A commentary on the Book of Genesis, written by two different authors: the first part was compiled by Masalem ben Av Sekuha the Danfi (from Genesis to the verse “And he sent Judah before Joseph”); the second part was compiled by Ibrahim ben Yaakov the Danfi, who completed the manuscript from the above verse to the end of Genesis.
Notes, corrections and erasures.

According to the colophon, the writing of the work was completed in 1276 AH.

Samaritans (/se mæritenz/; Samaritan Hebrew: mAyw, romanized: Sẵmerim; Hebrew: D’onniu, romanized: Somronim; Arabic, romanized: as-Samiriyyun) often preferring to be called Israelite Samarians are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Hebrews and Israelites of the ancient Near East. They are indigenous to Samaria, a historical region of ancient Israel and Judah that comprises the northern half of the West Bank in Palestine.

They are adherents of Samaritanism, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion that developed alongside Judaism. According to their tradition, the Samaritans are descended from the Israelites who, unlike the Ten Lost Tribes of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, were not subject to the Assyrian captivity after the northern Kingdom of Israel was destroyed and annexed by the Neo-Assyrian Empire around 720 BCE.

Regarding the Samaritan Pentateuch as the unaltered Torah, the Samaritans view the Jews as close relatives but claim that Judaism fundamentally alters the original Israelite religion. The most notable theological divide between Jewish and Samaritan doctrine concerns the holiest site, which the Jews believe is the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and which Samaritans identify as Mount Gerizim near modern Nablus and ancient Shechem in the Samaritan version of Deuteronomy 16:6. Both Jews and Samaritans assert that the Binding of Isaac occurred at their respective holy sites,
identifying them as Moriah.

As of 2024, the Samaritan community numbers around 900 people, split between Israel (some 460 in Holon) and the West Bank (some 380 in Kiryat Luza). The Samaritans in Kiryat Luza speak Levantine Arabic while those in Holon primarily speak Israeli Hebrew. For liturgical purposes, they also use Samaritan Hebrew and Samaritan Aramaic, both of which are written in the Samaritan script. According to Samaritan tradition, the position of the community’s leading Samaritan High Priest has continued without interruption for the last 3600 years, beginning with the Hebrew prophet Aaron. Since 2013, the 133rd Samaritan High Priest has been Aabed-El ben Asher ben Matzliach.

In censuses, Israeli law classifies the Samaritans as a distinct religious community. However, Rabbinic literature rejected the Samaritans’ Halakhic Jewishness because they refused to renounce their belief that Mount Gerizim was the historical holy site of the Israelites. All Samaritans in both Holon and Kiryat Luza have Israeli citizenship,