On the folder included in the digitization is written (in Danish, in Adler's hand): "To Chief Rabbi Simonsen fra גניזה [genizah] in the old synagogue in Fostat Egypt from yours truly E. N. Adler [i.e. Elkan Nathan Adler] 10. 3. 1896". Addition in David Simonsen's hand: "(Via [?] Gottf. Ruben)"., Tentative description of the contents by Dr. Amir Ashur, Tel Aviv Univeristy, Oct. 2012: "It seems to be a letter containing a legal query sent to the head of the Jews in Egypt, who is titled 'Sar Ha-Sarim', that is: the minister of all the ministers. This title was usually belonging to Sar Shalom Halevi, who was the head of the Jews for some time between 1171-1195. A closer look is required, but it looks like it deals with a debt that the writer has with his sister and her kids, and they are asking the Head of the Jews for his advice." (Quoted by permission.), Analysis of the paper by Dr. Anne Regourd, Paris, July 2013 :"About the paper of the Geniza Judeo-Arabic document:, Oriental paper, bearing bright laid lines (20 laid lines = 4,1cm), they are curved, all the edges were cut off. The laid lines are perpendicular to the writings. No evidence of chain lines. Dark brown paper, humidity. No evidence of starch.Numerous restorations made using different papers, among them Japanese paper. The document was folded: One central folding, perpendicular to the script; four horizontal folding are still extant, one being the central one (even if it is not exactly in the middle).The scribe turned the document from left to right. Arabic numerals on the upper left corner? 1006 ? Carbone ink. Tiny particules glance on the surface, but they do not necessary come from the ink preparation. Pale ink from place to place." (Quoted by permission.), Letter (from the Cario Genizah), Oriental Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 211
Defect (beginning and end is missing, as well as one fol. between fol. 71 and 72), Commentary on Avot, 'The story of Josef', and Allony & Kupfer 1964, #210
Incomplete (substantial text losses to some folia). Title given in later hand., Book of remedies, Oriental Hebrew cursive script, and Alony & Kupfer 1964, # 209
Manuscript incomplete (fols. are missing in both beginning and end)., Works on philosophy of religion, Spanish Rabbinic Hebrew script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 91
The codex is heavily repaired, with some resulting text loss. For a discussion on the authorship of the included grammatical treatise, see Bacher, W.: "Le grammarien anonyme de Jérusalem et son livre", Revue des Études Juives, vol. 30 (1895), pp. 232-256 (based on a MS in St. Petersburg)., Yemenite Pentatuch, prefaced by a grammatical treatise, Yemenite square Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic script, Yemenite square script, and Allony & Kopfer 1964, # 94; IJA 5, # 213-218
Ḥabib, Ya'aqov ben Shlomo and אבן חביב, יעקב בן שלמה
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Incl. a postcard from S. D. L. Friedländer (seller) to David Simonsen, dated 1893., Censor: Camillo Jaghel, 1611., Commentary on Talmudic texts (Mo'ed and parts of Nashim), Italian Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 179
First fol. missing. Attached to the volume is a postcard from Baroch Tolidano (ברוך טולידאנו), dated Tiberias 4 Iyar 5688 (1928-04-24)., A Judeo-Arabic translation of Proverbs, Oriental Hebrew square script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 212
Several illuminations in colour; coloured borders on all pages. On front cover possible owner's mark / location ( ...די אנקונא...) and the date 5483 (1722/1723 CE). Parchment binding., Haggadah, Italian square and cursive Hebrew script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 185
Rich decorations, mostly in blue and red ink. Title page with two coats of arms. Incl. Haggada (fol. 166a ff) with several (wine) stains. The binding and the gilt edges with toolings included in the digitization., The manuscript was presented to David Simonsen on June 8th, 1891, by Philip W. Heyman (1837-1893), who had aqcuired it in Bellagio, Italy (see pencilled note in David Simonsen's hand on the inside of the binding)., Maḥzor for the whole year, according to the Italian rite; written for a woman, Italian Hebrew square and cursive scripts, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 148; IJA 5, # 187-196.
Maimonides, Moshe ben Maimon, Rambam, משה בן מימון, and רמב"ם
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The spine of the volume is included in the digitization (before the beginning of the volume)., Responsa, North-African Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 206
For details about included commentaries, see the IMHM record., Kabbalistic texts and amulets, German Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 114
Partly in Judeo-Persian. Binding at top ("flip chart-style")., Religious poems for use at a circumcision, Persian Rabbinic Hebrew script, and Allony & Kupfer
For details about included commentaries, see the IMHM record., Kabbalistic texts and amulets, German Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 114
Mizrahi, Eliyahu ben Avraham and מזרחי, אליהו בן אברהם
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Incomplete, with almost all pages damaged, in some cases (fol. 1-8, 11-16, and 28-38) also with text losses., Responsa, Sefardi Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 121
For a detailed description of the contents, see the IMHM record., Responsa and Halakhic decisions by Italian rabbis, Hebrew and cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 242
Owner's (?) note: Yitsḥaq ben Wolf Ḥayim (יתחק בן וואלף חיים)., Bedtime prayer for women and the Blessing of the new moon, Hebrew square and cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 190
For a detailed description of the contents, see the IMHM record., Responsa and Halakhic decisions by Italian rabbis, Hebrew square and cursive script, Minor parts in Italian, mainly cursive, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 243
The last part of the Judeo-Arabic translation is missing., Song of Songs in Aramaic and Arabic translation, Old Oriental Rabbinic Hebrew script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 168
Kabbalistic interpretations of the liturgy for the holidays. Fol. 24ff: Italian writing excercises, Italian Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 145
Possibly by Isaac Luria or by one of his disciples. For details on contents, see IMHM record, Kabbalistic commentary on the Shmoneh 'esreh, Old German Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 140
Shlomo ben Avraham ha-Kohen, שלמה בן אברהם הכהן, and מהרש"ך
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Incomplete, part of a larger manuscript. 2 fols. are missing between fol. 1 and fol. 2., Homilies on the weekly readings from the Prophets (haftarot), German Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 156
Empty folios at beginning and end of codex not digitized. For details on the contents, see IMHM record., Excerpts from Sefer ha-Zohar and Sefer Yetsira, German Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 173
For details on contents, please cf. Allony & Kupfer 1964, or the IMHM database., Written in various hands., Italian responsa, Italian Hebrew cursive script, Italian Latin cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 112
Incomplete. Possibly also other contributors. Owner's mark: Zalman ben Hayim Nass of Worms. Partly dated [5]513 (1753)., Sermons, German Hebrew cursive scripts, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 124
Defect; several pages missing or mutilated., Sermons, Bible commentaries and incantations, German Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 129
Severly damaged by water and mould, with substantial text losses and very pale script as a result., Sermons, Oriental Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 117
For a detailed description of the contents, see the IMHM record., Responsa and Halakhic decisions by Italian rabbis, Hebrew square and cursive script, Minor parts in Italian, mainly cursive, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 245
Fol. 123b-147a are empty and have not been digitized. Fol. 29 is not foliated., Piyutim, Oriental (Greek-)Rabbinic script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 181
Description partly based on Trautner-Kromann, 1981. For further bibliographical data and references, see Trautner-Kromann,1981 and 1994, and the IMHM record., Letter to the Jews of Rome, attributed to Joḥanan ben Zakkai, with a commentary, German Hebrew cursive script, Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 171, Trautner-Kromann, Hanne: "Et hebraisk skrift mod kristendommen fra år 53? En undersøgelse af Cod. Sim. Hebr. nr. 93". Fund & Forskning, vol. 25, 1981, pp. 7-18., and "The Enigmatic Iggeret Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai: A Polemical Letter against Christianity". Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies. Division B, Volume 1. Jerusalem 1994, pp. 69-75.
Incomplete (= fol. 73-80 from a larger manuscript)., Instructions for writing Kabbalistic amulets, Oriental Rabbinic Hebrew script, 'Brillenbuchstaben' on fols. 2a and 5b, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 184
For a detailed description of the contents, see the IMHM record., Responsa and Halakhic decisions by Italian Rabbis, Hebrew square and cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 244
The author possibly teacher in Strelitz. Contains a text regarding a child born in [5]484 [תפ"ד ;1724] in the town of Leszno/Lissa., Sermons and other texts, German Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 86
Maimonides, Moshe ben Maimon, Rambam, Ibn Tibon, Yehuda, משה בן מימון, רמב"ם, and אבן תבון, יהודה
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Possibly an autograph by Moses Mendelssohn. The treatise on algebra is apparently in German, written with Hebrew letters., Philosophical works and algebra, German Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 116
Shlomo ben Meshulam of Pinczow Shlomo ben Meshulam of Pintshov and שלמה בן משולם מפינטשוב
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Bound together with: Yeri'ot Shlomo (ed. Frankfurt and der Oder, 1730) and part of Sha'ar Efraim (ed. Furda, 1728; incomplete). First and last fol. of the printed works have been digitized., Owner's note: Nisan ben Aharon kats of Janov (Brest-Litovsk)., Commentaries on the Torah and incantions, Polish Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 154
For details on the origin of different parts of the MS, see IMHM record., Incantations and amulets, German Hebrew cursive script, Partly in Yiddish cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 143
Doc. 1, 3 and 4 printed, with hand-written additions. The back of fol. 2 included in the digitization. Hebrew title supplied., Legal documents, and Square and cursive Hebrew script
Moravia, Avraham ben Ya'aqov and מורביה, אברהם בן יעקב
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Fol. 61-81 partly ruined by the binding., Uncertain authorship of the different parts, and their exact contents., Responsa (fol. 1-81) and hidushim (Shulkhan 'Arukh, Orah Hayim, 417ff; fol. 83-205), Italian Hebrew cursive script, Fols. 51-81 in different hand, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 95
Notes on provenance etc. by David Simonsen on first fly leaf. Front and back of case included in the digitization., The Mishnah tractate Shabbat, Rabbinic Hebrew script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 191
Groom: Tuvya ben Simḥa ha-Levi (טוביה בן שמחה הלוי), Bride: Rekhil bat Yitsḥaq (רעכיל בת יצחק), Ketubah (marriage contract), Hebrew square script, and Signatures in cursive Hebrew script
Groom: Menaḥem ben Gershon (מנחם בן גרשון), Bride: Deikha [?] bat Reuven (דייבא בן ראובן), Ketubah (marriage contract), Hebrew square script, and Signatures in cursive Hebrew script
Zanvil, Shmuel ben Benet and זנויל, שמואל בן בענעט
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Contains several tabular forms in colour, and other illuminations., Calendar calculations, German Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 115
Fol. 86a-77b and 77b-86a are foliated but without contents, and have not been digtitized. Six folia have been cut out between fol. 115 and fol. 116; one folio between fol. 114 and fol. 115., Collection of texts on grammar and silver work, German Hebrew cursive script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 169
The inscribed pages are unevenly distributed in the volume, with 13 empty fols. at the beginning; app. 20 empty fols. between fols. 33 and 34; and app. 120 empty fols. between fols. 130 and 131. The library's foliation is irregular (fols. 15ff)., Sermons, responsa, commentaries etc., Sefardic cursive and Rabbinic Hebrew script, and Allony & Kupfer 1964, # 183
Includes a short quote from ”La religion” by Louis Racine on the inner front cover. May also contain texts by Eljakim Soldin (see Cod. Sim. Heb. Add. 2)., Theological and philosophical texts, and Hebrew cursive script
Note by David Simonsen in Danish on fol. 1: "Torn from a מחזור [mahzor] given by Line Salomon, given to Meyer Kanter in Horsens Prison March 1889". The two fols., of which only the inscribed front pages has been digitized, is attached to one another by a piece of adhesive at the bottom edges., List of children born to a family in Odense [?], Denmark, and Hebrew cursive script
Fragmentary; the title is attributed. The spelling of personal names etc. varies., Occasional poems, Hebrew square and cursive script, and Jansson, Eva-Maria: " 'Min stämma är såsom en flyktig fogels...' :Eljakim Jacob Soldin - en dansk-judisk diktare i det gustavianska Sverige", Nordisk Judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies, vol. 26, no. 1-2, 2008, pp. 79-105.