Manuscript, lexicon of rhyming poetic expressions, compiled by the Rishon LeTzion R. Chaim Nissim Abulafia. [Eretz Israel, ca. late 18th or early 19th century].
Complete work arranged in alphabetical order, comprising thousands of expressions from Torah sources ending with various rhyming sounds.
Tall, narrow format, in cursive Sephardic–Oriental script. Two columns per page. The work was compiled and scribed by R. Chaim Nissim Abulafia, as stated in the poetic preface on p. 1a.
The preface is followed by a poetic dedication handwritten and signed by R. Abulafia, to the wealthy Yitzchak Alfandari, dated Sivan 1834.

R. Chaim Nissim Abulafia (1774–1861), leading Torah scholar in Tiberias, Jerusalem and Eretz Israel. Rishon LeTzion of Jerusalem since 1855.
The recipient of the manuscript was presumably Yitzchak Refael Alfandari, gabbai of Eretz Israel in Beirut. Known as a dominant activist through whom funds were transferred to the Sephardi and Ashkenazi Kollelot in Eretz Israel.

156 leaves (begins and ends with leaves from another manuscript of the same work, reused as endpapers). 34 cm. Good condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Wear and minor tears. Large tears to a few leaves, affecting text. Original binding, damaged.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, EI.011.030.