Manuscript, dream interpretations by R. Hai Gaon. [Morocco, 18th century].
Decorated title page (with no title page text). Square and semi–cursive Sephardic (Maghrebi) script. Heading at top of leaf 2: "I will begin writing dream interpretations by R. Hai Gaon".

[11] leaves. 14.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Some tears, not affecting text. New binding.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.048.

Manuscript, counting of the Omer with kavanot, scribed by R. Shmuel Conqui. Gibraltar, [1807].
The manuscript comprises the order of Omer counting, with kabbalistic prayers and kavanot. Includes two menorahs – menorah comprised of Ana BeKoach (p. 1a) and a LaMenatze'ach Menorah (p. 10b).
Inscription on the first endpaper, handwritten and signed by R. Shmuel Conqui, attesting that he wrote this manuscript for his father, in Gibraltar 1807. Other inscriptions.
On p. 10b, in the border of the LaMenatze'ach Menorah, R. Shmuel Conqui added his name.
On the second endpaper, calligraphic signature of R. Shmuel Benjo, who writes that he received the book from his teacher R. Shmuel Conqui in 1834. Additional inscription by him on p. 10a.

R. Shmuel Conqui, rabbi, Torah scholar and mohel in Gibraltar in the first half of the 19th century. His library comprised many volumes of rare works and manuscripts, to which he added his glosses and comments.
There is another manuscript of the counting of the Omer with kavanot scribed by R. Shmuel Conqui in 1789 (JTS Library Ms. 1123).

[2], 28 leaves. 18 cm. (On leaf [2], watermark dated 1794). Fair–good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears and open tears, affecting text on first and final leaf, repaired in part with paper. Inscriptions and signatures. New binding.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, GB.011.001.

Manuscript, homily for Shabbat HaGadol in Judeo–Arabic, by R. Maimon Abohbot. Terceira (the Azores Islands), Rosh Chodesh Nissan 1845.
A piece of paper depicting a green lion is pasted in the center of the title page (other manuscripts by the author also feature a lion emblem).
The manuscript comprises a lengthy, seven–part homily. Another homily is bound at the end. Enclosed with the manuscript are four leaves by the author, with additional homilies.
The title page and colophon state the place, date and name of author.

R. Maimon Abohbot (ca. 1800–1875) was born in Mogador (Essaouira, Morocco). He immigrated to Terceira, where he served as rabbi, prayer leader, teacher, shochet and mohel. He scribed many manuscripts on various topics, all in Judeo–Arabic.
Terceira is an island in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean, home to a small community of Moroccan Jews, since the 19th century. R. Abohbot's manuscripts serve as an important testimony to this almost undocumented community.

[32] leaves + [4] leaves. 21 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Large open tear to title page, affecting text and border. New binding (piece of paper featuring manuscript details and lion emblem pasted on front board, presumably from original binding).

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, AZ.011.002.

Certificate with letters of recommendation and signatures, from Ashkenazi and Sephardi rabbis of Safed and Tiberias. Safed, 1858–1860.
Certificate in square script, recommendation to support R. Yaakov of Safed (grandson of the Chavat Daat).
The first signatories are rabbis of Safed: R. Shmuel Heller, R. Mordechai Silberman, R. Baruch Kahana and others.
Further on the leaf, to the right, is a letter of recommendation (in Oriental script), from the Sephardi rabbis of Safed, signed by R. Refael Maman, R. Shmuel Abbou and others. To the left is a letter of recommendation (in Oriental script), signed by R. Chaim Shmuel HaKohen of Tiberias, followed by other recommendations (in Ashkenazic script), signed by R. Yaakov Moshe of Kosov, R. Shlomo Heilperin, and others.
Additional recommendation at the foot of the leaf (5 lines), handwritten and signed by R. Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Heilperin of Botoshan (disciple of R. Baruch of Medzhibuzh).
R. Shmuel Heller (1786–1884), prominent Torah scholar and physician, rabbi of Safed for sixty years.
R. Mordechai Silberman (1819–1872), rabbi of Uman and later dayan in Safed and Tiberias.
R. Baruch Kahana, dayan in Safed in the 1860s.
R. Shmuel Abbou (1789–1879), rabbi of the Sephardic community in Safed and consul of France. Rebuilt Safed after the earthquake in 1837.
R. Refael Maman (1810–1882) from Meknes (Morocco). Dayan in Safed and later rabbi of Tiberias.
R. Chaim Shmuel HaKohen (d. 1873). Born in Italy, he served as chief rabbi of Tiberias for thirty years.
R. Yaakov Moshe, dayan and posek in Kitov and Kosov, and later in the Safed Beit Din.
The last signatory, R. Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Heilperin (d. 1867), disciple of R. Baruch of Medzhibuzh. Head of the Botoshan Beit Din until 1858, when he immigrated to Safed.

[1] leaf. Approx. 37 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Tears and open tears to folds, affecting text, repaired with paper.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, 057.011.031.

Large parchment certificate, signed by over thirty Sephardic Torah scholars. Safed, Elul [1895].
Decorative upper edge. Neat calligraphic script – Rashi script; headings and emphasized words in enlarged square script. Arched inscriptions at top of leaf.
Certificate for the emissary R. Yaakov Yosef Afriat, issued by the organizations of the Sephardic community in Safed, addressed to the communities of Algeria. The certificate lists the Tzadikim buried in the Galil, by whose gravesites they would pray for the donors.
At the foot of the leaf, signatures of close to forty rabbis and Torah scholars of Safed (some signatures are faded and difficult to decipher). Several stamps. See Hebrew description for list of signatories.

[1] large parchment leaf. 78X53 cm. Fair condition. Stains, creases and wear. Open tears to center of leaf, affecting text (repaired with paper).

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.012.002.