Sefer Zikkaron - commentary on Bereishit and Shemot followed by halachic responsa.

Yoseph ben Matzliach.

Yemen

19th century

final leaf contains a poem in Judaeo-Arabic on the Luchot. f. 107a cites the Dayan Yachya Al-Za’adi and the auhor’s father that one should not issue any legal rulings based upon the Shulchan Aruch without being familiar with the original sources. The author states (f.3b) that one of the great scholars of Tiberias, R. David Mimran, visited Yemen and approved of his work. He encouraged him and told him that he knows of a tradition that he heard from the scholars of the "Holy City” that if your colleagues are jealous of your work, then know that you are descended from "Yoseph Ha- tzadik”, especially since your name is Yoseph. The author states that he explains matters which were left in the dark by Rashi. He utilizes extensively the works of R. Moshe Alsheich and R. Abraham Cuenque, the author of Avak Sofrim.