Manuscript, Passover Dahir and anthology of piyyutim. [Morocco, 19th century].
Thick volume. Western script, cursive and square. Includes initial panels and various decorations, some colorful (most of which are damaged and torn as a result of ink erosion).

Original leather binding made by R. Yosef son of R. Moshe Abuchatzeira, patriarch of the Fez branch of the Abuchatzeira family and a professional bookbinder. His personal design is tooled onto both sides of the binding, in the shape of a star with a caption containing his name.
The first part of the manuscript is a copying of the Passover Dahir, and the second part is an anthology of piyyutim by Moroccan.
Ownership inscription on p. 9b: "Shmuel Ibn Danan".

[284] leaves. 10.5 cm. Fair condition. Several leaves in poor condition. Stains, tears and wear. Severe and open tears to several leaves as a result of ink erosion of decorations. Original leather binding, damaged and partially detached.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.041.

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Manuscript, Pesach Dahir. [Morocco, 20th century.]
Square script (unskilled). Some pages are finely decorated with decorations characteristic of Morocco, in orange, green, brown and purple, with “rugs” and with architectural frames.
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.

[33] leaves (some leaves missing). 18 cm. Overall fair condition. Several leaves in poor condition. Stains, including dampstains, affecting text. Tears, open tears and various kinds of damage, affecting text. Disconnected leaves. Without binding.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, MO.011.102.

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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, 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, 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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