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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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Three notebooks of manuscripts; poems and supplications in Hebrew, Jewish-Arabic and Español (Ladino). Morocco, [late 19th century – early 20th century].
Includes: Poem in honor of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Poems by Rabbi Chaim Bibas.
3 notebooks, various sizes and conditions, good to fair.
Includes: Poem in honor of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Poems by Rabbi Chaim Bibas.
3 notebooks, various sizes and conditions, good to fair.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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Manuscript, Chiddushim and collection on the Torah, by Rabbi Shimon Amar. [Morocco, c. 1950]. Complete composition in fluent and fine writing. At conclusion of each passage which is collected from other writers, name of author of article appears; many of which include rabbis of Morocco and North-Africa: Rabbi Baruch Sabag, Rabbi Shimon HaCohen, Rabbi Shlomo Birdugo, Rabbi Chaim Mashash, Rabbi David Tzavach, Rabbi Rachamim Chori of Tunis, “that which I have heard by Rabbi Masoud… in city of Tzoira” [Mogador], Rabbi Raphael Ya’akov ben Simchon, Rabbi Nissim HaCohen of Tunis and other great commentators.
Approx. 125 written pages in Oriental penciled handwriting, 17 cm. Good condition, slight damage to leaf margins. Original notebook binding.
Approx. 125 written pages in Oriental penciled handwriting, 17 cm. Good condition, slight damage to leaf margins. Original notebook binding.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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Manuscript, sermons and Chiddushim, Morocco, [19th century]. Some of the content appears in the book Doresh Tov by the holy Ga’on Rabbi Ya’akov Abuchatzira; apparently these are early copies of writings of Abir Ya’akov.
Approx. 36 written pages, approx. 20 cm. Dry and delicate paper, fair-poor condition, wear and tear (some leaves missing), stains.
Approx. 36 written pages, approx. 20 cm. Dry and delicate paper, fair-poor condition, wear and tear (some leaves missing), stains.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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Sefer Ginzei HaMelech, ethics and Kabbalah (seventy approaches to explaining the word “Bereshit”) by Rebbe Rabbi Ya’akov Abuchatzeira. Jerusalem, (1889). Reverse side of title page contains printed inscription filled in in Oriental-Moroccan handwriting, by publisher, son of the author, the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Abuchatzeira, among scholars of Tiberias.
[7], 94 leaves. 18 cm. Dry paper, good condition, worn and torn binding.
(S. HaLevi 645).
[7], 94 leaves. 18 cm. Dry paper, good condition, worn and torn binding.
(S. HaLevi 645).
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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Collection of handwritten notebooks and pamphlets, piyutim in Hebrew and Jewish-Arabic. Morocco and North African countries, 19th -20th century.
Collection contains: *A complete and orderly manuscript, in fluent Oriental writing, with dozens of piyutim and bakashot, by Moroccan scholars etc. *Manuscript of poetic phrases at for rhyme endings according to the order of the Hebrew alphabet. *A little [story] of Yosef HaTzadik in Jewish-Arabic. *More various manuscript leaves of piyutim.
7 bound notebooks and pamphlets, total of more than 150 leaves. Varied size and condition, very good to fair-poor.
Collection contains: *A complete and orderly manuscript, in fluent Oriental writing, with dozens of piyutim and bakashot, by Moroccan scholars etc. *Manuscript of poetic phrases at for rhyme endings according to the order of the Hebrew alphabet. *A little [story] of Yosef HaTzadik in Jewish-Arabic. *More various manuscript leaves of piyutim.
7 bound notebooks and pamphlets, total of more than 150 leaves. Varied size and condition, very good to fair-poor.
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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* Manuscript in Jewish Arabic, Kabbalistic matters, Segulot and Holy Names. Black and red ink. Contains charts and Kabbalistic illustrations.
[80] written pages. 12 cm. Good condition, stains and wear.
* Serach (translation) for Megillat Ruth, Megillat Esther, and more. Jewish Arabic. Black and red ink, with ornaments.
[140] written pages. 18 cm. Good condition, stains.
[80] written pages. 12 cm. Good condition, stains and wear.
* Serach (translation) for Megillat Ruth, Megillat Esther, and more. Jewish Arabic. Black and red ink, with ornaments.
[140] written pages. 18 cm. Good condition, stains.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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Sold for: $250
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Manuscript, Urim V'Tumim tables of lots according to the stone of the choshen (breastplate of the High Priest), with a table of lots according to the order of the letters At-Bash and Al-Bam. Oriental writing and Rashi script. [End of 19th century/beginning of 20th century].
C. 40 written pages, 23 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and minor wear.
C. 40 written pages, 23 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and minor wear.
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Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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Manuscript, Ktzat Esther HaMalka in Jewish-Arabic. Includes Tractate Shikorin. Oriental writing, [c. 19th century].
24 leaves; 5 leaves. 15.5 cm. Greenish paper, good fair condition, moth damage, detached leaves. Leather binding ornamented with gold engravings, detached and damaged, missing spine.
24 leaves; 5 leaves. 15.5 cm. Greenish paper, good fair condition, moth damage, detached leaves. Leather binding ornamented with gold engravings, detached and damaged, missing spine.
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,250
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A historic interesting letter from the false Messiah Yehuda ben Shalom ben Mari Shukar Kachail, to Rabbi Shmuel Heller Rabbi of Sefad. "Written in the city of Al-Krana (Yemen), Kislev 1869.
In the letter, the "Messiah" writes a lengthy response to Rabbi Shmuel Heller, to his claims as to why the "Messiah" reveals himself in Yemen and not as is explained in the writings of Rashbi (Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai) that the Messiah will be revealed in the cities of the Galil: "His words are words of truth, but all the intentions and words [of Rashbi] are in the Upper World and G-d should enlighten your eyes". Moreover, he writes in the name of the Zohar Chadash that the mountain on which the Messiah will be revealed is a mountain with horns like the horns of an oryx and only in Yemen does such a mountain exist by the name of Alteil.
Further, he answers the claim why the Messiah's revelation is in the desert and not in an inhabited country, and this is what he writes: "… In the cities of Yemen named Uzel there are two klipot that our brothers who dwell in the Yemenite cities could not overpower… therefore, I do not have permission to leave my place. Furthermore, my master Eliyahu [The Prophet] forbade me to do any activity nor study the Torah. The reason for this is that if I will study Torah and Israel will not study Torah and fulfill the mitzvoth as is fitting… this will be an excuse… for accusing Israel… and my master Eliyahu has already given me time until we reach the city of Mead. But I inform you that you will soon see wonders, because all Israel will gather there and from there we will enter the Holy Land." At the end of the letter he signs: "Shalom ben Mari Shukar Kuchail and my mother's name is Chamama – Mari Shukar because we are celebrating G-d's festival [acronym: Kuchail] – His Majesty and His kingdom should rise forever. And three "royal" stamps: one with his signature Yehuda Shalom.
Yehuda Shalom Mari Shukar Al Kuchail, native of the village of Beit Radam near Sana, "revealed himself" in 1859, with various stories that he "received" the message of redemption from heavenly angels and he traveled and expounded throughout Yemenite cities to awaken people to do teshuva and pray for the redemption. When he reached Sana, Sana scholars headed by Rabbi Saliman ben Saliman Amar went out against him. In the end, the king of Yemen executed him and cut off his head. After a number of years, during 1867-1868, a new false Messiah rose in Yemen, a faker who claimed that he is Mari Shukar himself that has been resurrected from the dead. Rabbi Ya'akov Sapir wrote and publicized in the newspapers and in special pamphlets (Letter to Yemen, Paris, 1869 and Second Letter to Yemen, Mainz, 1873) the misdeeds of the false Messiah. After the rabbis of Eretz Yisrael publicized the denial of his messianism, his many believers left him and he was scorned and mocked in the city of Sana until his death in 1878.
This letter was written by Mari Shukar Kuchail the Second and was printed [with minor changes] in the last book of Rabbi Ya'akov Sapir, The Second Letter to Yemen, pages 20-21. [For further information on this affair, see Meshichei HaSheker U'Mitnagdeihem, by Binyamin Shlomo Hamburger, Bnei Brak, 1989, pages 295-312; and see the article written by Avraham Ya'ari, Shukar Kuchail – two false Messiahs in Yemen, included in Shevut Teiman, Tel Aviv 1945, pages 146-147].
Leaf 32.5 cm. Handsome handwriting. Fair condition, stains and tears. Many letters have erased ink and are difficult to decipher.
In the letter, the "Messiah" writes a lengthy response to Rabbi Shmuel Heller, to his claims as to why the "Messiah" reveals himself in Yemen and not as is explained in the writings of Rashbi (Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai) that the Messiah will be revealed in the cities of the Galil: "His words are words of truth, but all the intentions and words [of Rashbi] are in the Upper World and G-d should enlighten your eyes". Moreover, he writes in the name of the Zohar Chadash that the mountain on which the Messiah will be revealed is a mountain with horns like the horns of an oryx and only in Yemen does such a mountain exist by the name of Alteil.
Further, he answers the claim why the Messiah's revelation is in the desert and not in an inhabited country, and this is what he writes: "… In the cities of Yemen named Uzel there are two klipot that our brothers who dwell in the Yemenite cities could not overpower… therefore, I do not have permission to leave my place. Furthermore, my master Eliyahu [The Prophet] forbade me to do any activity nor study the Torah. The reason for this is that if I will study Torah and Israel will not study Torah and fulfill the mitzvoth as is fitting… this will be an excuse… for accusing Israel… and my master Eliyahu has already given me time until we reach the city of Mead. But I inform you that you will soon see wonders, because all Israel will gather there and from there we will enter the Holy Land." At the end of the letter he signs: "Shalom ben Mari Shukar Kuchail and my mother's name is Chamama – Mari Shukar because we are celebrating G-d's festival [acronym: Kuchail] – His Majesty and His kingdom should rise forever. And three "royal" stamps: one with his signature Yehuda Shalom.
Yehuda Shalom Mari Shukar Al Kuchail, native of the village of Beit Radam near Sana, "revealed himself" in 1859, with various stories that he "received" the message of redemption from heavenly angels and he traveled and expounded throughout Yemenite cities to awaken people to do teshuva and pray for the redemption. When he reached Sana, Sana scholars headed by Rabbi Saliman ben Saliman Amar went out against him. In the end, the king of Yemen executed him and cut off his head. After a number of years, during 1867-1868, a new false Messiah rose in Yemen, a faker who claimed that he is Mari Shukar himself that has been resurrected from the dead. Rabbi Ya'akov Sapir wrote and publicized in the newspapers and in special pamphlets (Letter to Yemen, Paris, 1869 and Second Letter to Yemen, Mainz, 1873) the misdeeds of the false Messiah. After the rabbis of Eretz Yisrael publicized the denial of his messianism, his many believers left him and he was scorned and mocked in the city of Sana until his death in 1878.
This letter was written by Mari Shukar Kuchail the Second and was printed [with minor changes] in the last book of Rabbi Ya'akov Sapir, The Second Letter to Yemen, pages 20-21. [For further information on this affair, see Meshichei HaSheker U'Mitnagdeihem, by Binyamin Shlomo Hamburger, Bnei Brak, 1989, pages 295-312; and see the article written by Avraham Ya'ari, Shukar Kuchail – two false Messiahs in Yemen, included in Shevut Teiman, Tel Aviv 1945, pages 146-147].
Leaf 32.5 cm. Handsome handwriting. Fair condition, stains and tears. Many letters have erased ink and are difficult to decipher.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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See list in the Hebrew description.
4 items, various sizes and conditions.
4 items, various sizes and conditions.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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* Letter of semicha for shecita, handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Yichye Nachum" [1872-1962, famous emissary of the Chief Beit Din of Sana, to supervise Judaic matters in Yemenite cities] to his disciple Chaim ben Shimon of the village of Yudarba, Kislev 1924. * Letter of semicha for the aforementioned shochet in the city of Alreva, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yichya Salam ben Yosef [Alme'a?], from 1937. * Letter of semicha for aforementioned shochet, (Rabbi's signature unidentified), in 1943. * Additional leaves: incantation against ayin hara, draft of divorce get, draft of letter of semicha for shochet, and additional interesting scraps of paper.
3 letters of semicha + 5 leaves and scraps of leaves, varied size and condition.
3 letters of semicha + 5 leaves and scraps of leaves, varied size and condition.
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
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Collection of documents, handwritten letters and typewritten circulars, printed proclamations, the Jewish Yemenite community of Jerusalem. 1930-s.
Proclamations and letters on topics of religious reinforcement, shechita and shochtim, concerning the neighborhoods of Nachalat Zvi, Nachalat Shimon and Nachalat Achim, about marriage and peace in the home, etc.
19 paper items, including 7 printed proclamations and 8 handwritten letters.
Proclamations and letters on topics of religious reinforcement, shechita and shochtim, concerning the neighborhoods of Nachalat Zvi, Nachalat Shimon and Nachalat Achim, about marriage and peace in the home, etc.
19 paper items, including 7 printed proclamations and 8 handwritten letters.
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Yemenite Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
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