Protective coin wrapped in paper, signed by the hidden righteous person, “The Holy Floor Layer,” Rabbi Avraham Yechiel Fish.
Specifications: Amulet: 2.5×4.5 cm. Frame: 12×12 cm.
These types of amulets were generally used to ward off the evil eye. Within a nice wood and glass frame. The amulet has not been removed from the frame for inspection.
Rabbi Avraham Yechiel Fish [d. 13th of Elul, 1997] was the disciple of the “Holy Shoemaker,” a concealed kabbalist in Tel Aviv who revealed himself at the end of his life, by instruction of the Baba Sali. He was a center of pilgrimage for many, known as a miracle-worker and nicknamed according to his profession, “The Holy Floor Layer.”
Condition: Fine.
Amulet for protection from demons and pests, healing of body and soul, against the evil eye and bad dreams, and more, in the great kabbalist of Baghdad, Rabbi Yehudah Patiyah’s handwriting. Baghdad, before 1935.
Specifications: [1] amulet, ink on parchment. 4.5×39.5 cm. Sephardic handwriting, and vowelized scribal script. This type of amulet is generally rolled up in a gold or leather case. A handwriting identity expert’s certification is attached.
Content: ” … May it be Your will … to protect and save your servant … wearing this amulet, from demons and pests … and from epilepsy and all other sicknesses and diseases, and from anxiety and shock and damage and injury and the evil eye … and to cure him with a complete cure, body and soul … and grant him a good life, and that he not be frightened by bad dreams …”
The great kabbalist Rabbi Yehudah Moshe Patiyah (1859-1942) was among the great kabbalists of Baghdad, a disciple of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, ordained at 17 by Rabbi Abdallah Someach, and started studying kabbalah with Rabbi Yosef Chaim at a very young age. He would conduct tikkunei nefesh for the departed, and hashbaut shedim to extricate demons from people’s bodies. He was also an expert in dream interpretation, and people in need flocked to him for his salvations and blessings. He immigrated to the Land of Israel in 1934, and settled in Jerusalem until his final day.
Condition: Moderate-fine condition. Isolated holes on the top and bottom edges used to affix the amulet, partially faded or smudged ink in a small number of letters.
Amulet on Parchment written by kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Barazani. Jerusalem, 5th of Iyar, [1946].
Specifications: Ink on parchment, 76×4.5 cm. Prayer for protection, healing and fertility, with letter combinations and angels’ names. Sephardic hand and scribal writing. Writer’s name signed on the bottom of the amulet, with details about the place and time of writing.
Rabbi Avraham son of Rabbi Yaakov Barazani [d. 25th of Sivan, 1974] was a sage of Kurdistan and Baghdad, son-in-law of Rabbi Yehudah Patiyah. He moved to Jerusalem in [1934]. He was a noted kabbalist. Refer to: Arzei HaLevanon , 1, p. 50.
Condition: Very fine condition, other than a small hole at the bottom of the amulet and a small blemish on its side.
[3] Mizrachi amulets, handwritten, ink on parchment. Two of them housed within silver[?] amulet cases. Early twentieth century.
Descriptions: * Amulet on parchment, rolled. For good sleep, healing, health, and protection from all sorts of diseases, pestilences, the evil eye and pain. Includes a prayer, letter combinations, angels’ names and a star of David. Sephardic and scribal script. 59×5 cm. Fine-very fine condition. At a later stage, a name was added to the amulet in blue ink.
* Amulet on parchment, rolled, for Mrs. Simchah daughter of Chavivah. For protection against all pestilences, fears, “and that her children will be healed and that she should lead them to good life and peace.” Includes a prayer, Name combinations, letter combinations, sefirot, names of angels, and “שד-י” inside a star of David. Sephardic and scribal script. 79X4 cm. Very fine condition. Minimal fold marks. Comes in matching metallic amulet case in cylindrical form with domes on either side with rings for hanging on the neck.
* Amulet on parchment, folded. Contained within a decorated silver? amulet case. The decorations include geometric shapes, flowers and silver threads. Ring, and two loops of wrapped silver thread for carrying the amulet. 12×3 cm. Fine condition, damage to the metal on the edge of the amulet case, where it rubs against the hanging ring.
Condition: Overall moderate condition.
Amulet made of silver? for a woman after birth, with letter combinations, kabbalistic illustrations and angels’ names. Persia, 19-20th century.
Specifications: Sheet of silver? cut into the shape of a gate. 9×7 cm. Hole at the top for hanging the amulet around the neck.
Condition: Moderate. Fold marks, some of which slightly blemish the text and illustrations, a few folds in the bottom corners of the amulet, scratches – mostly slight.
Amulet and protection against the evil eye, destructive demons and everything bad. [Casablanca 1935].
Specifications: [1] leaf, paper, printed. 35×25 cm.
Description: Includes verses, holy Names, prayers and protective oaths. Designed like a gate with the [Hebrew] words “answer us, G-d of Abraham, answer us,” “answer us, Fear of Isaac, answer us.” The caption “מערת המכפלה” [Cave of the Patriarchs] under the picture, flanked by two stars of David. “וזכות רבוה”ק ישני חברון זיע”א תגן בעדו ובעד כל בני ביתו ומכל צרה ונזק יצילהו כיר”א” “the merit of the sleepers of Hebron should protect him and his entire household from all misfortune and damage and he should be saved, may it be His will” is written on the bottom of the amulet.
Condition: Fine condition, aging stains, fold marks, small tears along the length of the fold lines.
Amulet for a female’s and a birthing mother’s protection. [Rodelheim, c. 1840].
Specifications: [1] printed leaf, 11×18 cm.
The top of the page bears the caption: ” L’Nekevah ” in large letters, and then: ” Adam veChavah chutz lilot [!] Chavah rishonah .” With 3 rows in Ashkenazic, Tzenah U’Re’enah letters. With ‘ shemot ‘ in vowelized letters. The place of printing and year, according to the Hebrew Bibliography Institute, registered 000153172.
Condition: Fine. Aging stains. Fastened to cardboard with remnants of strings.
Segulah for livelihood and success. Protection from epidemics, by Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhely. The small one, Yosha Weiss son of Moshe Zecharya Zev. Budapest. [1930s?]. The amulet is not known in the bibliography.
Specifications : [1] Single leaf. 16×11 cm. Green paper.
Tried and tested segulah for protection against the plague by the righteous Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, author of Yismach Moshe . The printer’s name from Budapest is written in the page margins. A printer by this name is not known. Rabbi Yosha Weiss of Budapest, whose home was on 9 Bambach St, was notorious for accommodating the righteous, including Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum’s grandsons, fathers of the Sighet and Satmar dynasties.
Condition: Very fine.
S egulah leaf – woman’s prayer to be granted a male child, to be said in the month of Tishrei, when the holy mothers Sarah, Rachel, and Chana conceived – in handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, author of the Ben Ish Chai .
Specifications : [1] leaf. 20.5×13 cm. 21 lines, entirely in his holy handwriting. The segulah was printed in Sefer Leshon Chachamim, and in his book Ateret Tiferet .
Special Features: The page before us is very rare, both in its content and in size. While Ben Ish Chai used to write his compilations on small notebook pages of 13X10 cm, here he wrote this marvelous prayer on a page almost twice the size.
Contents: “Master of the universe, just as Sarah and Rachel were granted [sons] and remembered favorably in this month … Remember me favorably and grant me a pregnancy, that I may conceive a male child together with my husband, and grant him a holy soul … And may we, my husband and I, be privileged to bring him into the covenant of Avraham Avinu, and merit to rejoice in his Torah, chuppah, and good deeds …” A handwriting expert’s certificate of authenticity is attached, as well as a transcript of this entire awesome prayer, in block letters.
Background: Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad (1839-1909) , author of Ben Ish Chai and great Oriental scholar of our time. Born to Rabbi Eliyahu Chaim son of Rabbi Moshe Chaim, rabbi of Baghdad. Student of Rabbeinu Abdullah Somech, already known for his genius and righteousness from his youth. He began sermonizing in the Great Synagogue when he was only 26, and thereafter spoke every Shabbat and Yom Tov for the next fifty years. Thousands of people would gather to hear his sweet words for hours upon hours. He became renowned as “unique in his generation” in both hidden and revealed Torah all over the world, and known for his tremendous righteousness. In 1869, he traveled to the Land of Israel to prostrate himself on the graves of the righteous, when it was revealed to him from heaven that he is from the root of the soul of Benayahu Ben Yehoyada, and this is why his some of his dozens of books are called Ben Ish Chai, Ben Ish Chayil, Ben Yehoyada, Rav Pealim, Od Yosef Chai , and more.
Condition: Very fine. The page placed in passe-partout within luxurious leather binding.
Large leaf for hanging in a synagogue with a wonderful segulah by Rabbi Shimshon Ostropoli.
45×36 cm.
Fine condition, fold marks and tears, some lack to the text.
Yerushalmi amulet for “protection from plague, fire, troubles, evil eye, evil decree, sorcery and all evil matters. Recovery for those suffering from nerves, physical weakness, childhood diseases and all types of sorrow and pain.”
Written at the bottom: “This ancient holy compilation was found and we reprinted it. And the Jews will do no wrong by [re]printing it for at least five years, Elul 1930.”
[1] leaf, 18×25 cm.
Very fine condition.
Rabbi Chaim Vital’s Kabbalistic magnum opus, with commentaries, glosses and elucidations by Rabbi Menachem Menchin. Three parts.
First edition of glosses and elucidations by Rabbi Menachem Menchin. Each part has a dedicated title page, partially in red ink.
[6], 8, [6], 9-224: 237, [1]: 11 pp. 33 cm. Owner’s signatures and stamps. Large, impressive volume.
Blemish to the binding. Very fine condition-acidic paper.
Printed amulet on thick leaf for protection from plagues, printed by J.Hezkuel, Cairo.
The amulet was written by the maggid of Trisk, who was a son of R’ Menachem Nachum. He distributed them to Chassidim to hang in their homes during times of plague.
The amulet was brought in the book Rephael HaMalach by Rabbi Yehudah Yudel Rosenberg, who writes about it: “This amulet contains a deep secret, and I have toiled much to comprehend its secret. Blessed is He who has given man knowledge, for I have grasped the truth. Here is a drawing of the amulet, its secret is that it was made as a firepan surrounded by walls …”
[1] leaf, 21×14.5 cm.
Fine-very fine condition, minimal wear, and tiny tears in the margins.
Handwritten amulet on high-quality paper – protection from the evil eye, “klipahs” and damage, with verses and Names capable of protection, and an illustration of a “chamsah.” Early 20th century.
[1] leaf, 26×17.5 cm.
Fine-very fine condition, minimal aging stains. Folds in the corners.
Handwritten “Shiviti” on small leaf, late 19th century. Blurred notation on the reverse.
[1] leaf 10.5×8 cm.
Fine-very fine condition. Minimal wear and aging stains.
Amulet for protecting a woman giving birth against damagers, written by Rabbi Menashe Kadouri Tweig. Signed (twice) and dated 1923.
The text of the amulet is cited by the Chid”a in his book Yosef Beseder Siman 6, in the name of his grandfather, author of Chessed L’Avraham , as follows: I found a letter written by my grandfather … author of Chessed L’Avraham to write this text on parchment, give it to the new mother, and it is very good for protection for the new mother and the baby …”
“…מצאתי כתוב מכתב יד מר זקינינו… בעל חס”ל לכתוב על קלף נוסח זה, וליתן אצל היולדת, וטוב מאוד לשמירת היולדת והבן…”
[1] leaf, 22X17.5 cm.
Very fine-fine condition. Minimal aging stains.
* Amulet shaped like a hamsa with a star of David at center, with a fish and hands descending from it. 33 cm. Including hook for hanging.
* Amulet shaped like a shield, with an engraving of a hand and letters and Kabbalistic symbols. 17 cm.
Overall fine-very fine condition.
Amulet for protection, with 2 illustrations of scorpions.
[1] leaf, 21X15 cm.
Fine condition, lack in the bottom.
* Parchment amulet, “Kme’ot Yitzchak Mizrachi”
* Parchment amulet, “Bnei Ami Asu”
* Amulet, metal plate with an engraving: מסעיד אערג ואשתו זהרה.
* Pendant (without a chain), metal plate with Kabbalistic names and symbols.
* Ring with an etching: “אבג יתץ”
* 2 glasses with verses on them.
* Metal booklet with a model of a mezuzah? in it, small with an etching.
* Color metal amulet, “Shiviti.”
* Miniature metal “book, ” star of David and additional symbols.
* Gilt plate with star of David and a menorah symbol.
* Pendant, apparently for a baby.
* 9 amulets for hanging on a pendant with Kabbalistic Names and symbols.
* 2 pieces of colored glass with Kabbalistic Names.
Overall very fine condition.
Silver ring with the Name ‘ש-ד-י’.
Bronze ring with gemstone. Etching of the priestly blessing: יברכך י-י וישמרך.
Fine condition.
