Bidspirit auction | She'erit Yosef by Rabbi Daniel

She'erit Yosef by Rabbi Daniel ben Rabbi Perachya Hacohen. Kerkük-Kurdistan-Aram Tzova, [1684] - One of the earliest manuscripts from Babylon-Kurdistan: Manuscript by Rabbi Yaakov ben Rabbi Yonah Mizrachi with his glosses and additions - one of the leading sages of Babylon and Kurdistan in the 17th century. A gift to his friend in Aram Tzova - Rabbi Ezra ben Rabbi Shaul Cohen.  Approx. 300 pages.  The manuscript:  This manuscript is one of the earliest manuscripts we have by the sages of Babylon and Kurdistan, which in that period were considered a single geographical and cultural unit. Due to floods that hit the area every few years, almost no manuscripts survived from this period, except those that found their way to Aram Tzova or elsewhere.  This manuscript is also one of the important manuscripts handwritten by the rabbis of the Mizrachi family, who operated in the 17th century in the cities of Kurdistan, Baghdad and Aram Tzova. From a literary-religious perspective, the manuscripts handwritten by the scribes of the Mizrachi family served, throughout the entire period, as the central link connecting Baghdad with Aram Tzova, Damascus, Eretz Yisrael and Egypt.  This historical period is well-reflected in this manuscript, which was copied by Rabbi Yaakov ben Rabbi Yonah Mizrachi, when he lived in Kerkük in [1684], and given a year later as a gift to his friend Ezra Cohen in Aram Tzova.  This is a copying of Sefer She'erit Yosef [Salonika], handwritten by Rabbi Yaakov ben Rabbi Yonah Mizrachi, with his glosses and additions. In addition, enclosed here is Luchot Rabbi Avraham Zacuto.  Throughout the manuscript, there are glosses that were added by its owner, Rabbi Ezra ben Rabbi Shaul Cohen and glosses handwritten by other sages of Aram Tzova who held the manuscript.  The colophon appearing in the manuscript (113a) indicates that Rabbi Yaakov copied the book in 1684 in Kerkük. In Elul 1685, he visited Aram Tzova and gave the manuscript to his friend Rabbi Ezra ben Rabbi Shaul Hacohen.  Aram Tzova (Aleppo):  On leaf 23b (104) - a poem about the synagogue of Aram Tzova handwritten by Rabbi Ezra ben Rabbi Shaul Hacohen, the manuscript's owner. This ancient poem was authored approx. a decade before the writing of this manuscript, in honor of the ancient synagogue of Aram Tzova, which was the glory of Aleppo Jewry. The version written here is precise, shedding light on some of the cryptic lines of the original poem (published by Alexander Dotan in his article on the history of the ancient synagogue of Haleb, Sfunot 1, pp. 41-41).  Rabbi Yaakov ben Rabbi Yonah Mizrachi:  One of the leading ans most important sages of Babylon and Kurdistan in the 17th century, a member of the Barazani (Adoni), Mizrachi and Chariri families. His father, Rabbi Yonah ben Rabbi Binyamin Mizrachi, who titled by his as son ”Geon Hador”, was the nephew of Rabbi Yaakov ben Rabbi Avraham Barazani and the husband of the famed Rebbetzin Osnat.  Rabbi Yaakov is the most well-known of the Mizrachi brothers, authored and copied many books. Was Rav in Baghdad.  300 pp. [152 leaves]. Thick quality paper. Fine Oriental script. Tables and illustrations. Renewed half-leather binding.