Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
Manuscript of Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah – Machberet Asirei HaTikvah – Prayers for Salvation During WWII
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Estimate: $4,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $8,125
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Machberet Asirei HaTikvah, handwritten by the kabbalist R. Yehuda Fatiyah – order of prayers for times of trouble, written during WWII. Jerusalem, [ca. 1940].
Booklet handwritten and signed by the author, the kabbalist R. Yehuda Fatiyah. Title page text on first page: " The order recorded in this notebook is what we unfortunately did in Jerusalem, in 1940, which was a time of trouble for the Jewish people, and we were compelled to print it so that it should be accessible to all… to increase our prayers and supplications so that G-d has mercy on his people and their blood shall not be spilled like water… Yehuda Moshe Yeshua Fatiyah". Heading on second leaf: " Order of pleading for mercy during times of trouble – which occurred in 1940".
This booklet was published by R. Yehuda Fatiyah in Jerusalem in 1940, presumably based on the present manuscript (with some additions); and again in 1940-1941, under the titles Seder HaHakafot and Sefer HaHakafot.
R. Yehuda Fatiyah (1859-Av 1942), prominent kabbalist in Iraq and Jerusalem. Disciple of the Ben Ish Chai in Baghdad. After immigrating to Jerusalem in 1934, he studied in the yeshiva for kabbalists under HaRav HaSadeh, alongside his colleague R. Yaakov Chaim Sofer, author of Kaf HaChaim. A posek and kabbalist, he delt extensively in kabbalistic tikkunim and amulets, and over the years was involved in exorcising dybbukim and evil spirits, as he relates in his book HaRuchot Mesaprot. During WWII, he composed kabbalistic prayers and tikkunim, and arranged prayer gatherings of prominent kabbalists for the rescue of Eretz Israel Jewry. He authored Beit Lechem Yehuda, Matok LaNefesh and other books.
[1], 5 leaves (10 autograph pages – in pencil). 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Marginal tears. Worming. Detached leaves. Unbound.
Booklet handwritten and signed by the author, the kabbalist R. Yehuda Fatiyah. Title page text on first page: " The order recorded in this notebook is what we unfortunately did in Jerusalem, in 1940, which was a time of trouble for the Jewish people, and we were compelled to print it so that it should be accessible to all… to increase our prayers and supplications so that G-d has mercy on his people and their blood shall not be spilled like water… Yehuda Moshe Yeshua Fatiyah". Heading on second leaf: " Order of pleading for mercy during times of trouble – which occurred in 1940".
This booklet was published by R. Yehuda Fatiyah in Jerusalem in 1940, presumably based on the present manuscript (with some additions); and again in 1940-1941, under the titles Seder HaHakafot and Sefer HaHakafot.
R. Yehuda Fatiyah (1859-Av 1942), prominent kabbalist in Iraq and Jerusalem. Disciple of the Ben Ish Chai in Baghdad. After immigrating to Jerusalem in 1934, he studied in the yeshiva for kabbalists under HaRav HaSadeh, alongside his colleague R. Yaakov Chaim Sofer, author of Kaf HaChaim. A posek and kabbalist, he delt extensively in kabbalistic tikkunim and amulets, and over the years was involved in exorcising dybbukim and evil spirits, as he relates in his book HaRuchot Mesaprot. During WWII, he composed kabbalistic prayers and tikkunim, and arranged prayer gatherings of prominent kabbalists for the rescue of Eretz Israel Jewry. He authored Beit Lechem Yehuda, Matok LaNefesh and other books.
[1], 5 leaves (10 autograph pages – in pencil). 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Marginal tears. Worming. Detached leaves. Unbound.
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