Booklet handwritten by R. Mazal Tov Modena, index of responsa and halachic rulings of his teacher, R. Yishmael HaKohen of Modena, author of Zera Emet. [Modena, second half of 18th century or early 19th century].

Contains 87 sections, some including the conclusion of the halachic ruling.
Some of the halachic rulings documented here were printed in the three parts of Responsa Zera Emet, but others were apparently never printed, such as: section 27 (eulogizing a gentile king in the synagogue and using sacred objects), section 33 (that a widower marrying a widow should be particular to marry at the full moon), section 75 (a Torah scroll missing a dot) and sections 86-87 (a communal decision not to allow anyone but the posek to offer halachic rulings, intending to exclude a particular individual).

R. Mazal Tov Modena, disciple of R. Yishmael HaKohen, author of Zera Emet, and his successor as Rabbi of Modena. Leading Italian rabbi ca. 1770s-1830s, invited to Napoleon's Sanhedrin.

[4] leaves (5 written pages), bound in paper wrapper. 18 cm. Good condition. Light wear and creases. Inscriptions and tears to paper wrapper.

Manuscript, haftarot for Pesach and Shavuot, with a journal of family inscriptions and miraculous events, made by Shlomo son of Yitzchak Bianchini. Ferrara, first half of the 19th century.

The first part of the manuscript contains the text of the haftarot for Pesach and Shavuot, with the Aramaic Targum (verse by verse) and blessings over the Haftarah. Square and semi-cursive script, mostly vocalized. The Haftarah text includes cantillation. Floral decorations in several places.
In the second part of the manuscript, the scribe and owner, Shlomo Bianchini (Bianchino), documents family events, marriages and births, as well as miracles that occurred to him and members of his family between 1823-1838. Among other events, there is documentation of: his son Moshe's recovery from a fall from the bed in 1827; a collapse of part of the stairs of his house without affecting any family member in 1825; his marriage to Rivkah daughter of Nachum Neppi in 1823; the birth and circumcision of his son Shmuel Aviad Sar Shalom in 1824; the birth and circumcision of his son Moshe in 1825; the birth of his three daughters in 1827-1831 (including a dream seen by his wife); his daughter Stella's recovery from a fall in 1828; the passing of his father Yitzchak Chizkiyah Bianchini in 1833, and the birth of another son named after his father a year later; inscriptions on additional births; and more. The last leaves contain inscriptions in Italian from later years.

[34] leaves. 21.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Partially detached leaves. Original binding, damaged.

Manuscript, prayers and piyyutim for high holidays and festivals. [Pitigliano, Italy, 1865].
Title page decorated with colorful frame. Square Italian script.
See Hebrew description for contents of manuscript.

[65] leaves. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains (food stains on Rosh Hashanah nighttime meal service). Two detached leaves. Old binding, with light damage.

Provenance: Collection of R. Menachem Emanuel Hartom, Ms. 8.

Tanchuma, "called Yelamdenu, Midrash on the Five Books of the Torah". Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1545. Second edition.
Ownership inscriptions on title page: "I, Avraham Pescarolo, purchased this book from R. Yehudah Bachi, Turin". Deleted inscriptions on second leaf of Avraham Pescarolo, dated 1737. (R. Yehudah Bachi named here is perhaps the father of R. Shimshon Bachi the second).
Censorship expurgations on several leaves (including many lines towards the end of Parashat Tzav with a comparison between the Jewish people and the gentiles and apostates).
Signature of censor on last leaf, in Latin and Hebrew (Hebrew portion of signature trimmed).

7, 9-97 leaves. Missing leaf 8, with handwritten replacement. 26 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Worming, repaired with paper. Marginal open tears to title page and several other leaves, affecting text. Title page mounted on thick paper. Close trimming, slightly affecting text on several leaves. Old binding, without spine, worn and damaged.

Two grammatical books printed in the 1540s in one volume:

• Sefer Michlol, Hebrew grammar, by R. David Kimchi – the Radak, with annotations by R. Eliyahu Ashkenazi [Bachur]. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, [1545].
Comprised of three parts ("she'arim") – Grammar of Verbs, Grammar of Nouns and Grammar of Particles.
Large format. A small-format edition was printed concurrently.
• Sefer HaShorashim, Hebrew roots, by R. David Kimchi (the Radak) with annotations by R. Eliyahu Bachur. Venice: Giustiniani, 1546-1548.
The title page is dated Cheshvan 1546, but the printing was only completed in Adar 1548, as stated in R. Eliyahu Bachur's poem at the end of the book.
Title page also contains Latin title: "Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae".
On front endpaper – inscriptions in Italian script on lending of the book.
In Sefer HaShorashim – tens of glosses in Italian script. The glosses include original content, analysis and critiques of the author's statements, as well as comments and expansions. In several places, the writer refers to his novellae on the Torah, Talmud and Zohar. Possibly, the writer is R. Avraham Segari, Av Beit Din of Casale, posek and kabbalist and a foremost Italian rabbi of the 18th century.
Censorship expurgations to one leaf.
Signatures of the censors Giovanni Domenico Carretto (dated 1610) and Domenico Gerosolimitano (dated 1598) on both sides of last leaf.

Michlol: 69 leaves. Shorashim: [2] pages, 5-548 columns, [1] page. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming and small tears to margins of several leaves. Verso of first book's title page repaired with paper. Handwritten inscriptions of several words inside title frame of second book. Early leather binding, worn and damaged, with open tears to spine.