Auction 15
Lot 239:
A parchment amulet, for finding favor, marital harmony and protection from the evil eye. In scribal handwriting and oriental handwriting, in the handwriting of the famous Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Pattaya. In the amulet are hashbaot malachim, Holy Names and Kabbalistic shapes. As Rabbi Ovadiah Pattaya, Rosh Yeshiva of Minchat Yehuda and a grandson of Rabbi Yehuda Pattaya states in his enclosed letter, “This amulet is useful for protection from the evil eye and all kinds of things which injure the body and the soul…one who carries this amulet with him or who keeps it in his house”. Rabbi Yehuda Pattaya [1859-1942], one of the foremost Kabbalists, a disciple of the ‘Ben Ish Chai’, known by some of his fellow Kabbalists as ‘The Lion from Babylonia’. He attempted to conceal his knowledge of Kabbalah but after a custom of gentile origin became prevalent among the women of Baghdad, and after all the Rabbis of Baghdad tried unsuccessfully to halt and forbid the said custom, he publicized that anyone who has a sick person in her house and accepts upon herself to cease from the custom should come to him and he will pray for the recovery of the sick person. Many did as he suggested, and when they saw that the sick were immediately healed he became known as a miracle worker. In 1934 he immigrated to Israel. He dealt extensively with explaining dreams, tikunim and amulets according to the Kabbalah, and over the years he expelled dibuks and evil spirits, as appears in the book ‘Ruchot Mesaprot’. During the Second World War he wrote Kabbalistic prayers and tikunim and organized prayer ceremonies of the great Kabbalists for the salvation of the Jews of the Land of Israel from the Nazi enemy. Author of the books ‘Beit Lechem Yehuda’, ‘Matok L’Nefesh’, ‘Afikei Mayim’, ‘Yayin HaRokeach’ and other books. 4.5×50 cm. A long and narrow strip of parchment. The parchment is rolled up and tight. The writing is legible. In a leather pouch with two ties. Confirmation from his grandson Rabbi Ovadiah Pattaya. Overall condition: Very good.
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