Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Manuscript by Various Writers – Novellae, Homilies, Piyyutim, Lots, Cures, Segulot, Amulets, Hashbaot and Incantations – Oriental Lands, 18th/19th Century

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Manuscript – novellae, homilies, piyyutim, lots, cures, segulot, amulets, hashbaot and incantations. [Oriental lands, 18th/19th century].
Volume comprising several handwritten gatherings bound together, from various writers and periods, in Sephardic and Oriental script.
The volume includes: Hashbaot, segulot and incantations for various times and situations, instructions for writing amulets and texts of amulets ("Hashbaa for malaria", "Incantation for an infant", "To speed up birth", and more), Pitum HaKetoret from Safed, zodiacs, signs for predicting the future according to weather conditions, an unknown composition, "Tevel UMeloa" (the world and the fullness thereof – for teaching the Holy Tongue to youth?); "Goral Emet" (lots), "Refifat HaEvarim", commentaries and novellae on the Torah, Midrashim, Talmudic Aggadot and various topics; "Halatzot" (texts for writing letters), segulot ("for love", "for an epidemic", "to win over one's enemy", and more), Tikkun for a plague, text for exorcising a dybbuk, Hashbaa for asking a question in a dream, homilies and eulogies ("Homily for righteous women", "Homily on the virtues of Eretz Israel", "Homily for Shabbat Teshuva", and more), Midrashei Pelia, commentaries and novellae to the Passover Haggadah, Tikkun HaTevilah, "Tikkun for one who marries a widow", Moladot, and more.
[200] leaves. Approx. 15 cm. Condition varies. Overall fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to some leaves, affecting text. Detached gatherings and leaves. Old binding, detached.
Iraqi, Iranian and Indian Jewry – Manuscripts and Books
Iraqi, Iranian and Indian Jewry – Manuscripts and Books