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THE YEMENITE MS. OF MEGILLA
(IN THE LIBRARY OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)
CRITICALLY EXAMINED AND EDITED
BY
JULIUS J. PRICE
TORONTO
PRESS OF L. ROSENBERG, 36 LUDLOW ST., NEW YORK CITY.
1916
TO THE MEMORY OF MY TEACHER
PROFESSOR SOLOMON SCHECHTER
IS THIS WORK REVERENTLY DEDICATED.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface V
Introduction VII
Notes XII
Chapter 1 1
Chapter II 23
Chapter III 34
Chapter IV 47
PREFACE
The author while a student at the Jewish Theological Seminary
read the introduction of his doctor's thesis on the Yemenite rraruscript
of Pesahim (the property of Columbia University), to Professor
Alexander Marx, who suggested that it might be well to collate the
remaining Talmudic Yemenite 1 ) manuscripts then in the Columbia Library.
In as much as the attention of the learned world has within the
last quarter of a century been focused upon the earliest versions of the
Talmud, the author while a Student at Columbia University decided to
follow up Dr. Marx's suggestion and employed his leisure hours in the
collation of this work in order to throw further light upon the current
text of the Talmud. This was attained by comparing the Bomberg edi-
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tion ef Megilla with the Yemenite text of the tract as well as with se-
veral other MSS. quoted in the following pages.
Permission for the use of the Columbia MS. was granted by
Prof. Gottheil under whom the author edited the MS. of Pesahim.
Owing to the unsettled conditions in the world today, the authorities
at Columbia University refused to send the MS. to Canada, and as a
result the author found it impossible to complete the work begun as a
student. Reluctant to publish this unfinished tract, but realising that
the dawn of peace was yet far below the horizon, the author gave way
to the earnest entreaties of a Canadian Maecenas and allowed this work
to be published with the daring hope, that his meagre results rright be
of some use to Talmudic scholars.
At the suggestion of Dr. Marx the author has omitted inr.urrersble
glosses which he varified in Rashi. The pagination of the Bomberg edition
is used, yet the order of chapters are similar to those of the MS.
1) See Student's Annual Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York 1914. pp. 248 25S.
V
VI PREFACE
In conclusion the author wishes to express his gratitude to Prof essors
Marx and Gottheil, to the former for his kindness in suggesting that
the work be undertaken, to the latter for permission to use the MS. in
question. The author also desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to Mr.
Frederick W. Erb, supervisor of the Loan Dept. of Columbia University
for the many courtesies shown him in connection with the present work,
as \ve\\ as to the Publication Committe of Student's Annual of the Jew-
ish Theological Seminary of America for permission to reproduce the
second chapter of this tract. Lastly he wishes to thank Miss Florence
Cooper for her kindness in recopying his results for press.
J. J. P.
Toronto, Sept. 1915.
INTRODUCTION
It J ) has often been asserted by trustworthy travellers who have
visited the Orient, that the Talmud is not to be found in the entire land
of Yemen, and that few persons there are acquainted with this encyclopedic
work of the Jewish mind. -) In contradistinction to this statement.
Neubauer, in an article dealing with the literature of Yemen, ") called
attention to the fact that Mr. Ephraim Deinard then travelling in Europe,
had in his possession manuscripts of five Masechtoth of the Babylonian
Talmud, which he hoped some European University would acquire. The
collection offered for sale by Mr. Deinard came from Southern Arabia
and had been sent to him by his late brother-in-law who had travelled
in that country for a number of years. The entire Deinard collection,
to which Neubauer had referred, was acquired for Columbia University
in 1890. 4 ) The existence of these MSS. proves that the Talmud has been
studied in Yemen in the past. There is also proof that it is being studied
there at the present time. "')
Two codices of the Deinard collection, were written by the same
scribe. One volume contains the Masechtoth Bezah (pp. 1-33) and
Pesahim 6 ) (pp. 78152). The other volume contains Megilla (pp. 1- 33),
Mo'ed Katon 7 ) (pp. 3456 ), and Zebahim 8 ) (pp. 56-129 J. Page 130 is blank.
The name of the scribe is given in the following subscription found
at the end of Bezah -jnai D^J n"n iiiyo p in inos p my inyn -jna
.JONl JOK 0*3^ D"b33 W"~\V\W iTiyn "Blessed be the Helper of His ser-
vant, the son of his Handmaid, David the son of Mended. May the spirit
of God guide him. This is ended. And blessed be the Helper whose name
is Peace. Blessed be He who bestoweth upon us happy life, peace and
all good, Amen, Amen". A longer passage at the end of Zebahim reads
as follows: KB^n fcOQD JOK1 JON1 JOK B"1tJ>lt!> B"3B> E"S:i2 "My
ywn n"avjn spy p y:"j myo p n*n miy p v> in
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VIII INTRODUCTION
nix'JK' VOID 'ryo tnoJi 'nsDini -nyiji <rryt2i 'n'iB'B' no ^3 by "b
toxi ;os ye"n 3ipbi y^nn mbsbi ye'an onnb x ':'p: nnr.D:o j
"This is ended. And blessed be the Helper, who bestoweth upon us
happy life, peace, and all good, Amen, Amen. A poor and miserable scribe
[am I], David, a reader in the synagogue, son of Meoded, (may the
spirit of God guide him), son of Saadia, (may he rest in Paradise), son
of Joseph fmay his soul be bound to God), who is known as bx'cn^K-
May God forgive me for all in which I have erred or mistook, diminished
or added, and for what was concealed from my sight; as it is written,
'who can understand his errors ? Cleanse thou me from secret faults'
Ps. XIX:13. To consume transgression and to annihilate wickedness, and
to bring near salvation. Amen, Amen. The month of Mar-Cheshwan, the
year 1858, according to the era of contracts f Sel. 1546 ) in the province
of Sanaa.
From the subscriptions we learn (a) that the scribe's name was
David ben Meoded ben Saadia ben Joseph, (bj that he was a reader in
the synagogue, fc) that the date of the manuscript is Mar-Cheshwan,
1858 (Sel 1546), and (dj that it was written in Sanaa.
Still another subscription, written partly in Arabic and partly in
Aramaic, which Professor Gottheil has translated at the end of Dr.
Margolis's little pamphlet reads as follows: 5 "Was present and recog-
nises us binding Musa ibn Said, that he has bought this portion of the
Gemara from Abraham as-Sudi, its price being three Qurush. [The sale]
was completed in the presence of the witnesses in the year two thousand
and one, in the city as-Sud, which is situated by the lake called Ahsan.
This happened on the eighteenth day of the month Tebeth. We witness
and attest [it].
Musa berabh Zecharyahl? ?) Halevy.
Nathan ben Sherr.arya "iX^y^N".
INTRODUCTION IX
The MS. of Megilla which we have here examined is included in the
volume which contains Mo'ed Katon and Zebahim, and is to be found on
pp. la 33rt. The MS. is written on yellow paper (11, 2x8, 2 inches of
which 9x5, 8 is written over by the text. ) The outer and lower margins
are wider than the inner and upper ones. The number of lines on each
page is thirty five. At the lower right hand corner of each leaf of the
MS. is written the first word of the next page, just as in the printed
edition of the Talmud.
The marginal notes sometimes cover all the available space on the
margin. Although in Mo'ed Katon the marginal notes as a rule are
written in Arabic, in our text they are always wiitten in Hebrew. They
are always introduced by the words ITiya (in the 'Arukh , or V'f TI31
I May the memory of my teachers be for a blessing). In the marginal
notes and corrections two hand may be distinguished, One evidently that
of the scribe himself. All the notes beginning with the words "|nj?2 I
have verified in the 'Arukh. Several notes introduced by the words
?*! T13"l I have verified with comparatively slight changes in spelling
in Alfasi.
On the margin are found also a number of passages which the first
scribe originally overlooked and which he must have inserted latter.
On the whole the MS. seems to have been written very carefully.
It contains only a few dittographies and mistakes which are of minor
importance. We notice however, some inverted expressions and many
transposed passages. These fortunately however, do not impar the
meaning of the text.
I have found in the manuscript a few explanatory passages fulfilling
that purpose which the Talmudic commentary of Rashi does at the
present time.
A careful examination of the text will reveal the fact that several
text corrections are in a later hand, and in brown ink. The corrections by
X INTRODUCTION
a second scribe were made for the purpose of making the text read in
accordance with the printed edition of th3 Talmud. In two cases, however
the second scribe was in error, the original reading being correct.
SCRIBAL PECULIARITIES.
The script of our manuscript is the Yemen Rabbinical script. One
notes, however, following peculiarities. 1 ) The Sin is always pointed, in
contrast to the usage in the MS. of Mo'ed Katon, which I have also ex-
amined, where the Sin sometimes pointed and sometimes not. 2) The
words X~IO3 and prpjno are always written in large script, and likewise
in several cases the entire Mishna, as well as the voces memoriales (D^C'D).
GRAMMATICAL PECULIARITIES.
The MS. does not seem to have any striking grammatical peculiarities.
There are however some difference which are worthy of notice: 1) The
MS C. always uses the emphatic form NHjn Np^D in prefrence to the
regular form plus the suffix, Nnjn Xp^D. 2) Whenever the printed edition
usually uses SO'S the MS. C. uses the form KO'J. 3) The Aramaic abs.
Plu. ending is always used in prefrence to the regular Hebrew ending of
the printed edition. 4) The MS. C. invariably substitutes a D for a I".
5) In a number of cases the MS. C. uses the plural forms of nouns which
the printed edition uses the the singular form. 6) Where the MS. C. is
usually deffectiva, the Bomberg is plene and vice versa. 7) There is a
freqent interchanging of prepositions.
QUOTATIONS FROM THE BIBLE.
In quoting from the Bible, the MS. C. differs both from the printed
edition and from the other MSS. The MS. C. differs from the edition of
the Talmud, in so far as it gives the entire Biblical verse, where the
printed edition quotes only the essential parts of the verse. Although in
other MSS., quotations from Scripture are usually very inaccurate our
INTRODUCTION XI
MS., in every case but one, agrees with the wording of the Bible, and
in the one exception the difference is not a serious one. It appears from
this that the scribe copied all scriptural quotations direct from the Bible
and not faom the Talmudic MS. which he had before him. This conclusion
is supported by the fact that the verses are always vocalized, and vo-
calized, too, as they are in the Bible, except in one case inronS "par6\
where the Babylonian punctuation is used. Other differences are the ex-
tensive use of the nns and the use of the matres lectiones where the
Bible in our printed edition omits them.
I have here collated the first three chapters of Megilla with four
other MSS. (the variations of which are given by Rabbinovicz in his
Dikduki Sophrim, and the second Venice edition of 1538 ,>. The four MSS.
in question are the Munich MS. (Cod. Hebr. 95) of the entire Talmud
written in France in 1369; and the Munich MS. (Cod. Hebr. 140-141) of
German or French origin; the Oxford MS. Op. Add., foil. 23; and a London
British Museum MS. The fourth chapter of the Yemenite MS. owing to
the lack of time and books was compared only with the Bomberg edition.
The following letters will be used for the four named MSS. and other
codes used:
Munich MS. 1 = M.
Munich MS 2 = M'.
Hananel == Han.
London MS. = L.
Oxford MS. = 0.
Alfasi =; A.
Asheri = A'.
Rashi = R.
From the number of disagreements of the C. C. MS. with any one
of the above sources, we may safely conclude as to its independent
character. We notice that it gives a fuller version of the text, and
contains readings not found in any of the other sources.
NOTES
1) This Introduction has been taken from the introductory page of
the author's thesis for his Ph. D. degree.
2) Comp. J. Sappir 'Eben Sappir vol. I p. 53a
3) Comp. A. Neubauer, J. Q. R. vol. Ill p. 614.
4) Prof. Margolis of Dropsie Collepe has originally examined the
tract of Megilla and embodied his results in pamphlet form. Comp. Max
Margolis. the Colmbia Ms. of Me Ghilla N. Y. 1892.
5) Yomtob Semach; Une Mission de rAllian.ce au Yemen Paris
1910 p. 58.
6) The author edited this Masechtah for his Doctor's thesis, which
was accepted in Oct. 1913 by the Semitic Dept. of Columbia University.
Owing to the war however he has been unable to print his results which
are now in the possession of Prof. Gottheil.
7) The author has also edited this Masechtah which is now in press
with the Druglin Buchdrukerei of Leipzig, but which they are unable to
send him owing to the war.
8) The author shortly hopes to publish the first three chapters of
this tract.
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