Manuscript, large anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 20th century].
Comprehensive anthology, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Includes many amulet formulas for various issues; with kabbalistic illustrations and symbols, tables and angelic script.

Many amulets are attributed to Biblical figures: Moses, King Solomon, Ezra; an amulet attributed to Arizal (p. 10a); an amulet written by a Jew for Ali, son-in-law of Muhammad, the founder of Islam (leaf 13).

[1], 1-109, 112-119, 110-170, 164-169, [34] leaves (some misfoliation; total: 218 leaves). 18 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Good condition. Some stains. Unbound gatherings. Placed in a new box.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.099.

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Manuscript, anthology of practical Kabbalah – Shorshei HaShemot and Taalumot Chochmah. [Meknes, 18th century].
Neat Western script. The first part of the manuscript contains Sefer HaShemot (see below), with a colophon by the scribe, R. Yosef Toledano. Afterwards he goes on to copy Taalumot Chochmah, another work of practical Kabbalah (printed Venice, 1667).
The scribe, R. Yosef son of Moshe Toledano, was a Torah scholar of Meknes, Morocco (died 1788).
Several leaves in later scripts are bound at the end of the manuscript, also on practical Kabbalah.

Sefer HaShemot, also known as Shorshei HaShemot, is a comprehensive work on the Holy Names, with detailed descriptions of their functions and use in hashbaot and amulets. The work is composed as an encyclopedic lexicon, and includes thousands of Holy Names and name combinations, as well as much practical Kabbalah. The core of the work was composed by the kabbalist R. Moshe Zacuto (the Ramaz), and it includes kabbalistic secrets he received from his teachers. R. Zacuto's work was of limited scope, but it was later expanded significantly by the Polish kabbalist R. Eliyahu Shapiro, author of Birkat Eliyahu. Due to a libel he fled to Amsterdam and later moved to Italy, where he met the Chida, who praises him in Shem HaGedolim. He later moved to Tunisia, where he passed away ca. 1760. The book thus reached the kabbalists of the Maghreb who copied it and expanded it. The present item is an early copy of the work.

10, 13-19, 22-23, 25-29, 31-58 leaves (leaves missing in Sefer HaShemot and Taalumot Chochmah) + [16] leaves in later scripts not belonging to manuscript. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark stains to several leaves slightly affecting text. Wear and tears. Open tears to several leaves, affecting text. Old binding, damaged.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.083.

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Manuscript, compilation on practical Kabbalah – amulets, Segulot and cures. [Sefrou?, Morocco, 19th century.]
Neat Western script. The scribe may be R. Shalom Azulai, head of the Beit Din of Sefrou, whose stamps appear on several leaves. The manuscript is bound alternately with leaves in a smaller format, written in the same script.

Contains various amulets, Segulot and cures, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, for various matters, including: invisibility, finding a lost object, stopping blood, annulling witchcraft, becoming pregnant, giving birth, evil eye, plague, nightmares, cures and Segulot for various maladies and aches; many leaves on exorcism, annulling witchcraft and demons. Contains illustrations, icons and kabbalistic diagrams.
The author cites various Kabbalistic sources for the selections, including R. Yitzchak Sharabi, R. Shalom Sharabi and more.
Family records.

R. Shalom Azulai (1846-1922), leading Moroccan Tzaddik and kabbalist, and a rabbi of Sefrou. His halachic rulings are printed in LeYitzchak Re’ach (Livorno, 1902), and piyyutim he authored are printed in Tziltzelei Shama (Alexandria, 1892).

[2], 253, [5] leaves (most leaves are blank, about 60 written leaves). 20 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Worming, affecting text. Original binding, damaged.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.084.

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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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