Manuscript. Peirush HaMishna L’Rambam on tractate Berachos. Arabic with Hebrew letters. Yemen, 16th century.
[8] leaves. 24×18 cm.
The commentary begins with chapter 5 mishna 8 and concludes on chapter 8 mishna 8. With text.
8 sequential leaves. Removed from a binding. The interior edge of leaf 2 survived. The upper section of leave 3 remains as a separate fragment, along with the bottom section of the interior edge. Leaves 4-5 are torn on the upper-outer edges. The corner of leaf 5 is detached. The bottom third of leaf 6 remains. 21-23 lines to a page. Gloss in a different hand on leaf 8a.
Aging stains, worming holes, tears, very poor condition.
Maimonide’s Peirush on the Mishna was particularly revered by Yemenite Jewry and was copied many times.