Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Manuscript - Torah Novellae by Maghrebian Torah Scholars - Meknes (Morocco), 19th Century - Unpublished Novellae

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Manuscript, novellae on the Torah portions by Maghrebian Torah scholars (R. Moshe Berdugo, R. Mordechai Berdugo, R. Shalom ibn Tzur, R. Avraham ibn Moussa, R. Moshe Maimaran, R. Chaim Toledano, R. Chaviv Toledano, R. Yaakov Pinto, and others), written by R. Refael Toledano. [Meknes (Morocco), ca. 19th century].
Neat Western scribal script; several leaves handwritten by the author, with many deletions and emendations. The manuscript comprises selected novellae organized in the order of the Torah portions and copyings of the works of various Torah scholars. Includes a complete composition on the Torah portions - novellae on the commentaries of Rashi and the Re'em by R. Shalom ibn Tzur (Abensour), which to the best of our knowledge was never published.
The writer signed his name at the end of the last composition.
See Hebrew description for more details on the contents of the manuscript.
[45] written pages (and several blank leaves). Lacking beginning. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, tears and wear. Open tears to several leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Worming. Old binding, damaged.
Morrocan and North African Jewry
Morrocan and North African Jewry