Auction 27
Lot 012:
A collection of 5 books from the printing presses of Jerusalem, from the library of the chassidic kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Karfman of Jerusalem, most of them with his signature or stamp. Most of them are first editions, some with various ownership stamps. 1. The prayer book Kavanat Sefirat Haomer, first edition 1914. With many handwritten source references and Kabbalistic comments, some long. 2. The book Tzaakat Bnei Yisrael Tefillot V’Selichot – 1910. Ownership stamp: “Y. Shimon Shpitzer Segal.” Unbound. 3. The book Me’arat Sde Hamachpela, an abridged version of the book Otzrot Chaim by the great kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Ben Zur, one of the Jews expelled from Spain. First edition, 1910. Ownership stamp: “Chaim David Sorgaga.” Unbound. 4. The book Tomer Devorah by the Ramak “printed in the printing press Masat Moshe Montefiore.” 1870. At the end is the book Toldot Moshe. 5. The book Livnat Hasapir “commentary of the Midrash Hane’elam and the Tosefta to the Zohar Hakadosh, written by Rabbi Dabid son of Rabbi Yehuda Hachassid” first edition – 1913. Bound with the book Yishrei Lev, hints and matters related to Shabbat, by the Rebbe Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov son of Natan David of Biala. First edition – Lublin, 1906. The first two leaves are missing. Ownership stamp: Chaim David Sorgaga. Conditions vary, predominately good overall condition.
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