Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
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Decorated manuscript, Pesach Dahir. [Morocco, ca. early 20th century.]
Square script. Some pages are finely decorated with decorations characteristic of Morocco, in orange, green and brown, with “rugs” and with architectural frames with a horseshoe arch in the center.
The Pesach Dahir was customarily recited in North African communities during Pesach. The work contains a halachic piyyut on the laws of Pesach in Hebrew and in stanza-by-stanza Judeo-Arabic translation, additional piyyutim in Judeo-Arabic, and Targum of the festival Haftarot.
[23] leaves (some leaves are bound out of sequence and there seem to be leaves missing). 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and wear. Open tears to first two leaves, affecting text. Text and illustrations affected in several additional places. New binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.031
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Manuscript, piyyutim and haftarot. [North Africa, 19th century].
Western script, semi-cursive and square. Initial panels decorated with building-like and tower-like decorations, and other ornamentations. Fine decorative illustration to last page.
Two leaves from another manuscript are attached to this one (one from an anthology of piyyutim, and the second containing a section from a Goralot work).
[24], [2] leaves (missing leaves). 14 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Tears. Open tear to one leaf, affecting text. Disconnected leaves. Original leather binding, disconnected and damaged.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.073.
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Manuscript, anthology of prayers, piyyutim, kabbalistic Kavanot and Kabbalah, amulets and Segulot. [Morocco, 18th/19th century].
Western script, by several scribes. In several places, glosses by one of the scribes, apparently a Moroccan Torah scholar and kabbalist, are integrated into the margins, between rows and in the “windows”. On p. 9a is a gloss (inside a “window”) signed “Shmuel”.
[35] leaves. Approx. 20 cm. Fair condition. Several leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains and wear. Significant worming, affecting text. Disconnected leaves. Without binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.080.
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Manuscript, anthology of practical Kabbalah – amulets, cures, Goralot and zodiacs. [Morocco, ca. 19th century].
Western script, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Contains kabbalistic diagrams and illustrations.
On some leaves are additions in later hands. At the beginning of the manuscript are bound several leaves in another hand.
[155] written leaves (and hundreds more blank leaves). 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to several leaves, affecting text. Several leaves disconnected. Original binding, damaged and somewhat disconnected.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.094.
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Manuscript, amulets. [Morocco?, first half of 20th century.]
Manuscript with exceptional illustrations and amulets, which are written as "rugs" across the entire span of the pages. Replete with Star of David symbols and schematic illustrations of angels and demons, with many Holy Names. Many pages contain added colors (red, green, purple and blue).
The manuscript was made on lined notebook paper, bound together in faux leather binding, with a fabric ribbon for tying. On top of the binding is mounted a piece of paper with the name of the owner.
[133] leaves. 20 cm. Stains, including dampstains, affecting text. Wear and tears. Faux leather binding (light-colored, with floral decorations), damaged.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.001.
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Manuscript, Goralot, amulets, Segulot and cures. [Morocco, 19th century.]
Western script by several scribes. Composed of two manuscripts. The first part is in unskilled writing, the second in neater writing. Many kabbalistic illustrations and diagrams.
The majority is in Judeo-Arabic (with sections in the Moroccan dialect).
Among other things, includes: amulets, Segulot and cures for various matters; Goralot, zodiacs, Hashbaot for demons, and more.
See Hebrew description for further contents of manuscript.
Colophon of one of the scribes on p. 56a. Name and ownership inscriptions in various places in the manuscript. Recurring inscriptions of the family name "Abuchatzeira" on p. 75a.
[159] leaves. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears and wear, affecting text. Large open tears to several leaves, affecting text, partially repaired with paper. New binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.025.
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Manuscript, Segulot, cures and amulets. [Morocco, late 19th century or early 20th century.]
Western script. Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Many kabbalistic illustrations and diagrams.
Contains a large selection of amulets and Segulot for various matters. Goral on p. 52a. Table of names of prophets according to Islam on p. 71a, followed by Hashbaot for them (including Muhammad). On p. 84a is a formula for a divorce document, naming the city Marrakesh.
[106] leaves (17 last leaves bound later, with personal accounts in a later hand). 21.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear, tears and open tears, affecting text. Disconnected leaves. Old, damaged binding. Placed in a new box.
At the beginning of the manuscript is bound Refael HaMalach by R. Yehudah Yudel Rosenberg [Łódź, ca. 1930]. 128 pages. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Many tears and open tears, affecting text. Disconnected leaves.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.063.
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Manuscript, anthology of practical Kabbalah – amulets, Segulot, cures and more. [Morocco], 1858.
Large format. Neat Western semi-cursive and square script. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Includes kabbalistic symbols, illustrations and diagrams.
At the beginning of the first page, it is stated that most of the contents derive from the books of R. Khalifa ibn Malka, one of the leading Moroccan Torah scholars and kabbalists in the 17th and 18th century, active in Agadir, author of Kaf Naki and other works.
Index of contents at beginning of manuscript.
[64] leaves. 33.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and ink smears. Browning to some leaves. Tears to several leaves, including tears resulting from ink erosion, affecting text. New binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.037.
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Manuscript, anthology of practical Kabbalah – amulets, cures, Segulot, astrology and Goralot. [Morocco], 1906.
Thick volume in small format. Primarily from one scribe, with various additions from other scribes. At the beginning of the volume is an illustrated title page, with the scribe's inscription. Signature on previous blank page: "Mordechai Malka".
Contains Goralot, Segulot and amulets, mostly in Arabic, for various issues; and more. Includes Kabbalistic illustrations.
At the beginning of the manuscript are several leaves from other manuscripts.
[170] leaves (including some 30 blank leaves). 11 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Leaves browned in several places. Tears to several leaves. Original binding, damaged.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.053.
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Manuscript, practical Kabbalah. [Morocco, 19th century]. Judeo-Arabic and some Hebrew.
Western script, with many illustrations, tables and diagrams. Ownership inscription, dated 1886.
Amulets and hashbaot for various issues. Including "black magic" sections copied from Arabic manuscripts, including speaking with demons and speaking with the dead.
Markings for performing geomancy.
[39] leaves. Approx. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Tears and worming, slightly affecting text. New binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.049.
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Manuscript, piyyutim, bakashot and additional selections. [Morocco, ca. 19th century].
Western script, in varying hands (some in a later hand, signed by the copyist). Decorated with title pages and initial panels (with color added later).
Contains: Bakashot and piyyutim for festivals and various occasions, songs and qasidahs in Judeo-Arabic.
[194] leaves. 17 cm. Condition of leaves varies, fair-good. Stains and wear. Some leaves stained or darkened, some with ink fading, affecting legibility. Tears to several leaves, affecting text. New binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.002.
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Manuscript, Et Sofer – formulas for Shtarot. [Morocco, ca. 19th century].
Neat Western script. Contains formulas for various Shtarot (halachic documents) relating to monetary and marital matters.
Inscription in pencil on p. 69a: “Chaim Abichatzeira”.
At the beginning of the manuscript is bound a new title page, made recently, decorated, with a caption written in the style of the manuscript.
[1], 92, [1] leaves. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Light wear. New binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.069.
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