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![Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, with Ba'er Hetev and Chidushei Dinim. Amsterdam, [1764. Printed by the sons of Shlomo Proops]](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale40-public/043_1.jpg "Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat – Manuscripts and Scholarly Glosses wit")
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, with Ba'er Hetev and Chidushei Dinim. Amsterdam, [1764. Printed by the sons of Shlomo Proops].
A booklet of leaves for writing novellae is attached to the beginning of the book containing novellae written by two different authors. Most of the leaves are written by Rabbi Avraham the Second, who signed Avraham Pinto many times throughout his novellae (Avraham Pinto HaKatan appears twice) and in his writings he mentions things in the name of his grandfather Rabbi Avraham Pinto (the senior) and their esteemed grandfather the Rif [Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto]. Three pages appear to be written in an earlier handwriting and are signed in one place "Avraham".
Throughout the book are more than one hundred long glosses in Oriental handwriting. Most written by Rabbi Avraham the senior, [some with the signature "Avraham"]. Some are written by Rabbi Avraham Pinto "HaKatan" (the junior). Some glosses are in a third handwriting, one (on leaf 74/a) is signed by Rabbi "Elazar Ebn L'Chazan". (In one gloss which looks like the handwriting of Rabbi Elazar Chazan, he mentions things in the name of his father-in-law: "… Rabbi Shlomo Asabag ruled"). Several glosses are written in another handwriting, one is signed "Ya'akov".
Signature of Rabbi "Masud Pinto" who bought the book from his brother Rabbi Ya'akov. At the beginning of the book is an ownership inscription of "The great Chacham Rabbi Moshe Pinto".
Rabbi Avraham Pinto the senior (died on Succot 1803), son of the Mekubal Rabbi Ya'akov Pinto the First [a member of a society of Mekubalim, authors of the series of holy books Mikdash Melech]. Served in the rabbinate of the city of Marrakesh together with Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Ya'akov Chazan and Rabbi David Tzabach [who succeeded him in the city rabbinate until 1858]. Rabbi David Tzabach and Rabbi Elazar Chazan were close disciples of Rabbi Shlomo Asabag who died in 1830.
His son Rabbi Moshe Pinto is apparently the father of Rabbi Ya'akov and Rabbi Masud Pinto who signed the book.
This is an important manuscript – never printed, written by prominent rabbis of the city of Marrakesh in Morocco in the 18th/19th century all renowned for their great holiness and scholarship in revealed and hidden Torah.
Missing copy: [1], 176 leaves (originally: [2], 405, [3] leaves). + booklet of 14 leaves, with approximately 11 pages including handwritten Torah novellae. Approximately 19.5 cm. Wide margins, fair condition, worn from usage, detached leaves and some spotting. Ancient and elaborate leather binding, worn and torn.
A booklet of leaves for writing novellae is attached to the beginning of the book containing novellae written by two different authors. Most of the leaves are written by Rabbi Avraham the Second, who signed Avraham Pinto many times throughout his novellae (Avraham Pinto HaKatan appears twice) and in his writings he mentions things in the name of his grandfather Rabbi Avraham Pinto (the senior) and their esteemed grandfather the Rif [Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto]. Three pages appear to be written in an earlier handwriting and are signed in one place "Avraham".
Throughout the book are more than one hundred long glosses in Oriental handwriting. Most written by Rabbi Avraham the senior, [some with the signature "Avraham"]. Some are written by Rabbi Avraham Pinto "HaKatan" (the junior). Some glosses are in a third handwriting, one (on leaf 74/a) is signed by Rabbi "Elazar Ebn L'Chazan". (In one gloss which looks like the handwriting of Rabbi Elazar Chazan, he mentions things in the name of his father-in-law: "… Rabbi Shlomo Asabag ruled"). Several glosses are written in another handwriting, one is signed "Ya'akov".
Signature of Rabbi "Masud Pinto" who bought the book from his brother Rabbi Ya'akov. At the beginning of the book is an ownership inscription of "The great Chacham Rabbi Moshe Pinto".
Rabbi Avraham Pinto the senior (died on Succot 1803), son of the Mekubal Rabbi Ya'akov Pinto the First [a member of a society of Mekubalim, authors of the series of holy books Mikdash Melech]. Served in the rabbinate of the city of Marrakesh together with Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Ya'akov Chazan and Rabbi David Tzabach [who succeeded him in the city rabbinate until 1858]. Rabbi David Tzabach and Rabbi Elazar Chazan were close disciples of Rabbi Shlomo Asabag who died in 1830.
His son Rabbi Moshe Pinto is apparently the father of Rabbi Ya'akov and Rabbi Masud Pinto who signed the book.
This is an important manuscript – never printed, written by prominent rabbis of the city of Marrakesh in Morocco in the 18th/19th century all renowned for their great holiness and scholarship in revealed and hidden Torah.
Missing copy: [1], 176 leaves (originally: [2], 405, [3] leaves). + booklet of 14 leaves, with approximately 11 pages including handwritten Torah novellae. Approximately 19.5 cm. Wide margins, fair condition, worn from usage, detached leaves and some spotting. Ancient and elaborate leather binding, worn and torn.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $2,200
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of signed Halachic rulings, Shtarot Beit Din and rabbinic letters. Tétouan, (Morocco) 1814-1881. Letter signed by Rabbi Yosef Almaliach and Rabbi Avraham Ebn Oliel, Gibraltar, 1829.
Among the rabbis' signatures (curly rabbinical signatures): Rabbi Avraham Gabizon, Rabbi David ben Susan, Rabbi Moshe Shukrun, Rabbi Yosef Lasri, Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen, Rabbi Shmuel ben Assus, Rabbi Moshe ben Assus, Rabbi Avraham Anhori, Rabbi Avraham Matitya, Rabbi Avraham ben Shitrit, Rabbi Chaim ben Shitrit, Rabbi Yitzchak ben Shukrun, Rabbi Avraham Bargilon, Rabbi Yosef ben Yaluz, Rabbi Efraim Nahon, Rabbi Avraham Ankva, Rabbi Shmuel Pimeinti, Rabbi Yitzchak Dayan, Rabbi Ya'akov Bibas, Rabbi Yosef Bibas, Rabbi Menachem Pareinti, Rabbi Vidal Gabizon, Rabbi Eliyahu Yisrael, etc.
24 items, varied size and condition, most in very good condition.
Among the rabbis' signatures (curly rabbinical signatures): Rabbi Avraham Gabizon, Rabbi David ben Susan, Rabbi Moshe Shukrun, Rabbi Yosef Lasri, Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen, Rabbi Shmuel ben Assus, Rabbi Moshe ben Assus, Rabbi Avraham Anhori, Rabbi Avraham Matitya, Rabbi Avraham ben Shitrit, Rabbi Chaim ben Shitrit, Rabbi Yitzchak ben Shukrun, Rabbi Avraham Bargilon, Rabbi Yosef ben Yaluz, Rabbi Efraim Nahon, Rabbi Avraham Ankva, Rabbi Shmuel Pimeinti, Rabbi Yitzchak Dayan, Rabbi Ya'akov Bibas, Rabbi Yosef Bibas, Rabbi Menachem Pareinti, Rabbi Vidal Gabizon, Rabbi Eliyahu Yisrael, etc.
24 items, varied size and condition, most in very good condition.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,188
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of manuscripts, including a collection of leaves from the "Bindings Geniza". * Remnants of a Shtar-Kabala from 1733. * Letters, Halachic rulings and signed Shtarot of testimony from the city of Fez, [most regarding the property of Rabbi Shlomo ben Reuven Asulin]. Signed by rabbis of the city (1808-1844).
Among the rabbis' signatures (curly rabbinical signatures): Rabbi Raphael Aharon Monsoniego, Rabbi Yosef Elbaz, Rabbi Machluf ben Zichri, Rabbi Mordechai Butbul, Rabbi Mordechai Asulin, Rabbi Yehuda Ebn Tzur, Rabbi Yitzchak ben Lachsan, Rabbi Emanuel Monsano, Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Sikli and other rabbis from the Atzayeg, HaCohen Sikli, ben Zichri, Elbaz, Ebn Maman families, etc.
* Ketubah from 1925, signed by the witnesses Rabbi Shmuel ben Moshe Martzi[ano] and Rabbi Yehuda ben Shlomo HaCohen Sikli. Taourirt (Morocco). * Letter to Jerusalem rabbis by the rabbis of Meknès signed (with rabbinical signatures) by: Rabbi Raphael David Berdugo, Rabbi Ya'akov Toledano, Rabbi Avraham Amar and Rabbi Yehoshua Berdugo. From c. 1920. * Sections of prayers, Piyutim and an amulet. * Birth certificates signed by Rabbi David ben Moshe Ochana, from the village of Tamezret (Morocco), 1949.
Approximately 32 items. Some in fair-poor condition (from the Binding Geniza), and some in good condition.
Among the rabbis' signatures (curly rabbinical signatures): Rabbi Raphael Aharon Monsoniego, Rabbi Yosef Elbaz, Rabbi Machluf ben Zichri, Rabbi Mordechai Butbul, Rabbi Mordechai Asulin, Rabbi Yehuda Ebn Tzur, Rabbi Yitzchak ben Lachsan, Rabbi Emanuel Monsano, Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Sikli and other rabbis from the Atzayeg, HaCohen Sikli, ben Zichri, Elbaz, Ebn Maman families, etc.
* Ketubah from 1925, signed by the witnesses Rabbi Shmuel ben Moshe Martzi[ano] and Rabbi Yehuda ben Shlomo HaCohen Sikli. Taourirt (Morocco). * Letter to Jerusalem rabbis by the rabbis of Meknès signed (with rabbinical signatures) by: Rabbi Raphael David Berdugo, Rabbi Ya'akov Toledano, Rabbi Avraham Amar and Rabbi Yehoshua Berdugo. From c. 1920. * Sections of prayers, Piyutim and an amulet. * Birth certificates signed by Rabbi David ben Moshe Ochana, from the village of Tamezret (Morocco), 1949.
Approximately 32 items. Some in fair-poor condition (from the Binding Geniza), and some in good condition.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of Halachic rulings and Shtarot Beit Din from the city of Fez, [most regarding the property of Rabbi Masud Azulai]. Signed by the rabbis of the city (1905-1960). Together with a collection of various manuscripts, Morocco, 20th century.
Shtarot and Halachic rulings:
* Shtarot Beit Din from 1909-1912 signed by rabbis: Rabbi Yosef ben Na'im [author of Malkei Rabanan], Rabbi Abba Atiye and Rabbi Yitzchak Ebn Denan. * Two notebooks of copies of Shtarot Beit Din from the 19th century with many signatures of Rabbi Yosef HaLevi Ebn Yuli, Rabbi Yosef ben Na'im [author of Malkei Rabanan] and Rabbi Raphael Ya'akov ben Atar – who verify the copy made in 1905. At the end of one of the notebooks appears a Halachic ruling from 1917 signed by Rabbi Chaim Siriro, Rabbi Shlomo Ebn Denan [Ra'avad of Fez, author of Asher LiShlomo and Bakesh Shlomo] and Rabbi Matitya Siriro. * Halachic rulings on official stationery of the Beit Din in Fez, most from 1942-1960, signed by the Chief Rabbi of Morocco Rabbi Yedidya Monsoniego, Rabbi Shmuel Ebn Denan and Rabbi Yehuda ben Atar. * Personal Letter with some interesting esoteric content by Rabbi Yedidya Monsoniego, addressed to his son Rabbi Rachamim.
Manuscripts:
* Manuscript, dictionary of names and verbs, and their Biblical and Midrashic origins. [Morocco, 19th century]. * Manuscript leaves, Piyut for the reading of the Megillah by Rabbi Yosef Kimchi (father of the Radak). Handsome adorned writing. Beginning of the 20th century. * Manuscript, Ma'aseh Yosef HaTzaddik, in Judeo-Arabic. [Beginning of the 20th century]. * Manuscript of Bar-Mitzvah sermons is Hebrew and French, for Eliyahu Larido. Casablanca, 1942.
20 items, dozens of leaves, varied size and condition, most in good condition.
Shtarot and Halachic rulings:
* Shtarot Beit Din from 1909-1912 signed by rabbis: Rabbi Yosef ben Na'im [author of Malkei Rabanan], Rabbi Abba Atiye and Rabbi Yitzchak Ebn Denan. * Two notebooks of copies of Shtarot Beit Din from the 19th century with many signatures of Rabbi Yosef HaLevi Ebn Yuli, Rabbi Yosef ben Na'im [author of Malkei Rabanan] and Rabbi Raphael Ya'akov ben Atar – who verify the copy made in 1905. At the end of one of the notebooks appears a Halachic ruling from 1917 signed by Rabbi Chaim Siriro, Rabbi Shlomo Ebn Denan [Ra'avad of Fez, author of Asher LiShlomo and Bakesh Shlomo] and Rabbi Matitya Siriro. * Halachic rulings on official stationery of the Beit Din in Fez, most from 1942-1960, signed by the Chief Rabbi of Morocco Rabbi Yedidya Monsoniego, Rabbi Shmuel Ebn Denan and Rabbi Yehuda ben Atar. * Personal Letter with some interesting esoteric content by Rabbi Yedidya Monsoniego, addressed to his son Rabbi Rachamim.
Manuscripts:
* Manuscript, dictionary of names and verbs, and their Biblical and Midrashic origins. [Morocco, 19th century]. * Manuscript leaves, Piyut for the reading of the Megillah by Rabbi Yosef Kimchi (father of the Radak). Handsome adorned writing. Beginning of the 20th century. * Manuscript, Ma'aseh Yosef HaTzaddik, in Judeo-Arabic. [Beginning of the 20th century]. * Manuscript of Bar-Mitzvah sermons is Hebrew and French, for Eliyahu Larido. Casablanca, 1942.
20 items, dozens of leaves, varied size and condition, most in good condition.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $2,600
Sold for: $4,500
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript containing responsa and halachic rulings, homiletics, compilations of novellae, charts of Goralot, Segulot and cures, prayers and riddles, Et Sofer – version of shtarot, Seder Olam, Ramban's Igeret HaMusar etc. [Fez, Morocco, 18th/19th century].
Responsa and halachic rulings by Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Rabbi Shmuel HaTzarfati, laws of terefot according to Fez customs, customs by Rabbi Refael Bardugo and customs of the Rabbi HaMarbitz. Homiletic to a responsum by Rabbi Maimon Bardugo. Entire homiletics written by several Moroccan Torah scholars. Also in the compilation of novellae are many quotes by Moroccan scholars, [from the Fez region]; HaRav HaMevin (Rabbi Moshe Bardugo), HaRav HaMashbir, Rabbi Yehuda ben Atar, Rabbi Moshe ben Va'ish, Rabbi Moshe ben Chamu, etc.
On the last page are many signatures of renowned Moroccan rabbis and Torah scholars: Rabbi Ya'akov Toledano, Rabbi Baruch Maman, Rabbi Shlomo Simchon, Rabbi Chaviv Toledano, Rabbi Yosef Bahalul, Rabbi Masud ben Chefetz, Rabbi Yosef ben Malka who mentions the name of his father Rabbi "Maimon ben Malka". Marginalia by several writers, some signed. Many glosses handwritten and signed by Rabbi Maimon Malka. Glosses signed "Mevin" and other signed glosses.
Additional later signatures of Rabbi "Baruch ben Ya'akov" and of "He'ach Nafsheinu ", by the writer who received the book from Rabbi Gavriel ben Ya'akov.
Approximately 157 pages. More than 310 written pages. 21 cm. Varying condition, fair to fair-poor, spotting and moisture and fungus damages, faded ink on some leaves. Wear and worm damage. Detached leaves. Unbound.
Responsa and halachic rulings by Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Rabbi Shmuel HaTzarfati, laws of terefot according to Fez customs, customs by Rabbi Refael Bardugo and customs of the Rabbi HaMarbitz. Homiletic to a responsum by Rabbi Maimon Bardugo. Entire homiletics written by several Moroccan Torah scholars. Also in the compilation of novellae are many quotes by Moroccan scholars, [from the Fez region]; HaRav HaMevin (Rabbi Moshe Bardugo), HaRav HaMashbir, Rabbi Yehuda ben Atar, Rabbi Moshe ben Va'ish, Rabbi Moshe ben Chamu, etc.
On the last page are many signatures of renowned Moroccan rabbis and Torah scholars: Rabbi Ya'akov Toledano, Rabbi Baruch Maman, Rabbi Shlomo Simchon, Rabbi Chaviv Toledano, Rabbi Yosef Bahalul, Rabbi Masud ben Chefetz, Rabbi Yosef ben Malka who mentions the name of his father Rabbi "Maimon ben Malka". Marginalia by several writers, some signed. Many glosses handwritten and signed by Rabbi Maimon Malka. Glosses signed "Mevin" and other signed glosses.
Additional later signatures of Rabbi "Baruch ben Ya'akov" and of "He'ach Nafsheinu ", by the writer who received the book from Rabbi Gavriel ben Ya'akov.
Approximately 157 pages. More than 310 written pages. 21 cm. Varying condition, fair to fair-poor, spotting and moisture and fungus damages, faded ink on some leaves. Wear and worm damage. Detached leaves. Unbound.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,188
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Manuscript, Machzor for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Prayers, songs and Piyutim, customs, Kavanot and compilations from the writings of the Ari, from the book Chemdat Yamim, etc. [North Africa, 18th/19th century].
Attractive scribal writing. At the beginning of the manuscript are customs and prayers for the month of Elul [prayer to recite at the cemetery… customarily recited by the Hebron community]. On the first leaf is a curly owner's signature: "Ha'Zvi Shlomo Tovi".
88 leaves. 16 cm. Most leaves are in fair condition. Spotting. The first leaf is detached. Several leaves have tears and dark stains from ink spread and ink corrosion (with damage to text). Worn binding.
* Enclosed is Likutei Tehillim. Livorno, [1791]. Miniature edition. Incomplete copy. Some leaves are handwritten replacements. At the beginning and end are leaves with handwritten compilations: Seder Pidyon Nefashot and Pidyon Nefesh according to the Ramban. Owner's signature: "Ha'Zvi Shlomo Tovi".
Attractive scribal writing. At the beginning of the manuscript are customs and prayers for the month of Elul [prayer to recite at the cemetery… customarily recited by the Hebron community]. On the first leaf is a curly owner's signature: "Ha'Zvi Shlomo Tovi".
88 leaves. 16 cm. Most leaves are in fair condition. Spotting. The first leaf is detached. Several leaves have tears and dark stains from ink spread and ink corrosion (with damage to text). Worn binding.
* Enclosed is Likutei Tehillim. Livorno, [1791]. Miniature edition. Incomplete copy. Some leaves are handwritten replacements. At the beginning and end are leaves with handwritten compilations: Seder Pidyon Nefashot and Pidyon Nefesh according to the Ramban. Owner's signature: "Ha'Zvi Shlomo Tovi".
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Certificate of recommendation for an emissary collecting funds for the charity of Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNess, Rabbi Ya'akov Vaknin of Tiberias. Signed by the city's rabbis, Rabbi Shlomo Chaim, Rabbi Moshe Zrihan and Rabbi Ya'akov [---]. Marrakech (Morocco), 1924.
After words of great praise of the emissary Rabbi David Vaknin, the rabbis request "Our brethren, Bnei Yisrael, the children of Avraham Yitzchak and Ya'akov" to give him all money dedicated to hekdesh and for fulfilling vows and for the funds of Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNess – "all should be delivered to him when he comes and on his return".
Signed by the Mekubal Rabbi Shlomo ebn Chaim (the first – died in 1928), Ra'avad of Marrakech. Rabbi Moshe Zrihan (died in Cheshvan 1952), served for more than 40 years as a member of the Beit Din and after the death of Rabbi Shlomo ebn Chaim, succeeded him as Ra'avad of Marrakech for more than 20 years.
Rabbi Ya'akov Vaknin (1869-1946), a leading rabbi, dayan and Torah authority in the city of Tiberias, was the firstborn son of the Ra'avad of Tiberias, author of VaYevarech David and brother of Rabbi Meir Vaknin, author of VaYomer Meir (Chief Rabbi of Tiberias). He travelled several times to North African countries as emissary of the Tiberias sages. Written on his tombstone: "Here is hidden a treasure of Torah…a holy man who sanctifies Heaven's name, the renowned Torah genius, tzaddik, pious and humble, the excellent dayan, man of all good qualities, the G-dly Mekubal Rabbi Ya'akov Vaknin".
46 cm. Good-fair condition, spotting and tears (old restoration, with glued paper).
After words of great praise of the emissary Rabbi David Vaknin, the rabbis request "Our brethren, Bnei Yisrael, the children of Avraham Yitzchak and Ya'akov" to give him all money dedicated to hekdesh and for fulfilling vows and for the funds of Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNess – "all should be delivered to him when he comes and on his return".
Signed by the Mekubal Rabbi Shlomo ebn Chaim (the first – died in 1928), Ra'avad of Marrakech. Rabbi Moshe Zrihan (died in Cheshvan 1952), served for more than 40 years as a member of the Beit Din and after the death of Rabbi Shlomo ebn Chaim, succeeded him as Ra'avad of Marrakech for more than 20 years.
Rabbi Ya'akov Vaknin (1869-1946), a leading rabbi, dayan and Torah authority in the city of Tiberias, was the firstborn son of the Ra'avad of Tiberias, author of VaYevarech David and brother of Rabbi Meir Vaknin, author of VaYomer Meir (Chief Rabbi of Tiberias). He travelled several times to North African countries as emissary of the Tiberias sages. Written on his tombstone: "Here is hidden a treasure of Torah…a holy man who sanctifies Heaven's name, the renowned Torah genius, tzaddik, pious and humble, the excellent dayan, man of all good qualities, the G-dly Mekubal Rabbi Ya'akov Vaknin".
46 cm. Good-fair condition, spotting and tears (old restoration, with glued paper).
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $500
Sold for: $4,000
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* Large collection (hundreds of items) of letters, documents, proclamations and various printed items. Jerusalem and Eretz Israel, beginning of the 20th century. Includes letters from the archive of the Jerusalem Rabbinate, documents and receipts of various Jerusalem institutes (Talmud Torah Bnei Zion, Va'ad Meah She'arim, the Zion Orphanage, etc). Letters by various important individuals, stamps of rabbis, and signatures, etc.
* An extraordinarily big family archive (hundreds of items) including letters by Rabbi Shlomo Birdugo of Jerusalem and his family in Eretz Israel, Egypt and Meknès, 1920s and 30s. Rabbinical letters sent to Rabbi Shlomo Birdugo. Among those are a letter of recommendation signed by Rabbi Kook and many letters by Tiberias rabbis: Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Zrihan, Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Birdugo and Rabbi Baruch Toledano and others. The archive has not been thoroughly examined.
Hundreds of items, varied size and condition.
* An extraordinarily big family archive (hundreds of items) including letters by Rabbi Shlomo Birdugo of Jerusalem and his family in Eretz Israel, Egypt and Meknès, 1920s and 30s. Rabbinical letters sent to Rabbi Shlomo Birdugo. Among those are a letter of recommendation signed by Rabbi Kook and many letters by Tiberias rabbis: Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Zrihan, Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Birdugo and Rabbi Baruch Toledano and others. The archive has not been thoroughly examined.
Hundreds of items, varied size and condition.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
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* Siddur Knesset Israel, according to the custom of Sephardic Jews, with Kavanot and Holy Names according to the Baba Sali. Netivot, 1997. The flyleaf features a dedication, handwritten and signed by the publisher, Rabbi Baruch Abuchatzira of Netivot [the Baba Baruch], son of the Baba Sali.
* "The Saba Kadisha Rabbi Israel Abuchatzira, Sidna Baba Sali", his biography and ways of conduct, by Rabbi Baruch Abuchatzira [Hebrew]. Netivot, 1985. Dedication, handwritten and signed by the author, Rabbi Baruch Abuchatzira – the Baba Baruch.
Varied size and condition (good-fair).
* "The Saba Kadisha Rabbi Israel Abuchatzira, Sidna Baba Sali", his biography and ways of conduct, by Rabbi Baruch Abuchatzira [Hebrew]. Netivot, 1985. Dedication, handwritten and signed by the author, Rabbi Baruch Abuchatzira – the Baba Baruch.
Varied size and condition (good-fair).
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $2,125
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Manuscript of Siddur Tiklal, for Shabbat, Festivals and the High Holy Days (Yamim Nora'im). Including Pirkei Avot, Passover Haggadah, Selichot and Keter Malchut, wording of Ketubot, Gittin and Shetarot, etc. A calendar of leap years for the period between 1640-1693, colophon of the writer in "Mata Kadia Bnei Amar", from the year 1653.
Some of the Siddur leaves are replacements in different handwritings and from different times. Most of the Siddur is written in the writer's handsome handwriting in 1653. Upper vowels (Nikud). Marginalia.
[1], [174] leaves, varied size and condition of leaves, average size: approximately 30 cm. Overall good-fair condition. New leather binding.
Some of the Siddur leaves are replacements in different handwritings and from different times. Most of the Siddur is written in the writer's handsome handwriting in 1653. Upper vowels (Nikud). Marginalia.
[1], [174] leaves, varied size and condition of leaves, average size: approximately 30 cm. Overall good-fair condition. New leather binding.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts, Glosses and Letters
Glosses and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $2,000
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Manuscript, Siddur Tiklal, for Shabbat, Festivals and the High Holy Days (Yamim Nora'im), including Pirkei Avot, Megillat Esther, Megillat Eicha and Kinot, Selichot and Keter Malchut. Wording of Ketubot, Gittin and Shtarot, etc. Calendar of leap years for the period between 1580-1636.
Some of the leaves of the Siddur are replacements in different handwritings and from different times, but most of the Siddur is written in the characteristic writing of the 16th century.
Incomplete copy, approximately 104 leaves. Approximately 28 cm. Fair condition, spotting, wear and tears. New binding.
Some of the leaves of the Siddur are replacements in different handwritings and from different times, but most of the Siddur is written in the characteristic writing of the 16th century.
Incomplete copy, approximately 104 leaves. Approximately 28 cm. Fair condition, spotting, wear and tears. New binding.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts, Glosses and Letters
Glosses and Letters
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,625
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Manuscript, Sefer HaZohar, Vayikra Bamidbar Devarim. Handsome writing in two columns. Title page including the place and date of writing.
Rada (Yemen). 1708.
146 leaves, approximately 30 cm. Varying condition, most leaves are in good condition. The first and last leaves suffer from worm damages and wear. Yemenite amateur leather binding. Worm damages and wear. Handwritten and printed leaves are glued to the cover. (One of them includes a list of testimonies from a Beit Din).
Rada (Yemen). 1708.
146 leaves, approximately 30 cm. Varying condition, most leaves are in good condition. The first and last leaves suffer from worm damages and wear. Yemenite amateur leather binding. Worm damages and wear. Handwritten and printed leaves are glued to the cover. (One of them includes a list of testimonies from a Beit Din).
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts, Glosses and Letters
Glosses and Letters
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