Twelve books printed in Salonika in the 18th-19th centuries, some of them with glosses:
1. Chelek Yaakov, novellae on Tur, Rambam and the Talmud, by R. Yaakov Albaali. Salonika, [1827]. One of the leaves contains a gloss signed: "the young Rachamim Franko" (apparently the handwriting of R. Chaim Rachamim Yosef Franko – HaRav HaCharif, 1833-1901, dayan in Rhodes and Livorno. R. Franko immigrated to Jerusalem in 1868 and was appointed dayan in the Beit Din of the Rishon LeTzion – the Yisa Bracha. From 1878, he served as rabbi of Hebron. He authored Shaarei Rachamim, Ot L'Rachamim, VaYitzbor Yosef and more).
2. Korban Elitzur, novellae on Tractate Avoda Zara, by R. Mansour Marzouk. Salonika, [1777].
3-4. Mayim Shaal, responsa in the order of the Shulchan Aruch, by R. Moshe Mordechai Meyuchas. Salonika, [1799]. Open tear to one of the leaves affecting the text. Bound with: Shaar HaMayim, composition on the Laws of Treifot, Tractate Chulin and responsa, by R. Mordechai Yosef Meyuchas. Salonika, [1768]. A trimmed note in Sephardic script appears in the responsa section of Shaar HaMayim, p. 21a.
5-6. Teshuvot Mahardach, by R. David HaKohen of Corfu. Salonika, [1803]. Bound with: Maamar HaMelech, novellae on Rambam's Mishneh Torah, by R. Refael Avraham Matzliach. [Salonika, 1806]. Lacking title page and last leaf. Contains a few glosses.
7. Pi Shnayim, novellae on Arba Turim and various homilies, by R. Refael Sornaga. Salonika, [1806].
8. Chesed LeAvraham, Part I, responsa on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and Yoreh De'ah, by R. Avraham Alkalai. Salonika, [1813]. A trimmed ownership inscription appears on the title page, and a trimmed gloss on p. 153a, both in Sephardic script.
9-10. Migdal Chananel, homilies, selections and laws, by R. Chananel Chabif. Salonika, [1819]. Bound with: Mareh HaNoga, novellae on Rambam's Mishneh Torah, by R. Refael Ashkenazi. Salonika, [1832]. Mareh HaNoga contains a second part with a separate title page: Dvar Yosef, homilies for special Shabbatot and eulogies, by R. Yosef Danon. Salonika, [1840]. A trimmed gloss in Sephardic script appears on p. 16a of Mareh HaNoga.
11. Nishmat Kol Chai, Part I, responsa on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and Yoreh De'ah, by R. Chaim Palagi. Salonika, [1832].
12. Yad David, on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, by R. David de Boton. Salonika, [1859]. Tears to the last two leaves, slightly affecting the text. A few glosses.
12 books in 9 volumes. Size and condition vary.

Collection of important documents including: early Ketubot from the 19th-20th centuries, documents, Shiviti leaves and amulets which were pasted into a volume of Rav Pe'alim, recovered in 1970 from the library of the Meir Taweig Synagogue in Baghdad.
The documents and leaves were collected and pasted into the book by Chacham Salman Dabby, the last beadle of the Meir Taweig synagogue in Baghdad, ca. 1948-1970. Salman Dabby immigrated to Eretz Israel after the community disintegrated following the Six Day War, succeeding in bringing with him to Eretz Israel a collection of books from the immense library of the synagogue (which he claimed contained some quarter of a million books, many documents and dozens of Torah scrolls – see below). He habitually saved and pasted various documents, printed items and manuscripts in the books.
We have here one of those books, in which were pasted particularly important documents (see also following item). On many of these documents, Salman Dabby added a handwritten inscription: "Brought it, the lowly Salman Eliyahu Binyamin Daniel Dabby from the Meir Taweig synagogue".
This volume contains amongst others:
· Responsa Rav Pe'alim, part I, by R. Yosef Chaim, the Ben Ish Chai. Jerusalem, [1901]. First edition. Title page printed with golden ink. Signatures and many inscriptions by Salman Dabby, with memorial inscriptions for his father and other relatives, and inscription attesting the book's provenance from the Meir Taweig [synagogue] library. An additional signature appears on the title page: "the young Yaakov son of R. Elisha Nissim".
· Handwritten Ketubah, for the marriage of the groom Tzalach Nachum Yitzchak Aharon. Baghdad, Tamuz 1834. Neat, calligraphic script. Decorated with a border made from colored strips of paper. Signed by the witnesses: "Mordechai son of R. Sasson" (R. Mordechai Shanduch [d. 1852], was the eldest son of R. Sasson Shanduch author of Kol Sasson); "the young Mordechai son of R. Yitzchak Shamash". (In the Sassoon manuscript no. 467, an additional Ketubah signed by these two witnesses appears, dated Cheshvan 1833). Inscription on the verso of the Ketubah, with colored floral ornaments.
· Handwritten Ketubah, for the marriage of the groom David Eliyahu Mordechai Yaakov Yaakov Faraj, with the bride Tzlacha daughter of (the abovementioned) Tzalach Nachum Yitzchak Aharon. Baghdad, Adar II, 1853. In neat calligraphic script. Decorated with a border of colored strips of paper. Signed by the witnesses: "the young Shimon son of Moshe son of R. Sasson"; "the young Mordechai son of R. Yitzchak Shamash".
· Handwritten document, transferring property from the ownership of (the abovementioned) Tzalach Nachum Yitzchak Aharon to his daughter the bride Farcha. Signed by the witnesses: "the young Yechezkel Mordechai Bazoom"; "the young Ezra Rachamim Chaim Shlomo Moshe Gurgi". Baghdad, Kislev 1852.
· Handwritten document, concerning the widow of Tzalach Eliyahu Yaakov, and her daughter-in-law Farcha daughter of Tzalach Nachum Yitzchak (abovementioned), signed by five witnesses and dayanim, including the dayanim: "the young Ovadia Avraham HaLevi", "the young Nissim Aharon Eliya Kohen", "the young Sasson Eliyahu son of R. Moshe Moshe HaLevi". Baghdad, Kislev 1858.
· Handwritten document, regarding the inheritance of Eliyahu Mordechai Yaakov (father-in-law of Tzlacha, daughter of the abovementioned Tzalach Nachum Yitzchak Aharon). Signed by the three (aforementioned) dayanim of the Beit Din: "the young Ovadia Avraham HaLevi", "the young Nissim Aharon Eliya Kohen", "the young Sasson Eliyahu son of R. Moshe Moshe HaLevi". Baghdad, Tamuz 1868.
· Pasted onto p. 29a is a printed document completed by hand: Document authorizing the relay of a Get (divorce document), with the handwritten signatures of five witnesses and dayanim, including the dayanim: "the young Salman Chogi Aboudi"; R. "Yehoshua Moshe Yechezkel" and "the young Refael Yitzchak Chaim". Baghdad, Tamuz 1938.
· On the back endpaper – a handwritten divorce document (Stam script). Baghdad, Sivan 1938.
· Draft memorandum by Salman Dabby, written after he reached Eretz Israel ca. 1970, containing a plan of action for retrieving the property of the Jewish communities in Iraq in those days (interesting historic documentation): "…to rescue the Torah scrolls and all holy items in Baghdad. The books are located: 1) in the Meir Taweig synagogue, (there are some quarter of a million early books, 16 Torah scrolls in silver mounted cases, 19 Torah scrolls in cases mounted with part silver – everything was ready to be sent to London by the community. 2) in Basra 170 Torah scrolls. 3) In the Iraqi Governmental Museum 370 Torah scrolls. 4) in the Masouda Shem Tov synagogue, approximately 100 Torah scrolls…". (It is noteworthy that most of the abovementioned Jewish property was stolen and lost during Saddam Hussein's rule of Iraq. Small parts of these libraries were salvaged by soldiers of the United States Army during the 2003 invasion, approximately 30 years after this memorandum was written). Later in the memorandum, Salman Dabby describes the positions he held in Baghdad prior his immigration to Eretz Israel: "I was for 22 years the mohel, chazan, shochet, toke'a and I was one of the leaders of the community and a religious authority".
Rav Pe'alim volume: 31 cm. Original binding, damaged. Various documents of varying size and condition (some folded), good to fair.

Manuscript, Passover Haggadah, with Judeo-Arabic translation (Sharh), Iraqi-rite. [Baghdad? ca. 19th century].
Neat oriental semi-cursive script, characteristic of Baghdadi Jews. The text of the Haggadah is followed by Judeo-Arabic translation, paragraph by paragraph.
On p. [5], the Simanim of the Seder "Kadesh URechatz" are written across the whole page. Enlarged initial words on all the pages. Decorated initial words on pp. [14] and [50]. The piyyut "Emunim Archu Shevach LaEl" by R. Aharon HaKohen appears on p. [38].
[61] pages. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, wine-stains. Light wear. Tear to the top of the first leaf, affecting the owners' signature. Original binding, slightly damaged.