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Lot #    15826
Auction End Date    10/24/2006 10:12:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Berit Kehunah
Title (Hebrew)    ברית כהונה
Author    R. Calpon Moses ben Shalom Daniel Judah Kohen
City    Djerba
Publisher    Zohar ha-Rokeah
Publication Date    1941
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. [16], 95, 8 pp. octavo 147:95 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed and taped.
          
Detailed
Description		    On the customs of the Jewish community on the island of Djerba by R. Calpon Moses ben Shalom Daniel Judah Kohen. It explains, in alphabetical order, the customs of this community pertaining to Orah Hayyim. It includes the takkanot and practices of the communities rabbis. The title page is dated 10 Iyyar 5701 (Wednesday, May 7, 1941). The verso of the title page has an announcemtn from Boaz Haddad as to the availability and competence of his press to print biiks in both square and Rashi letters. Next is the introduction of t he author followed by a detailed table of contents. It begins with rising in the morning, covers zizit, tefillin, morning benedictions through tefillah, birkat kohanim, confession and related prayers, sefer Torah, bet midrash and Talmud Torah, benedictions, birkhat hoda’ah, Minhah, Shabbat, Eruvb, Shabbat boundaries, Rosh Hodesh, and festivals. In addition to the cointents there is also an alphabetical subject listing. Kellalim are next, followed by the text in a single column in rabbinic type. At the end of the book in square letters with new pagination is Zman Kappora with Kol Nidrei.

Djerba (Jerba), island off the coast of Tunisia. In ancient times it was an important Phoenician trading center. According to the local tradition, the Jewish settlement there is very old. It maintains that the Jews came there during the reign of Solomon and founded the present al-Hara al-Kab

          
Paragraph 2    בו יבואו מנהגי פה אי ג'רבא... על סדר אלף בית. תקנות והסכמות והנהגות רבני פה הראשונים. והכרעות והוראות... הכו"ח [הכותב וחותם]... משה הכהן...

ארח חיים, ח"א. דפוס חברת "זהר הרקיע". תש"א. [16], צה, ח דף. ח דף: זמן כפרה... נוסח כל נדרי כמנהג ק"ק ג'רבא.

          
Reference
Description		    BE bet 1509; EJ; CD-EPI 0140674
        
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    North Africa
  
Subject
Customs:    Checked
Liturgy:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica