Two manuscript parchment leaves, apparently from a "binding genizah" – Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (Smag). [Germany? ca. 14th century].
Ashkenazi square script. Some decorated letters (twice in the name Yaakov). Two columns per page.
Two leaves (four pages) from the section Negative Commandment 111.
[2] leaves (written on both sides). Approx. 24-25 cm. Fair condition. Stains and damage. Worming and open tears, affecting text.

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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Shem Tov son of R. Yitzchak Tzvi, rabbi of Sarai (Sarajevo, Bosnia), addressed to R. Avraham David son of R. Shmuel Shemayah Papo Rabbi of Ragusa. [Sarajevo, Nissan 1730].
The writer of this letter is R. Shem Tov Tzvi, whom according to Prof. Meir Benayahu was the grandson of the false Messiah Sabbatai Zevi. According to Benayahu, his father, R. Yitzchak Tzvi, was the son of Sabbatai Zevi, born to him after he converted to Islam and originally named Yishmael. He went to study in the yeshivot of Salonika, became a Torah scholar, and changed his name to Yitzchak. Both R. Yitzchak Tzvi and his son R. Shem Tov served as rabbis in Sarajevo, were known as halachic authorities and were held in high esteem by the rabbis of their region.
In the letter, R. Shem Tov Tzvi humbly apologizes to R. Avraham David Papo (it is not clear what led him to apologize, and it seems that he himself was unaware what caused R. Papo's anger). At the foot of the letter, R. Shem Tov Tzvi writes about the custom of buying an etrog from the communal fund, and describes what occurred the past Sukkot.
Recipient's address on verso, with the wax seal of R. "Shem Tov son of R. Yitzchak Tzvi".
[1] double leaf. 29 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Large open tears, affecting text. Folding marks and wear.

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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Chaim Amram, author of MiTaam HaMelech. [Mid-18th century / early 19th century].
Addressed to his dear friend Yitzchak. Written alternately in Hebrew and Ladino. The letter concerns monetary matters; R. Amram reproaches his friend for spending assets without the owner's knowledge.
With the calligraphic signature of R. Chaim Amram.
R. Chaim Amram (ca. 1759-1825), born in Safed, was raised in Damascus, where he became a leading Torah scholar, teaching many and serving on the Beit Din. In 1805, he settled in Safed. In his final years, he moved to Alexandria, Egypt, where he passed away. He is renowned for his many compositions, some of which remained in manuscript: MiTaam HaMelech (7 parts), Responsa Torei Zahav, Devar HaMelech on the Torah, Nora Tehillim on Tehillim, several Talmudic works, and more.
[1] leaf. 19 cm. Good condition. Some stains.

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Collection of printed leaves – title pages and leaves from various books, with signatures, dedicatory inscriptions and glosses, from the 17th-19th centuries.
The collection includes: • Two title pages with the signatures of R. Chaim Palachi. • Leaves from Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, Sefer HaMada (Venice, 1574). Signature: "Avraham de Avila". Glosses in Sephardic script, by several writers (a lengthy gloss on p. 32b). • Title page with the signature of "Wolf Eger" (presumably the signature of R. Akiva Eger's uncle and teacher). • Title pages with signatures of R. Yedidya Shlomo Yisrael, R. Shmuel Shalem (rabbi of Salonika, author of Melech Shalem), R. Yehuda Bonomo, R. Avraham Krispin, and other rabbis (some unidentified signatures). • Title page of Kemach Solet (Salonika, 1798), inscribed by the author R. Yehuda ben Moshe Ali to R. Eliyahu Ventura. • Several leaves with glosses. • Lengthy note – Torah thoughts handwritten by R. Rachamim Chaim Yehuda Yisrael, rabbi of Rhodes and author of Ben Yamin. • And more.
34 items. Size and condition vary.

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Three manuscripts – segulot, amulets, goralot and mazalot. Sephardic lands, 20th century.
• Manuscript, amulets, segulot and mazalot. [Egypt?, 1941?]. Writer's signatures: "Shabtai son of R. Meir".
At the end of the manuscript: "… in 1941, the price of wheat will be very high… and many young men will die… There will be hunger in the West… and Hitler will conquer the entire world!… May G-d save the Jewish People…".
[29] leaves. 12.5 cm.
• Manuscript, amulets and goralot. [Sephardic lands, 20th century].
Contains kabbalistic illustrations and "angelic script", segulot for various problems and texts of amulets. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.
[23] leaves. 22 cm.
• Manuscript, amulets, tekufot and mazalot, and more. [Yemen, 20th century].
Contains amulet for protection of the newborn and mother, and several illustrations. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.
[23] leaves. 20 cm.
3 manuscripts. Condition varies (overall good-fair condition).

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