Manuscript, prayers and Kabbalistic kavanot for the High Holidays and for Succot. [Italy, 18th/19th century]. Lovely cursive Italian writing, vowelized. The manuscript contains: a prayer for the month of Elul (from Siddur Ha'Ari); "A great segula for brushing aside disruptive thoughts during prayer"; kavanot for Psalm 24; Seder Teki'at Shofar, with prayers and Kabbalistic kavanot; kavanot for the Amida prayer; prayer for an ill person; prayer for removing the Torah scroll from the Ark on Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur; prayer to recite during Birkat Chohanim; Tashlich, with kavanot; prayer for reciting during the chazarat hashatz of the Musaf prayer; verses to recite during the Ne’ila prayer; prayer before entering the Succah; prayer for the Three Festivals while removing the Torah scroll from the Ark; prayer to recite at leaving the Succah; prayer for the Sheliach Tzibbur; notice for the first day of Shovevim. [17] leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear to margins. Worn cardboard binding.

Manuscript, Igron Ivri. [Italy, 18th/19th century]. Samples of Hebrew missives, written in a poetic language. Eloquent Italian writing. 28 leaves. 13.5 cm. Fair condition, stains and wear. Damage to text on edges. Worn cardboard binding.

Five Books of the Torah - Tikun Sofrim. Amsterdam, [1726]. Divided into two volumes. At the end of Devarim (Leaf 327/b) is an inscription in Italian handwriting: "I, Shlomo Yedidya ben Rabbi Avraham Chai Siniglia… edited this copy according to the exact copy of the Athias printing… This has all good qualities… The edited copy was concluded on Motzei Shabbat the 3rd of Tevet, 1757." [Rabbi Shlomo Yedidya Singilia, an Italian sage, a member of the Beit Din of Rabbi Yishmael HaCohen, author of Zera Emet of Modena]. On the margins are glosses and notes, some in his handwriting. An ownership inscription about purchasing the book at a later time appears at the beginning of the first volume: "I purchased this book from my teacher and rabbi… Rabbi Shimshon Efraim Chaim Sengviniti in 1847… Eliezer Mazal Tov… ebn Yichye Sofer of Modena”. Handwritten leaves were added to both volumes with prayers for a Sofer Stam (scribe), versions for amulets, etc. Various combinations of the Holy Names [for protection?] are pasted on the inner binding pages of the first volume. Two volumes, [Bereshit-Shemot]: [6], 149 leaves + [5] handwritten leaves; [Vayikra-Devarim]: 150-327 leaves, without haftarot. Missing [4] leaves at the beginning of the first volume. 15 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear, worming and tears. Detached or loose leaves. Damaged and detached bindings.

Mikra'ot Gedolot – Pentateuch, with commentators. Venice, [1617]. Bragadini Printing Press. [First and last leaves are from an edition of Mikra'ot Gedolot printed by Bomberg in Venice, 1547]. Hundreds of glosses in Italian handwriting, some are particularly long, most of them about the Even Ezra commentary. Content of glosses is of importance and their scope is that of a whole composition. A significant part of the glosses are by Rabbi Yitzchak Lampronti, author of "Pachad Yitzchak" and some others by his rabbi, Rabbi Yehudah Briel, Av Beit Din of Mantua, copied by the writer of the glosses, as written on page A/1: "All that is found in this book I copied from a book by Yitzchak Lampronti; glosses and commentaries in this book were compiled from the Chumash of Rabbi Yehudah Briel, here in Mantua, and just a few I added". Before a long gloss on page 156/1 appears: "…my teacher Rabbi Yehudah Briel of Mantua in his responsum to Eliya Daniel Mahtov in the year 1674, …". Words by Rabbi "Raphael Norzi" are cited in two of the glosses. Rabbi Yehuda Briel (1643-1722, Otzar HaRabbanim 6886), Great Italian rabbi. Posek and grammarian, rabbi and Rosh Yeshivah in Mantua and member in the Beit-Din of Rabbi Moshe Zakut. The Chida called him "Abir HaRo'im" and writes that he is "famous throughout Italy". Many of Italian rabbis were his disciples, among them Rabbi Yitzchak Lampronti, Rabbi Aviad Sar Shalom Basila, Rabbi David Finzi, and others. Rabbi Yitzchak Lampronti (1679-1757, Otzar HaRabbanim 10786), a sage, physician and one of the leading rabbis of Italy. Rebbe and Rosh Yeshiva in Ferrara. His disciples served as rabbis of prominent communities throughout Italy. Was famous for his monumental enterprise, a series of books "Pachad Yitzchak" – first Halachic encyclopedia which contains great content pertaining to various matters related to Italian Jewry, as well as many Halachic responsa by rabbis of Italy which were preserved only there. Only part of the composition was printed during his lifetime. [6], 228 leaves. Leaves [1-2] and [226-228] are from the Venice 1547 edition. 41 cm. Condition varies. Most leaves in good condition. Stains and wear. Worming to some leaves. Title page and several leaves with rough tears and damages. Binding – not original. From the library of Prof. Moshe David Cassuto.