Manuscript - Segulot and Cures, Selections and Torah Novellae, Handbook of Emissary Letters and Texts of Beit Din ...

Manuscript - Segulot and Cures, Selections and Torah Novellae, Handbook of Emissary Letters and Texts of Beit Din Contracts - Safed, 1888-1913
Two handwritten notebooks (in Oriental script), comprising various selections, recorded by the scribe of the Safed Beit Din. 1888-1913.
The notebooks include: Texts of various contracts drawn up by the Safed Beit Din (texts of marriage and betrothal contracts, sale and rental contracts, partnerships and loans, and more); handbook of charity related letters and emissary letters; segulot and cures (some copied from the writings of R. Chaim Vital), with a broad alphabetical list of the properties of plants and fruit; various riddles with their solutions; selected novellae on the Torah portions and homilies; financial records concerning relatives and public figures; piyyutim and poems (Sharh Mi Chamocha) and various notes.
An ornamented title page appears at the beginning of one notebook, dated 1888, stating the name of the writer: "Abba Mizrachi". The writer was presumably one of the scribes of the Safed Beit Din, and this volume contains the texts of special contracts drawn up by the Safed Beit Din for specific cases. The National Library's collection of ketubot includes a ketubah from Safed 1804, signed by the witness R. Abba Mizrachi (MS Heb. 901.926).
Two notebooks, containing in total approx. 336 written pages. 12.5-14 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and tears. Original bindings, damaged.