Creator Bio
Ezra Dangur
1848–1930
Ezra Dangur was born Ezra Sasson in Baghdad into a religiously observant family who sent him to study in ʿAbd Allāh Somekh’s yeshiva. Dangur became a shohet and scribe, performing religious community functions after his morning studies. In 1894, he left Iraq to serve as the chief rabbi of Rangoon (Burma), but he had to return to Baghdad the following year due to ill health. In 1904, he founded a press that published the annual Seder ha-‘ibbur prayer books and a variety of other Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, and Arabic books. From 1923 to 1928, he served as hakham bashi (chief rabbi) of Baghdad. Dangur produced a number of manuscripts on halakhah, a Bible with commentaries in Arabic translation, and sermons.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Calendar for the Year 5665, an Intercalated Year
The Hebrew calendar uses a system of intercalation, adding an additional month to the calendar year to synchronize the regular twelve-month calendar with the moon, sun, and seasons. The Hebrew…
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Calendar for the Year 5665, an Intercalated Year
Its sign is זש״הIt is year 2 of the Sabbatical cycleyear 3 of the small lunar cycle 299year 9 of the large solar cycle 203year 1837 [sic] of the Destruction of the Temple, may it be built and…