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Manuscript, Unpublished Works by Rabbi Refael Abensour – Zikaron Livnei Yisrael / Glosses on Abudarham / Responsa / Simchat Olam – Copied by the Author's Son Rabbi Shlomo Abensour – Handwritten Additions by Author's Nephew Rabbi Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour, and Glosses by Author's Grandson Rabbi Refael Abensour (the Last) – Fez, 1833 - Manuscript, four works by R. Refael son of R. Shlomo Shmuel Abensour, copied by his son R. Shlomo Abensour, with additions and glosses by R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour and R. Refael Abensour (the last). [Fez, Morocco, 1833]. The present volume comprises four works by R. Refael Abensour (the second; d. 1826): Zikaron Livnei Yisrael – principles and laws (leaves 1-4); Glossses on Abudarham (comprising most of the volume – pp. 36a-116a; additions to the work and other selections on leaves 26-35); halachic responsa and rulings (pp. 116b-158a); and Simchat Olam – commentary on Tur Even HaEzer (pp. 158b-172). To the best of our knowledge, these works have not been printed. Most of the volume was scribed by the author's son, R. Shlomo Abensour (the second; d. 1843), except for several of the author's responsa, copied by his nephew R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour (Shaavetz) on leaves 173-179. At the beginning of the volume, title page of first work: ”Zikaron Livnei Yisrael by… my teacher and father… R. Refael Abensour”. On the same page appears the author's introduction to the work. At the end of the Glosses on Abudarham (p. 116a), colophon of copyist, the author's son: ”I began to copy it in the last third of Iyar [1833] and the labor was completed on 22nd Tamuz of the same year. May G-d assist me to copy all the books authored by my father, Amen. So says… Shlomo son of the author… R. Refael Abensour”. On p. 158b, beginning of Simchat Olam on Tur Even HaEzer, opening: ”…Commentary on Tur Even HaEzer by my father R. Refael Abensour, who called it Simchat Olam. I surmise the reason for it is that this entire work speaks about the laws of woman, and the Rabbis said: Whoever dwells without a wife dwells without joy [simchah]; and furthermore, 'Simchat Olam' has the numerical value of 39 in Cheshbon Katan, and his name and nickname in Cheshbon Katan has the numerical value of 39”. On title page at beginning of volume, ownership inscription handwritten by author's grandson (son of the copyist) – R. Refael Abensour (the last), with his calligraphic signature: ”Belongs to me, grandson of the author, Refael Abensour”, and another lengthy inscription on his lineage: ”Belongs to me, Refael son of R. Shlomo son of R. Refael, author of this book, son of R. Shlomo Shmuel son of R. Refael Oved son of R. Yaakov Abensour”. On leaves 31-32, glosses signed with initials, apparently those of the copyist, the author's son. On margins of some leaves, many glosses handwritten by R. Refael Abensour (the last), grandson of the author, some signed with his initials. On p. 6a, gloss handwritten by the author's nephew, R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour, signed ”Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour, nephew of the author”. On p. 14a, one paragraph handwritten by R. Shlomo Eliyahu Abensour, in middle of copying. Additional glosses of his on p. 133a. In the author's entry in Malchei Rabanan by R. Yosef Ben Naim (Jerusalem 1931, pp. 105a-b), his works are described based on the present manuscript: ”R. Refael Abensour son of R. Shlomo Shmuel, posek in Fez, lived in 5500s… Authored Zikaron Livnei Yisrael, principles and laws, and authored glosses on Abudarham, which I saw copied in manuscript by his son R. Shlomo. He also authored Simchat Olam on Even HaEzer, of which I have seen two copyings, one in the author's handwriting and one in the handwriting of his abovementioned son R. Shlomo. [He then proceeds to quote from the beginning of the work, mentioned above]. I also saw at the end of the same book several rulings by him. He also authored a commentary on Tractate Sukkah. All the above books are in manuscript in the library of R. Refael Abensour [the last]…”. 180 leaves (late pencil foliation; leaves 16-25 and 180 left blank). 21 cm. Good condition. Stains (dark stains to many leaves). Light wear. Detached leaves and gatherings. Placed in new binding with matching case. Provenance: 1. The Abensour Family Collection, Fez, Morocco. 2. The Victor Klagsbald Collection – Morocco, no. 10. Reference: Victor Klagsbald, Catalogue des manuscrits marocains de la collection Klagsbald, Paris, 1980, p. 34. Manuscript Collection of Moroccan Rabbis – The Abensour Family In the 1960s, the Klagsbald collection was supplemented by a particularly important collection – the manuscripts of the Abensour (Ibn Tzur) family of Fez. The collection contains many volumes comprising halachic rulings and correspondence of leading Moroccan rabbis, centering around the figure of R. Yaakov Abensour, the Yaavetz, a leading Moroccan Torah scholar and Rabbi of Fez, and an ancestor of the family. The collection was painstakingly assembled by R.