*Manuscript, compilation and interpretations of the laws of shechita. Quba (Azerbaijan), 1894. Colophon on last leaf, "These are the laws of shechita written by me the young small… Yosef ben R' Shalom…this letter was handwritten in the month of Tevet in the year [1894] in the city of Quba". [The name of the original writer was scratched off the leaf and replaced with the names Yosef and Shalom. The original last name, Derbandi, was crossed out]. [26] written pages. 22 cm. Good condition, stains. New binding.
*Manuscript, novellae on Tractate Chulin. [Oriental writing]. 27 leaves. The beginning of the work is lacking. 22 cm. Good condition, stains. New binding.

Ayeh Sofer, eight volumes of a unique work counting all words and letters in the Bible. By Rabbi Tuvia Avraham ben Rabbi Shmuel Burger. Tel Aviv, 1963-1964. Handwritten and typewritten.
"I have arranged and counted all the words and letters of each and every verse…Tuvia Avraham ben Rabbi Shmuel Burger of Galanta and son-in-law of Rabbi Noach Zvi Ulman who was Rabbi of Antwerp author of Nachalat Zvi…". Eight volumes, product of many years effort of a single man who decided to devote his time (before the age of computers) to count and document the number of words and letters in the Bible divided according to books, chapters and verses. One section or several sections in each volume. The book is made up of charts filled in with numbers handwritten by the author.
Eight volumes (two are duplicates), hundreds of leaves. 31 cm. Condition of volumes varies (overall good condition). Stains, moth marks and wear. Worn bindings.

“Prayers and supplications for complacent women to be conducted monthly and weekly on Shabbat”, manuscript on parchment (Castellazzo, Italy), [18th century].
Thin quality-processed parchment. Illustrated title page in ink and color; at center, fine illustration of woman sitting in her home. Caption below illustration: “Written in honor of Ms. Esther Polaisi, village of Castellazzo”. Square Italian writing; instructions in Italian in Latin letters.
Prayers for woman who desires to conceive and give birth in peace. Includes table for counting seven spotless days following menstrual cycle [with heading: “Mitzvah for woman to count seven spotless days”]. Prayers for women to recite prior to immersion in ritual bath, near Mezuzah when leaving home, for period of pregnancy [“prayer to recite daily for nine months after morning prayer and in evening before going to sleep”], and prayer “which should be recited following Amidah prayer from seventh month of pregnancy”. Majority of prayers included in this manuscript unknown and apparently never printed.
Esther Polaisi, for whom the manuscript was written, was apparently wife of prominent philanthropist in community of Castellazzo. Several villages throughout Italy bear the name Castellazzo, most of which are located in northern Italy. Apparently this refers to Castellazzo Bormida in district of Alessandria in Piemonte, where Jews settled from as early as the 15th century.
[10] pages. 16 cm. Good condition. Original leather binding with gold imprint. Slight damage.
Attached is a letter containing professional opinion regarding this manuscript, by Benjamin Richler, director of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts at the Jewish National and University Library, who mentions a similar manuscript written upon paper (without illustrations) which apparently served as draft for this manuscript.