Two volumes handwritten by R. Refael Abensour the last, Rabbi of Fez:

• Manuscript, copying of responsa by R. Yaakov Abensour – the Yaavetz, and his contemporaries. Most of the responsa have been printed in the two-part Responsa Mishpat UTzedakah BeYaakov (Alexandria, 1893-1904), which was published with the participation of R. Refael Abensour, the copyist (the copyist himself usually notes this at the beginning of the responsum). Nonetheless, there are several responsa and passages in the present manuscript which are not published there, and appear to have never been printed.

148 leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. New binding, with slipcase.

• Manuscript, containing several copyings: Leaves 22-31 – copying of a lengthy responsum by R. Yaakov Abensour (the second, son of R. Shlomo Shmuel), dated 1847. To the best of our knowledge, it has not been published. Leaves 50-56 – references to Emek HaMelech (Bacharach), with several additions. Leaves 61-65 – copying of a lengthy responsum by R. Refael Abensour (apparently the copyist himself); to the best of our knowledge, it has not been published. Several short inscriptions on leaves 11, 21 and 40. The remainder of the volume contains hundreds of blank leaves.

Approx. 24 written leaves (and many blank leaves). Approx. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. New binding, with slipcase.

Provenance:

1. Abensour Family Collection, Fez, Morocco.

2. Victor Klagsbald Collection – Morocco, nos. 34, 48.

Reference: Victor Klagsbald, Catalogue des manuscrits marocains de la collection Klagsbald, Paris, 1980, pp. 76, 105.