Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
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Ketubah, Gibraltar, Tamuz 1906.
Ketubah on a large sheet of parchment. Decorated with a golden frame, with fine flower and branch decorations, with a bird standing on one of the branches.
The text of the Ketubah is in neat semi-cursive Sephardic script, with the word "Chai" in the center of the text enlarged.
In the margins of the Ketubah are signatures of the groom (twice) and the two witnesses. The first witness is R. Refael Chaim Moshe son of Naim, Rabbi of Gibraltar.
The text of the Ketubah follows the customs of the Jews expelled from Spain who reached Gibraltar.
55x67 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and creases. Several holes.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Ketubah for the marriage of Moshe son of Yehudah (Moisés Bensabat) Amzalak with the bride Orovida daughter of Yaakov Sikira. Lisbon, Tamuz 1924.
Ketubah on large sheet of parchment, in semi-cursive Sephardic script, decorated with colors (brown, gold, green, red, yellow and blue).
Like other Ketubot documented from Lisbon, its decorations recall the Ketubot from Gibraltar: headed by a large crown (the crown of the Spanish kingdom), decorated with gold, surrounded by blessings. The text of the Ketubah is surrounded by a styled frame, decorated with flowers and ribbons: its bottom part is styled after a scroll, with branches, stalks and flower bouquets extending from it. In the center of the text, the word "Chai" is enlarged. In the bottom-right corner appears the signature of the artist: "D. M. Benabu. Gibraltar"; apparently the Ketubah was made in Gibraltar for a wedding held in Lisbon.
The text of the Ketubah follows the customs of the Jews expelled from Spain.
On the margins of the Ketubah is the signature of the groom, Moisés Bensabat Amzalak.
The groom, Prof. Moisés Bensabat Amzalak (1892-1978), was a prominent figure in Portugal, and president of the Jewish community in the country for over 50 years. Amzalak was a world-famous economist, and headed the Portuguese Academy of Sciences. He served as the chief editor of academic journals, and published dozens of books and hundreds of articles in economy and various other topics, including history, Jewish thought and culture, literature, music and more. He served in various leading government offices in Portugal, and drafted the country's financial laws. During World War II he persuaded the Portuguese dictator to take in Jewish refugees from Europe, thus saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.
60x70 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some creases.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
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![Siddur according to the Sephardic rite. [Unidentified edition, apparently Livorno, late 1700s – early 1800s], with supplement](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/278_3.jpg "Livorno Siddur, 1700s-1800s – With Handwritten Replacements and Additi")
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![Siddur according to the Sephardic rite. [Unidentified edition, apparently Livorno, late 1700s – early 1800s], with supplement](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/278_5.jpg "Livorno Siddur, 1700s-1800s – With Handwritten Replacements and Additi")
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Siddur according to the Sephardic rite. [Unidentified edition, apparently Livorno, late 1700s – early 1800s], with supplements and additions in manuscript. Angra, Terceira, the Azores, 1838-1872.
The printed Siddur is bound together with over fifty leaves in manuscript, with various additions of prayers, psalms, piyyutim and more. The scribe is R. Maimon son of Avraham Abohbot, from the Angra do Heroísmo (Angra) community on the island Terceira in the Azores (in the Atlantic Ocean), who signed his name and location on many leaves, in several places with the date of writing (1838-1872).
In the Bakashot section before the Shacharit prayer is bound a leaf with Shiviti and a Lamnatzeach Menorah (with an inscription by R. Maimon Abohbot, 1869). In the weekday Minchah section are bound several leaves with a prayer for livelihood and more, also with a Lamnatzeach Menorah (dated 1843).
Pieces of paper with illustrations of a kohen's hands are mounted on several leaves (apparently because the scribe was a kohen).
In two places there is an inscription in Ladino and Hebrew on miracles performed for the scribe.
Several glosses to the leaves of the printed Siddur.
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, and scribed many manuscripts.
[52] handwritten leaves, bound with the printed Siddur (missing title page and last leaves). 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to several leaves, affecting text. New binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, AZ.011.001.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.