20 leaves in the Holy Handwriting of Maran the Ben Ish Chai, Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad!

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Seder HaLimud Achar HaAchilah, in the Holy Handwriting of Maran the Ben Ish Chai, Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad. A complete booklet in the handwriting of the Ben Ish Chai, on the topic of learning at the table after eating. [20] leaves, containing [39] pages in the handwriting of Maran the Ben Ish Chai. At the beginning of the booklet appears a section on remembering Eretz Yisrael and the Beis Hamikdash during meals, and a unification formula from the Arizal, with verses and prayers for remembering the Beis Hamikdash, which are mentioned in Ben Ish Chai (First Year, Parashat Behar). Following this appears a Seder Limud, most of which is cited in his Sefer Leshon Chachamim Part I, Siman 2. The version before us includes additions from the Zohar and the Arizal, words omitted by the printer, as well as the full spelling of Divine Names and their combinations. The complete version before us was printed in the Torah journal Zachor LeAvraham (Holon, 2004), pp. 800–809. Attached to the leaves are certifications from Rabbi Yaakov Tzion Zamir of the “Center for Babylonian Jewish Heritage” and from Rabbi Yitzchak Yeshaya Weiss identifying the handwriting as that of the Ben Ish Chai. Elegant leather binding with gold decorations, slight stains, overall very good condition. Measurement: 10 x 15 CM