Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $700
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Goralot, Segulot and cures, amulet wording, Hashba'ot and incantations. [Morocco, c. 1930]. Large thick volume which contains: Sefer Goralot, simanei re'ashim, tekufot and mazalot; segulot and cures for various conditions; texts and illustrations for amulets, hashba'ot of shedim, etc. Full of many Kabbalistic illustrations [Ktav Malachim], by Rabbi Shimon Ben-Lulu of Marrakech, with several signatures in his handwriting [one place is dated Kislev 1933]. [186] leaves. 30 cm. Varied condition of leaves, fair-good. Stains, wear and tears. Worn binding.
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Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Collection of manuscripts, leaves and notebooks, with Torah teachings – sermons for various events, articles, eulogies, Torah novellae, piyyutim and bakashot; sections of manuscripts on various topics; letters and documents, some with signatures of Moroccan rabbis. [Morocco and Eretz Israel, c. 1930s-1960s]. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. A substantial part of the manuscripts and leaves were written by Rabbi Shimon Ben-Lulu or are connected to him. Rabbi Ben Lulu (1893-1975) was born in Marrakesh, Morocco and made Aliya to Israel in 1949. He settled in Rishon Letzion, established a synagogue and led the North African Jewish community in the city. Hundreds of leaves, size and condition vary.
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Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $5,000
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Large collection of letters, pamphlets of Torah novellae, signed halachic rulings, letters of responsa and novellae, testaments and marriage contracts, conversion certificates, and more – from the archive of Rabbi Yemin Cohen, Tangier, [c. 1920-1970]. The collection contains many letters sent from various rabbis and persons, Batei Din and communities – from Jerusalem, Tiberias, Tangier, Morocco, Marrakesh, Djerba, Lisbon, Gibraltar, New York, Brazil, etc. Among the items: · A long halachic responsum (6 large pages) on the laws of Gittin, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Raphael Ankawa Av Beit Din of Salé ("the Angel Rafael"), to Rabbi Mordechai ben Jo, Rabbi of Tangier. Salé, [c. 1900-1910]. · Pamphlets of Torah novellae. (Some in an earlier handwriting than the rest of the documents in the archive). · Letters by Rabbi Pinchas Cohen, Marrakesh, 1940. · Bundle of conversion certificates signed by the Beit Din in Kenitra, Morocco. · Recommendation for a shochet, signed by Rabbi Mashash. 1966. · Letter by Rabbi E. Avuravia, 1948. · Many Beit Din documents with signatures of Tangier rabbis and of rabbis of various cities in Morocco and in North Africa. More. Approximately 85 items. More than 100 leaves. Size and condition vary.
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Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Letter of blessings for Pesach, to the "Lofty g'vir… Chaim ben Chamu", handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Abuchatzira, Colomb-Bechar (Algeria), [ca. 1940s]. Handwritten in Judeo-Arabic on a printed card. The holy Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Abuchatzira – Baba Su (died ca. 1974), youngest son of Rabbi Aharon Abuchatzira (second son of Rabbi Ya'akov Abuchatzira), grandson of the Abir Ya'akov. Many turned to him for blessings, counsel and salvation. Rabbi Yosef lived in Colomb-Bechar (Béchar – a city on the Moroccan-Algerian border, near Tafilalt, Morocco), with his elder brothers, Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzira, the "Great Baba Sali" and Rabbi Shalom Abuchatzira (cousins of the renowned Baba Sali, Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzira son of Rabbi Masud and his brother Rabbi Yitzchak Baba Chaki). Later, he moved to France. See enclosed material. Approximately 9.5X14 cm. Fair condition, wear to margins.
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