Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Collection of Oriental Manuscripts - Morocco, Lebanon, Yemen and Bukhara
Opening: $350
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Diverse collection of Oriental manuscripts.
* Sermon notebook for Pesach and Shabbat HaGadol, [fine Rashi writing, apparently handwriting of Rabbi Shabtai Buchabot, 1870-1948, among rabbis of Jaffa and Aleppo, Chief Rabbi of Beirut from 1924]. C. 1935. (Mildew damage).
* Large collection of leaf remnants [from binding archive] by rabbis of Morocco between the years 1830-1860, from the home of Rabbi Raphael Maman [1810-1863, rabbinical authority in Sefrou, holy genius, wealthy Torah supporter, son-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel Elbaz - Malchei Rabanan, leaf 106, page 2]. The collection contains remnants of Beit Din bills, Halachic responsa by Rabbi Raphael, letters in Jewish-Arabic and in Hebrew by various rabbis. Interesting letter by Rabbi David Mashash about the order of distributions to Kollels in Tiberias. Among the signatories on the leaves are: Rabbi Raphael Maman, Rabbi Matityahu Sirero, Rabbi Shalom Mashash (the first), Rabbi Amur Abutbul, Rabbi Eliyahu Azulai, Rabbi Raphael Againi, Rabbi Ya'akov Adahan, Rabbi Amram Elbaz, and others. (All leaves are damaged and incomplete).
* Notebook of Chidushei Torah and sermons, [Morocco?, c. 20th century].
* Letters and papers from Yemen, Bukhara and more.
Dozens of leaves, various sizes and conditions, fair to poor condition.
* Sermon notebook for Pesach and Shabbat HaGadol, [fine Rashi writing, apparently handwriting of Rabbi Shabtai Buchabot, 1870-1948, among rabbis of Jaffa and Aleppo, Chief Rabbi of Beirut from 1924]. C. 1935. (Mildew damage).
* Large collection of leaf remnants [from binding archive] by rabbis of Morocco between the years 1830-1860, from the home of Rabbi Raphael Maman [1810-1863, rabbinical authority in Sefrou, holy genius, wealthy Torah supporter, son-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel Elbaz - Malchei Rabanan, leaf 106, page 2]. The collection contains remnants of Beit Din bills, Halachic responsa by Rabbi Raphael, letters in Jewish-Arabic and in Hebrew by various rabbis. Interesting letter by Rabbi David Mashash about the order of distributions to Kollels in Tiberias. Among the signatories on the leaves are: Rabbi Raphael Maman, Rabbi Matityahu Sirero, Rabbi Shalom Mashash (the first), Rabbi Amur Abutbul, Rabbi Eliyahu Azulai, Rabbi Raphael Againi, Rabbi Ya'akov Adahan, Rabbi Amram Elbaz, and others. (All leaves are damaged and incomplete).
* Notebook of Chidushei Torah and sermons, [Morocco?, c. 20th century].
* Letters and papers from Yemen, Bukhara and more.
Dozens of leaves, various sizes and conditions, fair to poor condition.
Manuscripts
Manuscripts