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

Manuscript, Ta'amei Matamim – Yemen, 1835

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Manuscript, Ta'amei Matamim, anthologies and novellae. [Yemen, c. 1835]. With many marginalia, added by the author of the book itself. Anthologies and novellae, Kabbalistic matters and homiletics, laws and ta'amim of customs, remazim and segulot, commentaries, mussar and tales. Piyyutim, prayers and commentary on the Hosha'anot, Megillat Antiyochus and Shabbat songs. A poem on the six Sidrei Mishnah. Glossary of foreign words, etc. In these compilations and in the glosses are teachings and novellae cited from many books [books of the Chida, from Ateret Zvi by Rabbi Zvi Hirsh of Zhydachiv and other early books and Chassidic books], and many teachings heard from Yemenite sages: The Maharitz and his grandson Maritz son of Rabbi Ya'akov, Rabbi Yosef Tzarem, Rabbi Yichye Bashiri and his book Chavetzelet HaSharon, Rabbi Se'adya El Darmari, Rabbi Se'adya HaShalem, Rabbi Se'adya Elager, Rabbi Yosef Elchatzeri, Rabbi Yehuda Chaki, Rabbi Se'adya Machmon in the name of Rabbi Y.Y. Chemdi, etc. [Some citations were heard directly from rabbis by the writer]. [160] leaves, (most leaves are not numbered – many leaves are missing in the middle and at the end). 16.5 cm. Fair condition, detached leaves and signatures. Wear and stains. Worming. Major worming to some leaves with damages to text. Unbound. One gloss is dated 1838. The manuscript itself was written earlier and later the writer added many more glosses and anthologies. The book Ateret Zvi was first printed in 1834, therefore this manuscript was written between 1834 and 1838.
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Glosses
Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Glosses