[2] pages laden with blessings and verses of remedies and livelihood handwritten by Rabbeinu Yosef Chaim of Baghdad author of the Ben Ish Chai. The drush, dealing with the verse “That I may cause those that love me to Inherit substance”, contains many verses and rare blessing for healing and livelihood, handwritten by the Ben Ish Chai, famed as an amulet for protection and success. Rare and sacred.
As said, the drush is about the verse “Lenachil Ohavai Yesh” [That I may cause those that love me to Inherit substance] (the Gematria of the Hebrew word “Yesh” is 310 = 310 worlds, symbolizing the material and spiritual abundance that those who love G-d will receive). The Ben Ish Chai, in this manuscript, interprets the verse in remedial terms: “Per what was written by the Kabbalists Z”L … and it is similar to what Rabbeinu the Ar”i Z”L wrote on the verse ‘Hashem support him upon the bed of illness’ … ‘I will heal thee of thy wounds’ to be fulfilled … may it be a remedy for Israel…”! The Ben Ish Chai ends the passage with the verse he began with (That I may Cause those that Love me to Inherit Substance) “and so the healing of Israel and their success depend on the two letters of the word ‘Yesh’ (יש)”.
Manuscripts by the Ben Ish Chai served Oriental Jewry in general and the immigrants from Babylon in particular as an expert, tried and true amulet for livelihood and protection. All the more so, this manuscript dealing entirely with Kabbalistic drushim pertaining to healing, livelihood and success with all the above remedial verses and the Ben Ish Chai’s sacred words ‘and so the healing of Israel and their success depend on the two letters of the word ‘Yesh’ (יש)’, would certainly be a Segulah and protection for anyone who merits to own it!
Refer to Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, the Ben Ish Chai.
[2] pp. 13.5X10.5 cm. 22 lines. Handwritten entirely by the Ben Ish Chai.
Placed in a new magnificent leather binding.
Very fine condition.