Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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1. Handwritten booklet, Azharot for the Laws of Shechita, a didactic halachic poem by Rabbi Masud ben Shabbat, apparently in his handwriting. At the end of the booklet is his stamp "Masud ebn Yitzchak Shabbat from the city of Sus" - Rabbi Masud ben Shabbat was a Torah scholar in Casablanca and in Tardane.
2. Manuscript, thoughts and homiletics on the Torah weekly portions and for other occasions [some were compiled from various books], by Rabbi Shlomo Asaraf. Ouled Berhil (Morocco), [c. 1828]. Includes lists of deaths from a later time.
3. Manuscript, Chana and her Seven Sons [in Judeo-Arabic]; lamentations for Tisha B'Av and for mourning the dead [some in Judeo-Arabic], [North Africa; Morocco?].
Size and condition vary.
2. Manuscript, thoughts and homiletics on the Torah weekly portions and for other occasions [some were compiled from various books], by Rabbi Shlomo Asaraf. Ouled Berhil (Morocco), [c. 1828]. Includes lists of deaths from a later time.
3. Manuscript, Chana and her Seven Sons [in Judeo-Arabic]; lamentations for Tisha B'Av and for mourning the dead [some in Judeo-Arabic], [North Africa; Morocco?].
Size and condition vary.
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Morrocan and North African Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Large collection of manuscripts, homilies and piyyutim. Oriental countries [Yemen, Morocco, Turkey, Persia etc.].
For a complete list, see Hebrew description.
19 manuscripts. Size and condition vary. Some are bound.
For a complete list, see Hebrew description.
19 manuscripts. Size and condition vary. Some are bound.
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Morrocan and North African Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Collection of manuscripts and books printed in Morocco.
· Manuscript, piyuytim for Rosh Hashana, Kabbalistic prayers for blowing the shofar. [Morocco, 18th/19th century?]. Damaged and lacking.
19 leaves, 17.5 cm. Poor condition. Wear and open tears, stains. Unbound.
· Goralot Achitofel, in Judeo-Arabic. Casablanca, [c. 1930]. · Bound with: "The picture of Rabbi Ya'akov Abuchatzira". [Casablanca, c. 1930s]. · Bound with a manuscript, Seder Pidyon Nefesh, Hatavat Chalom, prayers for a woman with birthing difficulties and for a pregnant woman, changing the name of an ill person. [Morocco, c. 1930s].
[12] leaves; [1] leaf; [32] handwritten leaves. 13.5-15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Old half-leather binding.
· Manuscript, piyuytim for Rosh Hashana, Kabbalistic prayers for blowing the shofar. [Morocco, 18th/19th century?]. Damaged and lacking.
19 leaves, 17.5 cm. Poor condition. Wear and open tears, stains. Unbound.
· Goralot Achitofel, in Judeo-Arabic. Casablanca, [c. 1930]. · Bound with: "The picture of Rabbi Ya'akov Abuchatzira". [Casablanca, c. 1930s]. · Bound with a manuscript, Seder Pidyon Nefesh, Hatavat Chalom, prayers for a woman with birthing difficulties and for a pregnant woman, changing the name of an ill person. [Morocco, c. 1930s].
[12] leaves; [1] leaf; [32] handwritten leaves. 13.5-15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Old half-leather binding.
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Morrocan and North African Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Manuscript, laws of shechita and terefot. [Morocco, early 20th century]. Nice-looking Oriental Rashi script.
Many signatures and colophon of the writer: "Refael Biton" (curly calligraphic signatures). Other calligraphic signatures of "Ya'akov son of Eliyahu Amsalam". At the end of the volume are questions and answers for reviewing the laws, some by a different writer, signed "Shlomo Amar". On the endpapers and other leaves are piyyutim, Torah novellae and ownership inscriptions by other writers.
53 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Dampstains and wear. Worn fabric binding [folk-crafted].
Many signatures and colophon of the writer: "Refael Biton" (curly calligraphic signatures). Other calligraphic signatures of "Ya'akov son of Eliyahu Amsalam". At the end of the volume are questions and answers for reviewing the laws, some by a different writer, signed "Shlomo Amar". On the endpapers and other leaves are piyyutim, Torah novellae and ownership inscriptions by other writers.
53 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Dampstains and wear. Worn fabric binding [folk-crafted].
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Morrocan and North African Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Chesed L'Umim. [Livorno, 1807].
Printed booklet. Written in rhyme. Only the title appears on the title page, no place or year of printing.
Description of the calamity that befell Algerian Jews, late 18th century, after the murder of Naftali Busnach, the head of the Jewish Algerian community on the 10th of Tamuz 1805 and the ensuing disputes which disrupted community harmony. The events were recorded by friends of the Busnach family against the heads of the community who were appointed instead of the murdered man.
From Leaf 12 and on: a lamentation on the death of Rabbi Ya'akov Morali, Chief Rabbi of Algier who died on the 23rd of Elul 1806. Printed signatures on last page: Eliyahu Cohen Sholal, Baruch Toviana, Avraham di Shlomo Mazgish and Se'adya Kenig.
16 leaves. Thick paper. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains. Inscription on title page. Original cardboard binding, bound with [new] hard-cover binding.
About this book, see: Chaim Ze'ev Hirshberg, History of the Jews in Northern Africa, Vol. 2, Jerusalem 1965, pp. 67-77, 336 Note 32; Y. Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael, no. 1610.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Printed booklet. Written in rhyme. Only the title appears on the title page, no place or year of printing.
Description of the calamity that befell Algerian Jews, late 18th century, after the murder of Naftali Busnach, the head of the Jewish Algerian community on the 10th of Tamuz 1805 and the ensuing disputes which disrupted community harmony. The events were recorded by friends of the Busnach family against the heads of the community who were appointed instead of the murdered man.
From Leaf 12 and on: a lamentation on the death of Rabbi Ya'akov Morali, Chief Rabbi of Algier who died on the 23rd of Elul 1806. Printed signatures on last page: Eliyahu Cohen Sholal, Baruch Toviana, Avraham di Shlomo Mazgish and Se'adya Kenig.
16 leaves. Thick paper. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains. Inscription on title page. Original cardboard binding, bound with [new] hard-cover binding.
About this book, see: Chaim Ze'ev Hirshberg, History of the Jews in Northern Africa, Vol. 2, Jerusalem 1965, pp. 67-77, 336 Note 32; Y. Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael, no. 1610.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
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Morrocan and North African Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
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