Manuscript, Mipi Chachamim - Yemen, 1895

Manuscript, Mipi Chachamim - Yemen, 1895
Manuscript, Mipi Chachamim, halachic, aggadic and kabbalistic explanations for various laws and customs. By Rabbi Avraham HaLevi, Chief Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Tzala (Taiz district in Southern Yemen). Colophon of the scribe Rabbi Oded son of Yafet [Ra'avad of Aden, Ibb district, Southern Yemen] who wrote it "by the desire of Chassan Utz and his sons". The month of Shevat 1895.
Mipi Chachamim was printed based on other manuscripts, in Bnei Brak, 1986. This manuscript has many variations from the printed version and corresponds to another manuscript written nine months earlier by the same scribe Rabbi Oded son of Yafet in the month of Iyar 1894, "by the desire of my master, Zecharya". (National Library of Israel no. 2699; Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Teiman, Vol. 1, p. 436).
On the endpapers and on additional leaves at the beginning and end are ownership inscriptions and various lists: · Prayers. · Leaves with a chart of the New Moons beginning with 1934. · Long letter to "My master and crown of my head" Rabbi Salam son of Menachem, by "Yuda Nissim, and Chassan Yuda, and Machbuv Avni". Interesting letter related to Aliya to Eretz Israel and about their travails "that G-d confronted us with a foe like Haman and even worse than Haman, his name and memory should be erased…". [Tzela?, c. mid-20th century]. · More.
[133] leaves, 25 cm + 9 leaves of varied size. Fair condition. Detached leaves. Wear and tears. Stains and worming. Damaged and detached leather binding.