Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
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![Manuscript, Perush Divrei HaSaba – copying from the book Or Yakar by R. Moshe Cordovero – the Remak. [Yemen, 1706].Neat Yemen](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/95_1.jpg "Manuscript, Perush Divrei HaSaba – From the Book Or Yakar by the Remak")
![Manuscript, Perush Divrei HaSaba – copying from the book Or Yakar by R. Moshe Cordovero – the Remak. [Yemen, 1706].Neat Yemen](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/95_2.jpg "Manuscript, Perush Divrei HaSaba – From the Book Or Yakar by the Remak")
![Manuscript, Perush Divrei HaSaba – copying from the book Or Yakar by R. Moshe Cordovero – the Remak. [Yemen, 1706].Neat Yemen](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/95_3.jpg "Manuscript, Perush Divrei HaSaba – From the Book Or Yakar by the Remak")
![Manuscript, Perush Divrei HaSaba – copying from the book Or Yakar by R. Moshe Cordovero – the Remak. [Yemen, 1706].Neat Yemen](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/95_4.jpg "Manuscript, Perush Divrei HaSaba – From the Book Or Yakar by the Remak")
Manuscript, Perush Divrei HaSaba – copying from the book Or Yakar by R. Moshe Cordovero – the Remak. [Yemen, 1706].
Neat Yemenite script, in two columns.
Title page dated 1706. Ownership inscription (unsigned) at the foot of the title page, dated 1707.
Brief marginal glosses and notes in some places, by various writers (ca. 18th century).
Or Yakar is commentary to the Zohar of exceptionally wide scope, by R. Moshe Cordovero. It remained in manuscript form throughout the generations, and was only published in 1962–2009, in dozens of volumes. The commentary to Divrei HaSaba in Parashat Mishpatim was published in vol. XXI (1991), with minor textual variations compared to the present manuscript. The manuscript ends in the middle of the final section (17, p. 77), and is presumably lacking one or two leaves.
76 leaves. 21 cm. Good condition. Worming, with some damage to text. Tears and minor open tears, primarily marginal, with slight damage to text on one leaf. Inscriptions. New binding, with worming.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.006.
![Manuscript, prayers for the High Holidays, with Maamadot and Haftarot. [Yemen, ca. turn of the 19th century].Illustrated titl](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/96_1.jpg "Decorated Manuscript – Prayers for the High Holidays – Yemen, ca. 1800")
![Manuscript, prayers for the High Holidays, with Maamadot and Haftarot. [Yemen, ca. turn of the 19th century].Illustrated titl](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/96_2.jpg "Decorated Manuscript – Prayers for the High Holidays – Yemen, ca. 1800")
Manuscript, prayers for the High Holidays, with Maamadot and Haftarot. [Yemen, ca. turn of the 19th century].
Illustrated title page with floral motifs in green and yellow. Yemenite script in two columns.
The title page states that the manuscript was commissioned by Yichye son of Shalom son of Yosef al–Kamri.
The name of the scribe and date are not indicated, but there is a manuscript siddur in a similar style also written for a Yichye son of Salam al–Kamri, scribed by Yichye son of Suleiman al–Abyadh in 1794, and one can presume that the present manuscript was written by the same scribe, in the same period. The scribe was possibly R. Yichye son of Suleiman al–Abyadh, a dayan in Sanaa in the times of the Maharitz.
Late addition in final leaves, with various additional piyyutim and prayers.
[1], [104] leaves. 17.5 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains. Wear. Worming, repaired in part with paper. New leather binding, with leather closures.
Exhibition:
• Jüdische Lebenswelten, Katalog, edited by Andreas Nachama and Gereon Sievernich. Berlin, 1991, p. 241, no. 10/57.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.019.
![Manuscript, Rechev Elohim, kabbalistic work on the Hishtalshelut HaOlamot, by R. Yitzchak Wanneh. [Yemen, 19th century].Neat](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/97_1.jpg "Manuscript, Rechev Elohim, by Rabbi Yitzchak Wanneh – With Kabbalistic")
![Manuscript, Rechev Elohim, kabbalistic work on the Hishtalshelut HaOlamot, by R. Yitzchak Wanneh. [Yemen, 19th century].Neat](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/97_2.jpg "Manuscript, Rechev Elohim, by Rabbi Yitzchak Wanneh – With Kabbalistic")
![Manuscript, Rechev Elohim, kabbalistic work on the Hishtalshelut HaOlamot, by R. Yitzchak Wanneh. [Yemen, 19th century].Neat](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/97_3.jpg "Manuscript, Rechev Elohim, by Rabbi Yitzchak Wanneh – With Kabbalistic")
![Manuscript, Rechev Elohim, kabbalistic work on the Hishtalshelut HaOlamot, by R. Yitzchak Wanneh. [Yemen, 19th century].Neat](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/97_4.jpg "Manuscript, Rechev Elohim, by Rabbi Yitzchak Wanneh – With Kabbalistic")
Manuscript, Rechev Elohim, kabbalistic work on the Hishtalshelut HaOlamot, by R. Yitzchak Wanneh. [Yemen, 19th century].
Neat Yemenite script. Fine kabbalistic illustrations and diagrams.
Selections on the Torah and on various topics at the beginning and end of the manuscript.
Rechev Elohim was copied over the years in various manuscripts, and was only first printed in 1992 by R. Yizchak Ratzabi. The present manuscript comprises most of the work, and is slightly lacking at the beginning. This manuscript was in the possession of the editor, who used it to produce the printed version (signature of R. Ratzabi in pen on p. [48]).
[70] pages. 21.5 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Worming. Minor marginal tears to some leaves, affecting text, repaired in part with tape. Inscriptions. New binding.
Exhibition:
• The Yemenites: two thousand years of Jewish culture, exhibition catalogue, Ester Muchawsky–Schnapper. Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 2000, p. 163.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.035.
Manuscript, Yemin Moshe on the laws of shechitah and terefot, by R. Moshe Ventura, with additions by Yemenite Torah scholars, scribed by R. Shalom son of R. Shlomo Wanneh. Jarana? (Southern Yemen), 1859.
Illustrated title page. Neat Yemenite script.
The work Yemin Moshe (copied from the Amsterdam 1718 edition) occupies the center of the page, surrounded by selections and commentaries by Yemenite Torah scholars, including Roshei Besamim by R. David Mishreqi. The writer also incorporated some of his own glosses.
Title page dated Sunday, 1st Tammuz 1859. Colophon at end of book, stating the place, year and name of scribe.
Selections in various hands at the beginning of the manuscript, including selections and glosses in an unskilled hand.
[3], 73 leaves. 21.5 cm. Overall good–fair condition. Stains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Open tear to title page, not affecting text, repaired with paper. Tears to middle of two leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with tape. Inscriptions and signatures. New binding.
The present manuscript is documented by Gavra in Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Teiman, I, p. 115.
Exhibition:
• Jüdische Lebenswelten, Katalog, edited by Andreas Nachama and Gereon Sievernich. Berlin, 1991, p. 242, no. 10/62.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.021.
Manuscript, Otzrot Zahav – Passover Haggadah and Tikkun for festivals with the Etz Chaim commentary by the Maharitz (R. Yichye Tzalach), selections from Siddur Kavanot HaRashash and other works, scribed by R. Yosef Tzefirah. Tan'am (Yemen), 1882.
Neat Yemenite script. Title page illustrated and decorated in red ink. Many decorations in red ink throughout the manuscript, to initial words and headings.
The title page states that the manuscript was scribed in 1882 – the year of the great E'eleh BeTamar immigration to Eretz Israel.
The manuscript comprises several works, to which the scribe gave the general title of Otzrot Zahav. See Hebrew description for list of contents.
The scribe's name appears on the final page: "Yosef son of Sa'id son of Yosef HaPartzi" [=Tzefirah]. Several stamps of the writer throughout: "Yosef son of Saadiah Tzefirah, in Jerusalem".
The writer, R. Yosef son of R. Saadiah HaPartzi–Tzefirah, a Yemenite Torah scholar in the late 19th century. Immigrated to Jerusalem, where he was a sought–after sofer. Published his father's book Kesef Tzaruf.
[1], 2–62, 64–74, 76–103, 105–238 leaves. 18.5 cm. High–quality paper; several leaves with papermaker's mark (embossed). Fair–good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Minor tears, slightly affecting edge of text, repaired in part with paper. Stamps. New leather binding, with leather closures.
Ownership inscription on verso of title page. At the foot of p. 2a, ownership inscription in Judeo–Arabic (of the writer's son?).
The present manuscript is documented by Gavra in Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Teiman, I, p. 535.
Exhibition:
• Jüdische Lebenswelten, Katalog, edited by Andreas Nachama and Gereon Sievernich. Berlin, 1991, p. 241, no. 10/59.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.018.
![Manuscript, Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal. [Yemen, 19th/20th century].Copied from the Venice 1620 edition by R. Moshe Trinchi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/100_1.jpg "Manuscript – Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal – Yemen, 19th/20th Century")
![Manuscript, Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal. [Yemen, 19th/20th century].Copied from the Venice 1620 edition by R. Moshe Trinchi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/100_2.jpg "Manuscript – Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal – Yemen, 19th/20th Century")
![Manuscript, Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal. [Yemen, 19th/20th century].Copied from the Venice 1620 edition by R. Moshe Trinchi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/100_3.jpg "Manuscript – Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal – Yemen, 19th/20th Century")
Manuscript, Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal. [Yemen, 19th/20th century].
Copied from the Venice 1620 edition by R. Moshe Trinchi, including his foreword and the title page text from that edition. Selections from the Zohar were added in the margins of the present manuscript.
Title page with decorative border in red ink. Ornaments in red ink on first leaves. A LaMenatze'ach Menorah follows the foreword.
Scribe's inscription on the verso of the title page.
[103] leaves. Lacking end. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears and wear. Open tears to several leaves, affecting text. Detached leaves. Without binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.074.
![Manuscript, anthology of works on practical kabbalah and medicine. [Yemen, 18th/19th century].Includes several works, mostly](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/101_1.jpg "Manuscript, Works on Practical Kabbalah, Amulets, Segulot and Remedies")
![Manuscript, anthology of works on practical kabbalah and medicine. [Yemen, 18th/19th century].Includes several works, mostly](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/101_2.jpg "Manuscript, Works on Practical Kabbalah, Amulets, Segulot and Remedies")
![Manuscript, anthology of works on practical kabbalah and medicine. [Yemen, 18th/19th century].Includes several works, mostly](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/101_3.jpg "Manuscript, Works on Practical Kabbalah, Amulets, Segulot and Remedies")
Manuscript, anthology of works on practical kabbalah and medicine. [Yemen, 18th/19th century].
Includes several works, mostly in Judeo–Arabic:
• Work on practical kabbalah, including a comprehensive anthology of amulets, segulot and hashbaot. With tables, kabbalistic illustrations, Angelic script, and more.
• Medical work by R. Zechariah the physician (chapters 29 and 30 of part III were not copied, as well as from the middle of chapter 35 to the middle of chapter 37. Blank leaves were left instead).
• Other works on practical kabbalah – see Hebrew description for more details.
[68] leaves. 23.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming. Marginal tears, not affecting text. Inscriptions. New binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.080.