Anthology of works on prayer, moladot, zodiacs, lots, and more. [Hamedan, Iran, ca. 1783–1785].
Thick volume. Neat Oriental script by one writer, with additions by other writers. Some pages of text enclosed in frames. Fine illustrations and diagrams. Volvelle on leaf 34 for calculating moladot.
The manuscript comprises various works (see Hebrew description for more details). Many familial inscriptions at the beginning, from 1749–1865, in various hands.
The manuscript opens with a list of the number of years which have passed since various historic events (such as the Deluge, the birth of the patriarchs, the building of the Temple, and more) dated 1783. This is followed by a documentation of floods which took place in Hamedan in 1780–1782.
On leaf 33, preface mentioning 1783 as the year of writing, signed by the writer Elazar son of R. Eliyahu.
The writer was presumably R. Elazar Chaim son of Eliyahu, rabbi and president of the Hamedan community. Some of the familial inscriptions pertain to his relatives.

[107] written leaves (+ many more blank leaves). 15.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Some worming. Minor tears and open tears, not affecting text, repaired in part with tape. Inscriptions and stamps. New leather binding.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, KU.011.012.

Manuscript, Zevach Todah by R. Yichye Tzalach, and other works on the laws of shechitah and terefot. [Calcutta? India], 1799.
Yemenite script, with some additions and inscriptions in Sephardic script, on European paper. Colorful, illustrated title page, decorated with flowers and fruit. Additional illustrated title page on verso.
Writer's colophon on p. 92b, with name of writer – Yichye son of R. Yosef Harir and date of completion – 26th Adar II 1799.
The writer was a Yemenite Jew presumably living in India. He appears to be the Yichye Harir documented as living in Calcutta, India, in 1805, in the diary of R. Shalom son of Ovadia HaKohen of Aleppo.
See Hebrew description for contents of the manuscript.

[4], 41, 41–47, 47–49, [1], 41–92; [16] leaves. 15 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Marginal tears. Inscriptions, signature and stamps. Old binding, damaged.

Exhibition:
• Jews of India, exhibition catalog (Hebrew). Jerusalem, the Israel Museum, 1995.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IN.011.003.

Manuscript, anthology of works – homily, ethics, piyyut and commentary, scribed by R. Ezra Yechezkel Tzalach Gabbai. [Baghdad, 1858].
Neat Oriental script, with ornaments. Hebrew and Judeo–Arabic.
The colophon at the end of the manuscript states the date of completion – 25th Kislev 1858, and the name of the scribe.
See Hebrew description for list of contents.

[37] leaves (+ dozens of blank leaves). 20 cm. High–quality paper with embossed floral ornaments in margins. Good condition. Stains. Minor wear. Original gilt–decorated binding.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IQ.011.009.

Manuscript, Shorashei HaShemot, by R. Moshe Zacuto – segulot, amulets and hashbaot. [Sephardic lands, 19th century].
Oriental script, with kabbalistic illustrations and diagrams.
Shorashei HaShemot is a comprehensive work on the Holy Names, with a detailed description of their functions and use in hashbaot and amulets. The work is formatted as an alphabetical encyclopedic lexicon, and includes thousands of Holy Names and kabbalistic name combinations, as well as much practical kabbalah.
The manuscript opens with various selections on practical kabbalah.
Ownership inscriptions and glosses in several places.

[91] leaves. 29.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains, including dark stains (several leaves difficult to decipher due to writing showing through from verso). Wear. Tears and open tears (including large tears) to several leaves, due to ink erosion, affecting text. New binding.

See:
• Windows on Jewish Worlds. Essays in Honor of William Gross. Edited by Shalom Sabar, Emile Schrijver and Falk Wiesemann. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2019, p. 183–184.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.085.

Manuscript, Perush Divrei HaSaba – copying from the book Or Yakar by R. Moshe Cordovero – the Remak. [Yemen, 1706].
Neat Yemenite script, in two columns.
Title page dated 1706. Ownership inscription (unsigned) at the foot of the title page, dated 1707.
Brief marginal glosses and notes in some places, by various writers (ca. 18th century).
Or Yakar is commentary to the Zohar of exceptionally wide scope, by R. Moshe Cordovero. It remained in manuscript form throughout the generations, and was only published in 1962–2009, in dozens of volumes. The commentary to Divrei HaSaba in Parashat Mishpatim was published in vol. XXI (1991), with minor textual variations compared to the present manuscript. The manuscript ends in the middle of the final section (17, p. 77), and is presumably lacking one or two leaves.

76 leaves. 21 cm. Good condition. Worming, with some damage to text. Tears and minor open tears, primarily marginal, with slight damage to text on one leaf. Inscriptions. New binding, with worming.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.006.