Manuscript, compilation on practical Kabbalah – amulets, Segulot and cures. [Sefrou?, Morocco, 19th century.]
Neat Western script. The scribe may be R. Shalom Azulai, head of the Beit Din of Sefrou, whose stamps appear on several leaves. The manuscript is bound alternately with leaves in a smaller format, written in the same script.
Contains various amulets, Segulot and cures, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, for various matters, including: invisibility, finding a lost object, stopping blood, annulling witchcraft, becoming pregnant, giving birth, evil eye, plague, nightmares, cures and Segulot for various maladies and aches; many leaves on exorcism, annulling witchcraft and demons. Contains illustrations, icons and kabbalistic diagrams.
The author cites various Kabbalistic sources for the selections, including R. Yitzchak Sharabi, R. Shalom Sharabi and more.
Family records.
R. Shalom Azulai (1846-1922), leading Moroccan Tzaddik and kabbalist, and a rabbi of Sefrou. His halachic rulings are printed in LeYitzchak Re’ach (Livorno, 1902), and piyyutim he authored are printed in Tziltzelei Shama (Alexandria, 1892).
[2], 253, [5] leaves (most leaves are blank, about 60 written leaves). 20 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Worming, affecting text. Original binding, damaged.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.084.
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