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(Judeo-Arabic) Large Collection of 14 Very Rare Seforim Printed in the East, 1844–1945. - A large collection of fourteen very rare seforim from Eastern printings. Most are in Judeo-Arabic (Arabic language written in Hebrew script, also referred to as ”Berber” , meaning local North African dialects). 1. Sefer Yamin Moshe – Laws of ritual slaughter and kashrut from our teacher, Rabbi Yosef Karo, with glosses by the Rema (Rabbi Moshe Isserles). Printed by Rabbi Chaim Moshe Karigal. Calcutta, 1844. Printed by Aharon Araki HaCohen. Title page reproduced (facsimile). 2 . (Judeo-Arabic) Sefer of Piyyutim (Liturgical Poems) – For days, years, festivals, occasions, brides and grooms. By Rabbi Yosef HaCohen. Tunis, 1891. First Rare Edition. At the end are 6 handwritten pages of additional piyyutim. 3. (Judeo-Arabic) Sefer Yismach Tzion – The haftarah (prophetic reading) for the eighth day of Passover with translation in Arabic. Tunis, 1903. Printed by Moshe Varius. Includes the tale of El-Shalabi for Passover night. The haftarah is printed in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, verse by verse. Extremely Rare! Not listed in the Bibliographic Project and has never appeared at public auction. 4. (Judeo-Arabic) Sefer Divrei Elohim Chaim – [Exodus 19–20, Ten Commandments] recited in joyous song in Tunis in Aramaic and Arabic (in Hebrew characters) annually on the first day of Shavuot after the Torah reading. Tunis, 1910. Printed by Castro & Co. At the bottom of the title page, it states that the book was sold by Avraham Di Chi Altuiel. This reflects the Tunisian Jewish custom of reading the Sinai revelation and Ten Commandments in both refined Aramaic and Arabic on the first day of Shavuot each year. 5.  Sefer Mesillat Yesharim – ”Including all matters of ethics and fear of God.” The foundational work of Jewish ethics and thought by the renowned kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, known as the Ramchal. Alexandria (Na'aman), 1918. Golden title page. Preceded by a Royal Blessing in golden letters—jointly honoring King George V and Sultan Hussein. 6. (Judeo-Arabic) Sefer Vaya'al Eliyahu – A collection of the 613 commandments of our holy Torah (including explanations, laws, and rationales for each mitzvah), translated into Arabic from Sefer HaChinuch. Named in honor of Rabbi Eliyahu Halimi ben Lili. Compiled by Yosef ben David Ganasia. Tunis–Sousse, 1919? Printed by Yaakov Gigis. Extremely Rare! Has never appeared at public auction. 7. Book of Psalms (Tehillim) – In large letters. Precisely edited based on the Masorah and accurate manuscripts. Includes brief notes from Minchat Shai (by R’ Yedidya Shlomo Raphael Norzi) and other top grammar sources. Sousse, circa 1920. Printed by Makhlouf Nagar. 8.  Sefer Shirei HaTechiyah, Part I – A collection of poems from the great early rabbis and, in contrast, from modern Hebrew poets. Also includes poems by the editor and his father. Edited by A. S. son of Rabbi Eliyahu Nachum. Baghdad, 1925. Printed by Elisha Shochat. 9 . Sefer Yekara DeShchevi – Rituals for purification and burial. Published by the Chevra Kadisha (Jewish burial society). Fez, 1930. Wrapper title page. Location and printing details based on: A. R. Marciano, Bnei Melachim, Jerusalem 1989, p. 180, no. 855. Very Rare! 10. (Judeo-Arabic) The Story of Edison. Sousse, circa 1930. 11. (Judeo-Arabic) Hikayat Arshir ibn al-Malik Yozdar, by Yosef Al-Malich. = “The Story of Arshir, son of King Yozdar” by Yosef Al-Malich. Tunis, circa 1930. Extremely Rare! Has never appeared at public auction. 12. (Judeo-Arabic) Megillat Esther – with songs and poems for Purim. Djerba, circa 1944. Printed by Boaz Haddad. Extremely rare! Listed in the Bibliography Project only by a copy in Bar-Ilan University Library. 13. (Judeo-Arabic) Hikayat Sayf al-Muluk wa Badi’at al-Jamal – Stories from One Thousand and One Nights in Judeo-Arabic. Sousse, circa 1945. Extremely rare! Never appeared in a public auction. 14. (Judeo-Arabic)   Al-Kasb Yaghlab wa-l-Maktub Yaghlab – Written by Yosef Di Avraham Bijawi. = “Wealth Triumphs, but Fate (the written) Triumphs More” by Yosef Di Avraham Bijawi. A love story from the Jewish life in Tunis. Tunis, 194..