Manuscript, Nefesh David and selections from kabbalistic works. Mudju (Mücü, Azerbaijan), [ca. first half of the 19th century].
Copying of Nefesh David by R. David di Medina (Constantinople, 1736), and selections from other kabbalistic works, scribed by Gershon son of R. David from Mudju, Azerbaijan. Original marginal glosses by the writer in several places, some of them with his signature. One of the glosses is followed by a later gloss, by a descendant of the writer. The manuscript was also in the possession of R. Gershon son of R. Reuven, a Torah scholar of Quba, Azerbaijan; his signature and stamp appear on the title page, and several of his handwritten glosses in the margins. There are other known manuscripts scribed by R. Gershon son of R. Reuven of Quba.
Mudju is a town in Northern Azerbaijan, with a Jewish community comprised of Mountain Jews (see Hebrew sidebar). Following WWI, its Jews fled to the nearby village of Haftaran, thus forming the combined Mudju-Haftaran community.
[90] leaves. 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears to title page and other leaves, not affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Original binding, damaged.

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