Manuscript - Siddur "Tichlal" With Commentary of Mahari Wana - Yemen, 1803

Manuscript - Siddur "Tichlal" With Commentary of Mahari Wana - Yemen, 1803
Manuscript, siddur "Tichlal" according to the Yemenite rite; Shabbat and holiday prayers. Includes commentary by R. Yitzchak Wana. [Yemen, 1803].
Large volume. Vowelized Yemenite script. The Shabbat prayers include Pirkei Avot. The holiday section includes prayers for all holidays - Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Chanukah and Purim. The siddur includes various additions such as: Passover Haggadah, Azharot for Shavuot, Hoshanot of R. Saadia Gaon for Sukkot, Selichot by R. Saadia Gaon and Spanish poets, prayers and kinnot for Tisha B'av. The siddur also contains lamentations and eulogies for funerals as well as the text of marriage contracts (ketubot), divorce contracts (gittin) and other contracts, blessings on Mitzvot, and calculations for Hebrew leap years. Leaf [139] contains a listing of moladot (Jewish monthly calculations) for the years 1803-1826.
Several places contain the commentary of R. Yitzchak Wana (d. 1670), one of the greatest Yemenite scholars, under the heading "Chiddushin". This commentary is known as Pa'amon Zahav, and includes comments on Pirkei Avot, Passover Haggadah, Hoshanot and others.
Missing pages at the beginning and end. [145] leaves. Leaf [143] is bound after leaf [145]. 33 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Dark stains and dampstainson several pages. Repaired tears, mainly to the lower inner margins. Slight tears at margins. Large tears on leaf 12, affecting text. New binding.