[10] wedding songs and other prints from "Rama"h V'Tola'ah," HaRofei Yaakov Chai Tzahalon, Shada"l, Asher Viterbo and others, Leghorn [and Florence], 1698-1855.

* "HaBoker Ohr Eit HaLayla Yafuach" introduction and poem with four stanzas upon the wedding of Yitzchak ben Chaim HaLevi and his cousin Chana. [Florence], 1698.

Unique features: Printed poem with decorations and frame. Hebrew, with the name of the printer and printing license in Latin. Rare.
* Riddle and poem in honor of a wedding in Amsterdam, gift to the bride's brother, the city trustee, Avraham Inrikish Ferrara, by Simcha Kalimani. [Amsterdam?], [first half of the 18th century.]
Unique features: The riddle is decorated with an illustration of a of a person standing on top of a house. The riddle consists of [31] lines. The last page features the poem integrated with the names of the bride and groom: "From all the precious, sparkling girls ... Rachel was attractive ... so to in you Yitzchak you saw today ...." Not in the National Library.
* Kumu Sarim V'Siu Kolot B'Rina," poem from "Rama"h V'Tola'ah," upon the marriage of Moshe ben Shmuel Inriks Miranda with Esther bat Moshe de Leon. Leghorn [1744]. Rare.
* "Im kol malitzei lashon l'saper lav ...." poem from "Rama"h V'Tola'ah" upon the marriage of Emanuel ben Rabbi Yosef Igras with Rivka the daughter of the community leader Yitzchak Chai Attias, Leghorn, 1744. Not found in the National Library.
* "Hineh Chachmei Leivav Mussar Haskilu;" poem by HaRofei Yaakov Chai Tzahalon upon the marriage of Yosef ben Moshe Franco with Simcha bat Refael Franco. Leghorn, 1745. This poem is not in the National Library, though it does have another poem written in honor of their wedding by Yaakov ben Avraham Meldola.
* "Mincha Chadasha b'zivug ... Dovid Shabtai son of our rabbi Shimshon Viterbo ... with Rachel daughter of Binyamin Zalman ... Asher Viterbo ... brother of the groom." Venice, [1748].
Specifications: [12] leaves, paper. 24x17 cm.
* Versi Ebraici. Poem in honor of the wedding of King Franz Joseph and Queen Elizabeth in 1854, by Shada"l. The back of the printed poem features a printed illustruation at center of the leaf.
* Shir Yedidot by Shada"l upon the marriage of Avraham Shalom. Printed in Syrian, with Hebrew letters and in Hebrew on facing pages. Printed by Avraham Shalom at the beginning of his Ya'ar Avshalom. [1855].
* Shiro l'Kel Elyon V'Zamru bilti kached ..." poem in honor of a aid society upon the inaguration of the Reishit Chochma yeshiva, by Moshe Meldola. Leghorn, 1745. Not in the National Library.
* Eich Nechsha Livcot, v'lo nehima" elegy from the Gemillut Chassadim society upon the passing of Rabbi Refael Nosson Ashkenazi, by Yitzchak Chaim Tawil, Trieste, 1800.
Condition: Varying sizes and conditions, moderate-fine.

"Order of song and supplications recited ... in the Ashkenazi Synagogue in the city of Ferrera." Ferrera, beginning of the 19th century.

Specifications: 47 leaves, paper. Bound manuscript. 18X24 cm. Hebrew. Block Italian handwriting.

Content: Refer to the Hebrew.

Unique Features: Prayer for Napoleon the First, called "The French Caeser and King of Italy," which indicates that the manuscript was written at the beginning of the 19th century, as Napoleon was caeser of France beginning in 1804 and king of Italy from 1805-1814. Erasure of his name and relation to France indicate the change in their relationship to France and to Napoleon after the defeat of France and the ousting of Napoleon from his position.

Condition: Fine, aging stains, minimal erasures, partially dismantled binding.

With this volume: Seder Amirat Taschlich. [1] leaf, paper. 15X21 cm. Italian handwriting. Fine condition.

[8] documents, mainly legal, concerning Italian Jewry. Italy, 17th-19th centuries.

* Document related to legal proceedings in the 1680's. [2] pages, paper. 22x34 cm. Italian.

* Il presidente, E maestrato arciducale di mantova, Matua, 1718. Document related to a legal matter. [2] pages, paper. 21x35 cm. Italian.

* Ferrariensis pro Mandulino burghio hebreo contra carolum Antonium Nigrisolem, 1719. Legal document. 12 pages, paper. 19x28 cm. Italian.

* "This is the Order of Decision Making and Leadership placed by ... the elected ones of the congregation of Mantua." Mantua 1722. [4] leaves, paper, on one uncut paper scroll. 20x27 cm. Hebrew. Contains 27 clauses of regulations for tax assessments and the community constitution. The regulations are defined as valid for three years. The last regulation ends in the middle of a sentence. The National Library has 17 editions of the Order of Decision Making in the Mantua congregation between 1651-1795, and the one before us is the third in the series.

* In dei nomine amen & c. Anno Domini 1751. Regarding a legal proceeding by a Jew against an apostate. [1] leaf, paper. 20x29 cm. Handwritten addition relating to this document on an another page. Italian.

* Letter from Rabbi Yosef HaLevi of Alexandria regarding a person who requires a passport and the question regarding the need to give a get to his wife. [1] paper leaf. 19x28 cm. Italian.

* Printed list of [16] names in Italian, with no further details. Rare.

List of names in Italian, with no further details. Among the names is Marini Sebastiano, who may be Rabbi Shabtai Marini, one of the Ramchal's foremost disciples. The name Iona Raffaele also appears.

* Scheda dei Consiglieri Provinciali. Appears to be a list of regional advisers. With no note of time or place. [1] leaf, paper. Italian. 12x17 cm.

General Condition: Fine. Fold marks. Aging stains.

Verses, Zohar study and prayers for the shofar blower [Mantua, c. 1790].

Specifications: [1] leaf, paper. 28x18 cm. The text is within a frame. Other than the holy names, the text is not vowelized.

Unique features: At the top of the leaf: "On Rosh Hashana on the night before kaddish batra or when he is in his home prior to the rooster's call, he should say this: and he will not want for food and necessities the entire year ... " At center of the leaf: prayer for the shofar blower: "Master of the World your children have placed their faces before you ..." and in the margins: "Safed custom ... when standing to blow the shofar, one should recite these verses out loud ...."
The National Library only has a reproduction of this piece.

Condition: Moderate, fold marks, small tears along the fold lines affecting solitary letters. Minimal stains.

Seder Hoshanot in pleasant handwriting with decorations, according to the custom in Rome. With Kabbalistic prayers. 18-19th century.

Specifications: [18] thick paper leaves. 19x21 cm. Block writing in ink.

Unique Features: Pleasant scribal handwriting, pleasant decorations in several places.

Condition: Very fine. Minimal aging stains. Ancient leather binding with restored spine.