Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Collection of Torah Manuscripts by Oriental Sages – Halachic Responsa and Homiletics – 19th/20th Centuries

Opening: $1,100
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Varied collection of Torah manuscripts in Oriental writing: Halachic responsa, homiletics and Torah novellae, Oriental countries [Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed, Damascus, Egypt, Morocco, Tunis and Italy, 19th/20th centuries].
* Various homiletics in Oriental handwriting [Eretz Israel?]. Among other things, the writer mentions things he heard from "the diligent Torah sage Rabbi Yehuda Sid" [author of Ot Emet, a Bulgarian sage who moved to Safed and died there in 1815]. * Booklet in the handwriting of Rabbi Yehuda Giz (Tunisian sage, died in Jerusalem in 1890), printed in his book Nachal Ye'uda. * Letter with Torah content to "The Angel Raphael" by Rabbi Avraham. [Morocco? 19th century]. * Several Halachic responsa, Menachem Meshiv, in the handwriting of Rabbi Menachem Shem Tov HaCohen Chassid (1848-1911, a Jerusalem sage and one of the founders of Misgav Ladach Hospital). * Handwritten copy of a Halachic responsum by Rabbi Yom Tov Elyakim, from Hebron. * Typewritten copy of a Halachic responsum by Rabbi Ben Zion Koinka. Jerusalem, 1932. * Notebooks of homiletics to a sage in Damascus. * Torah novellae and Halachic responsa, Shtar of testimony. [Egypt, 19th century]. * Manuscript in Ladino and a Shtar Semicha for a Shochet [Italy, 19th century].
Approximately 15 items, composed of dozens of leaves. Varied size and condition, most in good condition.
Eastern Jewry – Manuscripts, Glosses and Letters Glosses and Letters
Eastern Jewry – Manuscripts, Glosses and Letters Glosses and Letters