Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
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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, anthology of works – homily, ethics, piyyut and commentary, scribed by R. Ezra Yechezkel Tzalach Gabbai. [Baghdad, 1858].
Neat Oriental script, with ornaments. Hebrew and Judeo–Arabic.
The colophon at the end of the manuscript states the date of completion – 25th Kislev 1858, and the name of the scribe.
See Hebrew description for list of contents.
[37] leaves (+ dozens of blank leaves). 20 cm. High–quality paper with embossed floral ornaments in margins. Good condition. Stains. Minor wear. Original gilt–decorated binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IQ.011.009.
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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.
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Manuscript, Shorashei HaShemot, by R. Moshe Zacuto – segulot, amulets and hashbaot. [Sephardic lands, 19th century].
Oriental script, with kabbalistic illustrations and diagrams.
Shorashei HaShemot is a comprehensive work on the Holy Names, with a detailed description of their functions and use in hashbaot and amulets. The work is formatted as an alphabetical encyclopedic lexicon, and includes thousands of Holy Names and kabbalistic name combinations, as well as much practical kabbalah.
The manuscript opens with various selections on practical kabbalah.
Ownership inscriptions and glosses in several places.
[91] leaves. 29.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains, including dark stains (several leaves difficult to decipher due to writing showing through from verso). Wear. Tears and open tears (including large tears) to several leaves, due to ink erosion, affecting text. New binding.
See:
• Windows on Jewish Worlds. Essays in Honor of William Gross. Edited by Shalom Sabar, Emile Schrijver and Falk Wiesemann. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2019, p. 183–184.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.085.
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.
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Manuscript, counting of the Omer with kavanot, scribed by R. Shmuel Conqui. Gibraltar, [1807].
The manuscript comprises the order of Omer counting, with kabbalistic prayers and kavanot. Includes two menorahs – menorah comprised of Ana BeKoach (p. 1a) and a LaMenatze'ach Menorah (p. 10b).
Inscription on the first endpaper, handwritten and signed by R. Shmuel Conqui, attesting that he wrote this manuscript for his father, in Gibraltar 1807. Other inscriptions.
On p. 10b, in the border of the LaMenatze'ach Menorah, R. Shmuel Conqui added his name.
On the second endpaper, calligraphic signature of R. Shmuel Benjo, who writes that he received the book from his teacher R. Shmuel Conqui in 1834. Additional inscription by him on p. 10a.
R. Shmuel Conqui, rabbi, Torah scholar and mohel in Gibraltar in the first half of the 19th century. His library comprised many volumes of rare works and manuscripts, to which he added his glosses and comments.
There is another manuscript of the counting of the Omer with kavanot scribed by R. Shmuel Conqui in 1789 (JTS Library Ms. 1123).
[2], 28 leaves. 18 cm. (On leaf [2], watermark dated 1794). Fair–good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears and open tears, affecting text on first and final leaf, repaired in part with paper. Inscriptions and signatures. New binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, GB.011.001.
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Manuscript, works on the laws of shechitah. [Gibraltar?, first half of 19th century].
Cursive Sephardic script. The copyist was presumably R. Shmuel Benjo (disciple of R. Shmuel Conqui, rabbi in the Gibraltar in the first half of the 19th century – see item no. 120), who inscribed his name inside the front board.
The manuscript comprises several works on the laws of shechitah: a work by R. Refael Berdugo, with glosses by his son R. Maimon Berdugo; a ruling by R. Mordechai son of R. Yosef Berdugo; and more.
On p. 15b, illustration of a hand, with a summary of 70 types of terefot. The name of the author is inscribed in the margins: R. Yeshaya Ben Zekri (a Fes Torah scholar in the times of the Yaavetz). On the final page, illustrations of the lungs, spine and trachea.
[17] leaves. 16.5 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains. Detached leaves. Original card binding, detached.
Exhibition:
• Nicht ganz Koscher, Eisenstadt, Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum, 2000.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, AZ.011.005.
Manuscript, homily for Shabbat HaGadol in Judeo–Arabic, by R. Maimon Abohbot. Terceira (the Azores Islands), Rosh Chodesh Nissan 1845.
A piece of paper depicting a green lion is pasted in the center of the title page (other manuscripts by the author also feature a lion emblem).
The manuscript comprises a lengthy, seven–part homily. Another homily is bound at the end. Enclosed with the manuscript are four leaves by the author, with additional homilies.
The title page and colophon state the place, date and name of author.
R. Maimon Abohbot (ca. 1800–1875) was born in Mogador (Essaouira, Morocco). He immigrated to Terceira, where he served as rabbi, prayer leader, teacher, shochet and mohel. He scribed many manuscripts on various topics, all in Judeo–Arabic.
Terceira is an island in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean, home to a small community of Moroccan Jews, since the 19th century. R. Abohbot's manuscripts serve as an important testimony to this almost undocumented community.
[32] leaves + [4] leaves. 21 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Large open tear to title page, affecting text and border. New binding (piece of paper featuring manuscript details and lion emblem pasted on front board, presumably from original binding).
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, AZ.011.002.