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LOT 64:
Lot of 5 Yemenite manuscripts including 2 Hagaddos.
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Start price:
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Buyer's Premium: 20%
VAT: 8.875%
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Lot of 5 Yemenite manuscripts including 2 Hagaddos.
• Haggadah Shel Pesach- c. 15th-16th century. Handwritten on parchment. 13 pages. 16 cm. Overall good condition. Lacking at end. Modern binding.
• Haggadah Shel Pesach. Missing one page at the beginning and a few at the end. 16 pages. 18.5 cm. Very fine condition. Modern binding.
• Sefer on Hilchos Shechita. Handwritten on parchment. 50 pages. 18 cm. Moderate-fine condition. Some pages lacking. Elegant modern binding.
• Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah. 24 pages. Incomplete. Handwritten on parchment. 21 cm. Fine condition. Modern binding.
• Various complex laws including Gittin and Chalitza and the Jewish calendar. With extensive charts relating to the Jewish calendar. Incomplete. 37 pages. 21 cm. Fine condition. Modern binding.
According to tradition, Jews first settled in Yemen 42 years before the destruction of the First Temple. The three major population centers for Jews in southern Arabia were Aden, Habban and the Hadhramaut. Yemenite Hebrew has been studied by scholars, many of whom believe it to contain the most ancient phonetic and grammatical features. In 1948, following the establishment of the State of Israel almost all of Yemen’s Jews were airlifted to Israel in “Operation Magic Carpet”.
Opening bid $1000
