Ma'aseh Yeshu, or Ma'aseh Talui. Manuscript on parchment. [Europe, c. 19th century].
Ma'aseh Talui is an early anonymous Jewish composition composed of various fables of the history of Yeshu the Nazarene. The work was distributed in manuscript form for many years but was not printed by Jews (until recent times) due to fear of harassment. This manuscript is unique because it is written on parchment with scribal writing. The scribe writes on title page: "This is a tradition from our fathers, father to son, one person from the mouth of another, until I found a manuscript and copied it into Hebrew (Ashurit) writing”. At the end of the composition, after its conclusion, the scribe adds verses from the Bible which the Christians believe allude to Jesus and the principles of the Christian faith as well as sections of the Talmud referring to Jesus and Christianity. Some were intentionally omitted by the Christian censor from the printed editions of the Talmud.
This version differs from the version printed in Otzar Vikuchim by Yehuda David Eisenstein. Not examined in comparison to the known manuscripts.
[26] pages. 18 cm. Good condition, stains.

Manuscript, "Commentary on Tractate Yom Tov by Rabbeinu Nissim" – Ran commentary on the Rif, Tractate Beitzah. [Persia?], [1800s].
Significant differences from the commentary printed in the Talmud editions. Apparently, a summary or adaptation of the work. Several glosses on the margins [same handwriting].
29 leaves. Lacking one or two leaves at the end (ends with commentary on Leaf 20 of the Rif). 24 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. One leaf is torn in the upper left corner (with lacking text). New binding.

Three manuscripts in Jewish-Persian. [Persia, end of 19th century].
• Manuscript, MiChlal Yofi Shel Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim, commentaries and explanations on the Bible. The author signed his name in a colophon: "Raphael Melamed Cohen ben Rabbi Netanel Katz… 1900".
• Manuscript, Judeo-Arabic commentary on the six Sidrei Mishna, "Explained by…Shlomo…". The copier: "Raphael Melamed ben Rabbi Netanel HaCohen'. 1900.
• Manuscript, Pitron Chalomot. Kabalistic matters, reading faces and palms. Colophon: "Monday, 28th of Iyar… 1896". Hebrew and Jewish-Persian.
Three volumes, approximately 17 cm. Overall good-fair condition. New bindings.

Manuscript – "Calendar for 142 years, from 1840-1981, by Moshe ben Ya'akov, [Germany], 1841.
Artistic title page, made with the technique of cutting and gluing illustrated adornments. Ashkenazi writing. Written on a notebook with a handsome binding and illustrated forsatz leaves.
The calendar has charts for calculating 142 years (until 1981), arrangement for 14 calendars for determining the years, an intensive composition on astronomy, "The path of the seven planets each week", chronicles (list of historical dates), Luach HaTamid – for the order of the weekly Torah portions (illustrated adornment, cut and glued).
[4], 100, [7] pages. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains, few moth marks. Ownership inscriptions and stamps. Damaged binding.

Halachic ruling handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Ebn Malka. Tétouan (Morocco), [1758].
Concerning the Ketubah of a widow, according to the custom of the communities expelled from Castelia.
Rabbi Ya'akov Ebn Malka (died in 1771, Malkei Rabanan p. 64), disciple of Rabbi Yehuda ben Atar. One of the foremost Moroccan Torah scholars, served as Rabbi of Fes and later as Av Beit Din of Tétouan. Wrote the Ner Ma'aravi responsa. See attached material.
One leaf, written on both sides. 20 cm. Slightly cutoff on margins, with damage to text. Good-fair condition. Stains, folding marks and tears.