתרומת הדשן ושמן משמע כולהן ושמו בנחת וכולו שלא יפזר משום דאסור בהנאה אבל אפר הקדש מותר;

b.

b (fol. 40b) beginning of a commentary on מעילה, beg. שחטו על מנת לאכלן חוץ לזמנן או על מנת לאכלן חוץ למקומן....

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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. 2760.

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