Prayer book for the entire year per the Yemenite customs, including holidays, in the handwriting of kabbalist Rabbi Shalom Hagaji [1652].
Specifications: 75 large leaves. 29 cm. Beautiful script, with marginal comments.
Content: Includes the Passover haggada with marginal comments, Ethics of the Fathers, Scroll of Lamentations with vowelization and the Yemenite mesorah.
Unique features: The vowelization is superlinear – above the letters, and there are significant, unknown variations to the text. Interesting detailed colophon at the conclusion: “Finished with Divine assistance on Wednesday the 19th day of Adar….1652 ….in Migdala Chekel…Shalom son of Dov son of Yitzchak son of Shlomo son of Yaakov AlHagaji, May G-d give me the merit of infinitely increasing books and to be amongst those who give merit to many, and I wrote this prayer book in thirteen days.” (That is, that he wrote the present prayer book in thirteen days)
Background: Rabbi Shalom Hagaji was a prolific scribe in the 17th century. He lived in the “Migdala Chekel” settlement in southwestern Sana’a. His comments, including kabbalisitc comments, appear in the margins of the prayer book. Rabbi Dr. Moshe Gavra, prominent expert of Yemenite manuscripts, states that this is an exceptionally rare, significant copy of the Tiklal. Refer to Encyclopedia L’Chachmei Teiman, p. 136.
Condition: Fine. Stains, worn and a few marginal tears in a few leaves. A few of the side comments are faded. Magnificent leather binding.