Pitron Chalomot, "By Rabbi Hai and Yosef HaTsaddik and Daniel Ish Chamudot and Rashi". Calcutta (India), 1842. The author is Rabbi Shlomo Almoli, a refugee of the Spanish (1492) Expulsion. On the two last leaves is Sefer HaRifruf [in previous editions it was titled Sefer HaRefafot]. Ownership inscriptions on the title page: "I have purchased this from the city of Bombay…Baruch Binyamin Chacham Shlomo", "Bombay, 10th of Tevet 1867 [?]…". 35, [1] leaves. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains, worming and damages. Worn binding. Ya'ari, Calcutta 7.

Paper sheet, handwritten in square (Oriental) script, glued on tin, with the times of sunrise (netz) in Jerusalem for 1899-1901. At the bottom of the leaf is an inscription: "Shimon Hakham – As we have merited arranging this, we shall merit fulfilling it…". At the beginning of the leaf are halachic laws of the manner of using the chart. The hours are according to Arabic-Eretz Israel time [12:00 is the time of sunset. The clock is set each day according to the call of the Maghreb from the mosque on the Temple Mount]. As written on the instructions: "On the condition that the clock will be set according to the call of the Maghreb at 12:00. The times of the chart are when the sunrise is visible from the tower on Mount [Olive?], and with a list of the difference of times for Nachalat Shiva neighborhood and for the Rechovot neighborhood [Bukharim]". Rabbi Shimon Hakham (1843-1910), a prominent leader of the Bukhara community in Jerusalem, and a prolific writer. Translated the Chumash and Bible into into Bukharian language. Born in Bukhara to Chacham Eliyahu (1760-1880, Shochet and Bodek and scribe, who arrived from Safed in 1825 and settled in the city of Bukhara and was responsible for the shechita in the community). He led the Bukhara Aliya to Jerusalem in 1890. Authored dozens of books besides other rabbinic compositions which he helped publish. 35.5X50.5 cm. Fair-poor condition, faded ink and erased letters and words, open tears.

Archive of the Alwan family – Rabbis in Kurdistan and Jerusalem, [first half of 20th century]. The archive is composed of: · A collection of letters sent from the Alwan family concerning various matters. Letters from Rabbi Shabtai Alwan of Zakho, Kurdistan from 1928-1935 in Judeo-Arabic. From his son Rabbi Chaviv Alwan Rabbi of the Be'er Sheva Yeshiva of the Kurdish community in Jerusalem, and from his brother Rabbi Moshe Alwan and his son Marad. · Letters and recommendations for the Be'er Sheva Yeshiva [signed by: Rabbi Ovadia Hadaya, Rabbi Ben Zion Chai Uziel, Sephardi community committee, etc]. · Letters of stories about the rabbis of the Alwan family. · Small handwritten notebook, summaries of the Torah portions in preparation for a sermon. · More. · An illustrated Shiviti on parchment. Written by Rabbi Chaviv Alwan. [Jerusalem], 1941. Wood and glass frame (new). · Ten stamps (rubber and metal), of institutes of the Kurdish community in Jerusalem [Be'er Sheva Yeshiva, Hafatzat Torah Association, Kollel Zakho, etc.]. Rabbi Shabtai Alwan, a rabbi of the city of Zakho, Kurdistan. In 1935, he moved to Eretz Israel and taught young children in a Talmud Torah. He died in 1941. His son Rabbi Chaviv Alwan founded the Be'er Sheva Beit Midrash and Yeshiva in the Zichron Yosef neighborhood in Jerusalem in his father's memory. Dozens of items, size and condition vary.

Manuscript, the Zohar, Vayikra Bamidbar Devarim. Nice-looking writing in two columns. Title page including the place and date of writing. Rada'a (Yemen), 1708. 146 leaves, approximately 30 cm. Varying condition, most leaves are in good condition. Worming and wear to first and last leaves. Yemenite folk leather binding. Damaged with worming and wear. Handwritten and printed leaves are glued to the cover. (One of them includes lists of testimonies in a Beit Din).

Complete manuscript, Menorat HaMa'or, by Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhab. With scribe's colophon: "Moshe ben R' Aba… Yosef ben Se'adya HaLevi Nafcha". From "the 15th of Elul 1735". [25], 12-174, [1] leaves. 21.5 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Overall good condition. Wear damages and worming to several leaves. New semi-leather binding. Several handwritten single leaves have been inserted among the leaves.