Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters

Fragments of Ancient Manuscripts from Oriental Countries

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Collection of fragments and sections of leaves and manuscripts. From Oriental countries, various periods [16th century to the 20th century].
· Two leaf sections of the Rashi commentary on Tractate Berachot Leaf 4. And from Bava Metzi'a Leaf 59. [c. 16th century]. · Leaf of the Rashi commentary on the book of Kohelet from Chapter 4, Verse 6 until Chapter 5, Verse 9. [c. 16th century]. · Leaf from an ancient Kabbalistic work. Oriental writing. [17th/18th century]. · Three leaves for drawing up a calendar. [1721 is mentioned]. (Enclosed is a typewritten leaf on the subject of the moladot [New Moons]. By the researcher David Sassoon). · Five leaves from a book of tales: About a good friend, about Alexander and the women, the birth of R' Yehuda ben Betira, etc. [c. 19th century]. · Pamphlet (54 leaves), story in Judeo-Arabic. [Baghdad, 19th century]. Enclosed is a leaf by Rabbi David Sassoon, who writes that the manuscript was apparently part of the composition "Ketzat Abu Zid Alhalali" or the composition "Ketzat Bnei Halal", and was written in Baghdad in the 19th century. · List of names of men. Babylonia, [Baghdad / Anah, 17th century]. · Handwritten pamphlet (7 leaves): Daf'tar Mal, Laws of shechita of fowl. Colophon of writer: Aharon Chaim Ezra Atzlan of Babylonia. Bombay, 1863. · Two leaves containing the lineage of the Ibn Tzur family [Morocco, beginning of 20th century]. The last member mentioned is Dayan Rabbi Refael (son of Shlomo) Ibn Tzur (born in 1830 and died in 1917). · Etc.
11 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
Iranian and Iraqi Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents