Manuscript, Urim VeTumim, for performing Goralot. [Morocco], 1815.

Western script.

Most of the manuscript is Urim VeTumim – charts according to the stones of the Breastplate for performing Goralot (casting lots). On leaves 37-39, Selichot for Rosh Hashanah, and on leaves 40-41, Avodah for Yom Kippur. On leaf 42, colophon of scribe: "This is the book of Urim VeTumim, to which I appended Reashim UReamim… and some Segulot… So says… Aharon Alush… [1815], son of Yosef Alush". In fact, Reashim UReamim does not appear in the present manuscript. On next leaf – inscriptions and various selections; next (leaves 44-47), continuation of Urim VeTumim. Last leaf of work mistakenly bound at beginning of manuscript.

Ownership inscriptions and various inscriptions to some leaves.

48 leaves. Approx. 27 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dark stains and dampstains. Tears and wear. New binding.

Provenance:

1. Abensour Family Collection, Fez, Morocco.

2. Victor Klagsbald Collection – Morocco, no. 55.

Reference: Victor Klagsbald, Catalogue des manuscrits marocains de la collection Klagsbald, Paris, 1980, p. 117.