Collection of early manuscripts on practical Kabbalah: Hashbaot, Holy Names, directives and instructions for writing amulets, segulot and cures, etc. [Yemenite script, various periods]. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.
• Volume containing booklets and parts of manuscript from various periods, including: amulets and texts of amulets, segulot and cures for epidemics and various situations, Holy Names and Hashbaot, book of the Zodiac, etc.
• Handwritten booklet, "Practical Kabbalah - book of Names and Actions".
• Handwritten booklet, segulot and amulets.
All the manuscripts feature numerous illustrations of Angelic script, kabbalistic charts and diagrams.
Over 150 leaves in a several booklets. Size and condition vary.

Handwritten notebook, in Devanagari script (used in several official languages in India). [India, 19th century].
The notebook contains the ledger of the Shaarei Rachamim synagogue from 1878, and an anthology of rulings based on Biblical verses, pertaining to marriage, conversion, visits to holy sites, and more.
[37] written pages, and many blank leaves. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Original binding, with minor damage.

Manuscript, Tiferet Avot, commentary to Tractate Avot, with kabbalistic contents, by R. Yaakov son of Michael. [Persia, 19th century].
Complete and comprehensive composition on Tractate Avot, with commentaries and novellae, including kabbalistic contents. Between chapters IV and V (leaves 125-127), several pages with "Sodot Merkava", including tables and diagrams of the Ten Sefirot and other kabbalistic topics. The manuscript begins and ends with various selections.
In his preface (leaf [9]), the author states: "And it is known, that I, the inadequate one, Yaakov son of Michael, wrote it and composed it in my handwriting, since I cannot afford to print it, therefore this book was not published, for lack of means I handwrote it myself…".
We were not able to identify the writer. He may have been Yaakov son of Michael of Sablagh (Mahabad, Azerbaijan Province), who copied an anthology of compositions - Ben-Zvi Institute, MS 992 (see: Netzer, Otzar Kitvei HaYad shel Yehudei Paras, p. 106).
[9], 8; 42, 42-107, 108-195, [2] leaves (mispagination, no lacking leaves; leaves 163-167 and 192 - blank. Altogether 205 written leaves). Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampness damage to several leaves, with ink-smudging and damage to text. Original binding, damaged.