Collection of dozens of printed amulets ("shmirot") for protection, from various countries, including an amulet to protect against plague by the Yismach Moshe and amulets for newborns and their mothers by the Baal Shem Tov.
See Hebrew description for further details.
38 printed leaves. Size and condition vary. Most in good condition. Stains, tears and repairs to some leaves.

Collection of amulets, Shiviti leaves, fragments of manuscripts on segulot, cures and lots, on parchment and paper, with kabbalistic diagrams. [North Africa, Eastern countries and Italy, 19th and 20th centuries].
Large and varied collection, comprising:
• 15 parchment amulets (for protection, against the evil eye, for offspring, against fear and more).
• 8 parchment Shiviti leaves, with LaMenatze'ach menorah and Holy Names.
• Amulets and Shiviti on paper.
• Fragments of manuscripts on segulot, lots, hashbaot, texts of amulets and more.
• Other paper items.
Approx. 50 parchment and paper items. Size and condition vary.

Torah scroll on gevil. [Morocco or Algiers, second half of 19th century].
Ink on brown gevil, using the method of tanning widespread in North Africa. Neat Sephardic script, characteristic of Morocco or Algiers. Vavei HaAmudim scroll, corresponding with a Tikkun Sofrim published in the second half of the 19th century. Engraved and carved rollers characteristic of Moroccan communities, decorated with Stars of David (presumably from the 20th century).
Height of membranes: approx. 54 cm. Height of rollers: 100 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and wear. Many repairs on added pieces of parchment.
Expert report enclosed.

Mehudar Esther scroll on parchment, 11 lines, large letters and exceptionally wide margins. [Jerusalem, late 19th century].
Ink on parchment. Particularly neat Ashkenazic Beit Yosef Stam script. Large script (height of letters: approx. 7-12 mm). 11 lines per column. 47 columns. Exceptionally wide margins - upper margin approx. 5 cm and lower margin approx. 7.5 cm.
The handwriting was identified by Stam experts as that of the famous Sofer of Vilkomir, R. Yekutiel HaSofer, a leading and skilled Sofer in Jerusalem in the times of the Maharil Diskin and R. Shmuel Salant. In 1883, R. Shmuel Salant ordered a Torah scroll from R. Yekutiel HaSofer, and they drew up a contract between them for an exceptionally mehudar scroll, scribed to the highest standards of perfection.
The script of R. Yekutiel HaSofer of Vilkomir stands out for its beauty and precision, and for the special nuances in the form of the letters. The form of the letters scribed by the Sofer of Vilkomir became a model for others, and served also as proof in halachic studies of the laws of the shapes of the letters and the Masoret of Stam script.
The ink in which the scroll was written did not fade over time; the letters remained in all their beauty, in strong black color. This is typical of the Stam products of the Sofer of Vilkomir and of his colleague R. Netanel Sofer of Jerusalem, who both used special ink they produced themselves.
R. Yekutiel David son of R. Eliyahu Sofer - The Sofer of Vilkomir (d. Tammuz 1901, buried on the Mount of Olives), immigrated to Jerusalem, ca. 1880. The Sofer of Vilkomir and his younger colleague R. Netanel Sofer Tefillinski are considered the progenitors of the Jerusalemite Stam tradition (see Hebrew sidebar).
Height of parchment: 27-27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Mounted on a wooden roller. Height of roller: 37 cm.
Expert report enclosed.

Embroidered Torah mantle, made and donated by Sarah Anav. [Anatolia or the Balkans?], 5635 (1874/1875).
Silk; silk embroidery; silver thread and gold purl embroidery.
Sephardic style burgundy mantle, with an opening at the back, as common in Torah mantles from Anatolia and the Balkans. The mantle is comprised of a rigid, circular upper part, with the skirt hung by a fine cord threaded through loops.
The mantle is adorned with colored floral embroidery on the upper part, skirt and around the edges. A star of David is embroidered on the front, surrounded by the dedication. Yellow pom-pom and tassel fringe.
Height: approx. 96 cm. Diameter: approx. 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Pom poms lacking. Minor defects and tears.