• Ms. Acc. 872




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    Miscellaneous
    Liturgy
    Poetry
    Manuscript

    Poetic Miscellany


    Manuscript ID:
    Ms. Acc 872

    Place:
    Italy

    Date:
    early 19 th century-1873

    Description:
    ink on paper; 5 leaves of varying sizes; Italian square Hebrew script

    Subject:
    Poetry; Liturgy; Miscellaneous


    (a) an 11-stanza poem by Azariah Abraham ben Yosef Yehoshua Ottolenghi of Acqui (d. 1851),
    written on the occasion of a banquet, which seems to have been held by patrons to support a
    local yeshivah;
    (b) from the Trieste Jewish community: a poem written by Matsliah Romanini in honor of a visit
    by Yitshak Altaras (Jacques Isaac of Marseilles, d. 1873) to Trieste in 1865;
    (c) from the Trieste Jewish community: a prayer written by Jacob Raphael Ashkenazi to be
    recited before the grace at a family reunion on Shavuot, 1866;
    (d) from the Trieste Jewish community: a poem for Moses Isaac ben Samuel Ashkenazi
    (Tedeschi) (1821-1898) in honor of his 52 nd birthday, written by his brother Jacob Ashkenazi,
    dated Shavuot, 1973.


    Manuscript Link:
    https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1009705098


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