Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Manuscript, lexicon of rhyming poetic expressions, compiled by the Rishon LeTzion R. Chaim Nissim Abulafia. [Eretz Israel, ca. late 18th or early 19th century].
Complete work arranged in alphabetical order, comprising thousands of expressions from Torah sources ending with various rhyming sounds.
Tall, narrow format, in cursive Sephardic–Oriental script. Two columns per page. The work was compiled and scribed by R. Chaim Nissim Abulafia, as stated in the poetic preface on p. 1a.
The preface is followed by a poetic dedication handwritten and signed by R. Abulafia, to the wealthy Yitzchak Alfandari, dated Sivan 1834.
R. Chaim Nissim Abulafia (1774–1861), leading Torah scholar in Tiberias, Jerusalem and Eretz Israel. Rishon LeTzion of Jerusalem since 1855.
The recipient of the manuscript was presumably Yitzchak Refael Alfandari, gabbai of Eretz Israel in Beirut. Known as a dominant activist through whom funds were transferred to the Sephardi and Ashkenazi Kollelot in Eretz Israel.
156 leaves (begins and ends with leaves from another manuscript of the same work, reused as endpapers). 34 cm. Good condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Wear and minor tears. Large tears to a few leaves, affecting text. Original binding, damaged.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, EI.011.030.
![Manuscript, homiletical and kabbalistic anthology, scribed by R. Natan Rofe. [Tiberias, 20th century].Square and cursive Orie](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/140_1.jpg "Manuscript, Homiletical and Kabbalistic Anthology – Rabbi Natan Rofe –")
![Manuscript, homiletical and kabbalistic anthology, scribed by R. Natan Rofe. [Tiberias, 20th century].Square and cursive Orie](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/140_2.jpg "Manuscript, Homiletical and Kabbalistic Anthology – Rabbi Natan Rofe –")
Manuscript, homiletical and kabbalistic anthology, scribed by R. Natan Rofe. [Tiberias, 20th century].
Square and cursive Oriental script.
Inscriptions in various quills on first and final leaves. The title page states: "Homilies and halachot which I preached in various Oriental cities… 1914, Natan Rofe… Tiberias", with his calligraphic signature and stamp (in Hebrew, English and Arabic). Additional inscriptions and signatures of his on the previous page, and his stamp on final leaf.
The manuscript comprises several homilies, followed by copyings of passages from kabbalistic works such as Pardes Rimonim (with minor variations from printed version). Includes unknown kavanot.
The kabbalist R. Natan Rofe of Tiberias (d. 1968), emissary of Tiberias in Bombay, head of the Tiberias Beit Din. In his final years, he settled in Haifa, where many came to seek his blessings, advice and segulot.
[2], 4, [3]; 12, 14–94, 101–104; [5]; [4] leaves. 20 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves, not affecting text. New binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, EI.011.003.
![Journal handwritten by the kabbalist R. Yitzchak Kaduri. [Jerusalem, ca. 1950s].Complete notebook handwritten by R. Kaduri, i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/141_1.jpg "Manuscript, Journal of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri – Jerusalem")
![Journal handwritten by the kabbalist R. Yitzchak Kaduri. [Jerusalem, ca. 1950s].Complete notebook handwritten by R. Kaduri, i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/141_2.jpg "Manuscript, Journal of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri – Jerusalem")
![Journal handwritten by the kabbalist R. Yitzchak Kaduri. [Jerusalem, ca. 1950s].Complete notebook handwritten by R. Kaduri, i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/141_3.jpg "Manuscript, Journal of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri – Jerusalem")
Journal handwritten by the kabbalist R. Yitzchak Kaduri. [Jerusalem, ca. 1950s].
Complete notebook handwritten by R. Kaduri, in which he records the requests of the people who approached him for guidance, with their name and mother's name, the diagnosis of various problems, and the advice and amulets he dispensed. Some records include a note that the segulah was effective.
R. Yitzchak Kaduri (ca. 1899 – 2006), renowned as a foremost expert in all areas of kabbalah. Many flocked to him for his blessings, advice and amulets, since he was one of the only individuals in his times proficient in the wisdom of kabbalistic amulets.
[24] leaves. 17 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Original card wrappers, damaged.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, EI.011.020.