Auction 089 Kodesh books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic letters, Zionism, Erez Israel, Jodiaka objects and Jewish art
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Jul 15, 2015
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel

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LOT 436:

Collection of Yemenite Manuscripts [4]. Yemen, 19th Century


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Collection of Yemenite Manuscripts [4]. Yemen, 19th Century
* Prayer book per the Yemenite customs. Opens with: This is the order of blessings and prayers as per our customs in Sana’a and all Yemenite cities. Includes prayers for the weekdays, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Chanuka and Purim. The manuscript opens with introductions of Rabbi Yechya ben Yosef Tzalach to his Eitz Chaim prayer book, though the commentary itself was not copied here. 153 leaves, paper. 16×11 cm. Missing a number of leaves in the weekday morning prayers, but they were added in a different hand. New leather binding. * Chumash (Genesis and Exodus). Targum Onkelos written after each verse. The Torah section with vocalization and cantillation. The Targum only features vocalization. 140 leaves, paper. 23×15 cm. Square, Yemenite writing. Original, worn leather binding. Fine condition. * Haftarot for the entire year as per the Yemenite customs. Aramaic Targum on facing columns. Most of the Haftarot have vocalization and cantillation, the Targum has vocalization. 102 leaves, paper. 25×16.5 cm. Square, Yemenite script. Many worming holes. Old, leather binding. * Haftarot for the Entire Year as per the Yemenite customs. With the Aramaic Targum after each verse. The Haftarot have vocalization and cantillation, the Targum has superlinear vocalization [nikud elyon]. Various hands. Missing through the middle of Parshat Toldot and the beginning of the Sukkot Haftora. 135 leaves, paper. 22×15 cm. Without a binding. Aging stains. The ink stuck many leaves together. Moderate-fine condition.