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Volume with Three Manuscripts, Handwritten by the Mekubal Mari Shalom (Salam) Alarashi - Sanaa 19th Century - Impressive and unique volume containing three central works: Haggadah shel Pesach, Azharot and Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot (Keri'ei Moed). Sanaa, Nissan ca. 1857. The three works were handwritten by the Mekubal Mari Shalom Alarashi, author of the book Likutei Torah and addiitonal works, one of the prominent Kabbalistic figures in Yemen of the 19th century . Each one of the works is hand-signed by him and some have colophons detailing the time of writing. The volume contains the following works: Haggadah shel Pesach - orderly vowelized script with boldfaced headings in larger fonts. Includes also instructions and Halachot. At its end, there is a colophon signed and dated by the writer. The first two leaves are missing and were completed with later script. Azharot - Piyyutei Azharon by Rabbi Shlomo ibn Gabirol with Reshut by Rabbi David ben Elazar Bakoda. Fine vowelized script, with headings at the top of the pages and commentary on the margins. At the end of this work, the writer's handwritten signature. Keri'ei Moed - Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot - includes passages of the Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim and Seder Mishnayot - an addition that is not included in all manuscripts of this type. Based on the Ari, the Tikkun included biblical passages only; the Shelah added the Mishnayot. Therefore. in many early versions, they do not appear. At the beginning of the work, there is a signed and dated colophon. The last leaf is missing and was completed with different script. A spectacular museal ite, reflecting the ancient Yemenite tradition with it rich and orderly script, handwritten and signed by an important Yemenite scribe and Mekubal. The the Mekubal Rabbi Shalom (Salam) ben Rabbi Avaraham Arashi , one of the sages of Sanaa in the 19th century. Authored a book of Teamim on the Torah, and Kabbalistic commentaries and Chidushim. [See more: Encylopedia Lechachmei Teiman, I, pp. 478-479]. Haggadah shel Pesach: [52] pp. 10X16 cm. Azharot: [50] pp. 10X16 cm. Keri'ei Moed: [166] pp. 10X16 cm. Quality paper, thick and strong, well-preserved, with almost no tears or signs of moth/ Aging stains. Ancient leather binding, scuffed. Good overall condition.