Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Five Yemenite Manuscripts

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Five Yemenite manuscripts:
· Manuscript, Mekor Chaim, on the laws of shechita, by R. Yichye Tzalach [the Maharitz]. Ratzaba (Yemen), [19th century]. Illustrated title page: "Here in the Ratzaba community". Owners' signatures and other inscriptions.
· Manuscript, Beit HaMitbechayim - Laws of shechita in rhyme. [Yemen, 19th century]. At the beginning of the manuscript are several leaves with te'amim.
· Manuscript, bakashot and various prayers. [Yemen, 19th-20th century?]. Last leaves cut affecting text.
· Manuscript, Likutim of Halacha and Aggada. [Yemen, 20th century].
· Manuscript, te'amim. [Yemen, 20th century]. Folk writing. "I will begin to write te'amim…in 1928". On Page [4] an illustration of an amulet.
Five manuscripts. Size and condition vary.
Yemenite Jewry - Manuscripts and Documens
Yemenite Jewry - Manuscripts and Documens