Manuscript, Sefer Kol HaTor, commentary and Gematriot [assignation of numerical values to Hebrew letters] on the Torah Nevi’im and Ketuvim, by Kabbalist Rabbi Yeshuah Zerach, Tunisia [early 19th century].
Includes the entire composition. Apparently in the handwriting of the author. At beginning of book: “Chiddushim and allusions on the Torah, named Kol HaTor, since Kol HaTor in Gematria is equivalent to Yeshu’ah Zerach”.
The Ga’on Kabbalist Rabbi Yeshu’ah Zerach, among scholars of Tunisia during the early 19th century, disciple and associate of Rabbi Yosef Guez author of Pi HaMedaber. In the 1872 Livorno edition of Sefer HaZohar, in the Ketem Ofir glosses by Rabbi Yosef Guez, Rabbi Eliyahu Guez, son of the author, added glosses from manuscripts of Rabbi Yeshu’ah Zerach, and noted: “I will present anecdotes from the manuscript… Rabbi Yeshu’ah Zerach disciple and associate of Rabbi Aba”.
208 leaves. 20 cm. Quality paper. Fair condition, detached leaves, wear and tear. Moth damage.
We did not compare the manuscript with the printed book.