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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, novellae on R. Eliyahu Mizrachi's supercommentary to Rashi's commentary on the Torah, by an unidentified author. [North Africa, 18th/19th century].
Western script. Handwritten by the author, with deletions and additions. This work covers all five Chumashim (ending after Parashat Re'eh). We were not able to identify the author; to the best of our knowledge, this work has not been published.
The manuscript features four illustrations: an illustration of the Showbread Table on p. [20b] (damaged), an illustration of the Menorah on p. [21a], an illustration of a Tabernacle plank with its sockets on p. [21b], and on p. [35a], an illustration of the Levites' open spaces around the cities, according to Rashi and according to the Ramban.
A note on the last page, in a different hand, signed: "The young Moshe…" (signature partially erased).
[36] leaves (72 written pages). Approx. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Significant worming, affecting text. Large open tears to several leaves, affecting text. New binding.
Western script. Handwritten by the author, with deletions and additions. This work covers all five Chumashim (ending after Parashat Re'eh). We were not able to identify the author; to the best of our knowledge, this work has not been published.
The manuscript features four illustrations: an illustration of the Showbread Table on p. [20b] (damaged), an illustration of the Menorah on p. [21a], an illustration of a Tabernacle plank with its sockets on p. [21b], and on p. [35a], an illustration of the Levites' open spaces around the cities, according to Rashi and according to the Ramban.
A note on the last page, in a different hand, signed: "The young Moshe…" (signature partially erased).
[36] leaves (72 written pages). Approx. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Significant worming, affecting text. Large open tears to several leaves, affecting text. New binding.
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North African Jewry (Morroco, Libya and Tunis) –
Manuscripts and Letters
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![Manuscript, "Reasons for laws of shechita and terefot, and the customs of Marrakesh" with "The Book of Goralot [lots] by Rabb](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale74-public/225_1.jpg "Manuscript, Reasons for Laws of Shechita and Goralot – Marrakesh, 1844")
![Manuscript, "Reasons for laws of shechita and terefot, and the customs of Marrakesh" with "The Book of Goralot [lots] by Rabb](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale74-public/225_2.jpg "Manuscript, Reasons for Laws of Shechita and Goralot – Marrakesh, 1844")
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![Manuscript, "Reasons for laws of shechita and terefot, and the customs of Marrakesh" with "The Book of Goralot [lots] by Rabb](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale74-public/225_4.jpg "Manuscript, Reasons for Laws of Shechita and Goralot – Marrakesh, 1844")
Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, "Reasons for laws of shechita and terefot, and the customs of Marrakesh" with "The Book of Goralot [lots] by Rabbenu Saadia Gaon". [Marrakesh], 1844.
Decorated title page on the first leaf, with the scribe's signature (partially deleted): "by the smallest of the group… [Machlouf son of Moshe], known as [Shabbat] and it was completed… on Thursday, 1st Kislev 1844".
At the end of the reasons for the laws of shechita (p. 46b), scribe's colophon with his calligraphic signature: "The reasons were completed by me, youngest of the young… on Sunday, 5th Av… 1844…".
From leaf 54 until the end of the manuscript, transcript of the Book of Goralot. On p. 53b, a decorated title page, with the name of the owner in the center: "Baruch son of Eliyahu Ohayon", and the scribe's colophon: "by the smallest of the group… Machlouf son of Shabbat, and the book was completed on 22nd Kislev 1844…".
An additional colophon on the final leaf of the manuscript, with the scribe's calligraphic signature: "Completed… by the youngest of the group… Machlouf son of Moshe known as Shabbat".
15, 18-46, 48-49, 51-54, [9] leaves (lacking several leaves in middle). 16.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Tears to some leaves, affecting text. Worming. Significant worming to a few leaves, affecting text, with loss. New binding, slipcased.
Decorated title page on the first leaf, with the scribe's signature (partially deleted): "by the smallest of the group… [Machlouf son of Moshe], known as [Shabbat] and it was completed… on Thursday, 1st Kislev 1844".
At the end of the reasons for the laws of shechita (p. 46b), scribe's colophon with his calligraphic signature: "The reasons were completed by me, youngest of the young… on Sunday, 5th Av… 1844…".
From leaf 54 until the end of the manuscript, transcript of the Book of Goralot. On p. 53b, a decorated title page, with the name of the owner in the center: "Baruch son of Eliyahu Ohayon", and the scribe's colophon: "by the smallest of the group… Machlouf son of Shabbat, and the book was completed on 22nd Kislev 1844…".
An additional colophon on the final leaf of the manuscript, with the scribe's calligraphic signature: "Completed… by the youngest of the group… Machlouf son of Moshe known as Shabbat".
15, 18-46, 48-49, 51-54, [9] leaves (lacking several leaves in middle). 16.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Tears to some leaves, affecting text. Worming. Significant worming to a few leaves, affecting text, with loss. New binding, slipcased.
Category
North African Jewry (Morroco, Libya and Tunis) –
Manuscripts and Letters
Catalogue
Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Sheet of paper, comprising the sales documents of parts of the synagogue in Fez, signed by the Torah scholars of Fez (Morocco), Cheshvan 1860 and Sivan 1876.
On one side of the leaf is a document dated 1860, signed by R. Shlomo Eliyahu ibn Tzur (with two of his signatures) and R. Mordechai Benshimol.
On the verso of the leaf are three documents from 1876. Two are signed by R. Chaim David HaKohen son of Aharon Alkaletz and R. Yaakov Khalfon, and the third is signed by R. Yosef HaLevi Abenyuli and R. Refael Yaakov ibn Attar.
Double leaf, [2] written pages. 35 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Wear and tears to margins and folding marks.
On one side of the leaf is a document dated 1860, signed by R. Shlomo Eliyahu ibn Tzur (with two of his signatures) and R. Mordechai Benshimol.
On the verso of the leaf are three documents from 1876. Two are signed by R. Chaim David HaKohen son of Aharon Alkaletz and R. Yaakov Khalfon, and the third is signed by R. Yosef HaLevi Abenyuli and R. Refael Yaakov ibn Attar.
Double leaf, [2] written pages. 35 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Wear and tears to margins and folding marks.
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North African Jewry (Morroco, Libya and Tunis) –
Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Handwritten document concerning inheritance, signed by R. Shlomo ibn Chaim, head of the Marrakesh Beit Din, and by other rabbis. Marrakesh (Morocco), Adar II [1913].
Long document, written on both sides of one leaf (signed on verso). Signed by R. Shlomo ibn Chaim, R. Avraham Asimna[?] and R. Yosef Azuelos (a dayan in Marrakesh).
An addition to the document, following these signatures, is signed by R. Chaviv Asulin and R. Avraham son of Aharon Wizeman.
[1] double leaf (two written pages). 36 cm. Stains. Wear. Folding marks. Tears to folding marks.
Long document, written on both sides of one leaf (signed on verso). Signed by R. Shlomo ibn Chaim, R. Avraham Asimna[?] and R. Yosef Azuelos (a dayan in Marrakesh).
An addition to the document, following these signatures, is signed by R. Chaviv Asulin and R. Avraham son of Aharon Wizeman.
[1] double leaf (two written pages). 36 cm. Stains. Wear. Folding marks. Tears to folding marks.
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North African Jewry (Morroco, Libya and Tunis) –
Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Document appointing a messenger to deliver a get (divorce document), signed by R. Moshe Zrihen, head of the Marrakesh Beit Din, and by the dayanim of his Beit Din. Marrakesh (Morocco), Av 1934.
At the foot of the document, signature and stamp of R. Moshe Zrihen, "head of the Beit Din of Marrakesh", alongside signatures of two dayanim in his Beit Din: R. Mordechai Corcos and R. Shaul ibn Danan.
[1] double leaf. 36 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Marginal tears.
At the foot of the document, signature and stamp of R. Moshe Zrihen, "head of the Beit Din of Marrakesh", alongside signatures of two dayanim in his Beit Din: R. Mordechai Corcos and R. Shaul ibn Danan.
[1] double leaf. 36 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Marginal tears.
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North African Jewry (Morroco, Libya and Tunis) –
Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Or HaGalil, Part III, biography of the disciples of the Baal Shem Tov and their disciples who are buried in the Galil, by R. Yaakov Shalom Gafner. Jerusalem, 1976.
On the endpaper, dedication handwritten and signed by the hidden kabbalist R. Yosef Waltuch, who gave the book as a gift "To the wise and prominent rabbi and kabbalist, R. Meir Abuchatzeira… from me, Yosef Waltuch".
R. Meir Abuchatzeira – known as "Baba Meir" (1917-1983), son of R. Yisrael "Baba Sali". A holy kabbalist and outstanding Torah scholar, he served as rabbi in Midelt, Morocco (town near Meknes), yet spent most his life worshipping G-d in holiness and purity, hardly stepping out his home, to the extent his illustrious father humbly stated that R. Meir was greater than him. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Ashdod. Torah scholars, rabbis and yeshiva deans flocked to his home in Ashdod to benefit from his wise counsel and be inspired in their worship of G-d. His sons are the famous rabbis of the Abuchatzeira family: R. Elazar in Be'er Sheva (Baba Elazar), R. David in Nahariya, R. Yekutiel and R. Refael.
The writer of the dedication, R. Yosef Waltuch (1921-1983), was descendant of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov. He was close to leading kabbalists, such as Baba Sali and his son Baba Meir. He was known as "the street-cleaner" (since for a long period he earned a living cleaning the streets of Tel Aviv), and belonged to a group of hidden Tzaddikim in Tel Aviv who earned a living from manual labor while secretly gathering together to study kabbalah: R. Moshe Yaakov Rabikov ("the shoemaker"), the hidden Tzaddik R. Hillel Simchon, R. Avraham Fish ("the floorer"), R. Ezra Eliyahu HaKohen (father of "the milkman", R. Chaim Kohen), and R. Yehuda Leon Patilon ("the painter"). R. Yosef Waltuch often travelled to holy sites in the Galilee and around the country, and wondrous stories about him circulated. Some of them were recorded in HaTzaddik HaPil'i (two volumes, by Mordechai Almaz, Jerusalem, 2013), in Od Yosef Chai (Jerusalem, 1986), Tzaddikim Nistarim BaDor HaAcharon (Jerusalem, 2011). He was famous for his trademark blessing which he frequently bestowed upon one and all: "All salvations!!".
[5], 6-304 pages. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original binding.
On the endpaper, dedication handwritten and signed by the hidden kabbalist R. Yosef Waltuch, who gave the book as a gift "To the wise and prominent rabbi and kabbalist, R. Meir Abuchatzeira… from me, Yosef Waltuch".
R. Meir Abuchatzeira – known as "Baba Meir" (1917-1983), son of R. Yisrael "Baba Sali". A holy kabbalist and outstanding Torah scholar, he served as rabbi in Midelt, Morocco (town near Meknes), yet spent most his life worshipping G-d in holiness and purity, hardly stepping out his home, to the extent his illustrious father humbly stated that R. Meir was greater than him. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Ashdod. Torah scholars, rabbis and yeshiva deans flocked to his home in Ashdod to benefit from his wise counsel and be inspired in their worship of G-d. His sons are the famous rabbis of the Abuchatzeira family: R. Elazar in Be'er Sheva (Baba Elazar), R. David in Nahariya, R. Yekutiel and R. Refael.
The writer of the dedication, R. Yosef Waltuch (1921-1983), was descendant of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov. He was close to leading kabbalists, such as Baba Sali and his son Baba Meir. He was known as "the street-cleaner" (since for a long period he earned a living cleaning the streets of Tel Aviv), and belonged to a group of hidden Tzaddikim in Tel Aviv who earned a living from manual labor while secretly gathering together to study kabbalah: R. Moshe Yaakov Rabikov ("the shoemaker"), the hidden Tzaddik R. Hillel Simchon, R. Avraham Fish ("the floorer"), R. Ezra Eliyahu HaKohen (father of "the milkman", R. Chaim Kohen), and R. Yehuda Leon Patilon ("the painter"). R. Yosef Waltuch often travelled to holy sites in the Galilee and around the country, and wondrous stories about him circulated. Some of them were recorded in HaTzaddik HaPil'i (two volumes, by Mordechai Almaz, Jerusalem, 2013), in Od Yosef Chai (Jerusalem, 1986), Tzaddikim Nistarim BaDor HaAcharon (Jerusalem, 2011). He was famous for his trademark blessing which he frequently bestowed upon one and all: "All salvations!!".
[5], 6-304 pages. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original binding.
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North African Jewry (Morroco, Libya and Tunis) –
Manuscripts and Letters
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