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IJA 73

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This is a handwritten book in Hebrew.

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IJA 73
Item Number
11321
Languages
Hebrew
Keywords
Handwritten
Height
21.40 cm
Width
12.30 cm

AI English Translation, Pages 1-25

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And in the end, after six years, ten to the talent of his district
Immediately it flowed in the parashah and Hashem delivered (them) to his palm ⟦...⟧
Shevat # and let Adar flow within the situation quickly, O Hashem
Light of search as it is written in the Alphabet (how many)
And I said in my presence and as it is written and I said
And he answered me that this was from the mouth of the Almighty
With the help of Hashem, may He be blessed, 1-2 Sivan year 5635
The words of the youngest among the thousands ⟦...⟧ David Chaim HaLevi
Today is Wednesday, the twenty-fourth day of the month
of Adar in the year 5636 of the creation, here in Baghdad
may God protect it, I wrote all these words of dreams
mentioned above that were written with me on scattered
paper and I copied them here into this notebook
so that they shall endure for many days and not be lost
since they are wonderful and awesome innovations of Torah
which were revealed to me in a dream by the great Rabbi, the fortress
and tower, our Master Yosef Chaim, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, may
his lamp shine for months and days, Amen, may it be His will
So are the words of the young and the poor among the thousands of Menashe
Shilu Yehezkel Reuben Menashe, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him
I wrote here in Baghdad, may God protect it, in the year 5636
in the first month of Adar, Wednesday, in the portion of 'And you
shall command' and so on, blessed is He who gives strength to the weary and to him who has no
might He increases power

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M. D. It is written: He has a portion in the World to Come
And whoever occupies himself with Torah for its own sake merits many things
And not only that, but the whole world is worth it for him
And he is called friend, beloved, lover of the Omnipresent, lover of
the creatures, gladdens the Omnipresent and gladdens
the creatures, and it clothes him in humility and fear, and prepares him
to be righteous, pious, upright and faithful, and distances him
from sin, and brings him near to merit, and they enjoy from him
counsel and sound wisdom, understanding and power, as it is said: Counsel
and sound wisdom are mine, I am understanding, power is mine, and it gives him kingdom
and dominion and investigation of judgment, and the secrets of the Torah are revealed to him
and he becomes like an ever-strengthening spring and like a river that does not cease
and he is modest and long-suffering and forgiving of his insult
and it magnifies him and exalts him above all works
Rabbi Joshua ben Levi said: Every single day a Divine Voice
goes out from Mount Horeb and proclaims and says: Woe
to the creatures for the insult to the Torah, for anyone
who does not occupy himself with Torah is called 'rebuked,' as it is said: A ring
of gold in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion
And it says: And the tablets were the work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, engraved upon the tablets, do
not read 'charut' (engraved) but 'cherut' (freedom), for you have no free man
except one who occupies himself with the study of Torah, and anyone
who occupies himself with the study of Torah, behold he is exalted
as it is said: and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamot
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With the help of God
I will praise You, O Lord, for though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away and You comfort me.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid, for Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song,
and He has become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall you draw water
out of the wells of salvation. And in that day shall you say, Give thanks to the Lord,
call upon His name, declare His doings among the nations, make mention that
His name is exalted. Sing to the Lord, for He has done glorious things; this is known
in all the earth. Cry out and shout, you inhabitant of Zion, for great is in your midst
the Holy One of Israel. ⟦Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe⟧
who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us regarding the reading of the Megillah.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who performed miracles
for our ancestors in those days at this season.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe,
who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season.
And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus—this is Ahasuerus who reigned
from India even unto Ethiopia, over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces—
that in those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne
of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the capital, in the third year of his reign,
he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the army of Persia and Media,
the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him; when he showed the riches
of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days,
even a hundred and eighty days. And when these days
were fulfilled, the king made a feast for all the people that were present in Shushan
the capital, both great and small, seven days,
in the court of the garden of the king's palace; there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, fastened
with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble;
the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of variegated marble, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and precious stone.
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold—the vessels being diverse one from another—and royal wine
in abundance, according to the bounty of the king. And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel; for so
the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house
which belonged to King Ahasuerus. On the seventh day, when the heart

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And in [the] we wrote in the ledger that we gave into the hand of the Sage Kohen
aforementioned a sum of twenty-six rials per. sum 26
and furthermore we gave to the aforementioned in coins a sum of six rials
per. sum 6 and furthermore we gave into the hand of the aforementioned Sage a sum
of twenty-five rials per. sum 25 and furthermore
we gave into the hand of the Sage Avraham Gabbai may his Rock preserve him a sum of
ten rials per. sum 10 and furthermore we gave into the hand of
the aforementioned Sage Kohen by way of the Sage Avraham Gabbai may his Rock preserve him
a sum of one hundred and fifty rials per. sum 150
and furthermore we gave into the hand of the aforementioned Sage Kohen a sum
of fifty rials per. sum 50 and furthermore we gave
into the hand of the aforementioned Sage Kohen a sum of ten rials per.
sum 10 and furthermore we gave into the hand of the aforementioned Sage Kohen a sum
of one hundred and fifty rials per. sum 150 and furthermore we gave
into the hand of the aforementioned Sage Kohen a sum of twenty rials per.
sum 20 and furthermore we gave into the hand of the aforementioned Sage Kohen a sum
of one hundred and twenty rials per. sum 120 and furthermore
with good fortune New
Moon of Iyar [5]680 we gave into the hand of the aforementioned Sage Kohen a sum
of one thousand and six hundred rials per. sum 1600 and furthermore
we gave into the hand of the Sage Avraham Gabbai may his Rock preserve him a sum of one hundred
and fifty rials per. sum 150 and furthermore we gave into the hand of
the aforementioned Sage Avraham Gabbai a sum of seventy rials
per. sum 70 and furthermore we gave into the hand of the aforementioned Sage Kohen
by way of the Sage Yosef Hai may his Rock preserve him a sum of forty rials per.
sum 40 and furthermore we gave into the hand of the aforementioned Sage Yosef Hai
for his wife Mrs. Lulu may she be blessed from heaven a sum of twenty
rials per. sum 20 and furthermore we gave into the hand of the Sage Kohen
aforementioned a sum of twenty rials per. sum 20 and furthermore
we gave into the hand of the aforementioned Sage Kohen a sum of twenty rials
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I took a pot and filled it with water and covered it with a lid and
placed it on the fire until the water boiled
and afterwards I removed the lid and saw that the water was
dirty and also the water had decreased and gone
down and I said certainly this is the matter of Gehenna
for the water represents the souls and the fire is the fire of Gehenna
and the lid is the appointed angel who does not allow
the souls to go out until they are purified there
and this is the dirt that I saw on the sides of the pot
which are the sins that separated from the souls by
the boiling of the fire of Gehenna
and afterwards I saw another pot
filled with meat and I placed it on the fire like
the first one and I also covered it with a lid
and afterwards I removed the lid and saw
that the meat was cooked well and also the water had decreased
as in the first pot except that the water was
clear and there was no dirt in them
and I said all this is a parable for the perfectly righteous that even if
they enter Gehenna they have no dirt or sin
and they depart from this world which is likened to night
and enter the world to come which is likened to day and night
as the day shines and darkness as light and this is what David
the King, peace be upon him, said: Had I not believed to see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living, meaning a land that is entirely life where there is
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On Sunday, the 24th of the month of Shevat, the year 5670 from creation, here in Anna
May it be established, there came before us the honorable Isaac, son of the honorable Joseph, of blessed memory
and said to us: Be witnesses for me and acquire from me now, with a complete and perfect acquisition,
and write and sign in any language of merit and power, and give into the hand of
his excellence, the honorable Abraham, son of the honorable Joseph, of blessed memory, to be in his hand
as proof and for merit, and as absolute and final evidence, that never
has there remained for me with him any claim or appeal at all,
not of money, nor worth of money, nor any thing in the world.
And all that was between us from the business dealings and all
that I had with him from the funds of the partnership,
I have received and been paid all of it from his hand to mine, a complete and perfect payment,
and nothing remains for me with him at all.
And all the claims I had against him due to the partnership,
I have forgiven him for all of it, a complete and absolute forgiveness from now on,
and I have no claim or appeal against him at all,
neither by the laws of Israel nor by the laws of the nations of the world.
And any deed or writing or ledger or any thing in the world
that may be found in my hand or in the hand of others in the name of the honorable Abraham
aforementioned, is all null and void like a broken shard and like something that has no
substance, and every argument and appeal that I may claim against him is all null
and void and there is no substance in my words. And we acquired from the hand of the honorable Isaac
aforementioned, for the benefit of the honorable Abraham aforementioned, regarding all that is written
and specified above, with a vessel fit to perform an acquisition with it, and everything is valid,
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Fard Kadmanshad this study for the sake of our friend
God and legacy in the matter of two received the order from Daldal Nadr
At the one who asked Epher and said my lord I do not want to enter
That and whoever reached from us and you know that the owner of the
Shop demanded a reach saying the shop is empty today
And it was that on that day the fire was lit and other
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Says and saw it was the shop of the soul and said the fire of the fire
In a shop like this he took the whole piece of wood three dirhams
The ⟦tent⟧ payment stood for two or three days and said if I paid
So-and-so will come and take the key from us and hand over dirhams
Nahum on one took the barley demanding
The payment of thousands likewise that now returned or
Comes like that that and said without transgression likewise
Commanded to eat like that and I paid him three dirhams
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Behind you he took the key from the shop owner
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He says he takes steps of roses likewise he takes dirhams
Behind you in my right and left the roses and that and commanded him
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That if he entered he comes to sell it as usual on such a day
He comes saying he saw the receipt from the shop owner dirhams
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is it not so from the command of the Creator from every
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Found in the holy handwriting of the famous Rabbi, our teacher Rabbi Mordechai
Menachem, of righteous and holy memory, and these are his words: And this is the version of the blessing that
our Rabbis of blessed memory instituted to bless over the reading of the Megillah on the day of Purim
And after they finish it, they recite this blessing, and this is its version:
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who pleads our cause,
and judges our claim, and avenges our vengeance, and punishes
our oppressors, and pays recompense to all our soul's enemies. Blessed
are You, Lord, who punishes for His people Israel from all their oppressors, the God
the Savior ⟦...⟧ and one must recite it standing and also
⟦...⟧ Blessed are You, Lord our God,
King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us regarding
the reading of the Megillah, and also blesses 'Who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us'
to this season. And after he finishes it, he recites the blessing
mentioned above, and one must recite it standing.
And afterwards he shall say: Cursed be Haman, Blessed be Mordechai,
⟦...⟧ and also during the day
after the Morning Prayer, before the reading of the Torah,
he blesses over the Megillah and also 'Who has kept us alive and sustained us'
and afterwards he reads it. And after he finishes it, he recites
the blessing mentioned above, and one must recite it standing.
And afterwards he shall say: Cursed be Haman, Blessed be Mordechai, Cursed be
Zeresh, Blessed be Esther, Cursed be all the wicked, Blessed be
all the righteous, and he shall also say: And also Harbona, may he be remembered for good.
And power
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It was also found written in the holy handwriting of the aforementioned Rabbi of righteous memory,
the version of the blessing that our Rabbis of blessed memory instituted to bless over the washing of
the hand, and this is its version: Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe

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With the help of Heaven and with the aid of the Living God forever and ever Amen Selah
With a sign of blessing and success and good fortune and will and peace and tranquility
With the help of Heaven and with the aid of the Living God forever and ever Amen Selah and forever
And good fortune and blessing and peace and a good life and all good things Amen Selah
And may you be in peace and your house in peace and all that is yours in peace and blessing
Upon your head from the Heavens and from the Earth and all the blessings written
In this Book of the Torah shall rest upon your head and upon the head of your sons
And your grandsons from now until eternity Amen Selah and so may it be His will
That they merit children and grandchildren who study and teach and observe
And perform and fulfill all the words of the study of Your Torah with love
And they shall not depart from your mouth and from the mouth of your seed and from the mouth of your seed's seed said the Lord
From now until eternity Amen Selah and so may it be His will that you merit to see
Children and grandchildren engaged in Torah and commandments and may it be His will
That you merit length of days and good and pleasant years in goodness
And in pleasantness Amen Selah and so may it be His will that you merit to see
The building of the Holy Temple speedily in our days Amen Selah and so may it be His will
That you merit to see the consolation of Zion and Jerusalem Amen Selah and so may it be His will
That you merit to see the coming of the Redeemer speedily in our days Amen Selah
And so may it be His will that you merit to see the building of the Holy Temple
Speedily in our days Amen Selah and so may it be His will that you merit to see
The consolation of Zion and Jerusalem Amen Selah and so may it be His will that you merit
To see the coming of the Redeemer speedily in our days Amen Selah and so may it be His will
That you merit to see the building of the Holy Temple speedily in our days Amen Selah
And so may it be His will that you merit to see the consolation of Zion and Jerusalem
Amen Selah and so may it be His will that you merit to see the coming of the Redeemer
Speedily in our days Amen Selah and so may it be His will that you merit to see
The building of the Holy Temple speedily in our days Amen Selah and so may it be His will
That you merit to see the consolation of Zion and Jerusalem Amen Selah and so may it be His will
That you merit to see the coming of the Redeemer speedily in our days Amen Selah

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In the name of the Merciful, full of mercy, exalted above all blessing and praise
And who causes salvation to sprout, blessed are You, O Lord, who sanctifies the Sabbath ⟦...⟧
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May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer
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