Sermons and novellae on the Pentateuch. Also contains halachic material, eulogies, plus comments on R. Eliyahu Mizrachi’s super-commentary on Rashi.

(LEBANON).

(Sidon)

Late 18th-/early 19th-century)

Hebrew Manuscript on paper. Sephardic cursive script in a few hands, with marginal notes in places. Signature of former owner throughout (Ezra Athia?).

On f. 22 (VaYishlach), the manuscript cites scholarly novellae by R. Chaim Alfandari from his work Esh Dath (Constantinople, 1718). On f. 41-2 scholarly novellae by the author of Amudeha Shiva are quoted. On ff. 76, 107 and 113 he cites sermons preached in the ancient city of Sidon, situated along the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon.