[Moreh la-shoḥṭim be-derekh sheʼelah u-teshuvah.]; [מורה לשוחטים בדרך שאלה ותשובה.]

Contributor:

Moldovan, Joseph (donor); Moldovan, Susan (donor)

Name:

Valabrègne, Yitsḥaḳ de

Timespan:

18th century

Date:

1772

Description:

This is a manuscript, likely once a teaching handbook, for the purposes of imparting and studying the laws of shehitah (ritual slaughter), kisuy ha-dam (the covering of the blood after the slaughter of birds and wild beasts, 'ḥayot ṿe-ʻofot') and ṭerefot (deformities which disqualify the kashrut of a slaughtered animal). The format of the text is one of question and answer; for example, why is a delayed slaughtering motion (shehiyah) prohibited (f. 11v); what is the law if one discovers the trachea cut or removed (f. 13v); if one slaughtered one hundred fowl or one hundred beasts, of how many [of these] must he cover their blood and how many blessings must he recite (f. 15r); what types of lung adhesions (sirkhot) are permitted (f. 19r). Many of these questions are found in the Talmud and halakhic codes.

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Former owner inscriptions: effaced inscription in ink (front cover); 'kisah' twice in Hebrew letters in black crayon (inside front cover); en tano [?] Commence vendredi au soir in ink (? inside front cover upside down); Citoyen Abraham (back cover).; GIFT FROM THE MOLDOVAN FAMILY COLLECTION By Joseph T. Moldovan C'76 and Susan A. Moldovan C'76. Donated in Honor and Memory of Jean and Dr. Alfred Moldovan.

Subject:

Jews; Questions and answers -- Jews; Questions and answers; Shehitah; Jews -- Dietary laws; Jews -- France -- Carpentras -- 18th century

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts); Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

22 leaves : paper; 215 x 140 (170 x 95) mm

Geographic Subject:

France -- Carpentras; Comtat Venaissin (France) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, 22; 1²⁴ (-23,-24); modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto, 1-22.; Layout: Written in 19-20 long lines ruled in hardpoint; an indentation follows each heading of "sheʼelah" and "teshuvah," and the last line of each entry is centered.; Script: Written in a Franco-Italian square script, with most of the manuscript being vocalized.; Decoration: Pen flourishes after the text and the colophon (f. 22r).; Binding: In original paper wrapper.; Origin: Written likely in Carpentras, France, by the shoḥeṭ of Carpentras, Yitsḥaḳ de Valabrègne, on 15 Heshvan 5533 (Wednesday, 11 November 1772).; Hebrew.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 494

Collection:

Moldovan Family Judaica Collection (University of Pennsylvania)