Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
![Manuscript, anthology of practical kabbalah, with Sefer HaRazim attributed to Adam. [Yemen, 19th century.]
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![Manuscript, anthology of practical kabbalah, with Sefer HaRazim attributed to Adam. [Yemen, 19th century.]
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![Manuscript, anthology of practical kabbalah, with Sefer HaRazim attributed to Adam. [Yemen, 19th century.]
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![Manuscript, anthology of practical kabbalah, with Sefer HaRazim attributed to Adam. [Yemen, 19th century.]
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![Manuscript, anthology of practical kabbalah, with Sefer HaRazim attributed to Adam. [Yemen, 19th century.]
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![Manuscript, anthology of practical kabbalah, with Sefer HaRazim attributed to Adam. [Yemen, 19th century.]
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![Manuscript, anthology of practical kabbalah, with Sefer HaRazim attributed to Adam. [Yemen, 19th century.]
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Manuscript, anthology of practical kabbalah, with Sefer HaRazim attributed to Adam. [Yemen, 19th century.]
Thick volume. Fine Yemenite script, integrated with red ink to some leaves. Many kabbalistic illustrations and diagrams. The entire anthology is in Judeo-Arabic. The last part of the manuscript (starting from leaf 146) contains several works in Hebrew, including two versions of Sefer HaRazim, one attributed to Adam and one to Enoch (for further contents of manuscript, see Hebrew description).
Several signatures at the beginning of the manuscript.
The manuscript is bound in a fine leather binding, with a clasp, in Islamic style (bound in the style of Islamic prayer books).
[2], 200 leaves. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some wear and marginal tears. Original leather binding, with damage, repaired. Placed in a new box.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.014.
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![Manuscript, Shimushei Sarim – anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 19th century].Neat Yemenite script. Comprehensive anth](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/248_1.jpg "Manuscript – Shimushei Sarim and Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 19th Cent")
![Manuscript, Shimushei Sarim – anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 19th century].Neat Yemenite script. Comprehensive anth](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/248_2.jpg "Manuscript – Shimushei Sarim and Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 19th Cent")
![Manuscript, Shimushei Sarim – anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 19th century].Neat Yemenite script. Comprehensive anth](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/248_3.jpg "Manuscript – Shimushei Sarim and Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 19th Cent")
![Manuscript, Shimushei Sarim – anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 19th century].Neat Yemenite script. Comprehensive anth](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/248_4.jpg "Manuscript – Shimushei Sarim and Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 19th Cent")
![Manuscript, Shimushei Sarim – anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 19th century].Neat Yemenite script. Comprehensive anth](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/248_5.jpg "Manuscript – Shimushei Sarim and Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 19th Cent")
Manuscript, Shimushei Sarim – anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 19th century].
Neat Yemenite script. Comprehensive anthology of practical Kabbalah, including Hashbaot, amulets and Segulot with kabbalistic symbols, diagrams and illustrations.
At the beginning of the manuscript is bound a title page that was made recently.
[1], 52 leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.083.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
![Miniature manuscript, amulets and Holy Names. [Yemen, 19th/20th century].Amulets for various occasions, with Kabbalistic illu](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/249.jpg "Miniature Manuscript – Amulets – Yemen, 19th/20th Century")
Miniature manuscript, amulets and Holy Names. [Yemen, 19th/20th century].
Amulets for various occasions, with Kabbalistic illustrations.
[24] leaves. Approx. 5.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark ink stains. Wear. Tears and worming to several leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper. New binding, slipcased.
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![Manuscript, amulets, Segulot, cures, zodiacs and Goralot. [Yemen, ca. 19th century.]Thick volume in unskilled Yemenite script](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/250_1.jpg "Manuscript, Amulets and Segulot – Yemen, 19th Century")
![Manuscript, amulets, Segulot, cures, zodiacs and Goralot. [Yemen, ca. 19th century.]Thick volume in unskilled Yemenite script](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/250_2.jpg "Manuscript, Amulets and Segulot – Yemen, 19th Century")
![Manuscript, amulets, Segulot, cures, zodiacs and Goralot. [Yemen, ca. 19th century.]Thick volume in unskilled Yemenite script](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/250_3.jpg "Manuscript, Amulets and Segulot – Yemen, 19th Century")
Manuscript, amulets, Segulot, cures, zodiacs and Goralot. [Yemen, ca. 19th century.]
Thick volume in unskilled Yemenite script. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.
Amulets, Segulot and cures, zodiacs and Goralot. Leaves from other manuscripts are combined with this manuscript, including some pieces of paper with inscriptions of names to pray for, and more.
[278] leaves. 12 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including many dampstains and ink stains. Wear, small tears and open tears, affecting text to several leaves. Several leaves disconnected. Primitively-tanned leather binding, partially disconnected, with a cord for tying. Placed in a new case.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.033.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
![Manuscript, amulets and Segulot, Tekufot and zodiacs. [Yemen, 19th/20th century.]Yemenite script, from several scribes (the l](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/251_1.jpg "Manuscript, Amulets and Segulot, Tekufot and Zodiacs – Yemen, 19th/20t")
![Manuscript, amulets and Segulot, Tekufot and zodiacs. [Yemen, 19th/20th century.]Yemenite script, from several scribes (the l](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/251_2.jpg "Manuscript, Amulets and Segulot, Tekufot and Zodiacs – Yemen, 19th/20t")
Manuscript, amulets and Segulot, Tekufot and zodiacs. [Yemen, 19th/20th century.]
Yemenite script, from several scribes (the last ten leaves are bound from another manuscript). Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Kabbalistic diagrams and illustrations, and angelic script.
[89] leaves. 16 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Tears and wear. Marginal tears, affecting text in several places. New binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.040.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
![Manuscript, Sefer Segulot, a kabbalistic work by R. Shalom HaKarchi. [Yemen, ca. 19th century].Sefer Segulot is one of the ea](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/252_1.jpg "Manuscript – Sefer Segulot – Yemen, 19th Century")
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![Manuscript, Sefer Segulot, a kabbalistic work by R. Shalom HaKarchi. [Yemen, ca. 19th century].Sefer Segulot is one of the ea](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/252_3.jpg "Manuscript – Sefer Segulot – Yemen, 19th Century")
Manuscript, Sefer Segulot, a kabbalistic work by R. Shalom HaKarchi. [Yemen, ca. 19th century].
Sefer Segulot is one of the earliest kabbalistic books written in Yemen.
At the beginning of the work is an introduction by the author. At the end is an illustrated Ilan Sefirot, with the scribe's colophon. The scribe subsequently copied various selections, and selections were added in later hands.
"Sefer Segulot" was published by Moshe Halamish in: The Kabbalah in Yemen at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century, Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University, 1984 (Hebrew).
47, [19] leaves. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. New binding.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.110.
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![Manuscript, large anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 20th century].Comprehensive anthology, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/253_1.jpg "Manuscript, Large Anthology of Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 20th Centur")
![Manuscript, large anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 20th century].Comprehensive anthology, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/253_2.jpg "Manuscript, Large Anthology of Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 20th Centur")
![Manuscript, large anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 20th century].Comprehensive anthology, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/253_3.jpg "Manuscript, Large Anthology of Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 20th Centur")
![Manuscript, large anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 20th century].Comprehensive anthology, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/253_4.jpg "Manuscript, Large Anthology of Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 20th Centur")
![Manuscript, large anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 20th century].Comprehensive anthology, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/253_5.jpg "Manuscript, Large Anthology of Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 20th Centur")
![Manuscript, large anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 20th century].Comprehensive anthology, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/253_6.jpg "Manuscript, Large Anthology of Practical Kabbalah – Yemen, 20th Centur")
Manuscript, large anthology of practical Kabbalah. [Yemen, 20th century].
Comprehensive anthology, in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Includes many amulet formulas for various issues; with kabbalistic illustrations and symbols, tables and angelic script.
Many amulets are attributed to Biblical figures: Moses, King Solomon, Ezra; an amulet attributed to Arizal (p. 10a); an amulet written by a Jew for Ali, son-in-law of Muhammad, the founder of Islam (leaf 13).
[1], 1-109, 112-119, 110-170, 164-169, [34] leaves (some misfoliation; total: 218 leaves). 18 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Good condition. Some stains. Unbound gatherings. Placed in a new box.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.099.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
![Various selections on astrology, Tekufot and zodiacs. [Yemen, 20th century.]Yemenite script. Judeo-Arabic. Decorations around](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/254.jpg "Decorated Manuscript – Selections on Astrology, Tekufot and Zodiacs –")
Various selections on astrology, Tekufot and zodiacs. [Yemen, 20th century.]
Yemenite script. Judeo-Arabic. Decorations around initial words, some in red ink.
Contains sections on the calendar, Tekufot and solar and lunar eclipses. From p. 22b to the end of the manuscript is a copying from the epistles of the Brethren of Purity (a 10th-century philosophical sect).
At the end of the copying (p. 31b) are fine closing decorations in the form of decorated wheels. On the opposite page is the colophon of the scribe, styled as an Islamic standard (Alam), signed "Musa son of Salim Shehib of Tan'am and Jerusalem". Around the decoration are inscriptions in Arabic script (blessings and the name of the scribe).
R. Moshe son of Shalom Shehib (d. 1931), born in Tan'am, was apparently a professional scribe and wandered from village to village. An inscription on his death calls him "our teacher and master".
At the beginning and end of the manuscript appear ownership inscriptions.
[32] leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains. Old binding with leather spine.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.034.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.