Collection of Letters and Manuscripts - Yemen and Oriental Countries

Collection of Letters and Manuscripts - Yemen and Oriental Countries
Varied collection of manuscripts and letters. Yemenite Jews in Eretz Israel; Jews in Yemen, North Africa and Oriental coutries.
· Manuscript, Machbarot HaTijan in Judeo-Arabic. [Yemen, ca. 17th/18th centuries]. · Letter signed by Yemenite rabbis, Rabbi Shalom Yosef Alshich, Rabbi Yosef Se'adya HaLevi and Rabbi Avraham Chaim Elnadaf, Jerusalem, 1898. · Shtar Beit Din of real-estate in Tel Aviv ("on the border of Jaffa near HaCarmel St.). Signed by Rabbi Avraham Chaim Elnadaf. 1932. · Ordination for a shochet, signed by Rabbi Ovadia son of Ya'akov El Mu'alam, Rabbi Maoch Ibn Tzalach and Rabbi Sa'id son of Avraham. 1896. · Letter from Jerusalem to Yemen, by Rabbi Zecharya Kobani, Tevet 1943. Approbation of regulations of prayers in the synagogue of "The Yemenite group in Rehovot", with 11 signatures. Rehovot, Sivan 1909. · Handwitten Ketuba D'Irkesa. Rehovot, 1922.
· Permit letter regarding sending a rabbinical emissary on behalf of the city of Hebron, Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Birdugo. Tangier, 1912. · Shtar Beit Din signed by Rabbi Yehuda Za'atut and by Rabbi Yemin HaCohen. [Tangier?], 1921. · Shtar Beit Din signed by scribes Rabbi Shimon HaLevi and Rabbi Chaim Maimon, with authorization of the head of the rabbis and with the signature of Rabbi Eliyahu HaCohen. Tunis. · Authorization of a single marital status signed by the rabbi of the Chania (La Canee) community - capital of the Χανιά region in the North-west of Crete. Cheshvan 1912. · Handwritten leaves and pamphlets, Torah novellae and halachic rulings on various topics. · More letters.
Approximately 18 items, almost 30 leaves, size and condition vary.