Manuscript, Zivchei Shelamim, by R. Yehuda Diwan. [Turkey?, 1825].
Oriental script. Colorful, illustrated title page. Colorful ornament at the end of the foreword (vases with flowers), and other ornaments at the beginning and end of the work.
Fully copied from the printed edition, including title page text, with the addition of the copyist's name and year of scribing – 1825.

32 leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and marginal singeing. Worming. Minor marginal tears to some leaves. Red edges. New leather binding.

Exhibition:
• The Sephardic journey, 1492–1992. New York, Yeshiva University Museum, c1992, p. 225, no. 132.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, OT.011.001.

Two manuscripts on the laws of Shechitah, scribed by R. Aharon son of Refael Tawil "resident of Gaza", in Rashid, Egypt, 1700. Colorful, decorated title pages:
• Zevach HaShelamim, summary of laws of Shechitah, by R. Aharon Tawil. Handwritten by the author.
The author copied the work several times, in a different redaction.

[8] leaves. 16 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small hole to title page. New binding.

Illustrated manuscripts originating from Rashid are exceptionally rare.

• Zikaron LiBnei Yisrael, summary of laws of Shechitah and terefot, by R. Avraham Mizrachi, copied by R. Aharon Tawil in Rashid, 1700 (as stated on the decorated title page).
The work was first published in Yemin Moshe, Amsterdam 1718. The present manuscript precedes the printed edition by 18 years (with minor textual variations, without Hilchot HaKashrut at the end).

[8] leaves. 16 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. A few tears. New binding.

Exhibition:
• Yeshiva University Museum, New York, "The Sephardic Journey: 1492–1992", 1990–1992, p. 166, nos. 279, 280.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, OT.011.004, OT.011.005.

Manuscript, Minchah and Arvit for the Three Festivals, scribed by Yitzchak Meir Chaim Moshe Gabbai. [Baghdad, 1854].
Miniature format. Neat square and semi–cursive Oriental script, with ornaments.
Colophon stating the date of completion: 25th Adar 1854. Copyist's signatures in various places in the manuscript.
Yitzchak Meir Chaim Moshe Gabbai also produced that year a decorated Passover Haggadah (sold at Kedem auction 92, part II, item 131; Gross Collection IQ.011.014). There is also a group of decorated Esther scrolls he produced in ca. 1848–1854. See Kedem auction catalog, ibid, for more details.

[43] leaves (+ many blank leaves). 9.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tiny marginal tears. Inscriptions. Original leather binding, damaged.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IQ.011.015.

Manuscript, anthology of Goralot HaChol (geomancy), in Hebrew and Arabic.
Cursive Oriental script. Includes diagrams and illustrations.
Comprises two works on geomancy, the first [1a–12b] in Hebrew, and the second [15a–75b] in Judeo–Arabic.
Date at the beginning of the manuscript: Tuesday, 11th Iyar 1884.

[76] leaves (including several blank leaves). 21 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming. Tiny marginal tears. New binding.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, OT.011.018.

Manuscript, Shaar HaPesukim, teachings of the Arizal, by R. Chaim Vital. [Meknes, 1785].
Neat Maghrebi script, written by R. Machlouf Benshetrit at the age of 13 (see below). Illustrated title page with floral motifs, in typical Moroccan style. Space designated for title page text remains blank.
Shaar HaPesukim in this manuscript follows the initial version by R. Chaim Vital, before having been edited by the latter's son R. Shmuel Vital (the printed editions usually comprise of R. Shmuel's version). The homilies from the colleagues of R. Chaim Vital are concentrated at the end of the manuscript, rather than noted throughout. Glosses by various kabbalists in in–text windows.
Writer's colophon on final page: "Completed on Thursday 4th Tishrei 1785… by Machlouf Benshetrit at the age of 13, son of R. Moshe…" – the writer was presumably R. Machlouf son of R. Moshe Shetrit (the fourth), a Meknes Torah scholar.

[66] leaves (+ several blank leaves). Approx. 21 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Worming. Tears to several leaves, affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Endpaper detached. Inscriptions. New binding, incorporating parts of original binding.

Exhibition: Yeshiva University Museum, New York, "The Sephardic Journey: 1492–1992", 1990–1992. See exhibition catalog, no. 399, p. 297.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.018.