Lot 104
Manuscript – Bakashot and Piyyutim – Morocco
Manuscript, bakashot and Piyyutim. [Marrakech, Morocco, c. 1940]. Many Piyyutim by North African sages, some in Judeo-Arabic. Contains: Bakashot for Shabbat, for olim (men called up) to the Torah, for a Brit Milah, Tefillin, etc. On the first page: "I will begin to write bakashot and Piyyutim…Shimon ben Lulu" [Rabbi Shimon Ben-Lulu, leader of the North African Jewish community in Rishon LeZion, ascended to Eretz Israel in 1949]. [99] leaves. 22 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears to margins. Several torn leaves (with damage to text). Damaged binding.
