Manuscript, Likutei Dinim, novellae and halachot, on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah, by R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour, handwritten and edited by R. Refael Abensour the last, Rabbi of Fez. [Morocco, ca. second half of 19th century].
Thick volume. Characteristic handwriting of R. Refael Abensour the last, in two columns. The work includes selections from halachic literature, with many quotations from manuscripts of rabbis of the Abensour family (such as R. Yaakov Abensour – the Yaavetz; his grandson R. Shlomo Shmuel Abensour, grandfather of R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour; R. Yaakov Abensour father of R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour; his brother R. Refael Abensour, uncle of R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour) and other Moroccan rabbis. Also includes the author's own novellae, and testimonies to the customs of Fez and specific Fez synagogues. The present manuscript is an important halachic work, edited and well-organized, containing much information on the halachic rulings and customs of Morocco. To the best of our knowledge, it has not been published.
The original work was written between 1841 (this year is mentioned on p. 136b) and 1850 (the date of the passing of R. Yaakov Abensour, father of R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour, who is mentioned with a blessing for the living). The author's stamp appears in several places in the copying (pp. 77b, 61a and more).
The contents appear to indicate that the copyist, R. Refael Abensour the last, also edited and supplemented it, including additional passages written by the author R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour which he found in his manuscripts and elsewhere (for example, p. 11b).
The work contains many citations from R. Yaakov Abensour (the Yaavetz); R. Shlomo Shmuel Abensour, grandson of the Yaavetz, and his son R. Yaakov Abensour the second, father of R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour; R. Refael Abensour, uncle of R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour; other Moroccan rabbis, including R. Refael Aharon Monsonego, R. Yedidiah Monsonego, and others. The author also includes his own novellae, and records customs of Fez and specific synagogues of Fez (see Hebrew description for a list of references).
Approx. 200 written leaves (original foliation: 276 leaves, including many blank leaves throughout the volume; as well as unnumbered leaves at beginning and end of volume). 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains in several places. Partly on light paper and partly on darkened paper. Tears and wear to some leaves. Detached leaves. New binding, with slipcase.
Provenance:
1. Abensour Family Collection, Fez, Morocco.
2. Victor Klagsbald Collection – Morocco, no. 19.
Reference: Victor Klagsbald, Catalogue des manuscrits marocains de la collection Klagsbald, Paris, 1980, pp. 46-47.
