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Ilan Diagrams

Jerusalem (Israel), National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 4=9819

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About the Manuscript

Identifiers and Titles

IdentifierJerusalem (Israel), National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 4=9819
Alternative IdentifiersGross Family Collection: Ms. 028.012.009
Primary Manuscript TitlesShandukh’s First Ilan

Manuscript History

Origin
Date1821
Date Informationתקפ"א
Creation PlacesBaghdad (Iraq)

Physical Description

MaterialParchment
FormRotulus
Dimensions295 × 10480 cm
Hand DescriptionOriental

Languages Used

Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrewhttps://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic

Content Description

Further Information

NotesThis Shandukh ilan, which is over ten meters long, opens with a unique, complex sequence of miniature arboreal diagrams that, taken together, are meant to represent Adam Kadmon. Shandukh notes that the “ten complete parẓufim” it contains are each composed of ten sefirot and that this fractal pattern continues infinitely: “each and every sefirah is composed of ten, endlessly."
The continuation of the ilan includes a visualization of the Saruqian World of Nekudot, comprising several diagrams inspired by the opening of Moshe Graf's Va-yakhel Moshe (Moses assembled, Dessau, 1699). Then follows a compact recapitulation of the first part of the ilan before the subsequent stages of emanation are represented.

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Jerusalem (Israel), National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 4=9819

Surfaces of the Diagram

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About the Manuscript

Identifiers and Titles

IdentifierJerusalem (Israel), National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 4=9819
Alternative IdentifiersGross Family Collection: Ms. 028.012.009
Primary Manuscript TitlesShandukh’s First Ilan

Manuscript History

Origin
Date1821
Date Informationתקפ"א
Creation PlacesBaghdad (Iraq)

Physical Description

MaterialParchment
FormRotulus
Dimensions295 × 10480 cm
Hand DescriptionOriental

Languages Used

Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrewhttps://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic

Content Description

Further Information

NotesThis Shandukh ilan, which is over ten meters long, opens with a unique, complex sequence of miniature arboreal diagrams that, taken together, are meant to represent Adam Kadmon. Shandukh notes that the “ten complete parẓufim” it contains are each composed of ten sefirot and that this fractal pattern continues infinitely: “each and every sefirah is composed of ten, endlessly."
The continuation of the ilan includes a visualization of the Saruqian World of Nekudot, comprising several diagrams inspired by the opening of Moshe Graf's Va-yakhel Moshe (Moses assembled, Dessau, 1699). Then follows a compact recapitulation of the first part of the ilan before the subsequent stages of emanation are represented.