Two letters and a segulah-amulet handwritten by Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Moshe Pereira, son of the G-dly Rabbi Aharon Pereira. Including precise instructions for preparing amulets!
* The first letter is within an especially beautiful printed gilt border with illustrations of Rebbi Yehudah HeChassid’s Churvah, Rachel’s Tomb and Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s grave site. Rabbi Pereira writes there that he is sending his father’s book, Toldot Aharon V’Moshe V’Afa”r Yitzchak , as well as amulets for a particular woman’s salvation.
* The second letter includes two parts. In the first part, Rabbi Pereira writes instructions for preparing and activating the amulets mentioned for this woman, with verses and intentions capable of salvation. The manner of preparing the amulets is a fascinating and unique subject. Quoting passages from the letter: “Daily study [!] of R’ Yishmael ibn Elisha’s prayer, as well as that of R’ Akiva, and the Ar”i’s segulah. The large[!] amulet should be bound like a mezuzah and placed in a case, and she should wear it on her right side. The paper with the names of the four rivers should be put in a cup of water, and a piece of iron is to be burned and placed together with the paper in the water, and she should drink from this cup for exactly forty days and forty nights, and when the water in the cup is finished, it should be refilled from the barrel …”
The second part is designated for the same rabbi, and he requests that the latter give the amulets to the woman, and properly explain [“בכתב אמת”] matters to her, and she should also make a financial contribution. The two parts of the letter are both individually signed. (One of the signatures is slightly blemished.)
* The third leaf is the aforementioned segulah from the Ar”i, and it includes [4] pages with the prayer capable of salvations and segulahs. The prayer is not signed, but it is mentioned in the previous letter by Rabbi Pereira, and it can be assumed that it is also handwritten by him.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Moshe Pereira .
[3] leaves, seven handwritten pages. Various sizes. Rabbi Pereira’s signature appears three times. (One signature is slightly blemished.)
Overall fine condition. Fold marks. Aging stains. Slight blemishes in the margins, some with minimal damage to several words. Individual worming perforations.