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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $350
Sold for: $1,375
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Tikkun Leil Shavuot, on a gevil scroll. [Yemen?/Jerusalem?, ca. 19th/20th century].
Yemenite Stam scripts, on a dark-red gevil scroll. Placed in a fabric covered wooden case.
The scroll only comprises the first part of Tikkun Leil Shavuot – the beginning and end of the Torah portions, without the rest of the books of the Bible. Lacking first membrane (beginning of Book of Bereshit until middle of Parashat Miketz).
Homemade. Placed in a wooden case covered with checkered fabric, incorporating parts of an atarah from a tallit (late, unskilled work). Two rollers, with brass finials (removable).
Height of Gevil: 20.5 cm, height of case: 31 cm. Maximum height including rollers: approx. 47 cm. Fair-poor condition. Open tears and worming, with significant damage to text. Erased letters. Final column almost completely erased. Parchment repairs on back of scroll. The last membrane is not attached to roller.
Yemenite Stam scripts, on a dark-red gevil scroll. Placed in a fabric covered wooden case.
The scroll only comprises the first part of Tikkun Leil Shavuot – the beginning and end of the Torah portions, without the rest of the books of the Bible. Lacking first membrane (beginning of Book of Bereshit until middle of Parashat Miketz).
Homemade. Placed in a wooden case covered with checkered fabric, incorporating parts of an atarah from a tallit (late, unskilled work). Two rollers, with brass finials (removable).
Height of Gevil: 20.5 cm, height of case: 31 cm. Maximum height including rollers: approx. 47 cm. Fair-poor condition. Open tears and worming, with significant damage to text. Erased letters. Final column almost completely erased. Parchment repairs on back of scroll. The last membrane is not attached to roller.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Tiklal siddur for festivals. [Yemen, ca. 1858].
Neat, vocalized script. Sublinear vocalization. Headings with red decorations.
The piyyut for Tisha B'Av night notes the number of years which have passed since the destructions of the two temples – 1790 and 2280 years (indicating that the Tiklal was written ca. 1858).
[64] leaves (lacking end). 16.5 cm. Thick paper. Fair-good condition. Dark stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text. Old binding (non-original).
Neat, vocalized script. Sublinear vocalization. Headings with red decorations.
The piyyut for Tisha B'Av night notes the number of years which have passed since the destructions of the two temples – 1790 and 2280 years (indicating that the Tiklal was written ca. 1858).
[64] leaves (lacking end). 16.5 cm. Thick paper. Fair-good condition. Dark stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text. Old binding (non-original).
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,000
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Manuscript, laws of shechitah and terefot with the Zevach Todah commentary, by R. Yichye Tzalach – the Maharitz, scribed by R. Shalem Kahlani. Ahlal (Dhamar, Yemen), Shevat 1865.
Neat, organized script. The laws (compiled from the Shulchan Aruch) occupy the center of the page, and are surrounded by the Zevach Todah commentary.
Colophon of the scribe R. Shalem Kahlani on the final leaf.
[115] leaves. 22.5 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Wide margins. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Some wear. Old leather binding, with leather loop for closure (lacking one loop).
Neat, organized script. The laws (compiled from the Shulchan Aruch) occupy the center of the page, and are surrounded by the Zevach Todah commentary.
Colophon of the scribe R. Shalem Kahlani on the final leaf.
[115] leaves. 22.5 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Wide margins. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Some wear. Old leather binding, with leather loop for closure (lacking one loop).
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Five Yemenite manuscripts – prayers and piyyutim for various occasions:
• Manuscript, Seder Ma'amadot, piyyutim and Shabbat songs. [Yemen, 18th/19th century]. Yemenite script with supralinear vocalization.
• Manuscript, anthology of prayers and piyyutim. [Yemen, 19th century]. Contains: Hatarat Nedarim for Erev Rosh Hashanah, songs for Rosh Hashanah, Hosha'anot, songs for Simchat Torah, and more.
• Manuscript, prayers for Rosh Hashanah, for Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, for fast days and for Succot. [Yemen, 19th century?]. Vocalized Yemenite script.
• Manuscript, Hosha'anot and Hakafot for Simchat Torah. [Yemen, 19th/20th century].
• Manuscript, selections of prayers. [Yemen, 20th century]. Contains: Hosha'anot and Hakafot for Simchat Torah, Igeret Maharitz, Machberet HaTijan, Seder Rosh Chodesh Elul and Ashmorot.
5 manuscripts. Size and condition vary. Some lacking leaves.
• Manuscript, Seder Ma'amadot, piyyutim and Shabbat songs. [Yemen, 18th/19th century]. Yemenite script with supralinear vocalization.
• Manuscript, anthology of prayers and piyyutim. [Yemen, 19th century]. Contains: Hatarat Nedarim for Erev Rosh Hashanah, songs for Rosh Hashanah, Hosha'anot, songs for Simchat Torah, and more.
• Manuscript, prayers for Rosh Hashanah, for Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, for fast days and for Succot. [Yemen, 19th century?]. Vocalized Yemenite script.
• Manuscript, Hosha'anot and Hakafot for Simchat Torah. [Yemen, 19th/20th century].
• Manuscript, selections of prayers. [Yemen, 20th century]. Contains: Hosha'anot and Hakafot for Simchat Torah, Igeret Maharitz, Machberet HaTijan, Seder Rosh Chodesh Elul and Ashmorot.
5 manuscripts. Size and condition vary. Some lacking leaves.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $400
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Assorted collection of fragments of early manuscript leaves, from a "bindings genizah", from various works.
All are in Yemenite script.
• Leaf fragments from manuscript Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, from some four different manuscripts.
• About 18 leaf fragments from a manuscript Midrash HaGadol.
• And other leaf fragments from various manuscripts (chumash, halachic works, prayer book).
Approx. 30 leaf fragments. Size varies. Various degrees of damage due to use in binding.
All are in Yemenite script.
• Leaf fragments from manuscript Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, from some four different manuscripts.
• About 18 leaf fragments from a manuscript Midrash HaGadol.
• And other leaf fragments from various manuscripts (chumash, halachic works, prayer book).
Approx. 30 leaf fragments. Size varies. Various degrees of damage due to use in binding.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
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364 Mishneh Torah by the Rambam – Venice, 1550-1551 – Glosses Handwritten by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi
Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, with the Migdal Oz commentary by R. Shem Tov ibn Gaon, with Hagahot Maimoniot. Part II. [Venice: Justinian, 1550-1551].
The book is annotated with dozens of brief glosses and corrections in early Yemenite script, identified by researchers as the handwriting of R. Shalom Shabazi, leading Yemenite Torah scholar.
Incomplete copy: 394-494, 496-534 leaves (lacking: title page and leaves 535-767, [5]). Contains the books Haflaa-Tahara; missing Nezikin-Shoftim. 39 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears. Worming, affecting text, repaired with paper. Large open tears to a few leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Leather binding, damaged.
The handwriting was identified as that of R. Shalom Shabazi by Prof. Aharon Gaimani and Yoel Oshri from the Department of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University (report enclosed).
Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, with the Migdal Oz commentary by R. Shem Tov ibn Gaon, with Hagahot Maimoniot. Part II. [Venice: Justinian, 1550-1551].
The book is annotated with dozens of brief glosses and corrections in early Yemenite script, identified by researchers as the handwriting of R. Shalom Shabazi, leading Yemenite Torah scholar.
Incomplete copy: 394-494, 496-534 leaves (lacking: title page and leaves 535-767, [5]). Contains the books Haflaa-Tahara; missing Nezikin-Shoftim. 39 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears. Worming, affecting text, repaired with paper. Large open tears to a few leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Leather binding, damaged.
The handwriting was identified as that of R. Shalom Shabazi by Prof. Aharon Gaimani and Yoel Oshri from the Department of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University (report enclosed).
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
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Leaf fragments from an old binding, including a ketubah written in Tafilalt, Morocco, in 1838, and an endpaper with the name of the Baba Sali.
• Fragments of a decorated ketubah. Sijilmasa (Tafilalt, eastern Morocco), 24th Kislev 1838.
• Endpaper inscribed with the name of R. Yisrael Abuchatzeira, the Baba Sali.
The binding which the ketubah fragments were found in may have been part of a book used by the Baba Sali.
Several leaves, mostly blank endpapers, with two ketubah fragments (lacking lower part of ketubah with signatures), and leaf with inscription of R. Yisrael Abuchatzeira. Size varies. Fair condition. Stains. Open tears and worming.
• Fragments of a decorated ketubah. Sijilmasa (Tafilalt, eastern Morocco), 24th Kislev 1838.
• Endpaper inscribed with the name of R. Yisrael Abuchatzeira, the Baba Sali.
The binding which the ketubah fragments were found in may have been part of a book used by the Baba Sali.
Several leaves, mostly blank endpapers, with two ketubah fragments (lacking lower part of ketubah with signatures), and leaf with inscription of R. Yisrael Abuchatzeira. Size varies. Fair condition. Stains. Open tears and worming.
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Morrocan and North-African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $15,000
Sold for: $18,750
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Lengthy letter, halachic responsum on the laws of inheritance, collaterals and the sale of land; handwritten and signed by R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira, the Abir Yaakov of Morocco.
Neat script. Calligraphic signature at the end of the responsum: "Yaakov Abuchatzeira".
The present responsum was never published, however Responsa Yoru Mishpatecha LeYaakov (section 136) contains a parallel responsum by R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira, with many textual variations, where he reaches similar conclusions.
R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira – the Abir Yaakov (1806-1880), rabbi of Tafilalt, outstanding Torah scholar and kabbalist, leading halachic authority in his generation. Renowned as a wonder-worker. His sons and grandsons – Baba Sali, Baba Chaki, Baba Meir, and many others – were prominent rabbis and wonder-workers.
[1] leaf. 29 cm. 46 autograph lines. Fair condition. Stains. Dark stain to center of leaf. Wear and open tears to folds and margins, affecting text.
Neat script. Calligraphic signature at the end of the responsum: "Yaakov Abuchatzeira".
The present responsum was never published, however Responsa Yoru Mishpatecha LeYaakov (section 136) contains a parallel responsum by R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira, with many textual variations, where he reaches similar conclusions.
R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira – the Abir Yaakov (1806-1880), rabbi of Tafilalt, outstanding Torah scholar and kabbalist, leading halachic authority in his generation. Renowned as a wonder-worker. His sons and grandsons – Baba Sali, Baba Chaki, Baba Meir, and many others – were prominent rabbis and wonder-workers.
[1] leaf. 29 cm. 46 autograph lines. Fair condition. Stains. Dark stain to center of leaf. Wear and open tears to folds and margins, affecting text.
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Morrocan and North-African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $9,000
Sold for: $11,250
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira, the Abir Yaakov of Morocco. Nine autograph lines with his signature, in cursive Sephardic script.
Letter in Judeo-Arabic, addressed to his close friend R. Yosef. The letter concludes with the blessing: "…may peace be to you – Yaakov Abuchatzeira".
Name of recipient on verso handwritten by R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira.
R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira – the Abir Yaakov (1806-1880), rabbi of Tafilalt, outstanding Torah scholar and kabbalist, leading halachic authority in his generation. Renowned as a wonder-worker. His sons and grandsons – Baba Sali, Baba Chaki, Baba Meir, and many others – were prominent rabbis and wonder-workers.
[1] leaf. 11 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains. Tears, repaired.
Letter in Judeo-Arabic, addressed to his close friend R. Yosef. The letter concludes with the blessing: "…may peace be to you – Yaakov Abuchatzeira".
Name of recipient on verso handwritten by R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira.
R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira – the Abir Yaakov (1806-1880), rabbi of Tafilalt, outstanding Torah scholar and kabbalist, leading halachic authority in his generation. Renowned as a wonder-worker. His sons and grandsons – Baba Sali, Baba Chaki, Baba Meir, and many others – were prominent rabbis and wonder-workers.
[1] leaf. 11 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains. Tears, repaired.
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Morrocan and North-African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $700
Sold for: $2,000
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Manuscript leaf, from the book Pri Etz Chaim by R. Chaim Vital, handwritten in 1933 by the holy kabbalist R. Yisrael Abuchatzeira – the Baba Sali, from which he regularly studied.
Enclosed are two reports confirming the authenticity of the manuscript. One is from his son R. Baruch Abuchatzeira (Baba Baruch), attesting that the composition was copied by his father "and it remained with him, and he would read it often, primarily on Shabbat".
The second report, from the expert R. Yosef Avivi, pertains to the entire manuscript. He quotes the colophon at the end of the manuscript (not included in this item), signed by Baba Sali, in which Baba Sali attests that he copied this holy book himself in 1933. R. Avivi notes that the style of writing changes over the course of the manuscript and that these variations are typical of original manuscripts by the Baba Sali.
[1] leaf. Written on one side, in Maghrebi Rashi script. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Restored and mounted on tissue paper.
Enclosed are two reports confirming the authenticity of the manuscript. One is from his son R. Baruch Abuchatzeira (Baba Baruch), attesting that the composition was copied by his father "and it remained with him, and he would read it often, primarily on Shabbat".
The second report, from the expert R. Yosef Avivi, pertains to the entire manuscript. He quotes the colophon at the end of the manuscript (not included in this item), signed by Baba Sali, in which Baba Sali attests that he copied this holy book himself in 1933. R. Avivi notes that the style of writing changes over the course of the manuscript and that these variations are typical of original manuscripts by the Baba Sali.
[1] leaf. Written on one side, in Maghrebi Rashi script. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Restored and mounted on tissue paper.
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Morrocan and North-African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $10,000
Sold for: $12,500
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Zechor LeAvraham, Part I, Sephardi rite machzor for the High Holidays. Livorno, 1951.
Copy of R. Yisrael Abuchatzeira, the Baba Sali, with his stamps and signatures.
His full signature appears on the final page of the machzor: "Yisrael Abuchatzeira", alongside his stamp and a blessing in his handwriting and with his signature: "May they be written in the book of good life, sustenance and good livelihood". Additional signatures and stamps of the Baba Sali.
This machzor was apparently used by the Baba Sali during the Rosh Hashana meals.
[1], 3-316 pages. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor tears and repairs. Tears to title page, repaired. New leather binding (fragment of old binding pasted inside new binding).
Copy of R. Yisrael Abuchatzeira, the Baba Sali, with his stamps and signatures.
His full signature appears on the final page of the machzor: "Yisrael Abuchatzeira", alongside his stamp and a blessing in his handwriting and with his signature: "May they be written in the book of good life, sustenance and good livelihood". Additional signatures and stamps of the Baba Sali.
This machzor was apparently used by the Baba Sali during the Rosh Hashana meals.
[1], 3-316 pages. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor tears and repairs. Tears to title page, repaired. New leather binding (fragment of old binding pasted inside new binding).
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Morrocan and North-African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
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Shaarei Teshuvah, on repentance and ethics, by R. Yaakov Abuchatzeira, the Abir Yaakov of Morocco. Jerusalem, 1956. Published by his grandsons.
On verso of title page: dedication handwritten by the Baba Sali, who published the book together with his brother R. Yitzchak – Baba Chaki. The dedication was written in Morocco in 1957. The titles of honor printed on this page near the name of Baba Sali were humbly deleted, in the same pen used to write the dedication.
176 pages. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Ownership inscriptions and stamps. Elaborate leather binding.
On verso of title page: dedication handwritten by the Baba Sali, who published the book together with his brother R. Yitzchak – Baba Chaki. The dedication was written in Morocco in 1957. The titles of honor printed on this page near the name of Baba Sali were humbly deleted, in the same pen used to write the dedication.
176 pages. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Ownership inscriptions and stamps. Elaborate leather binding.
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