Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Tena'im for the betrothal of the groom Yosef Nissim Fiametta, with the bride Diamante daughter of Shabbetai Chaim Pacifico. Ancona, 1762.
Neat Italian script. At the top of the contract, introductory poem comprising the names of both sides. Decorated and enlarged initial words and clause numbers. Witnesses' signatures.
The groom, R. Yosef Nissim, was a grandson of R. Yosef Fiametta (1655?-1721), rabbi of Ancona, leading Italian rabbi and kabbalist.
[2] leaves (4 written pages). 29 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Folding marks. Minor tears and perforations, some due to ink erosion (slightly affecting text).
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Handwritten notebook – copying of an essay on the history of Spanish Jewry (Sunto Storico, degli Israeliti di Spagna), published in installments in 1857 in L'Educatore Israelita ["The Israelite Educator"], a Jewish-Italian monthly. Italian.
The present notebook contains most of the essay – chapters I-IX (published over several issues in the fifth year of the paper's publication), signed by Leone Tedeschi of Ferrara. The conclusion of the essay, chapters X-XI, which were published in year 6, are not included in the present copying.
Copying of the Italian translation of Psalm 119 by Felice Sadun on the final pages of the notebook (published in the paper in two parts in 1853).
L'Educatore Israelita, the first Jewish newspaper in Italy, was founded and edited by Prof. Guiseppe Raffael Levi (1814-1874) in conjunction with R. Esdra Pontremoli (1818-1888), and appeared monthly in Vercelli, Northwest Italy, in 1853-1874. The monthly resumed after R. Levi's passing under a new name – Il Vessillo Israelitico, in Casale Monferato, by Flaminio Servi.
[33] leaves. Original, bluish wrappers. Approx. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Minor stains, creases and wear. Worming to all leaves (and wrappers), affecting text.
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![Two booklets of regulations from the Jewish community of Mantua: • Seder HaHaarachah. Mantua, [1675]. "Seder HaHaarachah](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/206_1.jpg "Two Booklets of Regulations from the Jewish Community of Mantua – Sede")
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Two booklets of regulations from the Jewish community of Mantua:
• Seder HaHaarachah. Mantua, [1675].
"Seder HaHaarachah" is the name given to tax regulations which were printed from time to time, from the late 16th century until the late 18th century in the Mantua community. The authors of the regulations, who were appointed by the community institutions, established the various criteria for tax assessment and for the community constitution. These booklets serve as a valuable, historical source on Jewish community life in the 17th and 18th centuries.
[6] leaves. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears. Inscriptions. Without binding.
• Regulations of the Baalei Brit Avraham Society. Mantua, [1744].
The purpose of the Brit society, which operated in many communities, was to sponsor the costs of the Brit Milah for poor families. In return, the members of the society were each in turn honored to serve as sandek at Britot funded by the society. In Mantua, the society was established in 1716. The regulations of the society were first published in 1744 (the present booklet). Every few years, a new booklet was published with the updated regulations and the names of the new society members.
7, [1] leaves. 20.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including many dampstains. Thick paper wrappers, damaged and detached.
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Manuscript leaves, regulations of the Baalei Brit Avraham society, and list of the society's sandeks. Trieste, 1804-1805. Italian, with some Hebrew.
The present leaves comprise copies of the regulations of the Trieste Baalei Brit Avraham society (for more information about Brit societies, see previous item). Two of the copies include a list of the society's sandeks. The list opens with the name of R. Avraham Eliezer HaLevi (d. 1826), elder and prominent rabbi of Trieste, teacher of Samuel David Luzzatto. His copied signature appears on one of the copies.
[14] leaves (including three blank leaves). Leaves of varying size: 24-37 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and mold stains. Worming. Tears and open tears, affecting text.
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Four letters regarding a Jew from Trieste who ate in a non-kosher coffeehouse in the city. Trieste, 1771. Italian, with some Hebrew.
• Letter from R. Yitzchak Formiggini Rabbi of Trieste, regarding a Jew named Gatenio (Gattegno), who ate pastries in a non-Jewish coffehouse near the ghetto.
• Two copies of David Gatenio's letter of remorse, dated 8th day of Chanukah 1771, with his signature.
• Letter (or certificate) from the community members dated Rosh Chodesh Tevet 1771, on the same topic.
R. Yitzchak Formiggini, leading Italian Torah scholar, rabbi of Turin and later of Trieste. The Chida quotes novellae in his name in his books.
The present affair is documented in the Pinkas of the Trieste community, where it is recorded that R. Yitzchak Formiggini sentenced Gatenio to three days of excommunication, after which he would have to confess in the synagogue. After Gatenio complained about the rabbi's ruling to the authorities, his sentence was commuted, and he was only obligated to provide a letter of confession and remorse (enclosed).
4 letters. Size varies. Overall good condition. Stains and dampness damage (with traces of mold).
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Appeal letter from the Siena community, addressed to the Trieste community, following pogroms against the Jews of Siena. Siena, 1799.
Letter in Italian. Signed (in Hebrew) by the rabbi of Siena, R. Yaakov Moshe Ayash (later Rishon LeTzion in Jerusalem), and two members of the committee (in Italian).
The present letter was written during the French Revolutionary wars. Following Austrian victory over the French forces in June 1799, the Jewish ghetto was assaulted, the houses looted, and 13 Jews cruelly murdered. The Austrian commander who took over the city placed a heavy tax on the Jews, threatening to burn the ghetto down and expel the Jews if they failed to come up with the required sum.
R. Yaakov Moshe Ayash (d. 1817), son of R. Yehuda Ayash. In 1779, he travelled to North Africa as emissary from Jerusalem. From there he travelled to Italy, where he spent twenty years, serving as rabbi of Siena and later Ferrara. He returned to Eretz Israel in 1803, and was later appointed Rishon LeTzion.
[1] double leaf (2 written pages + address). 25 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains. Dampness damage (with traces of mold). Folding marks.
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Three documents in Italian from the Trieste community in Italy, related to Francis I, first Emperor of Austria (began his reign as Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire). Italian.
• Two handwritten leaves, with a description of the visit of Francis I to the institutions of the Trieste Jewish community, 6 May 1816.
• Handwritten leaf, request for permit to serve as apothecaries. 5 October 1823.
• Printed booklet, sermon of R. Avraham di Colonia in honor of the birthday of Francis I.
4 paper items. Size varies. Fair-poor condition. Dampstains and traces of mold. Several tears.
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![Manuscript, "Order of Prayers for Women", for various occasions. [Italy, ca. 19th century]. Prayers and verses for](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/211.jpg "Manuscript, Prayers for Women – Italy, 19th Century")
Manuscript, "Order of Prayers for Women", for various occasions. [Italy, ca. 19th century].
Prayers and verses for various occasions in the woman's life cycle, from ritual immersion through pregnancy, 9th month and birth, as well as candle lighting and separating Challah. With instructions in Italian.
The prayers in this manuscript are found in manuscript prayer books from Italy beginning from the 18th century.
[29] leaves. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains. Inscriptions on endpapers. Original leather binding.
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![Manuscript, prayers for livelihood. [Italy], 1863. The manuscript opens with Psalm 24, followed by several prayers. Square sc](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/212.jpg "Manuscript, Prayers for Livelihood – Italy, 1863")
Manuscript, prayers for livelihood. [Italy], 1863.
The manuscript opens with Psalm 24, followed by several prayers.
Square scribal script, vocalized. The name of the owner of the manuscript and the date of writing are inscribed at the beginning and end of the manuscript.
[6] leaves. 22 cm. Good condition. Worming. Old binding.
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