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He also wrote: Sha'arei Kedushah, a summary of Zevah Todah in the form of legal decisions which was written to facilitate its study by shohatim and pupils (1841); Helek ha-Dikduk (or Toze'ot Hayyim), biblical masorah, with punctuation and musical cantillation (published in full length by C. D. Ginsberg, Ha-Masorah, 3 (1885), 53–105); the section on the Pentateuch and haftarot was published in the editions of the Yemenite Taj (from 1889), Sha'arei Tohorah, the laws of niddah - written in Arabic, the prevalent tongue among women and the masses (1894); Ez Hayyim, a commentary on the Tiklal (siddur of the prayers of the whole year), according to the plain and esoteric meaning (1894); Pe'ullat Zaddik, responsa and legal novellae on the four Turim (3 vols., 1946–45) - the most important collection of Yemenite Jewry's responsa literature, containing 762 responsa which he dealt with during a period of about 40 years (1764–1803); Me'il Katan, a commentary on the Shenei Luhot ha-Berit of R. Isaiah Horowitz; and Orah la-Hayyim, a collection of Midrashim and explanations on three megillot, in symbolic and esoteric style (in manuscript). He wrote a chronicle of Yemenite Jewry (published by David Sassoon).
בראש הספר, דברי המגיהים: שלום מארי אהרן סעדיה עראקי הכהן [ואחיו המדפיס] אלעזר. בדף האחרון:שיר המדפיס עם סיום הספר. פותח: אשתחוה בקידה לפני בורא יחידה. אקרוסטיכון: אלעזר עראקי הכהן חזק. אוצר השירה והפיוט, ד, עמ' 122, מס' 2241. קולפון: ותהי השלמתו בט"ו באב... בשנת ושמרתם את דברי ה'ב'ר'י'"ת' הזאת לפ"ג [תרי"ב].