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Yemenite Manuscript: Mekor Chayim – Or La-Einayim. 1880. - A Yemenite manuscript of the laws of ritual slaughter (shechitah), Mekor Chayim – Or La-Einayim, by Rabbi Yiḥcya ben Ya‘akov Ṣalaḥ, based on the work Zevach Todah by one of the leading sages of Yemen, Rabbi Yiḥcya ben Yosef Ṣalaḥ. Copied by R. Ṣalaḥ ibn Sālem in the year 291 of the Seleucid era = 1880. Sefer Mekor Chayim was widely used among Yemenite Jewry and was considered essential knowledge for every shochet. 65 Leaves, 130 Written Sides. 16.8 cm.