Auction 59
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
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Feb 20, 2018
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LOT 211:
Manuscript, Sha'arei Kedusha with the Lechem Todah Commentary - Illustrated Title Pages and Decorations - Tan'am ...
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Manuscript, Sha'arei Kedusha with the Lechem Todah Commentary - Illustrated Title Pages and Decorations - Tan'am, Yemen, 1882
Manuscript, Sha'arei Kedusha, abridged Hilchot Shechita by the Maharitz, with the Lechem Todah commentary by R. Yichye Badihi. [Tan'am, Yemen], [1882].
Impressive manuscript. Illustrated title pages and black and red ink ornamentations throughout the manuscript.
A long "apology" by the copier appears at the end of the manuscript: "The writer least of the least… Yosef son of Sa'id son of Yosef HaPartzi [=Tzefira]…", with a curly signature ["Yosef ebn Sa'id Tzefira], followed by the date "This holy book was completed… on Tuesday… the first of the month of Nissan…".
Ownership inscription and signature of "Avraham ebn Avraham Sari…".
R. Yosef Tzefira, was a Yemenite Torah scholar, apparently active in the city of Tan'am in central Yemen. He immigrated to Eretz Yisrael in 1890 and died in Jerusalem after 1932. See Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Teiman, Vol 1, p. 535.
[103] leaves. 17 cm. Overall good condition. Several leaves in fair condition. Stains. Slight wear. Several detached leaves. Worming to some leaves (affecting text in a number of places). Contemporary leather binding, slightly damaged.
