Manuscript, Otzrot Zahav – Passover Haggadah and Tikkun for festivals with the Etz Chaim commentary by the Maharitz (R. Yichye Tzalach), selections from Siddur Kavanot HaRashash and other works, scribed by R. Yosef Tzefirah. Tan'am (Yemen), 1882.
Neat Yemenite script. Title page illustrated and decorated in red ink. Many decorations in red ink throughout the manuscript, to initial words and headings.
The title page states that the manuscript was scribed in 1882 – the year of the great E'eleh BeTamar immigration to Eretz Israel.
The manuscript comprises several works, to which the scribe gave the general title of Otzrot Zahav. See Hebrew description for list of contents.
The scribe's name appears on the final page: "Yosef son of Sa'id son of Yosef HaPartzi" [=Tzefirah]. Several stamps of the writer throughout: "Yosef son of Saadiah Tzefirah, in Jerusalem".
The writer, R. Yosef son of R. Saadiah HaPartzi–Tzefirah, a Yemenite Torah scholar in the late 19th century. Immigrated to Jerusalem, where he was a sought–after sofer. Published his father's book Kesef Tzaruf.

[1], 2–62, 64–74, 76–103, 105–238 leaves. 18.5 cm. High–quality paper; several leaves with papermaker's mark (embossed). Fair–good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Minor tears, slightly affecting edge of text, repaired in part with paper. Stamps. New leather binding, with leather closures.

Ownership inscription on verso of title page. At the foot of p. 2a, ownership inscription in Judeo–Arabic (of the writer's son?).

The present manuscript is documented by Gavra in Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Teiman, I, p. 535.
Exhibition:
• Jüdische Lebenswelten, Katalog, edited by Andreas Nachama and Gereon Sievernich. Berlin, 1991, p. 241, no. 10/59.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.018.

Manuscript, anthology of works on practical kabbalah and medicine. [Yemen, 18th/19th century].
Includes several works, mostly in Judeo–Arabic:
• Work on practical kabbalah, including a comprehensive anthology of amulets, segulot and hashbaot. With tables, kabbalistic illustrations, Angelic script, and more.
• Medical work by R. Zechariah the physician (chapters 29 and 30 of part III were not copied, as well as from the middle of chapter 35 to the middle of chapter 37. Blank leaves were left instead).
• Other works on practical kabbalah – see Hebrew description for more details.

[68] leaves. 23.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming. Marginal tears, not affecting text. Inscriptions. New binding.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.080.

Manuscript, Shaar HaPesukim, teachings of the Arizal, by R. Chaim Vital. [Meknes, 1785].
Neat Maghrebi script, written by R. Machlouf Benshetrit at the age of 13 (see below). Illustrated title page with floral motifs, in typical Moroccan style. Space designated for title page text remains blank.
Shaar HaPesukim in this manuscript follows the initial version by R. Chaim Vital, before having been edited by the latter's son R. Shmuel Vital (the printed editions usually comprise of R. Shmuel's version). The homilies from the colleagues of R. Chaim Vital are concentrated at the end of the manuscript, rather than noted throughout. Glosses by various kabbalists in in–text windows.
Writer's colophon on final page: "Completed on Thursday 4th Tishrei 1785… by Machlouf Benshetrit at the age of 13, son of R. Moshe…" – the writer was presumably R. Machlouf son of R. Moshe Shetrit (the fourth), a Meknes Torah scholar.

[66] leaves (+ several blank leaves). Approx. 21 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Worming. Tears to several leaves, affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Endpaper detached. Inscriptions. New binding, incorporating parts of original binding.

Exhibition: Yeshiva University Museum, New York, "The Sephardic Journey: 1492–1992", 1990–1992. See exhibition catalog, no. 399, p. 297.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.018.

Manuscript, anthology of works: Taamei Halachot, novellae by R. Moshe Berdugo, and more. Meknes (Morocco), [1831].
Title page text set in floral border, with a pointed Moorish arch in the center.
The manuscript contains several works:
• Taamei Halachot on the laws of Passover (incomplete), Tisha B'Av, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (incomplete).
• Laws of shechitah in question–answer form. Copying interrupted after one leaf.
• Novellae by R. Moshe Berdugo – two leaves, ends in the middle of a topic.
• Novellae by other Torah scholars.
Various inscriptions of members of the Toledano family.

[142] leaves, including 43 written leaves (many leaves remain blank). 14 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Minor marginal tears and open tears to first and final leaves, not affecting text. Final leaf detached. Original leather over wooden boards, damaged, with remnants of copper clasps.

Exhibition:
• Andre Goldenberg, Art and Jews of Morocco, Paris, 2014, p. 166.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.029.

Manuscript, amulets, hashbaot and segulot. [Morocco, 18th century].
Neat cursive Sephardic (Maghrebi) script. Tables, kabbalistic illustrations and Angelic script.
The manuscript opens with 35 sections listing various methods of performing dream questions, followed by many selections of amulet texts, hashbaot and segulot for various situations.
In several places, the source is stated as "a manuscript of R. Chaim Vital".

[48] written leaves (+ several blank leaves). 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text in several places. Detached leaves. Original binding, damaged.

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. 185–186.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.082.