Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters

Collection of Handwritten Leaves - Letters, Shtarot and Homilies - North Africa - 19th-20th Centuries

Opening: $500
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Collection of handwritten leaves, letters, shtarot, homilies, halachic rulings and Torah teachings. [Morocco, Algeria and Tunis, 19th and 20th centuries].
Varied collection composed of dozens of leaves. Among the items: · Shtar of monetary matters. [Morocco], [1831]. Signed by "Yichye son of Yosef Ochyon", "Moshe Ibn Yaluz". · Shtar of monetary matters. [Morocco], [1834]. · Letter, signed by "Moshe Ibn Kalfon", with the mention of many names. [Morocco, 19th century]. · Homily, eulogy of Rabbi David son of Shimon (the Tzuf Devash) a month after his death, written by his son. 18th of Tevet 1880. · Letter from the emissary Rabbi Eliyahu Dahan - an emissary of the Tiberias community, by Rabbi Shlomo Even-Tzur. Morocco, [19th century]. · Letter sent to Tafilalt scholars, Rabbi Ya'akov Abuchatzira and Rabbi Yichye Yaloz, by Rabbi "---[?] HaCohen Skali", with the versions of excommunications and bans, with curses, on several people. · Two leaves, removed from the "Binding Geniza", with a list of names from various places in Morocco [above one of the columns is the caption: "Giglan (a Moroccan village)"]. · Ktav Shelichut for giving a get (divorce bill), signed by Rabbi Eliyahu Alush, Rabbi Shlomo Duchan and Rabbi Eliyahu Tobiana. Constantine [Algeria], [1890]. · Draft of letter sent from Fez Jews, after the visit of Moses Montefiore, with a description of the misery and government persecution suffered by Moroccan Jews (see Kehillat Sefrou, by Rabbi David Ovadia, Part 1, p. 189, Certificate 159). · Pamphlet with a bar-mitzvah sermon, by Yosef di Yitzchak Ben Harush. Melilla, [Spanish Morocco]. Hebrew and Ladino. [29] pages. In the introduction, he mentions the names of his parents and his uncles. · Seven pages of a halachic ruling by Rabbi Chaim Biton, on community matters and appointment of gaba'im. [Morocco, without date]. · Sermon in honor of the opening of a Talmud Torah [in Mogador?]. The honorary president, Rabbi Eliyahu Nataf and the wealthy Rabbi Eliezer Weisman receive praiseworthy mention in the sermon. · Ktav Shelichut for giving a get, signed by Rabbi David son of Baron, Rabbi David Yarchi and Rabbi Shlomo Shetrog. Tunis, Iyar 1940. · More.
Approximately 45 leaves. Size varies, overall good-fair condition.
Morrocan and North African Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
Morrocan and North African Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents