Printed broadside, "Illustration of laws of shechita" according to the laws presented by the Mahari Weil, translated into Yiddish by R. Moshe Alsas. Hanau, [1718].
Large-format leaf, printed on both sides. On one side is an illustration of the innards of an animal, together with halachic rulings and explanations, in Yiddish - in Tzena U'rena letters. On the verso, appear additional rulings, an illustration of part of a lung and heart of an animal, with the blessings for shechita and for the mitzvah of covering the blood. At the top of this page is an explanation by the translator and the publisher in rhyme: "The editor says: since this illustration is beneficial to the young who dwell in the open cities and in villages, who do not understand the Holy Tongue…". He adds that this broadside is intended for hanging on the wall "so that everyone should be able to hang it on the wall…and at the blink of an eye find that which he seeks…". On the margins: "The shechitot of the Mahari Weil are concluded, printed here in Hanau…in the printing press of Johann Yakov Basang".
Printed leaf, approximately 41 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Folding creases, tears to creases.
Not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.

Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom, Chaim ben Meir, and the bride, Zahara, daughter of "The Most Excellent Scholar and Dayan" Rabbi Eliyahu [HaTzorfati]. Fes, Morocco, Friday, 15 Adar 5528 [1768].
The text of the ketubah details the family lineage of the bride, up until the Chacham Rabbi Vidal HaTzorfati (the first).
Frame made up of the verses of the "Priestly Benediction", "A Woman of Valor" and more. Witness signatures (curly rabbinical signatures, undeciphered). Inscribed at the bottom of the ketubah is the text of "Shir La'Ma'alot".
29.5X45 cm. Fair-poor condition. Numerous stains and dampstains. Tears, with damage to text. Creases and folding marks. Some of the tears have been professionally repaired.
This is the earliest known Ketubah from Fes, and one of the earliest Ketubot from Morocco.

Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom, Nathan Chaim ben Ya'akov Baruch Levi Montechieri O.B.M. and the bride Sarah Giviya bat Yonah Menachem Cantoni O.B.M.. Bozzolo, Italy, 1 Elul [1780].
Handwritten on parchment. Top margins are cut. Decorations and blessings on the frame and above the ketubah text. In the center is an illustrated medallion with the family emblem (?), in the middle of which is the inscription (in Hebrew), "And this is the sign of their fathers' home". Witnesses' signatures: Mordecai (?) Yehuda ben David Kiastela (?), Yitzhak Levi Mortra ben Avraham.
31.5X46 cm. Fair condition. Tears, some open, with damage to text. Creases and stains.
Provenance: purchased at Skinner, April 10, 2008, lot 352.

Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom, Yehuda Shalom Eliyahu ben Shimshon Mitrani and the bride, Rivka bat Yosef Moscato. Florence, Nissan [1895].
Handwritten on parchment. The ketubah text mentions the notary who drew up the contract, "Notaro Carlo Cuirzzi". Witnesses' signatures: Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Margaliot, Av Beit Din, Mordecai Shmuel Masilyi, and another signature in Italian. Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Margaliot (Otzar HaRabanim 19628, 1848-1922) - born in Galicia, studied in Buchach with R. Shmuel Yissachar Stark, was ordained as rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau and earned a Ph.D. in philosophy and Semitic languages from the universities at Leipzig and Breslau in Germany. In the years 1887-1890 he served as rabbi of the Hesse Nassau community in Hamburg, Germany. In 1890 he moved to Florence, where he served as rabbi until his death. In 1899 he moved the Rome-based theological seminary (Collegio Rabbinico Italiano) to Florence. Originally the seminary was founded in Padua by Samuel David Luzzato.
40.5X56 cm. Good condition. Some stains and creases.

Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom, Eliyahu ben Raphael, and the bride, Rachel bat Aharon. Herat, Afghanistan, Heshvan 5653 [1892].
At the top of the ketubah are five gates. Three are illustrated with vases holding flowers; the other two feature blessings and verses. At the bottom are five medallions containing the witnesses' signatures.
35.5X44.5 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains, tears, wear and creases. Dampstains. Folding marks.