Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 24, 2021
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Monetary contract, signed by the dayanim of the Sanaa Beit Din in the 18th century: the head of the Beit Din R. Yichye Tzalach - the Maharitz, and R. Salam son of R. Yosef Bashari. Bir al-Azab (Sanaa, Yemen), Sivan 1767. Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic.
Contract pertaining to the property of Yeshua and Yehuda sons of Sa'id Elgamal (Gamliel). With the calligraphic signatures of the Maharitz and R. Salam son of R. Yosef Bashari.
R. Yichye son of R. Yosef Tzalach - the Maharitz (1715-1805), foremost Yemenite rabbi in the 18th century, and a leading halachic authority. He was the disciple of his grandfather Mori Tzalach, and of R. Aharon HaKohen Iraki, R. Yichye Iraki and R. David Mishreqi, author of "Shetilei Zeitim". At the age of 43, he was appointed chief rabbi and head of the Beit Din of all Yemenite communities, a position he held for more than 45 years. His authority was unequivocally accepted throughout Yemen, and to this day many Yemenite Jews adhere to his customs and rulings. He compiled the Tiklal siddur with the Etz Chaim commentary, and many halachic works: Zevach Toda and Shaarei Kedusha on the laws of shechita, Shaarei Tahara on the laws of niddah, Responsa Peulat Tzaddik, and other books of halachah, ethics and kabbalah.
The dayan R. Salam son of R. Yosef al-Bashari (Bashari; 1701-1771) was ordained in 1749, and served as dayan alongside R. Pinchas son of R. Shlomo Iraqi and the head of the Beit Din R. Saadia Qati'i. He later served as dayan in the Beit Din of the Maharitz. The Maharitz composed a lamentation upon his passing, which he recorded in the pinkas of the Sanaa Beit Din (R. Amram Korach, Saarat Teiman, Jerusalem 1954, p. 21).
Bir al-Azab is a neighborhood of Sanaa. The neighborhood was built after the Exile of Mawza in 1679, when the Jews were required to live outside of the city's walls (Encyclopedia LiKehillot Teiman, I, p. 35).
[1] leaf. Approx. 9 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor tears. Folding marks.
Contract pertaining to the property of Yeshua and Yehuda sons of Sa'id Elgamal (Gamliel). With the calligraphic signatures of the Maharitz and R. Salam son of R. Yosef Bashari.
R. Yichye son of R. Yosef Tzalach - the Maharitz (1715-1805), foremost Yemenite rabbi in the 18th century, and a leading halachic authority. He was the disciple of his grandfather Mori Tzalach, and of R. Aharon HaKohen Iraki, R. Yichye Iraki and R. David Mishreqi, author of "Shetilei Zeitim". At the age of 43, he was appointed chief rabbi and head of the Beit Din of all Yemenite communities, a position he held for more than 45 years. His authority was unequivocally accepted throughout Yemen, and to this day many Yemenite Jews adhere to his customs and rulings. He compiled the Tiklal siddur with the Etz Chaim commentary, and many halachic works: Zevach Toda and Shaarei Kedusha on the laws of shechita, Shaarei Tahara on the laws of niddah, Responsa Peulat Tzaddik, and other books of halachah, ethics and kabbalah.
The dayan R. Salam son of R. Yosef al-Bashari (Bashari; 1701-1771) was ordained in 1749, and served as dayan alongside R. Pinchas son of R. Shlomo Iraqi and the head of the Beit Din R. Saadia Qati'i. He later served as dayan in the Beit Din of the Maharitz. The Maharitz composed a lamentation upon his passing, which he recorded in the pinkas of the Sanaa Beit Din (R. Amram Korach, Saarat Teiman, Jerusalem 1954, p. 21).
Bir al-Azab is a neighborhood of Sanaa. The neighborhood was built after the Exile of Mawza in 1679, when the Jews were required to live outside of the city's walls (Encyclopedia LiKehillot Teiman, I, p. 35).
[1] leaf. Approx. 9 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor tears. Folding marks.
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Yemenite Jewry – Letters and Manuscripts
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Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 24, 2021
Opening: $800
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Monetary contract, signed by the dayanim of the Sanaa Beit Din in the 18th century: the head of the Beit Din R. Yichye Tzalach - the Maharitz, and R. Yichye son of R. David Mishreqi. [Sanaa], 1802.
Judeo-Arabic monetary contract, pertaining to Salam son of Yichye Elgamal (Gamliel). With the calligraphic signatures of the Maharitz and R. Yichye son of R. R. Yichye son of R. Yosef Tzalach - the Maharitz (1715-1805), foremost Yemenite rabbi in the 18th century, and a leading halachic authority. He was the disciple of his grandfather Mori Tzalach, and of R. Aharon HaKohen Iraki, R. Yichye Iraki and R. David Mishreqi, author of "Shetilei Zeitim". At the age of 43, he was appointed chief rabbi and head of the Beit Din of all Yemenite communities, a position he held for more than 45 years. His authority was unequivocally accepted throughout Yemen, and to this day many Yemenite Jews adhere to his customs and rulings. He compiled the Tiklal siddur with the Etz Chaim commentary, and many halachic works: Zevach Toda and Shaarei Kedusha on the laws of shechita, Shaarei Tahara on the laws of niddah, Responsa Peulat Tzaddik, and other books of halachah, ethics and kabbalah.
R. Yichye son of R. David Mishreqi (1734-1809), founder of the Shami rite together with his father (the Shetilei Zeitim). He was appointed temporary dayan in 1785 and from 1795, served as permanent dayan in the Beit Din of the Maharitz. His novellae and rulings were published together with his father's novellae in Revid HaZahav.
[1] leaf. Approx. 8.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, tears and wear (not affecting text). Folding marks.
Judeo-Arabic monetary contract, pertaining to Salam son of Yichye Elgamal (Gamliel). With the calligraphic signatures of the Maharitz and R. Yichye son of R. R. Yichye son of R. Yosef Tzalach - the Maharitz (1715-1805), foremost Yemenite rabbi in the 18th century, and a leading halachic authority. He was the disciple of his grandfather Mori Tzalach, and of R. Aharon HaKohen Iraki, R. Yichye Iraki and R. David Mishreqi, author of "Shetilei Zeitim". At the age of 43, he was appointed chief rabbi and head of the Beit Din of all Yemenite communities, a position he held for more than 45 years. His authority was unequivocally accepted throughout Yemen, and to this day many Yemenite Jews adhere to his customs and rulings. He compiled the Tiklal siddur with the Etz Chaim commentary, and many halachic works: Zevach Toda and Shaarei Kedusha on the laws of shechita, Shaarei Tahara on the laws of niddah, Responsa Peulat Tzaddik, and other books of halachah, ethics and kabbalah.
R. Yichye son of R. David Mishreqi (1734-1809), founder of the Shami rite together with his father (the Shetilei Zeitim). He was appointed temporary dayan in 1785 and from 1795, served as permanent dayan in the Beit Din of the Maharitz. His novellae and rulings were published together with his father's novellae in Revid HaZahav.
[1] leaf. Approx. 8.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, tears and wear (not affecting text). Folding marks.
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Yemenite Jewry – Letters and Manuscripts
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Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 24, 2021
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Leaf handwritten by R. Shalom Shabazi, out of his composition Chemdat Yamim. [Yemen, 1653].
Bound inside a facsimile edition of the full manuscript of the composition. Jerusalem, 2007.
R. Shalom Shabazi (the Rashash; 1619-1695), a foremost Yemenite poet and leading Torah scholar who wrote Midrash Chemdat Yamim on the Torah among other compositions. The Midrash is a commentary comprising homiletics, philosophy and kabbalistic thoughts, compiled from various sources (including selections from sources unknown in our times).
[2] leaves, [1] manuscript leaf, [264] facsimile leaves. 18.5 cm. Facsimile in good condition. Original manuscript leaf in good-fair condition. Stains. Worming, repaired with paper. Margins folded. Elegant leather binding. Slipcased.
Copy no. 10/73.
Bound inside a facsimile edition of the full manuscript of the composition. Jerusalem, 2007.
R. Shalom Shabazi (the Rashash; 1619-1695), a foremost Yemenite poet and leading Torah scholar who wrote Midrash Chemdat Yamim on the Torah among other compositions. The Midrash is a commentary comprising homiletics, philosophy and kabbalistic thoughts, compiled from various sources (including selections from sources unknown in our times).
[2] leaves, [1] manuscript leaf, [264] facsimile leaves. 18.5 cm. Facsimile in good condition. Original manuscript leaf in good-fair condition. Stains. Worming, repaired with paper. Margins folded. Elegant leather binding. Slipcased.
Copy no. 10/73.
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Yemenite Jewry – Letters and Manuscripts
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Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 24, 2021
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Manuscript, Diwan Shirot VeTushbachot, poems by R. Shalom Shabazi and poems of Yemenite Jewry. [Yemen, ca. 19th/20th century?].
Particularly thick volume, tall narrow format. Neat vocalized Yemenite script on thick paper. Title page with color decorations. The volume comprises three sections, with an index at the end of each one.
The manuscript contains hundreds of traditional poems and piyyutim of Yemenite Jewry, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.
Several poems were added at a later date in unskilled hand in the empty pages and endpapers. Various ownership inscriptions (mostly deleted).
[356] leaves. Tall, narrow format: 22X8 cm. Condition varies, most leaves in good condition. Some leaves in fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text. Leaves trimmed, with damage to the notes added in margins. New binding.
Particularly thick volume, tall narrow format. Neat vocalized Yemenite script on thick paper. Title page with color decorations. The volume comprises three sections, with an index at the end of each one.
The manuscript contains hundreds of traditional poems and piyyutim of Yemenite Jewry, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.
Several poems were added at a later date in unskilled hand in the empty pages and endpapers. Various ownership inscriptions (mostly deleted).
[356] leaves. Tall, narrow format: 22X8 cm. Condition varies, most leaves in good condition. Some leaves in fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text. Leaves trimmed, with damage to the notes added in margins. New binding.
Category
Yemenite Jewry – Letters and Manuscripts
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