Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

"Sha'arei Tahara" Manuscript - Yemen

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Manuscript of the "Sha'arei Tahara", on Hilchot Niddah by Rabbi Yechiya Tzallach (Maharitz) and compilations. Hebrew and Judeo-Arab. Yemen [1905?].
At the end of the Sha'arei Tahara, the year 2217 appears in acrostic [apparently corresponding to year 1905]. Following that, there are prayers, the Seder HaGet, a compilation of interpretations and commentaries "Solet Blulah - Te'amim", "Ma'aseh Moshe Rabeinu", "Ma'aseh Ha-Rav Galanti" and "Ma'aseh Ben Sira".
The last page features a caption signed by Rabbi "Shlomo son of Avraham Alnadaf - I, the above-signed Yemenite fundraiser, have come to the city of Beit Egel, for the second time in 1917 on the 24th day of the month of Shevatג€¦"; and an additional interesting inscription from the community members: "The Bodek Rabbi Yechya son of Nachum came to us during Summer 1924ג€¦".
Rabbi Shlomo Alnadaf, one of the Yemen and Jerusalem sages, emigrated from Yemen to Jerusalem and from year 1913 began traveling around the towns of Yemen as a fundraiser for the poor of the Jerusalem Yemenite community. Instated important regulations, read more about him in the Encyclopedia of the Yemenite Sages, Vol.1, pp.383-384.
[86] leaves. 12.5 cm. High quality paper, good condition, few stains. Rebound.
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