Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Bundle of ancient handwritten leaves removed from the "Binding Geniza".
Among the leaves:
· Part of a missive in [curly] ancient cursive Sephardic script. [17th century]. Later, this leaf was used for a letter [in Judeo-Arabic], which partly survived, featuring a cutoff signature: "Ya'akov Bacha---". The recipient is mentioned on the reverse side of the leaf: "It should arrive and be pleasing as a sacrifice before the glorious sage and dayan my brother and teacher R' Shimon Mizrachi…from Hamadan to Baghdad…". [Apparently, the recipient is Rabbi Shimon son of R' Yonah Mizrachi, a Baghdad scholar and Rabbi. In 1696, he authored his work "Kanfei Yonah" on the Hebrew calendar. Possibly, the writer is his brother Rabbi Ya'akov who in 1687 wrote his book Kehillat Ya'akov on the calendar. See enclosed material].
· Letter of recommendation for "[Avraham]? Son of R' Kamal Etzfhani", by Baghdad Rabbis who sign "Here in the holy community of Baghdad…1680". The first signature belongs to Rabbi Shimon Mizrachi, author of Kanfei Yonah. Folded leaf. The second part contains about two pages from his composition of homilies on the Torah [in the author's handwriting].
· Bill of sale of a house. Mandali [Babylonia], 1678. On the verso, the blessing of Erusin and Nisiu'in.
· Part of a composition of homilies [on the Midrash "And Ya'akov arrived complete"].
· Parts of ancient compositions in Judeo-Persian. [Moreh Nevuchim, piyyutim, etc.].
· More leaves.
· Enclosed is part of the binding, upon which more leaves are glued.
In the 18th century, Baghdad was stricken by severe epidemics that claimed many lives and heavily affected the local Jewish population. The epidemic in 1742 claimed the lives of most of the local sages and the Baghdad community was forced to apply to the Aleppo community to send them a Rabbi (Rabbi Zedakah Hozin was sent to Baghdad and served in its rabbinate for 30 years). These leaves are a very rare documentation of the 17th century - preceding the epidemics which annihilated a large part of the community and its rabbis. Very few of such documents survived and much information can be extracted from them regarding the history of Babylonian Jewry. For example, the letter sent from Hamadan to Baghdad portrays the connection between the Jewish communities of Babylonia and Persia (see previous item).
More than 15 leaf fragments, size varies, various levels of damage.
All the leaves were removed from one binding, which initially bound the manuscript featured in this catalog, see previous item.
Among the leaves:
· Part of a missive in [curly] ancient cursive Sephardic script. [17th century]. Later, this leaf was used for a letter [in Judeo-Arabic], which partly survived, featuring a cutoff signature: "Ya'akov Bacha---". The recipient is mentioned on the reverse side of the leaf: "It should arrive and be pleasing as a sacrifice before the glorious sage and dayan my brother and teacher R' Shimon Mizrachi…from Hamadan to Baghdad…". [Apparently, the recipient is Rabbi Shimon son of R' Yonah Mizrachi, a Baghdad scholar and Rabbi. In 1696, he authored his work "Kanfei Yonah" on the Hebrew calendar. Possibly, the writer is his brother Rabbi Ya'akov who in 1687 wrote his book Kehillat Ya'akov on the calendar. See enclosed material].
· Letter of recommendation for "[Avraham]? Son of R' Kamal Etzfhani", by Baghdad Rabbis who sign "Here in the holy community of Baghdad…1680". The first signature belongs to Rabbi Shimon Mizrachi, author of Kanfei Yonah. Folded leaf. The second part contains about two pages from his composition of homilies on the Torah [in the author's handwriting].
· Bill of sale of a house. Mandali [Babylonia], 1678. On the verso, the blessing of Erusin and Nisiu'in.
· Part of a composition of homilies [on the Midrash "And Ya'akov arrived complete"].
· Parts of ancient compositions in Judeo-Persian. [Moreh Nevuchim, piyyutim, etc.].
· More leaves.
· Enclosed is part of the binding, upon which more leaves are glued.
In the 18th century, Baghdad was stricken by severe epidemics that claimed many lives and heavily affected the local Jewish population. The epidemic in 1742 claimed the lives of most of the local sages and the Baghdad community was forced to apply to the Aleppo community to send them a Rabbi (Rabbi Zedakah Hozin was sent to Baghdad and served in its rabbinate for 30 years). These leaves are a very rare documentation of the 17th century - preceding the epidemics which annihilated a large part of the community and its rabbis. Very few of such documents survived and much information can be extracted from them regarding the history of Babylonian Jewry. For example, the letter sent from Hamadan to Baghdad portrays the connection between the Jewish communities of Babylonia and Persia (see previous item).
More than 15 leaf fragments, size varies, various levels of damage.
All the leaves were removed from one binding, which initially bound the manuscript featured in this catalog, see previous item.
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Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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![Manuscript, Haftarot. [Oriental countries; Iran-Iraq or Bukhara?], [c. 16th century].
Exquisite ancient Oriental script, vow](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/170.jpg "Manuscript, Haftarot - Oriental Countries, 16th Century")
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Manuscript, Haftarot. [Oriental countries; Iran-Iraq or Bukhara?], [c. 16th century].
Exquisite ancient Oriental script, vowelized. Titles with enlarged letters.
Including the Haftarot of Shemot, Vayikra and Bamidbar and most of the Haftarot of Devarim; Haftarot for Parshiot Shekalim, Zachor and Parah, for Pesach, Shavuot and Rosh Hashanah.
Apparently, the tradition of the Haftarot in this manuscript is a combination of several traditions with which we are familiar today, but this has not been thoroughly researched.
The manuscript in placed in an ancient leather pouch, with floral decorations and geometric frames.
[73] leaves. 17 cm. Good condition. Detached leaves. Unbound. Damages to leather pouch.
Exquisite ancient Oriental script, vowelized. Titles with enlarged letters.
Including the Haftarot of Shemot, Vayikra and Bamidbar and most of the Haftarot of Devarim; Haftarot for Parshiot Shekalim, Zachor and Parah, for Pesach, Shavuot and Rosh Hashanah.
Apparently, the tradition of the Haftarot in this manuscript is a combination of several traditions with which we are familiar today, but this has not been thoroughly researched.
The manuscript in placed in an ancient leather pouch, with floral decorations and geometric frames.
[73] leaves. 17 cm. Good condition. Detached leaves. Unbound. Damages to leather pouch.
Category
Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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![Three illustrated manuscripts. [Persia, 19th century]:
1. Manuscript, Shir HaShirim, with Persian translation [verse and tra](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/171_1.jpg "Three Illustrated Manuscripts - Persia, 19th Century")
![Three illustrated manuscripts. [Persia, 19th century]:
1. Manuscript, Shir HaShirim, with Persian translation [verse and tra](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/171_2.jpg "Three Illustrated Manuscripts - Persia, 19th Century")
![Three illustrated manuscripts. [Persia, 19th century]:
1. Manuscript, Shir HaShirim, with Persian translation [verse and tra](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/171_3.jpg "Three Illustrated Manuscripts - Persia, 19th Century")
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Three illustrated manuscripts. [Persia, 19th century]:
1. Manuscript, Shir HaShirim, with Persian translation [verse and translation, one following another]. Title page illustrated in various colors. Colorful decoration on Leaf [2]. On Leaf [18], a colorful "carpet" frames the verse "I am sleeping and my Beloved is awake…". Colophon on last page: "…Ta'anit Esther the 11th of Adar Rishon…Azarya son of R' Chacham Yitzchak". [Written on the new binding: 1861]. [31] leaves.
2. Manuscript, Megillat Ruth, with Aramaic and Persian translation [verse per verse]. Title page illustrated with various colors. Illustrated frames in the beginning of chapters. Colophon on last page: "I have written this for the dear and lofty…1875". [18] leaves.
3. Manuscript, "Gather and listen, sons of Ya'akov, to the religion of your Creator" - Azharot for Pesach by Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi, with Persian translation. Title page illustrated in various colors, apparently never completed. Later, the version of Petach Eliyahu and other inscriptions were written on blank leaves. [Written on the new binding: 1868]. [9] leaves.
3 manuscripts. 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, tears. Some leaves have erasures or damages to text. New bindings.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
1. Manuscript, Shir HaShirim, with Persian translation [verse and translation, one following another]. Title page illustrated in various colors. Colorful decoration on Leaf [2]. On Leaf [18], a colorful "carpet" frames the verse "I am sleeping and my Beloved is awake…". Colophon on last page: "…Ta'anit Esther the 11th of Adar Rishon…Azarya son of R' Chacham Yitzchak". [Written on the new binding: 1861]. [31] leaves.
2. Manuscript, Megillat Ruth, with Aramaic and Persian translation [verse per verse]. Title page illustrated with various colors. Illustrated frames in the beginning of chapters. Colophon on last page: "I have written this for the dear and lofty…1875". [18] leaves.
3. Manuscript, "Gather and listen, sons of Ya'akov, to the religion of your Creator" - Azharot for Pesach by Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi, with Persian translation. Title page illustrated in various colors, apparently never completed. Later, the version of Petach Eliyahu and other inscriptions were written on blank leaves. [Written on the new binding: 1868]. [9] leaves.
3 manuscripts. 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, tears. Some leaves have erasures or damages to text. New bindings.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
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Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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![Handwritten notebook, Passover Haggadah, Judeo-Persian piyyutim and poems. [Persia, c. 19th century].
Piyyutim and poems. Ch](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/172.jpg "Manuscript, Passover Haggadah, Piyyutim and Poems - Persia, 19th Centu")
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Handwritten notebook, Passover Haggadah, Judeo-Persian piyyutim and poems. [Persia, c. 19th century].
Piyyutim and poems. Charming square script and folk Oriental-Persian script. Folk ornamentation and calligraphy in the shape of the lines of some pages. Writer's signature: "Avraham Cohen son of Mirza HaCohen".
52 leaves, 9X16 cm. High-quality paper. Fair condition, many stains, wear and detached leaves. Ancient green leather binding, with ornamentations. Open tears to binding.
Piyyutim and poems. Charming square script and folk Oriental-Persian script. Folk ornamentation and calligraphy in the shape of the lines of some pages. Writer's signature: "Avraham Cohen son of Mirza HaCohen".
52 leaves, 9X16 cm. High-quality paper. Fair condition, many stains, wear and detached leaves. Ancient green leather binding, with ornamentations. Open tears to binding.
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Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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![Illustrated manuscript, piyyutim and hymns. [Persia, 19th century].
Narrow long format. Oriental-Persian writing, by two wri](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/173_1.jpg "Manuscript - Piyyutim and Songs - Narrow Long Format - With Illustrati")
![Illustrated manuscript, piyyutim and hymns. [Persia, 19th century].
Narrow long format. Oriental-Persian writing, by two wri](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/173_2.jpg "Manuscript - Piyyutim and Songs - Narrow Long Format - With Illustrati")
![Illustrated manuscript, piyyutim and hymns. [Persia, 19th century].
Narrow long format. Oriental-Persian writing, by two wri](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/173_3.jpg "Manuscript - Piyyutim and Songs - Narrow Long Format - With Illustrati")
![Illustrated manuscript, piyyutim and hymns. [Persia, 19th century].
Narrow long format. Oriental-Persian writing, by two wri](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/173_4.jpg "Manuscript - Piyyutim and Songs - Narrow Long Format - With Illustrati")
![Illustrated manuscript, piyyutim and hymns. [Persia, 19th century].
Narrow long format. Oriental-Persian writing, by two wri](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/173_5.jpg "Manuscript - Piyyutim and Songs - Narrow Long Format - With Illustrati")
![Illustrated manuscript, piyyutim and hymns. [Persia, 19th century].
Narrow long format. Oriental-Persian writing, by two wri](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/173_6.jpg "Manuscript - Piyyutim and Songs - Narrow Long Format - With Illustrati")
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Illustrated manuscript, piyyutim and hymns. [Persia, 19th century].
Narrow long format. Oriental-Persian writing, by two writers [additions by a third writer on several leaves]. The first part has black ink illustrations and ornamentation [vases, flowers and branches, peacocks, birds and fish]. In two places the initial words are decorated in several colors. On Leaf [10b] is an illustration of a tree encompassing the beginning of the piyyut "Ilan Yafe (=Beautiful Tree)…". Part 2 [beginning on the second side of the manuscript] is written in a later Persian writing, inside colorful frames illustrated with flowers and leaves.
Piyyutim and hymns by various poets, most noted their names in the titles, sometimes adding the occasion for the piyyut: for grooms, for Passover, Purim, etc. Among the titles: "To Rabbi Evyatar", "Passover songs...by Rabbi Pinchas Chariri". "By R' Zevulun Katan Chazak", "Abdullah son of Katzir", "Mordechai son of R' Azarya", etc.
Colophon on one leaf: "I wrote this…Sassoon son of Shlomo". On another leaf: "I wrote this by the desire of my beloved and dear…the young man…my brother Aharon…".
[45] leaves. Width: 7.5 cm. Height: 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Ancient leather binding, half missing.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
Narrow long format. Oriental-Persian writing, by two writers [additions by a third writer on several leaves]. The first part has black ink illustrations and ornamentation [vases, flowers and branches, peacocks, birds and fish]. In two places the initial words are decorated in several colors. On Leaf [10b] is an illustration of a tree encompassing the beginning of the piyyut "Ilan Yafe (=Beautiful Tree)…". Part 2 [beginning on the second side of the manuscript] is written in a later Persian writing, inside colorful frames illustrated with flowers and leaves.
Piyyutim and hymns by various poets, most noted their names in the titles, sometimes adding the occasion for the piyyut: for grooms, for Passover, Purim, etc. Among the titles: "To Rabbi Evyatar", "Passover songs...by Rabbi Pinchas Chariri". "By R' Zevulun Katan Chazak", "Abdullah son of Katzir", "Mordechai son of R' Azarya", etc.
Colophon on one leaf: "I wrote this…Sassoon son of Shlomo". On another leaf: "I wrote this by the desire of my beloved and dear…the young man…my brother Aharon…".
[45] leaves. Width: 7.5 cm. Height: 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Ancient leather binding, half missing.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
Category
Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
Catalogue
![Three manuscripts in Judeo-Persian. [Persia, late 19th century].
1. Manuscript, MiChlal Yofi Shel Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim, com](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/174.jpg "Three Manuscripts in Judeo-Persian - Late 19th Century")
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Three manuscripts in Judeo-Persian. [Persia, late 19th century].
1. Manuscript, MiChlal Yofi Shel Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim, commentaries and explanations on the Bible. The author signed his name in a colophon: "Raphael Melamed Cohen ben Rabbi Netanel Katz… 1900".
2. Manuscript, Judeo-Arabic commentary on the six Sidrei Mishna, "Explained by…Shlomo…". The copier: "Raphael Melamed ben Rabbi Netanel HaCohen'. 1900.
3. Manuscript, Pitron Chalomot. Kabalistic matters, reading faces and palms. Colophon: "Monday, 28th of Iyar… 1896". Hebrew and Judeo-Persian.
Three volumes, approximately 17 cm. Overall good-fair condition. New bindings.
1. Manuscript, MiChlal Yofi Shel Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim, commentaries and explanations on the Bible. The author signed his name in a colophon: "Raphael Melamed Cohen ben Rabbi Netanel Katz… 1900".
2. Manuscript, Judeo-Arabic commentary on the six Sidrei Mishna, "Explained by…Shlomo…". The copier: "Raphael Melamed ben Rabbi Netanel HaCohen'. 1900.
3. Manuscript, Pitron Chalomot. Kabalistic matters, reading faces and palms. Colophon: "Monday, 28th of Iyar… 1896". Hebrew and Judeo-Persian.
Three volumes, approximately 17 cm. Overall good-fair condition. New bindings.
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Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
Catalogue
![Two illustrated manuscripts from Persia:
1. Manuscript, Raziel HaMalach. [Persia, 19th/20th century]. Persian writing, with](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/175_1.jpg "Two Illustrated Manuscripts - Persia")
![Two illustrated manuscripts from Persia:
1. Manuscript, Raziel HaMalach. [Persia, 19th/20th century]. Persian writing, with](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/175_2.jpg "Two Illustrated Manuscripts - Persia")
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Two illustrated manuscripts from Persia:
1. Manuscript, Raziel HaMalach. [Persia, 19th/20th century]. Persian writing, with many Kabbalistic illustrations. Some leaves have heavy damages.
2. Manuscript, piyyutim and songs in Judeo-Persian. [Persia], 1913. Long narrow format. Persian writing. The pages are ornamented with light-blue and pink frames. Several places have illustrations and geometric-shaped adornments, fowl and Chamsa symbols. The writer signed his name in several places. Colophon on last leaf: "Praise G-d… Mashiach Cohen…Thursday…1913…".
Two manuscripts, [117] and [95] leaves (respectively). Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
1. Manuscript, Raziel HaMalach. [Persia, 19th/20th century]. Persian writing, with many Kabbalistic illustrations. Some leaves have heavy damages.
2. Manuscript, piyyutim and songs in Judeo-Persian. [Persia], 1913. Long narrow format. Persian writing. The pages are ornamented with light-blue and pink frames. Several places have illustrations and geometric-shaped adornments, fowl and Chamsa symbols. The writer signed his name in several places. Colophon on last leaf: "Praise G-d… Mashiach Cohen…Thursday…1913…".
Two manuscripts, [117] and [95] leaves (respectively). Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
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Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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![Ledger of income and expenses of the Va'ad HaKlali for the Persian Jewish community. Jerusalem, [1924].
Large format. Title](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/176.jpg "Ledger of the Va'ad HaKlali (General Committee) of the Persian Jewish")
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Ledger of income and expenses of the Va'ad HaKlali for the Persian Jewish community. Jerusalem, [1924].
Large format. Title pages illustrated in various colors. On the third leaf is a long recommendation and request for support for the Persian Jewish community in Jerusalem. With signatures of the rabbis of the Persian community of Jerusalem, with the addition of a handwritten signed recommendation of the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Ya'akov Meir. On the following leaf is a recommendation of Rabbi Kook, with his signature [Rashi script] and stamp. On the verso, the names of donors and amounts are listed. The rest of the leaves are blank.
[6] written pages (dozens of blank leaves). 41 cm. Good condition. Stains. New binding.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
Large format. Title pages illustrated in various colors. On the third leaf is a long recommendation and request for support for the Persian Jewish community in Jerusalem. With signatures of the rabbis of the Persian community of Jerusalem, with the addition of a handwritten signed recommendation of the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Ya'akov Meir. On the following leaf is a recommendation of Rabbi Kook, with his signature [Rashi script] and stamp. On the verso, the names of donors and amounts are listed. The rest of the leaves are blank.
[6] written pages (dozens of blank leaves). 41 cm. Good condition. Stains. New binding.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
Category
Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
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Collection of handwritten leaves: letters, homilies, shtarot, pamphlets and more. [Oriental countries and other places, 19th and 20th centuries].
Among the items: · Letter of Torah teachings, decorated in various colors. Sent to Rabbi Avraham Ben Na'im. Jerusalem, 1872. · "Honorary" card, for "Yom Kippur prayers" - "Kol Nedarim and S'gan Arvit", by Rabbi Yitzchak Pancheiri. [Italy], 1858. · Handwritten pamphlet [11 pages], bakashot and piyyutim. [Yemen]. · Handwritten pamphlet, piyyutim for Purim and a piyut for Succot. [Yemen]. Partly damaged. · Handwritten pamphlet, piyyutim for a brit milah, for brides, for naming girls, sheva berachot, Reshut for a groom, for Shavuot and for Succot, etc. · Shtar agreement for shidduchim. [Khalab? Syria?]. Signed by "Moshe Harrari" among others. · Letter sent to General Kish by the residents of the city of Erbil, regarding their desire to immigrate to Eretz Israel. Sivan [1926]. · Authorization of the Bozrah (Batzrah) Beit Din appointing a shli'ach (messenger) Beit Din to perform a kiddushin. Bozrah (Iraq), Av 1930. Signatures of Rabbi Yechezkel Sassoon, Rabbi Nissim Shalom and Rabbi Nissim Dangur. · Handwritten leaf, study itinerary and Fast of Esther, Adar Bet 1948, among others: "Eulogy…of all those who died…in Jerusalem…". · Shtar of appointment of a custodian. Lisbon (Portugal), [without a date]. · Handwritten leaf, Torah teachings on Shabbat observation, by Rabbi Khomeini Alush, Rabbi of Medenine, Tunis. · Leaf sent from Yemen to Mori Yosef David Kapach, regarding the libel slandering Yemenite Jews during the 1948 pogroms [see: Toldot Yehudei Teiman - Letters, Jerusalem 1980, p. 283]. · Manuscript sections, homilies, etc. · Several printed leaves, receipts, etc.
Approximately 35 items. Size and condition vary.
Among the items: · Letter of Torah teachings, decorated in various colors. Sent to Rabbi Avraham Ben Na'im. Jerusalem, 1872. · "Honorary" card, for "Yom Kippur prayers" - "Kol Nedarim and S'gan Arvit", by Rabbi Yitzchak Pancheiri. [Italy], 1858. · Handwritten pamphlet [11 pages], bakashot and piyyutim. [Yemen]. · Handwritten pamphlet, piyyutim for Purim and a piyut for Succot. [Yemen]. Partly damaged. · Handwritten pamphlet, piyyutim for a brit milah, for brides, for naming girls, sheva berachot, Reshut for a groom, for Shavuot and for Succot, etc. · Shtar agreement for shidduchim. [Khalab? Syria?]. Signed by "Moshe Harrari" among others. · Letter sent to General Kish by the residents of the city of Erbil, regarding their desire to immigrate to Eretz Israel. Sivan [1926]. · Authorization of the Bozrah (Batzrah) Beit Din appointing a shli'ach (messenger) Beit Din to perform a kiddushin. Bozrah (Iraq), Av 1930. Signatures of Rabbi Yechezkel Sassoon, Rabbi Nissim Shalom and Rabbi Nissim Dangur. · Handwritten leaf, study itinerary and Fast of Esther, Adar Bet 1948, among others: "Eulogy…of all those who died…in Jerusalem…". · Shtar of appointment of a custodian. Lisbon (Portugal), [without a date]. · Handwritten leaf, Torah teachings on Shabbat observation, by Rabbi Khomeini Alush, Rabbi of Medenine, Tunis. · Leaf sent from Yemen to Mori Yosef David Kapach, regarding the libel slandering Yemenite Jews during the 1948 pogroms [see: Toldot Yehudei Teiman - Letters, Jerusalem 1980, p. 283]. · Manuscript sections, homilies, etc. · Several printed leaves, receipts, etc.
Approximately 35 items. Size and condition vary.
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Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Collection of printed leaves, some completed and signed by hand with signatures and stamps. Baghdad, 1897-1912.
· Printed receipt, in Judeo-Arabic, completed by hand signed by "Yechezkel son of R' Aharon HaLevi" [Baghdad rabbi], about money belonging to the influential Ezra Sassoon, transferred by the author of the Ben Ish Chai - "…R' Yosef Chaim son of R' Eliyahu son of R' Moshe Chaim". Baghdad, Cheshvan 1897.
· "Open notice" - Printed leaf with letters and stamps of Baghdad rabbis and Eretz Israel emissaries about the annulment of the emissary's appointment. Letter by Rabbi Yosef Chaim, author of the Ben Ish Chai. Letter of the Beit Din of Rabbi Avraham Moshe Hillel, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Shlomo David and Rabbi Yechezkel Moshe HaLevi. Letter by the Chacham Bashi Rabbi Yitzchak Avraham Shlomo and letter of the emissaries Rabbi Chaim Ya'akov Burla, Rabbi David Shrim, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Shrim and Rabbi Ezra Chaim HaCohen. Baghdad, 1899.
· "Known Prohibition of Encroachment" - Printed proclamation with letters expressing the exclusivity of the right to raise funds for the emissaries of the Magen David fund. Letter by the rabbis of Eretz Israel, a letter by Rabbi Yosef Chaim, author of the Ben Ish Chai, letter by the Chacham Bashi and a letter by the members of the Baghdad Beit Din. Baghdad, 1902.
· Wedding invitation, printed card in Judeo-Arabic (in golden ink). By Rabbi Shimon Aharon Agassi. Invitation to the wedding of his son Ezra Ben-Zion. Sivan 1912.
4 items, size and condition vary. The first three items have gluings.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
· Printed receipt, in Judeo-Arabic, completed by hand signed by "Yechezkel son of R' Aharon HaLevi" [Baghdad rabbi], about money belonging to the influential Ezra Sassoon, transferred by the author of the Ben Ish Chai - "…R' Yosef Chaim son of R' Eliyahu son of R' Moshe Chaim". Baghdad, Cheshvan 1897.
· "Open notice" - Printed leaf with letters and stamps of Baghdad rabbis and Eretz Israel emissaries about the annulment of the emissary's appointment. Letter by Rabbi Yosef Chaim, author of the Ben Ish Chai. Letter of the Beit Din of Rabbi Avraham Moshe Hillel, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Shlomo David and Rabbi Yechezkel Moshe HaLevi. Letter by the Chacham Bashi Rabbi Yitzchak Avraham Shlomo and letter of the emissaries Rabbi Chaim Ya'akov Burla, Rabbi David Shrim, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Shrim and Rabbi Ezra Chaim HaCohen. Baghdad, 1899.
· "Known Prohibition of Encroachment" - Printed proclamation with letters expressing the exclusivity of the right to raise funds for the emissaries of the Magen David fund. Letter by the rabbis of Eretz Israel, a letter by Rabbi Yosef Chaim, author of the Ben Ish Chai, letter by the Chacham Bashi and a letter by the members of the Baghdad Beit Din. Baghdad, 1902.
· Wedding invitation, printed card in Judeo-Arabic (in golden ink). By Rabbi Shimon Aharon Agassi. Invitation to the wedding of his son Ezra Ben-Zion. Sivan 1912.
4 items, size and condition vary. The first three items have gluings.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Category
Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
Unsold
Manuscript, Otzar HaNechmad, anthologies and novellae on the weekly Torah portions and on the Haftarot from various books. Bereshit and Shemot. By an unknown author. [Baghdad? 20th century].
The title of the composition appears at the top of some pages.
The writer left empty spaces in some places for several more parshiot.
Enclosed are several leaves [apparently from the original manuscript from which this manuscript was copied], with a commentary on Megillat Esther, a homiletic for Shabbat Zachor and commentaries for Parashat VaYishlach and for Parashat VaYakhel. Another leaf with the story of a Chassid.
[172] written leaves and more blank leaves + [32] pages. Approximately 20 cm. Good condition. Damaged binding.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
The title of the composition appears at the top of some pages.
The writer left empty spaces in some places for several more parshiot.
Enclosed are several leaves [apparently from the original manuscript from which this manuscript was copied], with a commentary on Megillat Esther, a homiletic for Shabbat Zachor and commentaries for Parashat VaYishlach and for Parashat VaYakhel. Another leaf with the story of a Chassid.
[172] written leaves and more blank leaves + [32] pages. Approximately 20 cm. Good condition. Damaged binding.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Category
Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $500
Unsold
Collection of fragments and sections of leaves and manuscripts. From Oriental countries, various periods [16th century to the 20th century].
· Two leaf sections of the Rashi commentary on Tractate Berachot Leaf 4. And from Bava Metzi'a Leaf 59. [c. 16th century]. · Leaf of the Rashi commentary on the book of Kohelet from Chapter 4, Verse 6 until Chapter 5, Verse 9. [c. 16th century]. · Leaf from an ancient Kabbalistic work. Oriental writing. [17th/18th century]. · Three leaves for drawing up a calendar. [1721 is mentioned]. (Enclosed is a typewritten leaf on the subject of the moladot [New Moons]. By the researcher David Sassoon). · Five leaves from a book of tales: About a good friend, about Alexander and the women, the birth of R' Yehuda ben Betira, etc. [c. 19th century]. · Pamphlet (54 leaves), story in Judeo-Arabic. [Baghdad, 19th century]. Enclosed is a leaf by Rabbi David Sassoon, who writes that the manuscript was apparently part of the composition "Ketzat Abu Zid Alhalali" or the composition "Ketzat Bnei Halal", and was written in Baghdad in the 19th century. · List of names of men. Babylonia, [Baghdad / Anah, 17th century]. · Handwritten pamphlet (7 leaves): Daf'tar Mal, Laws of shechita of fowl. Colophon of writer: Aharon Chaim Ezra Atzlan of Babylonia. Bombay, 1863. · Two leaves containing the lineage of the Ibn Tzur family [Morocco, beginning of 20th century]. The last member mentioned is Dayan Rabbi Refael (son of Shlomo) Ibn Tzur (born in 1830 and died in 1917). · Etc.
11 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
· Two leaf sections of the Rashi commentary on Tractate Berachot Leaf 4. And from Bava Metzi'a Leaf 59. [c. 16th century]. · Leaf of the Rashi commentary on the book of Kohelet from Chapter 4, Verse 6 until Chapter 5, Verse 9. [c. 16th century]. · Leaf from an ancient Kabbalistic work. Oriental writing. [17th/18th century]. · Three leaves for drawing up a calendar. [1721 is mentioned]. (Enclosed is a typewritten leaf on the subject of the moladot [New Moons]. By the researcher David Sassoon). · Five leaves from a book of tales: About a good friend, about Alexander and the women, the birth of R' Yehuda ben Betira, etc. [c. 19th century]. · Pamphlet (54 leaves), story in Judeo-Arabic. [Baghdad, 19th century]. Enclosed is a leaf by Rabbi David Sassoon, who writes that the manuscript was apparently part of the composition "Ketzat Abu Zid Alhalali" or the composition "Ketzat Bnei Halal", and was written in Baghdad in the 19th century. · List of names of men. Babylonia, [Baghdad / Anah, 17th century]. · Handwritten pamphlet (7 leaves): Daf'tar Mal, Laws of shechita of fowl. Colophon of writer: Aharon Chaim Ezra Atzlan of Babylonia. Bombay, 1863. · Two leaves containing the lineage of the Ibn Tzur family [Morocco, beginning of 20th century]. The last member mentioned is Dayan Rabbi Refael (son of Shlomo) Ibn Tzur (born in 1830 and died in 1917). · Etc.
11 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Category
Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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