Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial

Machzor for Rosh Hashana – Copy of the Baba Sali, with His Signatures and Stamps, and with His Handwritten Blessing "May They be Written in the Book of Good Life, Sustenance and Plentiful Livelihood"

Opening: $10,000
Sold for: $12,500
Including buyer's premium
Zechor LeAvraham, Part I, Sephardi rite machzor for the High Holidays. Livorno, 1951.
Copy of R. Yisrael Abuchatzeira, the Baba Sali, with his stamps and signatures.
His full signature appears on the final page of the machzor: "Yisrael Abuchatzeira", alongside his stamp and a blessing in his handwriting and with his signature: "May they be written in the book of good life, sustenance and good livelihood". Additional signatures and stamps of the Baba Sali.
This machzor was apparently used by the Baba Sali during the Rosh Hashana meals.
[1], 3-316 pages. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor tears and repairs. Tears to title page, repaired. New leather binding (fragment of old binding pasted inside new binding).
Morrocan and North-African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
Morrocan and North-African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters