Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Two Yemenite manuscripts:
· Manuscript, Haftarot for the entire year and for Festivals - Yemenite tradition, with Aramaic translation. [Yemen, c. 19th century]. Handsome square Yemenite script, with te'amim. Ornamented titles. Original and translation, one verse following another. Lacking one or two leaves at the beginning (begins with the Haftarah of Parshat Noach). [131] leaves. 22 cm.
· Chumash Bamidbar and Chumash Devarim, with Aramaic translation. [Yemen, c. 19th century]. Handsome Yemenite script, with vowels and te'amim. Original and Targum Onkelos one page facing the other. Colophon with the scribe's signature on the last page: "David Manes Kapari" (see: Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Teiman, p. 580). [157] leaves. 16 cm.
2 manuscripts. Condition varies, good-fair. New bindings.
· Manuscript, Haftarot for the entire year and for Festivals - Yemenite tradition, with Aramaic translation. [Yemen, c. 19th century]. Handsome square Yemenite script, with te'amim. Ornamented titles. Original and translation, one verse following another. Lacking one or two leaves at the beginning (begins with the Haftarah of Parshat Noach). [131] leaves. 22 cm.
· Chumash Bamidbar and Chumash Devarim, with Aramaic translation. [Yemen, c. 19th century]. Handsome Yemenite script, with vowels and te'amim. Original and Targum Onkelos one page facing the other. Colophon with the scribe's signature on the last page: "David Manes Kapari" (see: Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Teiman, p. 580). [157] leaves. 16 cm.
2 manuscripts. Condition varies, good-fair. New bindings.
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Yemenite Jewry - Manuscripts and Documens
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Two Yemenite manuscripts:
· Manuscript, three Megillot - Shir Hashirim, Ruth and Kohelet, with Aramaic translation and Rashi commentary. [Yemen, c. 19th century]. Ornamented title page. Artistic scribal script, with vowels and te'amim. The origunal, the translation and the Rashi commentary were arranged on separate columns in a neat typography. 56 leaves. 21.5 cm. Good condition. New binding.
· Manuscript, three Megillot - Shir Hashirim, Ruth and Kohelet, with Aramaic translation. [Yemen, c. 19th century]. [44] leaves. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and slight wear. Worming to first three leaves, affecting text. New bindings.
· Manuscript, three Megillot - Shir Hashirim, Ruth and Kohelet, with Aramaic translation and Rashi commentary. [Yemen, c. 19th century]. Ornamented title page. Artistic scribal script, with vowels and te'amim. The origunal, the translation and the Rashi commentary were arranged on separate columns in a neat typography. 56 leaves. 21.5 cm. Good condition. New binding.
· Manuscript, three Megillot - Shir Hashirim, Ruth and Kohelet, with Aramaic translation. [Yemen, c. 19th century]. [44] leaves. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and slight wear. Worming to first three leaves, affecting text. New bindings.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Diverse collection of ancient manuscript leaf fragments, removed from the "Binding Geniza", sections of various compositions.
All in Yemenite script:
· Fragments of handwritten leaves, Mishne Torah L'HaRambam. Sections from four different manuscripts.
· Fragments of handwritten leaves, Midrash HaGadol. Yemenite script. Approximately 18 sections of various size.
· Fragments of a handwritten leaf, Midrash HaGadol.
· Fragment of a handwritten leaf, Bereshit with Targum [verse per verse]. Section of Bereshit 3, 15. Nikud Elyon.
· Fragments of handwritten leaves, composition on the laws of shechita in Judeo-Arabic.
· Fragments of handwritten leaf, composition on the laws of tereifa.
· Fragments of handwritten leaf, several prayers, with Seder Pitum HaKetoret and the piyyut "Ne'um Gever Asher Yada" by R. Yichye Altzahari.
Approximately 30 leaf sections. Size varies. Varying damages caused by the binding process.
All in Yemenite script:
· Fragments of handwritten leaves, Mishne Torah L'HaRambam. Sections from four different manuscripts.
· Fragments of handwritten leaves, Midrash HaGadol. Yemenite script. Approximately 18 sections of various size.
· Fragments of a handwritten leaf, Midrash HaGadol.
· Fragment of a handwritten leaf, Bereshit with Targum [verse per verse]. Section of Bereshit 3, 15. Nikud Elyon.
· Fragments of handwritten leaves, composition on the laws of shechita in Judeo-Arabic.
· Fragments of handwritten leaf, composition on the laws of tereifa.
· Fragments of handwritten leaf, several prayers, with Seder Pitum HaKetoret and the piyyut "Ne'um Gever Asher Yada" by R. Yichye Altzahari.
Approximately 30 leaf sections. Size varies. Varying damages caused by the binding process.
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![Manuscript, Davar B'Ito, anthology, sermons, mussar and kabblistic thoughts.
Handsome Yemenite script [Eretz Israel?], [194](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/356.jpg "Manuscript - Davar B'Ito - 1948 - Mention of the Israeli War of Indepe")
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Davar B'Ito, anthology, sermons, mussar and kabblistic thoughts.
Handsome Yemenite script [Eretz Israel?], [1948].
The name of the composition appears at the top of the page: Davar B'Ito. On the margins of page [5b] is the name: "Yichye son of Avraham Yarimi" [the author?].
On page [2a], the writer mentions the events in Eretz Israel which took place in 1948 (the Israeli War of Independence): "…Like this time, 1948, Israeli blood is unrestricted…". On page [3b] he writes: "G-d shall hear you in the day of trouble (these days of the 1948 war)…".
[167] leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Worming. Several detached leaves. Detached, damaged leather binding.
Handsome Yemenite script [Eretz Israel?], [1948].
The name of the composition appears at the top of the page: Davar B'Ito. On the margins of page [5b] is the name: "Yichye son of Avraham Yarimi" [the author?].
On page [2a], the writer mentions the events in Eretz Israel which took place in 1948 (the Israeli War of Independence): "…Like this time, 1948, Israeli blood is unrestricted…". On page [3b] he writes: "G-d shall hear you in the day of trouble (these days of the 1948 war)…".
[167] leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Worming. Several detached leaves. Detached, damaged leather binding.
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Yemenite Jewry - Manuscripts and Documens
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Two interesting historical documents of the Yemenite community in Jerusalem, at the end of the 19th century:
· Letter of appointment with 20 signatures of the heads of the Yemenite community, selecting a rabbi and leader for the Yemenite synagogue of the Mishkenot Yisrael neighborhood which was built from the donation of the wealthy R. Moshe Chanoch HaLevi and his son R. David Chai. Jerusalem, the 27th of Sivan 1895. In the margins is the testimony of the rabbis attesting to the results of the vote which took place on the 29th of Sivan in which the majority voted for R. Azriel son of Chaim Al-Naddaf. Signed by R. Shalom Yosef Araki and R. Yichya son of Yosef Tzarum.
· Letter of appointment and authorization for R. Azriel Al-Nadaff, to serve as Rabbi. Signed by the donors, the wealthy Moshe Chanoch HaLevi and his son David Chai HaLevi. The terms of the use of the funds and R. Al-Nadaff's authority in managing the synagogue are detailed in this letter. Jerusalem, the 29th of Sivan 1894.
2 leaves, size varies. Fair condition. Tears to folds of large leaf and wear.
· Letter of appointment with 20 signatures of the heads of the Yemenite community, selecting a rabbi and leader for the Yemenite synagogue of the Mishkenot Yisrael neighborhood which was built from the donation of the wealthy R. Moshe Chanoch HaLevi and his son R. David Chai. Jerusalem, the 27th of Sivan 1895. In the margins is the testimony of the rabbis attesting to the results of the vote which took place on the 29th of Sivan in which the majority voted for R. Azriel son of Chaim Al-Naddaf. Signed by R. Shalom Yosef Araki and R. Yichya son of Yosef Tzarum.
· Letter of appointment and authorization for R. Azriel Al-Nadaff, to serve as Rabbi. Signed by the donors, the wealthy Moshe Chanoch HaLevi and his son David Chai HaLevi. The terms of the use of the funds and R. Al-Nadaff's authority in managing the synagogue are detailed in this letter. Jerusalem, the 29th of Sivan 1894.
2 leaves, size varies. Fair condition. Tears to folds of large leaf and wear.
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Yemenite Jewry - Manuscripts and Documens
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of paperwork, documents and letters. Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Yemen, beginning of the 20th century.
· Contracts and sales agreements of property in Jerusalem. Ownership deeds (Ottoman and Mandate kushans). · Letters by rabbis of the Yemenite community and of the Chief Rabbinate, regarding public issues, testimonies and halachic rulings. · Family letters - families Habshush, Danon, Badichi, Aziri and Ochana. · Ketubot, [Yemen, 1931]. · Leaves and sections of ancient Yemenite manuscripts [17th-19th centuries].
Hundreds of leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall Good to fair condition.
· Contracts and sales agreements of property in Jerusalem. Ownership deeds (Ottoman and Mandate kushans). · Letters by rabbis of the Yemenite community and of the Chief Rabbinate, regarding public issues, testimonies and halachic rulings. · Family letters - families Habshush, Danon, Badichi, Aziri and Ochana. · Ketubot, [Yemen, 1931]. · Leaves and sections of ancient Yemenite manuscripts [17th-19th centuries].
Hundreds of leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall Good to fair condition.
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