Three miniature Moroccan manuscripts: · Manuscript, novellae, Midrash Pli'aa, riddles and Piyyutim. [Morocco, 19th century]. The writer quotes many manuscripts [among them is the following: "I have found in the manuscript by R' Yehoshua Monsonigo…"; "I have found written in the manuscript of R' Shlomo son of the Rabbi Ya'avetz…."; "I have found written by R' Yedidya Tzorfati, etc.]. Signature: "Mine, G-d should protect me Eliyahu Timzagin[?]". [150] leaves. Rebound. Lacking leaves. · Manuscript, Piyyutim and bakashot. [Morocco, 19th century]. At the top of the manuscript: "The death of Moshe Rabbeinu". The writer's signatures: "Maimon Gayon". Ownership inscriptions and scribbles, ownership inscription signed "Our sages said that a person should always sign his name in his books…Ya'akov Evgi", names, with title: "This is … groom Ya'akov Evgi son of the influential wealthy… Meir Evgeri the 8th of Cheshvan 1863". Copy (in another handwriting) of a letter send to Don David Alfasi, from 1893. [98] written leaves (besides empty leaves). · Manuscript, Shiur Koma. Meknes, 1841. "Copied by Yosef Azraz". End missing. [1], 109 leaves. New binding. Three manuscripts, approximately 10-11 cm. Varying condition, good-fair. Stains, tears (in several places with damage to text). One manuscript has the original binding, the other two have new leather bindings.

Manuscript, bakashot and Piyyutim. [Marrakech, Morocco, c. 1940]. Many Piyyutim by North African sages, some in Judeo-Arabic. Contains: Bakashot for Shabbat, for olim (men called up) to the Torah, for a Brit Milah, Tefillin, etc. On the first page: "I will begin to write bakashot and Piyyutim…Shimon ben Lulu" [Rabbi Shimon Ben-Lulu, leader of the North African Jewish community in Rishon LeZion, ascended to Eretz Israel in 1949]. [99] leaves. 22 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears to margins. Several torn leaves (with damage to text). Damaged binding.

Collection of manuscripts, leaves and notebooks, with Torah teachings – sermons for various events, articles, eulogies, Torah novellae, piyyutim and bakashot; sections of manuscripts on various topics; letters and documents, some with signatures of Moroccan rabbis. [Morocco and Eretz Israel, c. 1930s-1960s]. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. A substantial part of the manuscripts and leaves were written by Rabbi Shimon Ben-Lulu or are connected to him. Rabbi Ben Lulu (1893-1975) was born in Marrakesh, Morocco and made Aliya to Israel in 1949. He settled in Rishon Letzion, established a synagogue and led the North African Jewish community in the city. Hundreds of leaves, size and condition vary.

Letter of blessings for Pesach, to the "Lofty g'vir… Chaim ben Chamu", handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Abuchatzira, Colomb-Bechar (Algeria), [ca. 1940s]. Handwritten in Judeo-Arabic on a printed card. The holy Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Abuchatzira – Baba Su (died ca. 1974), youngest son of Rabbi Aharon Abuchatzira (second son of Rabbi Ya'akov Abuchatzira), grandson of the Abir Ya'akov. Many turned to him for blessings, counsel and salvation. Rabbi Yosef lived in Colomb-Bechar (Béchar – a city on the Moroccan-Algerian border, near Tafilalt, Morocco), with his elder brothers, Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzira, the "Great Baba Sali" and Rabbi Shalom Abuchatzira (cousins of the renowned Baba Sali, Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzira son of Rabbi Masud and his brother Rabbi Yitzchak Baba Chaki). Later, he moved to France. See enclosed material. Approximately 9.5X14 cm. Fair condition, wear to margins.

Midrash Raba, Shemot, with Yefe Toar commentary, by Rabbi Shmuel Yaffe Ashkenazi. [Venice, 1657, first edition]. Dozens of long scholarly glosses on the sheets in early Oriental writing, some signed by the writer: "David Chazan", "D.C." "D.C.N." – (leaf 16/a; 68/b; 92/a; 98/b; 132/a; 148/b; 196/b; 195/b; etc.). Several glosses in another handwriting, apparently by other writers. Kabbalist Rabbi David Chazan (ca.1680-1748), author of Chozeh David, was a leading Jerusalem and Izmir sage, son of Rabbi Chaim Chazan, author of Shenot Chaim and grandson of Rabbi Yosef Chazan, author of Edut B'hosef. He was considered one of the prominent Jerusalem sages of the 1700s. In 1724-1725 he was an emissary to Europe, there he printed his celebrated book Chozeh David on Tehillim (Amsterdam, 1724). and was welcomed with great honor in Hamburg in 1725. Four years later he moved to Izmir and established a printing press. In 1739, he returned to Jerusalem and many Torah scholars of his time attended his yeshiva, including the Rishon L'Zion, Rabbi Avraham Meyuchas, author of Sde HaAretz and the Chida, and both present his teachings in their books. In his book, Shem Gedolim (Ma'arechet Sefarim, Chozeh David), his disciple, the Chida, wrote that besides his printed books – Chozeh David on Tehillim, Agan HaSahar on Mishlei, Kohelet ben David on Kohelet and David B'Metzuda on Pirkei Avot – he also wrote a large work on Bereshit. These are hitherto unprinted remnants of his commentary on Shemot. Rabbi Yehuda Chazan and Rabbi Chaim Chazan of Izmir, father of Rabbi Yosef Refael Chazan, author of Chikrei Lev are among his descendants. Missing title page and last two leaves of the indexes: [3], 102, 102-130, [1], 130-225, 224-246, 254-255 leaves. (Originally: [4], 102, 102-130, [1], 130-225, 224-246, 254-256, [1] leaves). 29 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many slightly cutoff glosses. Wear and heavy stains. Major damage to the center of many leaves from a metal object (shrapnel?) which penetrated the spine of the book. Old binding with damaged leather spine. At the end of the introduction is an ownership inscription "Kodesh L'Midrash Knesset Yechezkel" [a well-known Beit Midrash in Jerusalem in the 19th century, established in 1841 by Rabbi Abdallah Chaim, uncle of the Ben Ish Chai, who immigrated to Jerusalem from Baghdad].