Original Manuscript of Sefer Nachalas Yosef by Rabbi Shmuel Adeni
Yemen, 1906
A beautiful and organized manuscript of ‘Nachalas Yosef’ by Rabbi Shmuel Adeni, one of the chachamim of Aden, Yemen.
An interesting encyclopedic work on many diverse topics in both talmudic and kabbalistic topics.
This section of the manuscript includes: Principles of grammar, principles of Talmud, principles of halacha, principles of measurements, principles of remazim, principles of drashos, principles of Kabbalah, examination of neshamos, examination of malachim, examination of klipos.
The manuscript is edited and arranged for printing with a title page and the author’s introduction. On the reverse of the title page is a ‘Song in Praise of Torah and its Learners’.
It was printed in Jerusalem in 1907 based on this manuscript, by the author’s brother, with a haskama from the Rishon L’Tzion, author of ‘Yissa Bracha’.
Rabbi Shmuel Adeni was born in Aden in 1863 to a distinguished rabbinic family, among the most important in Aden. His grandfather was Mori Yeshua, Raavad and Chief Rabbi in Aden. He was wealthy and owned properties and did not need to serve in the rabbinate. He visited Jerusalem twice. In the second part of the printed Nachalas Yosef, he described his visits to Jerusalem, as well as the customs of the city of Aden and its rabbanim, which serves as an important historical source for the history of Yemen’s chachamim.
(Bibliography: Y. Ratzhaby, "Torasan Shel Chachmei Teiman" p. 84 / Encyclopedia of Yemen’s chachamim Vol. 1 p. 431)
Yemen, 1906
128 leaves (253 written pages).
Size: 20*15 cm.
Condition: A few tiny holes. Original binding; damaged spine.
