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Work on the intercalation of the Hebrew calendar. No author's name appears with the book. The title page, without ornamentation, states that it is Sefer Ebronot,
to calculate the periods and appearance of the new moon: for the "lights in the firmament," (Genesis 1: 14) with great brevity. In order that they will teach their children, "and his eyes will be brightened" (I Samuel 14:27) "to know what Israel ought to do" (I Chronicles 12:32). And it will be for a sign for the days and years. And also the festivals of the gentiles and the days the Christians call קלינדו ובשישטרו.
The title page is dated 321. The colophon dates the completion of the work to Rosh Hodesh Heshvan 321 (Monday, October 31, 1560). On the verso of the title page are prefatory remarks from Marcaria, who begins,
"for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations" (Deuteronomy 4:6). Which is the wisdom and understanding that is before all the peoples? Say this, the calculation of the periods and appearance of the new moon. All who know how to calculate etc. and do not do so violate a negative precept. Therefore we have decided to print this book which is known in Israel as Sefer Ebronot ...
Ebronot has charts and calculations related to the phases and intercalation of the calendar. Included are Iggul de-R. Nahshon (8b-14a), Lu'ah ha-Zahav (19b-20a) attributed to Rav Saadiah Gaon, Tekufot of Rabbi Isaac ben R. Samuel (20b-21 a), and verses of R. Abraham ibn Ezra (22b), and Sifer Re'amim (26b-27a). An example from the last work, which relates the effects of thunder by month, is, "Av, if it thunders a great man will die; if an earthquake there will be famine in several lands."
Although the book does not name the author, it is most often attributed to R. Eliezer ben Jacob Bellen (Belin, Bellin) Ashkenazi. This attribution seems to be in error, however, for Beilin apparently lived in the late 16th-early 17th centuries and emended Ebronot, his enhanced edition being first printed in Lublin, in 1614. It has also been suggested that the printer, R. Jacob Marcaria, may be the author, for, as Bloch reports, "the Ibronot ... and some fine explanatory notes on the text of the Passover Haggadah are credited to his pen." However, given the existence of an edition printed more than thirty years earlier (not examined and assumed to be alike), Marcaria, too, would seem unlikely as the author.
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לחשוב תקופות ומולדות ... בקצור ... וגם חגי הגוים ויום קראו נוצרים קלינדו ובישישטרו ...
מעבר לשער: ואתה הצופה ... בחרנו להדפיס הספר הזה ויקרא בישראל שמו ספר עברנות ... חרות על הלוחות ... דברי הרופא ... יעקב מרקריאה.
דף ב,א: תניא בתוספתא דרשב"ג אמר כך קבלתי מאבי אבא שאין חידושה של לבנה פחות מכט. יב. תשצג.
דף ח,ב: [יד,א]: עגול דר[ב] נחשון ... יד שערים בקביעות החדשים והמועדים וחלוק הפרשיות ודבוקם וההפסקות ... אשר חבר[ם] וסדרם הה"ר רבינו נחשון ז"ל.
דף יט,ב-כ: לוח הזהב. מיוחס לרב סעדיה גאון.
דף כ,ב-כא,א: תקופת דרבי יצחק ברבי שמואל.
דף בכ,ב: אלי כל יודעי עיתים. בכל חכמה מפוארה. שיר לר' אברהם אבן-עזרא . אוצר השירה והפיוט, א, עמ' 228, מס' 4953.
דף כו,ב-כז: ספר רעמים. |
