Lot 458
Two Haftarot Books from Yemen
1. Manuscript, complete Sefer Haftarot with translation and opening liturgical poems. Yemen, [the 19th century?]. Fine handwriting. In the end of the book are the Haftarah blessings.
[100] written leaves, 23 cm. Thick quality paper, fair condition, moth damages, tears and usage stains. New binding.
2. Manuscript, Sefer Haftarot with translation and opening liturgical poems. Yemen, [18th-19th century?]. Inscription on leaves preceding the book says that the book was written by "my grandfather Yefet Ya'akov Chabashi".
129, [17] written pages, 23 cm. Fair condition, stains and damages. Missing leaves. Some of the missing leaves were completed in a different handwriting. Parchment binding detached and damaged.
Translation in this book appears after each phrase, according to custom in Yemen the public reads the translation after the cantor reads the phrase.
