Four books with signatures, ancient stamps, glosses and owners' inscriptions of rabbis descending from Or Shraga family of Yazd (Persia): · Kol Shmuel commentary on the Torah, by Rabbi Shmuel Conforti. Salonika, [1787]. Single edition. · Brit Ya'akov, homiletics; Yagel Ya'akov on Shita Mekubetzet, by Rabbi Ya'akov Feitusi. Livorno, [1800]. First edition. Added to the end of the book are 4 leaves, from an ancient book of homiletics. · Zechut Avot, commentary on Pirkei Avot, by Rabbi Ya'akov Pintzi. Belgrad, [1878]. Single edition. (Includes cover title page). · Tikunei HaZohar. Livorno, [1854]. On the pages of the book and on the endpapers: Many glosses (Kabbalistic content), signatures, stamps and ownership inscriptions of rabbis of the dynasty of Or Shraga family of Yazd, descendants of the Kabbalist "Mula Or Shraga", a prominent Persian rabbi. Among the signatures: "Moshe son of Rebbe Refael Shraga", "Yitzchak son of R' Moshe…R' Or Shraga…", "…R' Moshe son of Yitzchak grandson of R' Or Shraga", etc. Stamps of Rabbi Moshe son of Rabbi Or Shraga, and his son Rabbi Yitzchak son of Rabbi Moshe son of Rabbi Or Shraga. The illustrious Torah sage Mula [Rabbi] Or Shraga (died in 1794), rabbi and luminary of the Jews of Yazd, Persia, served for decades in the rabbinate and his reinforcement of Torah study and mitzvah adherence preserved Jewish observance among Yazd Jewry in spite of their remoteness from Jewish centers. Mula Or Shraga and his descendants led the local community for about two hundred years. According to hearsay, two hundred and fifty years previously, Rabbi Or Shraga reached Yazd from the city of Isfahan in which the king decreed to kill ten great Torah scholars; seven died sanctifying G-d’s Name and three managed to flee and escape the decree. One of those three was Mula Or Shraga who reached Yazd. His move affected much growth among the city’s Jewry and transformed it into a Torah center. Yazd Jews were among the first to emigrate from Persia to Jerusalem and there they established the famous Yazdim community. The signatures of Rabbi Or Shraga’s grandson Rabbi Yitzchak son of R’ Moshe Or Shraga can be found on bills (shtarot) from 1839-1865, and his son Rabbi Moshe son of R’ Yitzchak Or Shraga served in the rabbinate from 1890-1900. On the title page of the book Brit Ya’akov are more signatures: “Ezra Attie”; “I have acquired it to serve my Creator Sasson Barazani”. 4 books. Size and condition vary, good condition.

Manuscript, Passover Haggadah, with Arabic translation and Piyyutim. [Baghdad? Beginning of the 20th century]. Framed pages. Square cursive writing, unvowelized. At the beginning of the manuscript is the Seder Bedikat Chametz and the laws of Erev Pesach, and the Pesach Arvit prayer. The original and the Arabic translation - paragraph following paragraph. Avadim Hayinu appears directly after Ha Lachma Anya [without Ma Nishtana]. [50] leaves, 15 cm. Fair condition, stains and wear, tears with damage to text in several places. New binding.

"Regulations of Yeshivat Magen Avraham in Jerusalem….". 1913. Ink on paper; colorful stickers. Regulations leaf of Yeshivat Magen Avraham in Jerusalem, for the Bukharin and Uzbek congregations, founded by Yonah, Pinchas, Meir, Hizkiya and Shimon Abrahmof, sons of Yitzchak Abrahmof. Verses written in the shape of an arch on top of the leaf, with two colorful stickers with flowers. 43.5X38 cm. Fair-poor condition. Folding marks. Numerous tears, with damage to text, restored. Stains and creases.

Collection of letter sent from the Bukharian community in Jerusalem, to the Chief Rabbinate regarding various matters. (Testaments, testimonies, monetary debts, appointing guardians, etc.). · Letter from Rabbi Shlomo Musayov to the members of the office of the Chief Rabbinate, since due to his weakness he could not come to the Beit Din and he empowers his attorneys. Adar 1920. · Typewritten copy, of the testament of Rabbi Shlomo Musayov drawn on the 13th of Nissan 1922, at the time he was hospitalized at the Sha'arei Tzedek Hospital. · Authorization of the immersion of a convert from Rabbi Avraham Aminof. Elul 1920. · Letters to the Beit Din concerning debts from Nissim Chai Assarof, Avraham Borochof and Mordechai Yissacharof. 1920-1921. · Five documents of the rabbinical Beit Din in Jerusalem, signed by the dayanim Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Valdenberg, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and Rabbi Yosef Kapach, concerning appointing guardians of the donations to the Bukharian community. Jerusalem, 1959, Sivan 1963. [13] leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.