Auction 32

Collection of hundreds of documents from members of the Sakli-Atzban family of Debdou, Morocco. End of the 5600s and beginning of the 5700s (early 20th century)

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1. Letter in pretty Sefardi handwriting—written and signed by Rabbi Refael HaKohen Sakli of Debdou, the Kohanic city of Morocco.

2. Collection of documents, some typewritten and others handwritten, various poems, booklets, mussar, prayers, some in Judeo-Arabic.
3. 10 notebooks handwritten by members of the family from their childhoods, with chiddushei Torah, Jewish history, and more. 202 written pages.
4. Notebook of various calculations (for a bar mitzvah?) with many names, pretty Sefardi handwriting. Written by Rabbi Refael HaKohen Sakli. 9 written pages.
5. 9 booklets in half-quill Sefardi handwriting, interesting plays and poems, written by members of the HaKohen Sakli family. 125 written pages
6. Drashat bar mitzvah, handwritten, “I gave this drasha while wearing my tefillin…HaKohen Rabbi Yosef Kohen Saban in 1954. 4.5 written pages.
7. 12 booklets and notebooks, writings of the family from their childhoods, 244 written pages.
Hundreds of documents, more than 1200 written pages. The Sakli family, relatives of Rabbi David HaKohen Sakli and Rabbi Shlomo HaKohen Atzban (the Rashach) of Debdou in Morocco.