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Complete Unprinted Manuscript - Derashot al HaTorah. Signatures by Rabbi Shmuel Elbaz. Fez, Early 18th Century - Manuscript: Anthology of derashot  on the Torah portions, Psalms and Pirkei Avot, handwritten by an unknown sage. Stunning Western cursive script. Fez, pre-1762. This manuscript has never been printed. This manuscript includes derashot  by prominent Moroccan sages - Rabbi Moshe Asfaj; Rabbi Shem Tov ben Amzog; and Rabbi Mordechai Berdugo, the Marbi”tz. The first [3] leaves are Torah thoughts by ”Mahara”m ibn Asfaj.” Page 6b states: ”I copied until here from the manuscript by my beloved relative, R' Moshe Asfaj.” The posek hador , the Ya'ave”tz, mentions 'HaRa”m Asfaj' in one of his decisions. The last [6] leaves consist of Torah thoughts by ”Maharsha”t ibn Amozig.” Rabbi Shem Tov ben Amozag was among the disciples of Rabbi Shmuel Elbaz and Rabbi Yehudah ben Attar. Page: 9b: ”This is what seems proper to me now. May the Rock of Israel save me from mistakes and show me the wonders of His Torah, signed ”ע”ה שב”א” (possibly Shmuel ben Elbaz, or possibly Shem-Tov ben Amozag). On the final leaf: 'From the Marbi”tz ...' - this is the gaon Rabbi Mordechai Birdugo, av beit din of Meknes, known as the 'Marbi”tz.' Rabbi Mordechai passed away in 1762. The final passage of the manuscript deals with an interesting topic: ”Received from a talmid chacham  from Fez ... who received it from his teachers, that some of the time when a male child is born face-up, that child never has a child ... and when a female child is born, and she is face down, she never has children ... and this is confirmed.” This passage was copied from the sefer Midrash Eliyahu  by Rabbi Eliyahu HaKohen of Izmir, printed for the first time in Izmir in 1759. This passage is written in different ink. It may have been written by another writer from a later period from when the kuntress itself was written. There are nine [!] signatures on the final page by Rabbi Shmuel Elbaz. In 1749, the renowned Chacham Shmuel Elbaz, rosh yeshivah of Fez, passed away. The author of Ohr HaChayim  referred to him as 'The Rashb”a's brother.” The person who signed may have been a member of his family. [10] leaf, of which [19] pages are written. Lacking several leaves. 16 cm. Moderate condition. Worming perforations and wear. The margins of the leaves have been professionally completed. New binding with worming perforations.