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The contents, listed on the title page are, festivals, parshiot, fast days, Rosh Hodesh, new moons, times of the equinox, according to Rav Shmuel, for a period of fifty years, from the 1st of Tishre 5575 from the creation of the world (15 September 1814), until 29 Elul 5624 (30 September 1864). The volume is printed on a heavy clear paper. A typical entry states:
Tebet a 29 jours.
ψ. η. 1. Merc.
... 19 [Dec.]
4. Sam. ξχυ P. 10
.22.
10. Vend. Jeǔne de Tebet
.28
11. Sam. ειβω P. 11
29
14. Mard.
1 er. Jer. 1828B. a 31 jours.
18. Sam. ειηι P. 12.
. 5.
19. Dim. Tecufa à 5 h. 42 m. M. 6.
25 Sam. ωξεϊ P. 15
12.
The volume concludes with a statement of certification from theGrand Rabbi Abraham Andrade, and a page of errata. R. Andrade (d. 1836) was a member of the Great Sanhedrin which met at Paris in 1807. While rabbi at St. Esprit he was elected deputy of the Jewish nation to the assembly of notables convoked by Napoleon I in 1806. He was on the committee of nine charged with the organization of the Sanhedrin, and devoted himself in a serious and broad-minded spirit to the work of that body. In 1809 he was elevated to the office of chief rabbi of Bordeaux, in which position he remained till his death, maintaining friendly relations with the authorities of the Catholic Church. |
