Manuscript, zodiacs, Goralot, amulets, piyyutim and more, by R. Reuven son of R. Avraham Moshe. [Quba (Azerbaijan), 1879.]
Neat Oriental script, with illustrated decorations in color in margins of pages.

Contains zodiacs, Segulot and amulets for various matters, "Urim VeTumim" Goralot, with a prayer before performing the Goral, and various piyyutim. The text is written in frames in the center of the page, leaving wide margins, with many notations of lines and dots (in ink and pencil) made while performing a Goral, some with the names and details of the people the Goral was performed for.

At the bottom of the pages on leaves [5-10] appear illustrated and colored decorations, with a progressive colophon with the name of the scribe's place (Quba) and son. The scribe's name appears on p. [16b] and in the acrostic of the piyyut on p. [17b]. The date appears on p. [11b].
On leaf [17] is a piyyut for Yom Kippur by R. Binyamin; on the verso is an addition by the scribe himself, with his name in acrostic.
On p. [10b] is a decorated chart of the gems on the breastplate, with the names of the tribes.

R. Reuven son of R. Avraham Moshe was a Torah scholar in Azerbaijan. He is known to have authored and copied other works and manuscripts in Quba in the second half of the 19th century.
Quba is in northern Azerbaijan, and was the main residence of the Mountain Jews (see Hebrew sidebar).

[20] leaves. Missing several leaves. Some leaves are bound out of order. 20.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Marginal tears, affecting text in several places. Many inscriptions. Some of the leaves are disconnected. Without binding.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, AZB.011.003.

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