Handsome manuscript on parchment. Kiddush for shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, and the Shalosh Regalim. From the Oven Yashan community. 1910. Historic item!
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Around each page is a gilded frame. Letters are prettily done in black ink with golden decorations. The Oven Yashan community was one of the largest and most famous communities of Hungary. 20x14cm, 6 written pages. Original binding. Stains. Generally very good condition.
Important manuscript—Zerah Kedoshim, a complete work on the Torah, signed autograph—Europe, beginning of the 18th century. A historic find!
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Large and important manuscript, a signed autograph, on the Five books of Torah, which has never been published. Written in the typical Ashkenazi handwriting for the early 18th century. Probably prepared for printing, with an introduction and the name of the book at the top of each page. Identity of the author is unknown, but probably is an important rabbi of Europe. First name of the author is “Rabbi Shlomo Zalman,” which appears on one of the first pages as an acrostic. Year of printing also appears on one of the pages in a verse. The first and last pages were glued and required a special technique to separate them, which is why some words are unreadable. But the introduction lists the yichus of the author, which is also alluded to by the title of the work. The cover page did not survive, and the ink on some pages is faded, but the Book of Exodus has a separate cover page. | Pages disconnected without binding, moth damage, moisture damage. 31x20cm. [6], 6-48, [119], [2] pages. Generally bad condition.
Megillah housing, silver, Betzalel work, stamped.
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Decorated with filigree and gemstones. In the center is the inscription “Megillat Esther,” and stamp of Betzalel Jerusalem. Suitable for a 12cm megillah. Max height: 28cm. Weight: 197g. Missing a number of gemstones. Generally good condition.
Handsome silver cup with engraved dedication—Germany, 1893.
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Silver decorated with engraving, relief work, welding. Stands on a base. In the center of the cup is an engraved dedication in German for a wedding dated November 26, 1893. Around the cup are floral patterns. Height including cover: 33cm. Diameter: 12cm. Weight: 271g. Generally very good condition.
Divrei Mishpat—Kratashin, 1835. Copy of Mara d’Ara d’Israel, Rabbi Shmuel Salant. Stamps and signature.
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Shot and chiddushim by Rabbi Haim Auerbach. Monash printing. Three different stamps of ownership of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, and signature in abbreviated form handwritten by him. Rabbi Shmuel Salant (1816-1909) served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for almost 70 years. He was a renowned Talmudist and Torah scholar.Shmuel was born in Białystok. At an early age his lungs became damaged, and he was advised to seek a warm climate. This induced him in 1840 to go with his wife and son Binyomin Beinish to Jerusalem In 1871, Salant succeeded Rabbi Meir Auerbach as chief rabbi of the Ashkenazim. Rabbis Salant and Auerbach highly supported that the Balady citron cultivated in the Arab village of Umm el-Fahm, was the most kosher to be used as etrog in the four species during the festival of Sukkot.Salant was regarded as a distinguished Talmudist and an excellent and learned leader. Many of the halachic (legal) positions are known through the prodigious writing of his student and grandson by marriage, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky. Salant was also known for his moderation and tolerance of all classes of Jews. As Ashkenazic chief rabbi, he was on friendly terms with his Sephardic counterpart, Chief Rabbi Yaakov Shaul Elyashar, and they generally acted in harmony concerning the welfare matters of the community.Salant was instrumental in the establishment of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He also helped found Bikur Cholim Hospital and encouraged people to move into new neighborhoods outside the Old City walls. During his tenure as chief rabbi, the Jewish population of Jerusalem grew from 5,000 to 30,000.In 1888, Salant's eyesight began to fail, and a few years later he became blind. In 1900, however, Salant requested an assistant. Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim, known as the Aderet, a renowned rabbi and author, had just arrived in Israel from Russia. He was immediately selected for the position. However, Rabinowitz-Teomim predeceased Salant in 1905.Salant died on Monday, 16 August 1909 (29 Av 5669), and was buried on the Mount of Olives. Rabbi Tucazinsky writes that though funerals in Jerusalem are generally performed within the same day or night as the passing, Salant's was an exception. He died at night and the funeral was not held until daybreak because the Rabbis were concerned that the massive attendance to a nighttime funeral procession would lead to injuries or worse. | Moth marks, partially disconnected binding. Stains. Stamps. [2], 171, 14 [23] pages. 38cm. generally good condition.
HaEmek She’elah, first edition, by the Natziv of Volozhin—Vilna 1861. Copy of Rabbi Yaakov Berlin, father of the author, signed by his holy hand.
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She’iltot d’Rav Ahay Gaon Maor HaGola, first section—on Genesis and Exodus. With the commentary HaEmek She’elah, by the Natziv of Volozhin. First edition, Ram printing. Two covers and last page have the signature of the author’s father, Yaakov Berlin. First cover has a dedication. | Rabbi Yaakov Berlin (1794-1870), father of the Natziv, descended from Rabbi Elhanan of Berlin, one of the Tosafot. He was rich and a talmid chacham and a head of the Mir community. Moved to Jerusalem in 1852, was a head of the Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem, and one of the four gabbays of the Hurvat Rabbi Yehuda HaChassid. | Stamps of ownership, stains from moisture. | 7, 123 pages. Generally ok to good condition.
Pair of luxurious vases. Brass with silver plating. England, 1890
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Casting work, relief, welding, and cutting. Stand on a base with three babies—angels. Grapevines and more. Wonderful item. Height 39cm. Width of the base: 20cm. Good condition.
Pair of silver finials. Afghanistan, 20th century
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With verses and Tablets printed and framed in glass. Each has 8 bells. Height: 25.5cm. Width: 11cm. Total weight including the glass: 567g. Crack to one of the glasses. Generally good condition.
Large brass hanukkiyah for a synagogue. North Africa. Beginning of the 20th century
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Designed via casting work. Parts combine by being screwed in to the base. The branches and the shamash are designed in the shape of oil jugs. Height: 80cm. Width: 44cm. Good condition.
Tzitzit for kids—end of the 19th/beginning of 20th century.
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Made of linen with traditional black stripes, as accepted among the Ashkenazim. The strings have been very well preserved, and are connected to the begged using one hole according to the minhag of the Gra and Chabad. The tzitzit is kosher and can be used with a bracha. Stains. Length: 65cm. Width: 25cm. Generally good condition.
Large Silver breastplate for a Sefer Torah, handsome. Russia, beginning of the 20th century. Stamped
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Done by an artist, decorated with cutting work, engraving and relief, done professionally, with floral patterns at the top. Bouquets of flowers on both sides. Large silver crown that is screwed in. Lions holding tablets (brass that is connected by screws), and a window for zmanim. Lower portion has chains with 3 smaller plates. 36x31cm, stamped 84. 970g. Generally good condition.
Utensil for bitter herbs made of pewter, in the shape of a wagon—Germany, beginning of the 20th century.
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Pretty wagon for bitter herbs. The wheelbarrow is one piece, which holds a bowl that bears the bitter herbs (and is made of brass). On one side is the inscription “Pesach,” on the other “Maror.” Height: 9cm. Length: 27cm. Width: 7cm. Very good condition.
Unknown manuscript, “Yad Yosef,” was owned by the Elder Kabbalist Rav Mordechai Sharabi.
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Handwritten by Rav Yosef Sharabi, from the family of Rav Mordechai Sharabi. Rabbi Shmuel Shmueli, the assistant of Rav Sharabi, testifies to this in a letter attached to the item: “Rav Sharabi was very happy with this book, which has still not been printed, a book which is full of Torah according to the pshat, drash, and kabbalah, Pardes HaTorah.” First page the author writes, “this book is called Yad Yosef, the author is Yosef son of Rav David ben Gaon Rav Yitzhak, Av Beit Din of Sharab in south Yemen.” 190 pages. 18cm. Generally good condition.
Handwritten ketubah—Tunis 1936. Signed by the holy hand of the Gaon Rabbi Haim Khuri.
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Mizrahi handwriting, for the marriage of Kamos Moshe ben Yehuda to bat Yaakov. 26th of Elul, 1936. Additions by hand in the margins. Cursive rabbinical signatures, stamp of the Beit Din in Tunis. Stamp of the government. Rav Haim Khuri (1885-1957) was a gadol of Tunisia. In his youth he learned with Rav Moshe Mazoz, who served as rabbi and dayan in Gabam. He established the Tora v’Haim yeshiva in Djerba, and tzedakah organizations, encouraged the immigration of Tunisian Jewry to Israel. In 1954, when he was 70 years old, he moved to Israel and settled in Be’er Sheva. | Stains, signs of folding, tears in the edges of folds. Double sheet of paper, folded in half. 21x29cm each. Generally good condition.
Silver crown for a sefer torah, with filigree work. Israel, 20th century
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2 levels of crowns that are connected to one another. At the top of the smaller one is a Star of David, at the bottom is a plate with a dedication. Height: 40cm. Diameter: 25cm. Weight: 1185g. Generally very good condition.
Anti-Semitic lithograph “Les Differentes Positions Sociales,”—the Jew above everyone—France 1869
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“The different social positions,” an anti-Semitic engraving in wonderful colors. Describes the various social strata of France, at the top of which is the Jew. Under each of the figures is a sentence explaining their social role. The Emperor says “I demand the gesture,” the gentleman says “I have privileged property,” the priest says “stolen taxes belong to me,” the Jew says “There needs to be profit,” the soldier says “I don’t pay anything,” the beggar says “I don’t have anything.” | Attached to canvas. 38x48cm. Generally good condition.
Silver besamim tower. Vienna. 19th century. Stamped.
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Designed as a plant with 3 flowers. Each flower can be smelled. Around the flowers are relief work, cutting, and engravings of floral patterns. Stamped twice on the bottom. Height: 20cm. Diamter: 14cm. Weight: 260g. Generally good condition. Rare.
Platter fo challot, silver, Vienna end of the 19th century.
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Hammer work, casting, cutting, with the inscription “Gut Shabbos” and lions holding a Star of David. Stamped ES, 495. Frame of flowers done with cutting work. Size: 24x38cm.
Long letter handwritten and signed by the Admor Rabbi Itzikele of Peshversk
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18-line letter on official letterhead, written to Rabbis Yisrael Yitzhak and Rabbi David Jungreis, on issues of pikuach nefesh for spiritual and physical matters for various people whose names are outlined in the letter. Rabbi Moshe Yitzhak Gvirtsman (1882-1977) was the founder of the Hasidic Dynasty of Pshevorsk (Poland), known as Reb Itzikele, a Hasidic Grand Rabbi, of Polish origin, who after the Second World War lived in Paris, France, from 1949 to 1957, before settling in Antwerp, Belgium.He was the fifth generation descendent of Rav Elimelech of Luzhansk, known for his holiness and works of kindness. Jews came from around the world to see him, like one of the ancient tzaddikim. | Signs of folding. 21.5cm. 18 lines. Generally very good condition.
Historic letter of the Bikur Holim hospital, signed by Rav Shach, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, and more.
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Printed with a typewriter, on official letterhead of the United Tzdakot, from 5th of Kislev 1976, with a protocol for a general meeting of the members of the association. At that general plenary, it was decided to separate the hospital from the Association and to appoint new leadership including: Maran Shach, leader of the Lithuanian community, Maran Garshaz Auerbach—posek of the generation; Rabbi Avraham Yakov Zlatznik—head of the Etz Hayim yeshiva, and more. Signed by them by hand. Filing holes, signs of folding. 28cm. Generally good condition.
Walking stick of Rav Mordechai Sharabi, Elder Kabbalist. A holy and historic item.
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Rare, historic item—the walking stick of the Holy Kabbalist Rav Mordechai Sharabi. Item is accompanied by a certificate attesting to its use by the Rav, written by Rav Shmuel Shmueli.
Or Einayim—Crimona, 1557. Blue pages. Extremely rare! Bound together with Pe’ulat Issachar, Venice 1579. Glosses
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The first book is on astrology, astronomy, and mysticism, including the Redemption and Messiah. By Rabbi Shlomo ben Avraham Paniel. Printed by Vicenze Conti. Light blue pages. Page 1(9) has a handwritten gloss in Mizrahi handwriting. | Bound with Peulat Issachar, from the book Ibur Shanim, by Rabbi Issachar Even-Shushan (printed by Juan di Gara, Venice 1578). Calculations of the calendar, with tables. Page 136(1) has a note in Italian. | Stains. Light moth damage. Not bound. | 32; 109-136 pages. 18cm. Generally ok condition.
Rosh Yosef from the Pri Megadim, first edition. Lemberg 1863. Copy of the brothers Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac Weiss ofSvaliava and Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Weiss of Munkatch, father of the Imrei Yosef of Spinka. Glosses.
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On masechtot Brachot, Shabbat, and Megillah. By the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Teumim, the Pri Megadim, on the Shulchan Aruch, which turned into a foundational work on Jewish psikat halacha—the greatest poskim like the Chafetz Haim and more based themselves on his books. First edition (on these masechtot, his work on masechet Hulin was printed a few years prior). | On the cover is the handwritten signature of Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Weiss of Munkatch, father of the Imrei Yosef of Spinka, and two stamps of ownership of Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac Weiss, Ra’avad of Svaliava and Munkatch. Body of the book have glosses, probably in their handwriting. Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Weiss (? – 1879) succeeded his father as Ra’avad of Munkatch after his father immigrated to Israel. He was the student of Sar Shalom of Belz, Rabbi Yehuda Zvi of Razla, and Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac of Zidichov, the Bnei Issachar. At his wedding the Bnei Issachar was the mesader kedushin. He edited for the printer the book Da’at Kedoshim of his rabbi, Yehuda Zvi of Razla. Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac of Svaliava wrote in his book Beit Yitzhak that his brother was beside Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac of Zidichov when he was dying, and he put his hands on his head and gave him the power of being a miracle worker. Throughout his time in Munkatch people gathered around him. Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac Weiss (1824-1894), rabbi of Svaliava and successor of his brother in Munkatch. Student of the Bnei Issachar, the Sar Shalom of Belz, Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac of Zidichov, also edited his books, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch of Rimnov, Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, and the Divrei Haim of Sanz. Among his students was his nephew Rabbi Yosef Meir Weiss, the first Admor of Spinka the Imrei Yosef. His son-in-law was the Admor Rabbi Elimelech of Tash. Wrote Beit Yitzhak and Divrei Yitzhak and Toldot Yitzhak. | Moth marks. Not bound. | 85 pages. 37cm. Generally ok to good condition.
Sefer Torah on klaf parchment. Romania, 19/20th century. With an etzbah, breastplate, and finials
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Done by a professional sofer, uniform writing throughout, wound around two carved wooden etzei hayyim. Written at the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century. | Covered in a light blue velvet jacket, with embroidery or a keter torah and dedication. Decorated with an etzbah with filigree work and a dedication; breastplate with verses engraved, Tablets, 12 tribes, and more; pair of finials with reliefs of flowers. | Donated after WWII by the Union of Communities in Romania by Rabbi David Moshe Rosen, Rabbi of the kollel of Dat Moshe (at the Choral Synagogue in Bucharest on June 20, 1948). As part of his work with the Zionist leadership in 1964 he brought a number of Torahs to Israel in cooperation with the Joint Distribution Committee and gave them to synagogues in Israel. This sefer was donated by the Ministry for Religious Affairs and the Joint in 1967. Not sold as kosher. | Parchment is 42cm, writing is 32cm. 42 lines per column. Weight of silver: 677g. Good condition.
Peleh Yoetz, Vienna 1860. Copy of the Natziv of Volozhin.
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Mussar by Rabbi Eleizer Papo. Published by the author’s son, Rabbi Yehuda Ya’aleh. Page after the cover has the embossed stamp of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, and more stamps by his son Rabbi Haim Berlin. | Rav Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (1817-1893), known as the Natziv of Volozhin, was a head of the Volozhin yeshiva and a sage of Eastern Europe in the 19th century. The Natziv was the eldest of his family, son of Rav Yaakov, who was a merchant and talmid chacham in Mir. He studied at the Mir yeshiva until 13.5, then Rabbi Yitzhak of Volozhin (head of the Volozhin yeshiva) took him as a son-in-law. When his father-in-law died in 1849, the Natziv’s brother-in-law, Rabbi Eliezer Yitzhak, became head of the yeshiva and the Natziv his deputy. Rav Eliezer died young, in 1853, and the Natziv became head of the yeshiva. His son, Rabbi Haim Berlin, served as Chief Rabbi of Moscow and for a short time as head of the Volozhin yeshiva. In 1906 he moved to Jersualem and after Rav Shmuel of Salant’s death was crowned the Rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Jerusalem, despite refusing this title. | Binding is falling apart and disconnected. A number of pages are disconnected. Listings of ownership. [4], 307 pages. 22cm. Generally ok to good condition.
Piskei Halachot Racannati—Bologna 1538
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An important book of halacha quoted by the gedolim who came after, including the Beit Yosef and those who followed him. By Rabbeinu Menachem of Racannati. First edition, printed by the partners of Bologna. | Rabbi Menachem Raccanati (1250-1310) was a kabbalist and important posek living in Racannati, Italy. Was among the first kabbalists in Italy and was famous mainly because of his commentary “Racannati on the Torah,” based on the foundations of kabbalah. Had a great deal of influence on the kabbalists who followed him. This book is even commented on by Rabbi Mordechai Yafeh, the HaLevushim. | Signature and listings of ownership in Hebrew and Italian. Moth holes, no binding. | [9], 46, [3] pages. 21cm. Ok condition.
Etrog case made of copper plated in silver, Europe, 19th century.
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Wonderful etrog case. Upper portion has leaves and flowers, and the etrog is made with hammering, cutting, casting, and welding. Shape of a gourd sitting on leaves. Height: 15cm. Diameter: 21cm.
Responsa of the Radbaz, copy of Rabbi Yehoshua Freund of Kroly, forefather of the Freund family, grandfather of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua of Nasaud.
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Book by Rabbi David ben Zimra, printed by Reb Itzik the Printer, Furth 1781. | Cover page has the handwritten signature of Rabbi Yehoshua Freund, and a note that his son donated the book to the Beit Midrash Sha’arei Zion. | Rabbi Yehoshua Freund of Kroly (1767-1848) was born to Rabbi Yitzhak Karov, rabi of Papa and a family that descends from Rashi. He was beloved by many Admorim, especially the Yismach Moshe of Satmar, and the Chozeh of Lublin. When he was a baby his mother died and he was breastfed by a non-Jew once, and the Yismach Moshe said “had Rabbi Yehoshua not been breastfed by a non-Jew I and the Rebbe of Lublin would have been ashamed of him.” He was called Yehoshua in memory of the Pnei Yehoshua, who died a few years before his birth and was a relative (uncle of his great-grandfather). | New binding, stains, moth holes. [66] pages (page numbering is messed up). 35cm. Generally ok to good condition.
$5 bill given by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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Received from the Rebbe. At the top is an inscription “a bill given by the Rebbe on Tishrei 1991.” | This bill is somewhat rare, since the Rebbe normally gave out $1 bills. Stains. Signs of folding. Generally good condition.
Case for a sefer torah—Iraq, beginning of the 20th century.
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Wood covered in velvet, Bordeaux color. Throughout the case are plates of tin and silver decorated with repetitive florally patterned reliefs. In the center are two hammered circles decorated with dedicatory inscriptions from 1912, to the Shevach Achim community, in memory of Shmaya Nuri Pinso. In the upper part of the case are beads and a crown with finials that bears bells and steel nails for hanging finials. Inside is velvet for protecting the sefer, with verses inscribed and covered in two pieces of glass. Iraq, 1912. | One bell missing. The clasp for closing is missing. Height: 96cm. Diameter: 25cm. Generally good condition.
Long and interesting halachic responsa handwritten and signed by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. New York, 1959. Signed autograph.
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Two halachot answers spread over four large pages, written in cramped style on official letterhead by the Igrot Moshe to his student the Gaon Rabbi Ephraim Greenblatt, the Rivevot Ephraim. From 5th of Av, 1959. On the subject of a woman with a prosthetic eye, and whether that constitutes a chatziza for tevila; and the second is about a goy who rents an apartment from a Jew and wishes davka that the owner would put up a mezuzah on the entrance. As was his style, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein takes apart the questions into various parts, and reaches clear conclusions for each of the questions. The answers were printed in the Shot Igrot Moshe. At the top of the letter he blesses the recipient for “all good things for you, your household, and your children forever.” | Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986) was head of the Council of Torah Sages, a gadol of poskim and leader of US Jewry. Head of the Metivta Tiferet Jerusalem yeshiva in New York and author of the series Igrot Moshe and more. | [2] sheets of paper, official letterhead, written on both sides, so total of 4 pages of writing. 28cm each. Generally very good condition.
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LOT: 190Miniature shiviti on parchment. Jerusalem, 19th century.
Sofer manuscript on parchment, with decorations in red. In the center is a LaMenatze’ach menorah, around which are holy names and a frame with inscriptions of verses. At the bottom is the name of the scribe, “Netanel ben Refael, Jerusalem.” 16x11cm, generally good condition.Item sold at $550 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 265Collection with thirty interesting letters from the Gaon Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin.
Printed using a typewriter on official letterhead of the Va’ad Yeshivot, signed by hand sometimes with additions by hand of Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin. Between 1941-1961, dealing with issues of the Va’ad during tumultuous years. Majority are addressed to the Ohel Torah yeshiva, the famous kollel where some of the famous gedolim studied, such as Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Rav Shmuel HaLevi Wazner, Rav Betzalel Zholti (rabbi of Jerusalem), Rav Shalom Shvedrol, Rav Shlomo Shimshon Karlitz, Rav Yisrael Grossman, and Rav Binyamin Yehoshua zilber. Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin (1880-1966) was head of the Council of Torah Sages, known as the Rav of Lotzk, was Av Beit Din in Lotzk (Ukraine). Studied at Slobodka, Volozhin, and Telz yeshivot. Served as head of the Independent Education committee, and was a head of the Va’ad Yeshivot. | Various sizes and conditions, generally good.Item sold at $190 Starting at $180 -
LOT: 266Collection of receipts from the gamach Sha’arei Chesed, signed by rabbis of Jerusalem.
Between 1911-1916, on official letterhead of the Sha’arei Chesed neighborhood. Each signed by between 3-5 rabbis of the community, including Rav Eliyahu Ram, Ra’avad of a beit din in Jerusalem; Rav Zerach Ephraim Epstein, head of the Torat Haim yeshiva where many gedolim studies; Rav Avraham Aharon Prague, author of the series Nerot Aharon; Rav Yehiel Michael Tukachinsky, head of the Etz Hayyim yeshiva. And more. | Collection of 143 numbered and dated items, with payment amount, receiver, reason, and signature. | 15x11cm. Generally very good condition.Item sold at $300 Starting at $300 -
LOT: 262Ishur for a slaughterer by the Ra’aya Kook.
On official letterhead, stamped. From 23rd of Elul 1934. Ishur for provision of a shochet’s knife to Leib Lerer. Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook (1865-1935) was Chief Rabbi of Israel, head of the Merkaz HaRav yeshiva, and father of Religious Zionism. | Signs of folding. 21x13cm. Generally good condition.Starting at $100 -
LOT: 228Dedication from the kabbalist Rav Ovadia Hadaya.
Cover page of the book Ben Yair with a printed dedication in golden ink, with seven handwritten lines signed by the kabbalist Rabbi Ovada Hadaya, the Yaskil Avadi, son of the Elder Kabbalist Rabbi Shalom Hadaya, member of the Beit Din HaGadol in Jerusalem, a head of the Porat Yosef yeshiva and a founder of the Beit El kabbalistic yeshiva in the new part of the city. | Tears in the white margins where it was torn out of the book. | 24cm. Generally good condition.Starting at $100 -
LOT: 229Dedication handwritten by the kabbalist Rabbi Shlomo ibn Danan. Rare.
Page before the cover from the book Shot Asher L’Shlomo, with a printed dedication in blue ink, with the additional handwritten line signed in cursive and stamped by the author, the kabbalist Rabbi Shlomo ibn Danan, who was the Av Beit Din and Chief Rabbi of Fes, Morocco, and a gadol of Moroccan Jewry. At the beginning he studied under his uncle Rabbi Yitzhak ibn Danan, a dayan and teacher in Fes, the author of the “L’Yitzhak Re’ach,” and afterwards studied under the Gaon Rabbi Avner Yisrael the French, known as HaIsh. At age 16 he was already proficient in Shas and poskim, and he began to learn the kabbalah. When he was 30 years old he was chosen as a dayan and teacher. He was in the Beit Din of his uncle, Rabbi Yitzhak ibn Danan and Rabbi Yosef Siriro, who were much older than him, and then after them he was appointed the Chief Rabbi and head of the beit din. The French authorities greatly respected his justness, and read his halachic rulings. When Jews brought cases in the secular courts, the French authorities would consult with him, and on issues relating to the Jews of the French districts, and they would receive his advice. On Erev Yom Kippur of 1929, he began saying Kol Nidrei with a great deal of excitement, but he skipped the line “and from this Yom Kippur until the next, which will come upon us in peace”…and sure enough he died before the year was over. | 23x15cm. Glued to cardboard. Tears. Generally ok condition.Starting at $100 -
LOT: 106Tzitzit for kids—end of the 19th/beginning of 20th century.
Made of linen with traditional black stripes, as accepted among the Ashkenazim. The strings have been very well preserved, and are connected to the begged using one hole according to the minhag of the Gra and Chabad. The tzitzit is kosher and can be used with a bracha. Stains. Length: 65cm. Width: 25cm. Generally good condition.Starting at $100 -
LOT: 238Manuscript, booklet of debits and credits with handwritten signature of the gaon Rabbi Asher Zeev Werner, Ra’avad of Tiberias.
From a businessman name Haim Horwitz from the town of Migdal (next to Tiberias). Includes dozens of pages written by hand, with calculations and accounting of business and personal transactions, from buying land and paying mortgages to paying for his son’s wedding and support from his mother. Written over 25 years, from 1914-1939, written mostly in Hebrew but also with Yiddish and English. At the end, when he was already old and dying, he wrote a detailed will for his assets and he had two witnesses sign, Mr. Mordechai Shlomo Guttman and Rav Menachem Mendel Hen Tov. In the margins are 4 lines handwritten and signed by Rabbi Asher Zeev Werner,Ra’avad of Tiberias, who approves the will. Rabbi Asher Zeev Werner (1894-1958) was a kabbalist, served as Ra’avad of Tiberas after his rabbi’s death. Member of the Council of Torah Sages, sons-in-law include the Gra’ad Auerbach and Rabbi Haim Shalom Deutsch, an important rabbi for Chabad. | Bound in nice binding. Light defect to the margins of the binding. 100 pages. 30x13cm. Generally good condition.Item sold at $120 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 235Manuscript of Proverbs in Hebrew and the local language.
The first part has a verse in Hebrew and after it in the other language, and then it turns into a chapter-by-chapter rendition of Hebrew and the other language. At the end are some chapters of Psalms. Name of the author is unknown. | Front binding missing, rear is defective. Pages disconnected. 21x16cm, [95] pages. Generally good condition.Item sold at $100 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 138Large ketubah printed with decorations—Izmir, 1922.
Printed in golden ink on thick, quality paper, for the marriage of the groom Rahamim ben Mordechai to the bride. From 15th of Sivan 1922. On the bottom portion appears the wording, entirely in Sofer script, half-cursive, signed by the Rabbi, the groom, and the witnesses, as well as the Chief Rabbinate of Izmir’s stamp and the approval and stamp of the country. Around the ketubah are large, wonderful decorations in the shape of a gate, flowers, lamps, and a crown. With verses from the Song of Songs and symbols. 70x50cm, signs of folding, generally good condition.Item sold at $200 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 259A response handwritten by Rabbi Meir Mazoz.
From Cheshvan 2007, a letter sent to Rabbi Meir Mazoz with 7 halachic questions, at the end of which appears the handwritten answer of the Rav. From a review of the wording of the responses, it appears that the Rav is unhappy with the questions, and at the end of the letter he adds the line “please stop it with the questions.” | Rabbi Meir Nissim Mazoz, head of the Kiseh Rahamim yeshiva and spiritual leader of the Yachad party led by Eli Yishai, was born in Tunis to Rabbi Matzliach Mazoz, who was a dayan and leader of Tunisian Jewry, and founder of the Kiseh Rahamim yeshiva, who was murdered by a Muslim assassin. | Signs of folding, filing holes. Sheet of paper written on both sides, 20cm. Generally good condition.Starting at $100 -
LOT: 284Receipt handwritten by Rabbi Moshe Kliers, Ra’avad of Tiberias, and Rabbi Dover Abramwoitz, head of the Rabbi Yitzhak Elhanan yeshiva in the USA.
Payment of the American Central Aid Committee, Israel branch. From 1923, by Rabbi Dover Abramowitz to Rabbi Moshe Kliers. 20x11cm. Signs of folding, slight tears. Generally ok to good condition.Starting at $100 -
LOT: 141Printed ketubah—Paris, 1970.
Black and gold ink on cardboard. Marriage of Feivel ben Yitzhak David Zalkovski to Frida bat Yeshaya Bocher. 16th of Tammuz, 1970. With summary in French signed and stamped by the Rav Moshe Cassorla. Witnesses signed in French. Groom signed his name at the end of the Hebrew version. | 32x24cm, signs of folding, tears in the edges of the folds. Ok to good condition.Item sold at $100 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 043Piskei Halachot Racannati—Bologna 1538
An important book of halacha quoted by the gedolim who came after, including the Beit Yosef and those who followed him. By Rabbeinu Menachem of Racannati. First edition, printed by the partners of Bologna. | Rabbi Menachem Raccanati (1250-1310) was a kabbalist and important posek living in Racannati, Italy. Was among the first kabbalists in Italy and was famous mainly because of his commentary “Racannati on the Torah,” based on the foundations of kabbalah. Had a great deal of influence on the kabbalists who followed him. This book is even commented on by Rabbi Mordechai Yafeh, the HaLevushim. | Signature and listings of ownership in Hebrew and Italian. Moth holes, no binding. | [9], 46, [3] pages. 21cm. Ok condition.Item sold at $800 Starting at $500 -
LOT: 140Printed ketubah—Leipzig, 1924.
Black ink on paper. Marriage of the groom Ze’ev bar Dov to the bride Liba bat Rav Mordechai HaLevi. Rosh Chodesh Shvat 1924. Witnesses Hillel bar Yitzhak and Avraham Shalom bar Yitzhak. Text is surrounded by a frame, and at the top are the words “b’ezrat Hashem,” also in a frame. 29x20cm. Signs of folding, tears without missing text. Generally ok to good condition.Starting at $100 -
LOT: 254Psak din signed by the Chief Rabbis of Israel.
On the matter of an appeal submitted regarding a psak regarding the Broshim synagogue in Jerusalem (see more about this in other items from this catalogue). The psak is from 21st of Sivan, around 6 months after the original ruling, and is long and detailed over two pages, signed by hand by the two chief rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Ben Zion Meir Hai Uziel (Rabbi of Salonika and then the first Sefardi Chief Rabbi of Israel) and Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac HaLevi Herzog (Chief Rabbi of Ireland and then Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel). The third dayan is Rabbi Meshulam Rata—the Ilui of Hordanka, a student of the Kochav M’Yaakov, the Machazeh Avraham, and Rabbi Meir Arik—who was a dayan of the High Rabbinic Court and a member of the Chief Rabbinical Association. The mythical secretary of the Chief Rabbinate also stamped it, Rabbi Shmuel Aharon Shazouri, a sage of Jerusalem. | Signs of folding, filing holes. | 2 pages. 31cm. Generally very good condition.Starting at $150 -
LOT: 105Lot of 2 collars for a tallis, made of silver.
1. Made delicately with pure silver thread. Length: 84cm, width: 7cm. 2. Pure silver thread work. Length: 59cm. Width: 6cm. Generally ok to good condition.Item sold at $100 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 256Lot, 3 letters signed by gedolim of the Eidut HaMizrach.
1. Dedication letter printed in gold ink, with the addition of 3 handwritten lines by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yaakov bar Yosef HaKohen Trab-Meselton (1851-1923), the Chacham Bashi and Av Beit Din of Beirut. 2. Long receipt (10 lines), written entirely by hand and signed and stamped by the Gaon Rabbi Yeshua Palagi (1870-1946), rosh yeshiva of Tzfat (many of the rabbis of Tzfat were his students) and the Ra’avad of the Sefardim in Jerusalem. 3. Interesting legal ruling regarding division of an inheritance of stocks and land, signed by the Rishon LeZiyyon Rabbi Ben Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953), rabbi of Salonika and the Chief Sefardi Rabbi of Israel. Various sizes and conditions, generally good condition.Starting at $100 -
LOT: 270Lot, 5 letters from some gedolim of the prior generation.
1. Letter on official letterhead stamped by the Badatz Ashkenazim. From 26th of Elul 1935, written by hand and signed by Rav Eliyahu Ram, ishur for a shochet, Reb Leib Lerrer. 2. Letter on official letterhead of the Slonim yeshiva. From 4th of Elul 1953. Handwritten by Rav Shabtai Yagel, head of the Slonim yeshiva in Lithuania and then Israel, member of the Council of Torah Sages. To Rabbi Aryeh Levin, with shana tova greetings and more. 3. Page with signature of Pinchas Epstein, Ra’avad of Jerusalem. Served as dayan at the Charedi beit din, during the period of Rav Yosef Haim Zonenfeld and Rav Yitzhak Yerucham Diskin. Studied at the Torat Haim yeshiva. In 1948 he was chosen to be Ra’avad of the Charedi Eida. 4. Receipt of the Central American Assistance Committee, Israeli branch. Signed by Rav Yosef Gershon Horwitz, rabbi of the Me’ah She’arim neighborhood and the yeshiva in the neighborhood for 46 years. 5. Letter from 8th of Tevet 1952, handwritten and signed by Rav Yehiel Michael Tukachinsky, author of many halachic books. Various sizes and conditions, generally good.Starting at $100 -
LOT: 199Rosh Yosef from the Pri Megadim, first edition. Lemberg 1863. Copy of the brothers Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac Weiss ofSvaliava and Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Weiss of Munkatch, father of the Imrei Yosef of Spinka. Glosses.
On masechtot Brachot, Shabbat, and Megillah. By the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Teumim, the Pri Megadim, on the Shulchan Aruch, which turned into a foundational work on Jewish psikat halacha—the greatest poskim like the Chafetz Haim and more based themselves on his books. First edition (on these masechtot, his work on masechet Hulin was printed a few years prior). | On the cover is the handwritten signature of Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Weiss of Munkatch, father of the Imrei Yosef of Spinka, and two stamps of ownership of Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac Weiss, Ra’avad of Svaliava and Munkatch. Body of the book have glosses, probably in their handwriting. Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Weiss (? – 1879) succeeded his father as Ra’avad of Munkatch after his father immigrated to Israel. He was the student of Sar Shalom of Belz, Rabbi Yehuda Zvi of Razla, and Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac of Zidichov, the Bnei Issachar. At his wedding the Bnei Issachar was the mesader kedushin. He edited for the printer the book Da’at Kedoshim of his rabbi, Yehuda Zvi of Razla. Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac of Svaliava wrote in his book Beit Yitzhak that his brother was beside Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac of Zidichov when he was dying, and he put his hands on his head and gave him the power of being a miracle worker. Throughout his time in Munkatch people gathered around him. Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac Weiss (1824-1894), rabbi of Svaliava and successor of his brother in Munkatch. Student of the Bnei Issachar, the Sar Shalom of Belz, Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac of Zidichov, also edited his books, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch of Rimnov, Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, and the Divrei Haim of Sanz. Among his students was his nephew Rabbi Yosef Meir Weiss, the first Admor of Spinka the Imrei Yosef. His son-in-law was the Admor Rabbi Elimelech of Tash. Wrote Beit Yitzhak and Divrei Yitzhak and Toldot Yitzhak. | Moth marks. Not bound. | 85 pages. 37cm. Generally ok to good condition.Item sold at $1000 Starting at $500
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LOT: 210Set of Hilchot Rav Alfas, four volumes. Vilna 1880-1886. Copy of the Rabbi of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Yaakov Landau.
By the Rif, Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi, the first of the Rishonim, with Rashi’s commentary, the Ran, Rabbineu Yona, Nimukei Yosef, Shaltei HaGibborim, the Maor HaGadol v’HaKatan, and more. With the Tosefta and Mordechai’s commentary. Four volumes (1. Zra’im and Moed, 2. Nashim, 3. Nezikin, 4. Kedoshim and Taharot). Printed by the Ram widow and brothers. By Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi (1013-1103), one of the greatest poskim of the Rishonim. Great rishonim like the Rambam, the Ra’avad, the Ramban, the Ri ba’al haTosfaot referred to him with great appreciation, and most of halakhic sages refer to him as the foremost authority on psikat halacha. All of the volumes are stamped by Rav Yaakov Landau, Rav of Bnei Brak. The first volume features an inscription in his handwriting “I bought this from the owners in the Holy City.” Rav Yaakov Landau (1893-1986) was rabbi and Av Beit Din of Bnei Brak. A Chassidic sage of Lubavitch. At age 20 he was appointed rabbi of Kornitz, at the edict of the Admor the Rashab of Lubavitch, who really appreciated him and nicknamed him Rav HaHatzer. Listing of ownership. Original bindings. 40cm. Generally very good condition.Item sold at $150 Starting at $150 -
LOT: 234Notebook with kabbalistic illustrations. Beginning of the 20th century.
From the book Shefa Tal. 21 pencil illustrations. Generally good condition.Item sold at $180 Starting at $180 -
LOT: 083Wonderful hanukkiyah, Silver 84. I. Szekman. End of the 19th century, Poland
Many stamps, including silver 84 and some in Polish from the 1920s. Polish-Jewish artist, I. Szekman, from the Russian Empire, end of the 19th century approximately. Hammered silver, date palms connected to the base and back, creates a 3D effect (rare). At the top, alongside the Keter Torah, are a pair of birds. Vase with fruit and flowers in the center. The shamash can be removed. Width: 20cm. Height: 24.5cm. Weight: 450g. Very good condition.Starting at $3000 -
LOT: 184Shem Tov Katan—prayer for practical kabbalah. Berlin, 1740.
Segulot and prayers, collected from the Ari and Ramban, by Rabbi Binyamin Beinush of Krotoshin, author of the kabbalistic work “Emtachat Binyamin.” Printed by Aharon ben Moshe Rofeh. New, handsome leather binding. Stains. 24 pages. 20cm. Generally good condition.Item sold at $300 Starting at $300 -
LOT: 176Melechet Machshevet, Berlin 1765.
Bound together with Birurei Midot. Separate cover for each book. The books deal with arithmetic, geometry, and accounting, by Rav Eliyahu ben Moshe Gershon of Pintchov, rabbi of Grosoradin and author of Hadarat Eliyahu. Cover page in Hebrew and the local language. Second edition. Pritned by Itzik Speyer (page 7(2) says printed in Frankfurt an der Oder). | Half-leather, original handsome binding. Quality pages. Margins are chopped at the edges of some pages. Stains. | [1], 7, 58; 61 pages. 20cm. Generally good condition.Starting at $150 -
LOT: 222Tzalach—Lemberg 1899. Copy of the Gaon Rabbi Zeev Wolf HaLevi Tirnoar.
On Masechtot Brachot, Pesachim, and Beitza. Separate cover for each of them. By Rabbi Yehezkel Landau, the Noda b’Yehuda. Cover page has signature and stamp handwritten by Rabbi Zeev Wolf HaLevi Tirnoar. Repetitive signatures on each of the covers. | Gaon Rabbi Zeev Wolf HaLevi Tirnoar (1879-1959) was rabbi of Lespezi, Shamkot, Sochava, and Paltichen, author of 39 Orot, on halachot of Shabbat. Student of Rav Yehuda Greenwald, the Ra’avad of Satmar, and Rav Moshe Greenwald, rabbi of Khust and author of Arugot HaBosem. Would travel to the tzaddikim of the generation, like Rabbi Issachar Dov Rokach of Belz, Rabbi Yisrale Zvi Rotenburg of Cassani, Rabbi Yisrael Hagar of Vizhnitz (lived the last few years of his life in Grosvradin). At the end of his life he moved to Israel and lived in Tzfat, where he served as rabbi of the She’erit HaPlita synagogue. Was father-in-law of Rabbi Aharon Yehiel Leifer, the Rebbe of Nadvorna-Banya-Tzfat. Famous as a miracle worker. Repairs to the margins of the cover page and first pages. Stains | 47; 68; 38 pages. 35cm. Generally good condition.Starting at $120 -
LOT: 053Collection of 150 photos of Admors
From the last generation, mostly black and white photos. Rare photos, mainly of the Beit Yisrael of Gur, the Admor of Belz. But also other rabbis (Lalov, Mechnovka, Sanz, Rav Shach, and more). Two albums. Different sizes and conditions, generally good.Item sold at $160 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 205Zikaron Moshe, first edition—Amsterdam 1765.
Mussar by Rabbi Moshe Desuy. Illustrated cover—one of the prettiest covers in Hebrew printing, in the upper portion is a lion reading a book, in the bottom is another illustration, perhaps Yosef and his brothers. Printed by Leib Zusmansch. Rav Moshe Desuy was a dayan of Gloyga, and then settled in Amsterdam. | Repairs to the cover, lone bits of moth damage, new binding. | [2], 32 pages. 30cm. Generally good condition.Item sold at $100 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 180Ohalei Yehuda, only edition—Yesnitz, 1719.
Names from Tanach and their roots. By Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Carpentras. The copy before us has the endorsement of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Ashkenazi, Av Beit Din of Hamburg (there are differences in the endorsements among different copies). Only edition, printed by Yisrael Avraham. Cover of the book has signature of ownership of “Avraham.” | Repairs and tears to the margins of the cover page. Stains. Binding partially disconnected.| [3], 57 pages. 20cm. Generally ok to good condition.Item sold at $100 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 253Lot of manuscripts—pamphlets and pieces of pamphlets—Yemen.
In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, sofer work, nice handwriting, accurate and straight. Some in Rashi script and some in block letters. Includes some of Megillat Esther, Megillat Antiochus, the article on Techiat Meitim by the Rambam, Ashmoret, Masechet Avot ,grammar, and a page of halachot of shechita. Around 150 pages. Various sizes and conditions, generally ok to good condition.Item sold at $325 Starting at $120 -
LOT: 179Lexicon—Basel, 1631. Glosses.
Lexicon for Words from the Tanach in Hebrew and Aramaic, with commentary in Latin: “Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum” by Johannis Buxtorfi. Many glosses in local language, content not checked. Binding made of old parchment. Blackened leaf cutting. | [8] sheets; [974] pages; [39] sheets. | Generally good condition.Item sold at $100 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 206Merapeh Lashon, first edition. Altona, 1790. Copy of the Gaon Rabbi Tanchum of Horodna.
Mussar, by Rabbi Refael ben Yekutiel Ziskind HaKohen Katz (Rabbi Refael Hamburger). Rabbi of Hamburg, student of the Gra, but became Chassidic in his outlook. Printed by Moshe Bonn Segel. Cover page has signature of ownership of Rabbi Tanchum of Horodna (1746-1819), author of Menuchat Emet, Menuchat Shalom, Nechmat Zion. | Stamps, binding partially disconnected, lone bits of moth damage, stains. | [4], 125, 1 page. 20cm. Generally good condition.Item sold at $120 Starting at $120 -
LOT: 233Manuscript, Divan—Yemen, 19/20th century.
Songs and piyyutim in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. | Sofer manuscript, rural writing. Ink on thick, quality paper. Narrow, long format. | Front binding worn, rear is missing. Last pages missing. Tears in the white margins. 10x24cm. [141] pages. Generally good condition.Item sold at $170 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 200Yeshua b’Yisrael, first edition—Frankfurt-am-Mein, 1720.
Commentary on halachot of kiddush hachodesh in the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah, and on Chapter 3 of halachot yesodei HaTorah. With astronomical illustrations. Illustrated cover of Moses and Aaron, David and Jonathan. By Rabbi Yehonatan bar Yosef of Razinay. Printed by Johann Kellner. | Rabbi Yehonatan of Razinay was a gadol of his generation, served in the rabbinate of Grodno. In 1710 a plague broke out in his city, and for a whole year he lived in a sukkah in a field outside the city with his whole family. He swore that if he survived the plague, he would write a book on the subject, and after he survived he wrote this book, whose name hints at what happened. To print the book he came to Frankfurt in 1720. In the introduction he writes that “hardships that have visited his city and state, a plague and the sword, and a few years have passed with things that have stopped him from fulfilling his vow.” | Margins cut off. Old signature, moth holes. | [4], 58 pages. 28cm. Generally ok to good condition.Item sold at $260 Starting at $120 -
LOT: 172Lot, 3 journals in Yiddish—New York, beginning of the 20th century.
1. Der Grager (the noisemaker), a humorous issue for Purim. Purim 1905. [4] pages, 22cm. 2. Das Lid Fon Yetztiken Krizis (the song of the current crisis), a musical journal, by Fishel Storman. [4] pages, 21cm. 3. Mamenio Ader Der Yatom (Mother or the orphan), musical journal. [4] pages, 21cm. Various conditions, dry paper, tears, tape. Bad to ok condition.Starting at $120 -
LOT: 181Lot, 2 books bound together—Offenbach, 18th century.
1. Mashmiya Yeshua, about the coming of the Messiah and issues of the Redemption, by Rabbi Don Isaac Abravanel. Offenbach 1767. 2. Tzemach David, three sections. Jewish history from the Creation until 1692. By Rabbi David ben Shlomo Ganz. Offenbach 1768. Hirsch printing, old stamps and signatures. | [1] 112; [1] 38, 83 pages. 19cm. Generally good condition.Starting at $180 -
LOT: 182Pri De’ah, only edition—Chernowitz, 1860. Stamped.
Halachot of niddah and mikvas, by Rabbi Azriel Dov of Karsan. Stamp of “Rav Mordechai HaLevi.” Rabbi Azriel Dov of Karsan, known as the Rebbe Alter Karsaner, was a student of Rabbi Moshe Zvi of Savoran and wrote his teacher’s philosophy in “Likkutei Shoshanim.” Authored Pri De’ah and Shemen LaMaor. No binding. | 60, [1] pages. 24cm. Generally ok to good condition.Item sold at $120 Starting at $120 -
LOT: 209Tanya Rabata—Zolkva, 1800. Copy of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, including a gloss in his handwriting. Testimony handwritten at the end of the book.
On the last page is handwritten “gift from the Gaon and true Chassid, the famous…Akiva.” And on the page after: “HaRav Gaon … Akiva.” Page 2(1) has a 5-line gloss probably in the handwriting of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, the mentioned gaon. Rabbi Akiva Eiger (1761-1837) was an outstanding Talmudic scholar, influential halakhic decisor and foremost leader of European Jewry during the early 19th century. He was also a mohel.He was the rabbi of Märkisch Friedland, West Prussia, from 1791 until 1815; then for the last twenty two years of his life, he was the rabbi of the city of Posen (Poznań). He was a rigorous casuist of the old school, and his chief works were legal notes and responsa on the Talmud and the Shulchan Aruch. He believed that religious education was enough, and thus opposed the party which favored secular schools. He was a determined foe of the Reform movement, which had begun to make itself felt in his time. | Stains, some moth marks, additional signatures and stamps of ownership. [4], 38 pages. 23cm. Generally good condition.Item sold at $1900 Starting at $1800 -
LOT: 183Beit Yisrael—Vizhnitzer Rebbes Hoif—Sighet, 1939.
“Holy courtyard of Vizhnitz,” stories in Yiddish about the chassidei and Admorim of Vizhnitz, with pictures. By Herzl Epstein, printed by Tzenterella—Moshe Rosenthal. Nice binding, decorated and inscribed. 251 pages. 19cm. Generally good condition.Item sold at $100 Starting at $100 -
LOT: 175Melechet Machshevet, first edition—Prague 1775.
On calculations and mathematics. Hebrew and Yiddish on facing pages. By Rabbi Moshe Zerach Eidlitz. Printed by Yisrael Yitlish. Originally published as separate pamphlets that were then edited into a complete book. | Rabbi Moshe Zerach Eidlitz, a student of Rabbi Yehonatan Ivshitz, was a dayan at the beit din of Rabbi Yehezkel Landau, rabbi and head of a yeshiva. Rabbi Yaakov Amdin listed his name among those suspected of supporting Shabtai Zvi. Two folded pages (with charts) are missing, as in most extant copies. | stamps, stains. | 281, [3] pages. 16cm. Generally good condition.Starting at $120
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