Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Anthology of Handwritten Compositions on the Laws of Shechita – Sha'arei Kedusha and Lechem Todah, etc. – With an Original Composition by Rabbi Yehuda Charatz – Yemen, 1854

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Manuscript, an anthology of various compositions on the laws of shechita, Sha'arei Kedusha, with the Lechem Todah commentary and Sha'arei Kedusha with other commentaries. The manuscript includes Yemin Moshe and a compilation of explanations and laws in Hebrew and in Judeo-Arabic. Yemen, 1854. Signature of the scribe, Rabbi "Yuda son of Musa al Charatz" appears in two places in the middle of the manuscript, on a colophon from 1805 at the end of the first composition, and in the title of another composition, Sefer Pri Tsaddik – in honor of Tzalach Dayan of the Sana community – by Yuda Ibn Musa al Charatz". Rabbi Yehuda, son of Moshe Charatz, was a scribe and author of books on the laws of shechita. His work, Minchat Yehuda on the laws of shechita and terefot, orderly compilations on the book Sha'arei Kedusha, is noted in the Encyclopedia Le'Chachmei Teiman (Vol. 1, p. 176). This composition was written after 1855. Apparently, this manuscript is an earlier edition of his work on the laws of shechita, with copies of additional compositions written by Yemenite sages. [194] leaves. 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and stains. The compositions are incomplete. New binding with fabric spine.
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Glosses
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Glosses