Auction 122 Part 1 Rare Manuscripts, Rabbinical & Admors Letters, Seforim & Amulets
By Winner'S
Jul 20, 2020
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 43:

Anthology of Hymns and Tales. Morocco, 19th Century

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Anthology of Hymns and Tales. Morocco, 19th Century


Hymns by the leading poets of Morocco for various times and the three pilgrimage festivals. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Manuscript.


Following is a partial list of the manuscript's contents, aside from the many hymns:

Various tales (page 4a: I will begin to write some tales with G-d's help [בעזרת חוקר כליות]) Ma'aseh Rabbi Yehudah ben Attar, Ma'aseh Rabbi Reuven ben Sabar, Ma'aseh B'Rabbi Amram, Ma'aseh shel Gan Eden, Ma'aseh Rabbi Avraham ibn Ezra, Ma'aseh BaNa'arah, Ma'aseh B'Ashmeda'i. I found in a manuscript by our master and teacher, the complete sage, the excellent dayan, the light of Israel, the right pillar, Rabbi Shmuel ibn Danan, ztz"l ...

Ketzat Yosef HaTzaddik, Ketzat Zechariah, Ketzat Yerushalayim (for Tisha B'Av), Ketzat Channah V'Shiv'ah Banehah, Sefer Eldad HaDani, Perek Shirah, Gedulat Moshe Rabbeinu, and more.

On page 98b, there is a colophon with the writer's name, Chaim bar Lachsin [a rabbinic family in Morocco].


[110] leaves. 10x15 cm, clear, legible manuscript, most in fine condition. The compilation 'Ketzat Yosef HaTzaddik' at the end - is incomplete.

Fine condition. Blemishes in isolated leaves. Worn original leather binding.


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