אוסף כתבי היד של מוסיוף (The Moussaieff Manuscript Collection)
Item
Country
IL
Name of institution (English)
Bar-Ilan University
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
heb
Contact information: postal address
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002
Contact information: phone number
00972 03-5317955
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
Lib.Ref@biu.ac.il
Reference number
Ms.
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
The Moussaieff Manuscript Collection
Title (official language of the state)
אוסף כתבי היד של מוסיוף (The Moussaieff Manuscript Collection)
Language of title
heb
Creator / accumulator
Rabbi Shlomo Moussaieff
Date note
14th century/19th century
Language(s)
ara
heb
yid
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
This collection of manuscripts was built and developed by Rabbi Shlomo Moussaieff. The materials cover different disciplines and subjects, including, for instance, works on Alchemy, Astronomy, Astrology, Demonology, Gematria, Hebrew language, History, Traditional Medicine, Jewish ethics, Jewish law, Jewish magic, Jewish philosophy, and many more. The collection contains a large number of Kabbalistic treatises, including works of Spanish Kabbalists, such as Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla, Jacob ben Jacob Ha-Kohen, Moses ben Solomon of Burgos, Hayim de la Rosa, and Abraham ben Isaac of Granada. The collection includes a copy of Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla's Sha'arei Orah, copied by Yosef ben Meir Gerson in Frómista, Spain, in 1491.
Archival history
This collection was donated to the Bar-Ilan University Library by Rabbi Shlomo Moussaieff's grandson, Shlomo Moussaieff (1923-2015). The first group of approximately 200 manuscripts was digitized and made available online. The digitization project was made possible due to the support of Shlomo Moussaieff and the Shlomo Moussaieff Center for the Study of Kabalah, headed by Avi Elkayim.
Administrative / Biographical history
Shlomo ben Yakov Moussaieff was born in 1852 in the emirate of Bukhara, present-day Uzbekistan. He grew up to become a rabbi and businessman in real estate, tea, silk, and gemstones. He also came to be one of the founders of Jerusalem's Bukharian Quarter. In addition to his other occupations, Moussaieff was an avid collector of rare manuscripts and religious texts, having gathered an impressive private library with over 220 ancient writings. He died in Jerusalem in 1922, aged 70.
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Finding aids
Y. Avivi, Ehel Shem (2012). List of manuscripts in the Moussaieff Collection. Jerusalem.
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Existence and location of copies
Author of the description
Joana Rodrigues, 2023
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