Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction May 15, 2019

Kedem, May 15, 2019. 168 lots, estimates 2000 - 100000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (168)

• Lot 1: Four Early Manuscript Leaves – Fragments from the Cairo Geniza, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 2: Manuscript from the Cairo Geniza – Moreh Nevuchim by the Rambam – Egypt, 16th Century — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 3: Seven Leaves from an Early Manuscript – Mishneh Torah by the Rambam – 14th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 4: Manuscript – Five Books of the Torah, with the Masorah – Large-Format Volume – Yemen, 14th/15th Century — $12,000 - $15,000
• Lot 5: Kol Bo – Rimini – Printed by Gershom Soncino – Signature of Rabbi Moshe Supino — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 6: Tractate Arachin – Venice, 1522 – Bomberg Press, First Edition — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 7: Ashkenazi Rite Machzor – Augsburg, 1536 — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 8: Ashkenazi Rite Machzor with Commentary by Rabbi Binyamin HaLevi Ashkenazi – Salonika, — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 9: he Complutensian Polyglot – The First Multilingual Edition of the Bible – Neviim Acharonim Volume – Alcalá de Henares — $25,000 - $30,000
• Lot 10: Hutter's Hebrew Bible – Hamburg, 1587 – Hollow Type – Fine Volume with Original Parchment Binding — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 11: Mikraot Gedolot – Basel, 1618-1619 – Large, Elegant Volume, with Original Leather Binding — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 12: Mishnayot – Menasseh ben Israel – Six Pocket-Size Volumes – Amsterdam, 1643-1644 – Handwritten Glosses, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 13: First Edition of Shelah – With a Complete Composition of Handwritten Kabbalistic Glosses, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 14: Shenei Luchot HaBrit (Shelah) – Amsterdam, 1698 – Year the Baal Shem Tov was Born — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 15: Shelah Siddur Shaar HaShamayim – First Edition, Amsterdam, 1717 – Complete Copy Including All Parts – Segulah Book — $40,000 - $50,000
• Lot 16: Raziel HaMalach – First Edition – Amsterdam, 1701 – Segulah Book – Fine Copy — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 17: Five Books of the Torah with the Or HaChaim Commentary – Venice, 1741 – First Edition of the Or HaChaim Commentary — $30,000 - $35,000
• Lot 18: Zera Shimshon – Mantua, 1778 – Segulah for Offspring and Plentiful Livelihood — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 19: Avodat HaKodesh – First Book Printed in Jerusalem – Jerusalem, 1841 — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 20: First Siddur Printed in Jerusalem – Siddur Tefillat Yisrael – Jerusalem, 1842 — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 21: Siddur with Kavanot HaArizal – Zhovkva, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 22: Rabbi Asher’s Siddur – Lviv, 1787 – First Edition – Edition Valued by the Disciples of the Baal Shem Tov — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 23: Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov – First Edition – Slavita, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 24: Selichot According to Polish Rite – Slavita, 1827 – Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 25: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Eruvin – Slavita, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 26: Tehillim – Józefów, 1842 – Shapira Printing Press — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 27: Tehillim with Maamadot – Zhitomir, 1855 – Bibliographically Unknown Edition — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 28: Tehillim Amarot Tehorot – Zhitomir, 1857 — $10,000 - $12,000
• Lot 29: Maggid Devarav LeYaakov – Likutei Amarim – Korets, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 30: Toldot Yaakov Yosef – Korets, — $50,000 - $60,000
• Lot 31: Ben Porat Yosef – Korets, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 32: Tzofnat Pane'ach – Korets, 1782 – First Edition — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 33: Noam Elimelech – Second, Rare Edition – Shklow, 1790 – First Chassidic Book Printed in Shklow — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 34: Noam Elimelech – Slavita, 1794 – Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira – With Approbations of Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli, — $20,000 - $40,000
• Lot 35: Meor Einayim / Yismach Lev – Slavita, 1798 – First Edition — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 36: Likutim Yekarim – Lemberg, 1792 – First Edition – Copy of Rebbe Yechezkel Paneth Rabbi of Deyzh, — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 37: Chelkat Binyamin Passover Haggadah – Lemberg, — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 38: Darchei Yesharim, by the Baal Shem Tov and his Disciples – Zhovkva, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 39: Keter Shem Tov – Teachings of the Baal Shem Tov – Both Parts – First Edition – Zhovkva, 1794-1795 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 40: Kedushat Levi – Zhovkva, 1806 – Second Edition Printed in the Author's Lifetime — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 41: Luach Birkat HaNehenin – Zhovkva, 1801 – Early Edition, Printed in the Lifetime of the Author the Baal HaTanya — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 42: Siddur HaRav (Baal HaTanya), with Commentary According to Kabbalah and Chassidut – Two Parts in Two Volumes – Kopust, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 43: Likutei Moharan – First Edition – Ostroh, 1808 – Prime Book of the Writings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 44: Kitzur Likutei Moharan – Breslov, 1821 – Second Edition, Printed in the Home of Rabbi Natan of Breslov — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 45: Ohev Yisrael (Apta) – First Edition – Zhitomir, 1863 – Fine Wide-Margined Copy with an Additional Title Page — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 46: Or HaGanuz – First Edition – Segulah Book – Important Ownership — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 47: Lengthy and Interesting Letter from Rebbe Meir of Premishlan – With Two of His Signatures – Segulah Letter and "Holy — $60,000 - $80,000
• Lot 48: Letter from Rebbe Avraham Yaakov (the First) of Sadigura – Iyar, 1851 — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 49: Letter from Rebbe Moshe of Kobryn – Blessing for Offspring – Kobryn, 1853 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 50: Letter of Approbation and Recommendation Handwritten and Signed by the Chiddushei HaRim, First Rebbe of Ger — $40,000 - $60,000
• Lot 51: Letter from Rebbe Chanoch Henich of Alexander – Regarding a Trip to the Chiddushei HaRim in Ger, — $40,000 - $50,000
• Lot 52: Interesting Letter from Rebbe David of Kotsk – 1863 – "Tell Him that He is Very Stubborn" — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 53: Letter of Blessings and Congratulations – Handwritten and Signed by the First Rebbe of Munkacs, R. — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 54: Two Letters from the Minchat Elazar – Munkacs, 1924-1925 – Regarding Immigration to Eretz Israel — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 55: Letter from Rebbe Moshe Halberstam of Shinova – Sivan, 1910 – "May we Merit to Receive the Torah on Shavuot" — $5,000 - $6,000
• Lot 56: Letter from Rebbe Yitzchak Yeshaya Halberstam – Youngest Son of the Divrei Chaim – Kraków, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 57: Letter of Recommendation from Rebbe Pinchas of Ustila – Blessing for Satisfaction from his Sons and Wishes for Purim — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 58: The item was withdrawn from the auction. — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 59: Multipage Handwritten Halachic Responsum Signed by the Yitav Lev, Rebbe of Sighet — $20,000 - $40,000
• Lot 60: Nezer HaRabbanut – Certificate of Appointment for Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar as Rabbi of the Chassidic Community — $80,000 - $120,000
• Lot 61: Letter of Wedding Wishes Handwritten and Signed by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 62: Multipage Responsum Letter Signed by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – Responsum Opposing Heter Mechira during — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 63: Interesting Letter from Rebbe Shalom of Shotz – To Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 64: Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rebbe Itzikel of Pshevorsk, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 65: Lengthy Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Beit Yisrael Rebbe of Ger – Chanukah, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 66: Letter from the Tzemach Tzedek, Rebbe of Lubavitch – With Blessings "May G-d Send Him a Complete Recovery" — $12,000 - $18,000
• Lot 67: Sharp Letter from Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch – Scathing Criticism on Agudath Yisrael and the German Jews Heading it – — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 68: Two Letters from Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch in his Early Years – Guidance on Educational Matters and Other Topics – — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 69: Letter of Good Year Wishes from Rebbetzin Chana Schneersohn – Mother of the Rebbe of Lubavitch – With Congratulations — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 70: Letter from R. Binyamin Wolf Eger Rabbi of Leipnik – Regarding his Appointment as Rabbi of Alt-Ofen – Leipnik, 1789 — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 71: Letter from Rabbi Simcha Bunim Eger – To his Nephew Rabbi Shlomo Eger — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 72: Interesting Letter from Rabbi Wolf Boskowitz – To Rabbi Shmuel Leib Kauder, a Prague Rabbi – Kelin, 1810 — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 73: Letter of Salvations – Handwritten and Signed by the Baal Shem of Michelstadt, Rabbi Zekel Leib Wormser – Michelstadt, — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 74: Letter Handwritten and Signed by R. Eliyahu Guttmacher Rabbi of Greiditz – 1851 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 75: Document of Representation Handwritten and Signed by the Aruch LaNer and his Beit Din – Altona, 1859 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 76: Letter from Rabbi Yehuda Aszód – Regarding Efforts to Rescind the Rabbinical Seminary Decree – Serdahely, 1864-1865 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 77: Responsum Letter from Rabbi Amram Blum Author of Beit She'arim – Berettyóújfalu, 1885 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 78: Official Document from the Pressburg Community, Signed and Stamped by the Chatam Sofer – Pressburg, 1834 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 79: Withdrawn. Manuscript, Circumcision Ledger of the Pressburg Community, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 80: Passport of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – United States, — $80,000 - $120,000
• Lot 81: Passport of Rebbetzin Rasha Leah Karelitz, Mother of the Chazon Ish – Poland, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 82: Lengthy, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 83: Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor – Kovno, 1895 — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 84: Historic Letter from Prominent Torah Leaders, Regarding the Reopening of the Volozhin Yeshiva – Av, — $25,000 - $30,000
• Lot 85: Letter of Recommendation Handwritten and Signed by R. — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 86: Letter of Recommendation from the Chafetz Chaim, for a Yeshiva Student from Eishishok – Elul, 1888 — $18,000 - $22,000
• Lot 87: Lengthy Letter Handwritten by the Chafetz Chaim – Interesting Documentation of the Chafetz Chaim's Efforts to Sell his — $25,000 - $35,000
• Lot 88: Letter from Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski – Regarding the Rabbinate of a Finland Community — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 89: Nine Letters from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz Dean of the Kamenitz Yeshiva — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 90: Letters from Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman and his Son Rabbi Naftali Beinush Wasserman – Baranovich, 1936 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 91: Letter of Guidance on Study Methods, by Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman, to his Disciple the Student Moshe Shmuel Shapiro — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 92: Letter from the Chazon Ish – Vilna, Iyar 1933 (Two Months Prior to his Immigration to Eretz Israel) — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 93: Letter from the Chazon Ish – "To Arrange for Shabbat Conformance in the Water Plant" in Bnei Brak – Iyar 1939 — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 94: Letter from the Steipler – Regarding his Disciple Rabbi Yechezkel Taussig – Bnei Brak, 1940 — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 95: Five Responsa from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein – To his Disciple Author of Rivevot Efraim — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 96: Letter of Halachic Responsum from Rabbi Meir Arik – With Blessings for a Good Year, — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 97: Letters of Recommendation from R. Shmuel Engel Rabbi of Radomyshl and R. Shmuel Rosenberg Rabbi of Unsdorf — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 98: Two Visitors' Books of Family Fischer-Heilprin in Amsterdam, — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 99: istoric Document – Appeal from the Destroyed Safed Community Following the Peasants' Revolt and the Earthquake – — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 100: An Interesting Letter Handwritten and Signed by Warder Cresson, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 101: Emissary Letter Sent to Calcutta – Jerusalem, 1859 – Signed by the Gaon of Kutno Author of Zayit Raanan, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 102: Large Emissary Letter on Parchment from the Hebron Community – Signed by the Rabbis of the City – Hebron, 1924 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 103: Renewal of the Ban on Studying in Schools in Jerusalem – Signed by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and the First Members — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 104: Tur Yoreh De'ah, Venice 1564 – Glosses from the Beit Midrash of the Sema and Glosses by the Tiferet Shmuel — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 105: Manuscript, Novellae of Rabbi Zerach Eidlitz – With His Handwritten Glosses – Prague, ca. 1770s — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 106: Get Pashut – Constantinople, 1719 – First Edition – Copy of Rabbi Yeshaya Pick Berlin, with his Signature and Glosses — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 107: Leaf from the Chatam Sofer's Responsa Notebook – In His Handwriting and With His Signature – Mattersdorf, 1804 — $25,000 - $30,000
• Lot 108: HaYam HaTalmud – Lemberg, 1827 – First Edition – Two Glosses Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Akiva Eger, — $30,000 - $35,000
• Lot 109: Withdrawn. Booklets Handwritten by Rabbi Dessler – Unpublished Torah Novellae – From His Student Years – Kelm, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 110: Mechilta / Sifra / Sifre – Venice, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 111: Leaf Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Vital – From a Composition of Segulot, — $25,000 - $30,000
• Lot 112: Homily Handwritten by Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Algazi – Eulogy upon the Passing of Rabbi Chaim Abulafia – Jerusalem, 1744 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 113: Manuscript, — $15,000 - $18,000
• Lot 114: Thousands of Handwritten Glosses in Two Volumes of Mishnayot Kodashim and Taharot – By Rabbi David Chaim Corinaldi – — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 115: Manuscript – Shemot Gittin by Rabbi Yitzchak Bachar David, Author of Divrei Emet – Discovery: Unpublished Composition, — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 116: Artistically Illustrated Manuscript – By Yaakov Yisrael Montefiore – Questions and Answers for the Shochet and Bodek – — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 117: Manuscript, Anthology of Compositions on Practical Kabbalah – Amulets and Segulot, — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 118: Mishneh Torah by the Rambam – First Edition of Kesef Mishneh – Volume Three – Venice, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 119: Pnei Yehoshua – Signatures of the Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Sanzer and of Rabbi David Tevele – Leading Torah Scholars of — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 120: Korban Chagiga – Copy of Rabbi Meir Margolies Author of Meir Netivim, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 121: Kotnot Or – Berditchev, 1816 – Signatures of Rebbe Yitzchak Meir of Zinkov-Apta, and his Grandson R. — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 122: Kol Bochim – Kinat Setarim – Prague, 1621 – Important Ownership, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 123: Siddur of Rabbi Zalman Hanau with Shaarei Tefilla – Dyhernfurth, 1794 – Copy of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Rabbi of Berlin, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 124: Darash Moshe – Kraków, 1589 – Copy of the Kabbalist Rabbi Natan Adler of Frankfurt, Teacher of the Chatam Sofer — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 125: Ohel Yaakov – Józefów, 1830 – Signature of Rebbe Yitzchak of Warka – Copy Owned by Rebbes of Warka — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 126: Volume of Musar Books – Important Ownership, with the Signature of Rabbi Eliezer Horowitz, First Rebbe of Dzikov — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 127: Passover Haggadah – Amsterdam, 1712 – With Map of Eretz Israel – Copy of Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro Rabbi of Munkacs, — $10,000 - $12,000
• Lot 128: Afsei Eretz – Parts I and II – Munkacs, 1899 – First Edition – Copy of Rebbe Yeshaya of Kerestir — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 129: Siddur and Tehillim of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar – Siddur Derech Yeshara – Amsterdam, 1748 — $50,000 - $100,000
• Lot 130: Tefillin Parashiot and Batim – Parashiot Written by the Sofer Rabbi David of Anipoli, — $100,000 - $200,000
• Lot 131: Silver Kiddush Cup – "LiChevod Shabbat Kodesh" – Owned by Rebbe Meir Yehuda Shapiro of Bikovsk (who Would Bring — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 132: Gilt Wall Ornament from the Home of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Yekaterinoslav (Dnipro) — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 133: Mehudar Tefillin Parashiot – Written by the Sofer Rabbi Chaim Asher Lederman, Sofer of the Chazon Ish — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 134: Tefillin Batim of the Chazon Ish with the Straps — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 135: Challah Board and Knife Used by Rabbi Elyashiv on Shabbat for Many Years – With a Handwritten Inscription by his — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 136: Spice Container – Bezalel – Jerusalem, 1920s or 1930s — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 137: Bezalel Style Silver Plaque with a Dedication to Meyer Weisgal – 1940s — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 138: Large Carpet made by Bezalel – Seven Branched Menorah – Jerusalem, ca. 1908 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 139: Carpet Made by Bezalel – Abraham's Tamarisk, Mount Sinai and Herzl's Cedar – Jerusalem, Early 20th Century — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 140: Carpet Made by Marvadiah – Rachel’s Tomb – Jerusalem, 1920s — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 141: Records of the Continental Congress – Philadelphia, — $40,000 - $60,000
• Lot 142: Large Micrographic Print – Levi van Gelder – New York, 1865 — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 143: Ketubah Ornamented in the Colors of the Italian Flag – For the Wedding of R. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 144: Portrait of R. Moshe Nasch Rabbi of Zwolle – Engraving – The Netherlands, Early 19th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 145: Two Official Announcements, First of Their Kind, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 146: Printed Booklet for a Bat-Mitzvah Ceremony – Dunedin, New Zealand, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 147: Address Book of the Jews of Wiesbaden, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 148: Ironic Letter Handwritten and Signed by Albert Einstein – in "Support" of the Austrian Policy toward the Jews – USA, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 149: Correspondence between the Leaders of the Jewish Community of Vienna, — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 150: Non-Traditional Haggadah – "HeChalutz" Movement and "Aliyat HaNoar" in Holland, 1940 – Hand-Colored Illustrations — $3,000 - $5,000