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Manuscript, Work on the Torah – Two Volumes – Urmia, 1792
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Sold for: $5,500
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Manuscript, work on Torah portions, Bereshit-Devarim, by R. Uziel son of R. Shmuel HaKohen. Urmia (now West Azerbaijan province, Iran), 1792.
Two thick volumes. Neat Oriental script. The present book is a work on all the Torah portions, the first volume on Bereshit-Shemot and the second on Vayikra-Devarim. On the margins of the pages are additions and glosses by the same writer.
At the end of the second volume are homilies for the seven haftarot of consolation and the end of the year.
Colophon of writer at end of homily for Shabbat Shuvah.
Ownership inscription at beginning of second volume.
Volume I: [237] leaves (and more blank leaves); volume II: [298] leaves (and more blank leaves). 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Light wear. Several tears. Several detached leaves. Original leather bindings, somewhat damaged.