Miscellaneous collection of assorted rabbinic and religious Hebrew Manuscripts. Various Sephardic scripts on paper, c. 60 leaves.

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Persia

1852-1933

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Includes: Nineteen signed documents from the Rabbis of Teheran, Hamadan and Golpayegan, as well as emissaries from Hebron, Tiberias, Jerusalem attesting to the qualifications of various generational members of a family of Shochtim and Chachamim in Arak and Teheran, including full ordination for R. Shlomo ben Yisrael Kohen Tzedek and his son R. Baruch; along with a report of family history by R. Shlomo Tzedek (b. 1880) going back five generations and a statement that the family served as Rabbis back to the era of Ezra HaSofer. With a lengthy document (dated 1852) signed by Ashkenazic and Sephardic emissaries of Jerusalem attesting to the qualifications of R. Shlomo Tzedek and stating that none should undermine his authority. The emissary R. Shmuel Shraga Feivel b. R. Tzvi Ashkenazi Shapiro, a great- grandson of the Megaleh Amukoth of Cracow, is unknown to Yaari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael. One document (dated 1890) concerning R. Yisrael Kohen Tzedek signed by the Shadarim of Jerusalem Shmuel ben Yom Tov Meyuchas and Abraham Chalva’ah, states that rabbinic salaries must be paid on time and excommunication would be the result for those guilty of creating financial distress for the rabbi. With many Kabbalistic amulets and related matters. Of particular interest here are amulets designed for wives who wish to receive a divorce, containing names of angels who should “persuade” their husbands to act thu