Goraloth- Urim Ve’tumim [“The Book of Lots”]

(MYSTICISM)

North Africa ?

18th Century

Hebrew manuscript in Moroccan square script. Brown ink on paper

A means of divination upon all the disquietudes of life. Each page contains 144 squares identified by Hebrew letters, representing a stone of the Urim Ve’Tumim, the heavenly oracle worn by the High Priest in the Temple. Contains instructions as to which day of the month the “goral” will work and a prayer to be recited before using the lots: Proceed by opening a Bible and choosing certain letters, whereupon any number of matters might be resolved; whether to move to a new house, how to conquer ememies, find a wife, sire obedient children, and concerning matters of business, love, old age, sickness, etc. The introduction states that the source of this text was known to elite scholars and hidden during the reign of the Greeks. During the rule of the Romans, it was found in a cave in Tiberias and then passed on for generations following the destruction of the Temple