Manuscript, Etz Chaim by the Ari, with the addition of various compilations, a Kabbalistic commentary on Azamer B'Shvachin and Shabbat songs. A copy of the holy letter by Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropol. Compilations of Segulot and cures [noted in one place are Segulot copied from the letters by Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem]. Unknown Kabbalistic Piyutim, various prayers, illustrations and Kabbalistic charts, etc. [Ashkenazi writing, Russia-Poland, c. 1770].
On Leaf 358/a is a colophon by the author: "Here the book Etz Chaim by the Ari was completed. Aharon ben Eliyahu from Chmieln ", copied in the city of Fastiv, Ukraine, in 1771, the book Pri Etz Chaim, listed in the catalogue of Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, listing no. 0187441].
On the last leaves, after the completion of the book and on the first and last binding leaves, are various compilations [in a different handwriting from around the same time?]
For a complete list, please see the Hebrew description.
In general, we note that the "Etz Chaim" and the compilations added to this manuscript have different variations, seen in the versions of these books, printed in later years. The significance of the variations in these manuscripts was not examined thoroughly. However, in the sample examination conducted, many differences were found.
[5 pages], 358 leaves; [33 pages]. 19 cm. High-quality paper, good-fair condition, wear caused by usage and worm holes. Original leather-covered wooden binding, with decoration and clasp remnants, damaged and torn.

Two leaf-remnants of an ancient manuscript of the Zohar, removed from the Binding Geniza. Oriental writing, [Italy? 15th century].
A section of the Idra Rabba (Parshat Naso). Appears in the first edition (Mantua, 1458), in Part 3, Leaves 134/a-135/a.
The watermark matches the paper produced in Modena, Italy in 1435 (according to the Briquet Index 3984).
[4] pages. Approximately 28 cm. Major damages, varying condition among the pages (the two outer pages are legible whereas the inner pages are heavily damaged). Professionally restored. New binding.

Leaves from an ancient manuscript on parchment. Sefer HaShorashim by the Radak [Rabbi David Kimchi]. Sephardic script, [Spain? 14th century?].
Handsome scribal writing. In the margins, the sources of the verses are written in tiny handwriting.
2 leaves (4 written pages). 25 cm. Good condition. Spotting, wear and tear. Faded ink in several places.

Manuscript, Baruch She'amar – Tikun Tefillin by Rabbi Avraham ben Rabbi Moshe of Sinsheim, with glosses by Rabbi Shimshon ben Rabbi Eliezer called the Baruch She'amar. [Ashkenazi writing, c. 18th century].
The book Baruch She'amar is one of the foremost sources of Torah rulings regarding the laws of Tefillin. The book is actually composed of two works written by two early Torah scholars (Rishonim): the foundation of the composition is Tikun Tefillin written by Rabbi Avraham of Sinsheim, a disciple of the Maharam of Rottenberg who was "the leading Tefillin scribe in his time and after him". Additions and glosses on the Maharam's work were written by Rabbi Shimshon ben Rabbi Eliezer called Rabbeinu Shimshon Baruch She'amar who lived in the following generation, the days of the Rosh and the Mordechai. The two compositions always appear as one format (no copies of the Tikun exist without Rabbi Shimshon's glosses), and with the passage of time, the name of the first author was omitted and the work is only called after Rabbi Shimshon Baruch She'amar. This work remained in manuscript form for hundreds of years and was only printed for the first time in Dubna in 1796 (afterward in Shklov in 1804, from a different manuscript). However, the leading Torah authorities such as the Beit Yosef and the Maharshal were familiar with the book and brought excerpts of the manuscript in their writings.
This is one of the manuscripts of the book which was apparently written before the first printing of the work. It begins in the middle of the author's introduction (as it probably appeared in the copy the scribe used). Throughout the manuscript, a typographic separation was introduced between the body of the work and the glosses of the Baruch She'amar. Written on Leaf 34/a: "Conclusion of the compilation of Tefillin which I have compiled… Shimshon bar Eliezer called Baruch She'amar", however after that, he writes more compilations on the laws of Tefillin.
42 leaves. 22 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Spotting. Wear and tears around the leaf's edges. Contemporary cardboard binding, worn and damaged.