Bidspirit auctions | Kesher Auction Mar 27, 2019

Kesher, Mar 27, 2019. 95 lots, estimates 100 - 14000 $.

Kesher - Manuscripts of Gedolei Yisroel - Chasam Sofer, his Talmidim, and family - Gedolim from Hungary, Lithuania, and Poland. Important & Rare Seforim.

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Lots in this catalog (95)

• Lot 1: Responsum from "MAHARAM SCHICK" to Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Teitelbaum. — $5,000 - $6,000
• Lot 2: Letter from Rabbi Yeshaye Zilberstein of Veitzen. A beautiful long letter from Reb Yeshaye Silberstein. — $1,800 - $2,500
• Lot 3: Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Hirsch Mannheimer , Av Beit Din of Ungvar. — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 4: Letter from Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler, Author of Levushei Mordecha i. Mad, 1921. [Partially Not Printed]. — $1,300 - $1,600
• Lot 5: Long Letter from Rabbi CHAIM ZVI EHRENREICH of Mad - 1931 A beautiful long letter from Rabbi Chaim Zvi Ehrenreich. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 38: Manuscript of CHASAM SOFER on Succos. Prostitz 1792 at the age of 29! — $14,000 - $16,000
• Lot 7: Letter from Rabbi SHMELKE SELISHER - To the MAHRAM SHICK. — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 8: Letter from Rabbi Shlome Yisroel Klein of SELISH. 1931 A letter handwritten by Rabbi Shlome Yisroel Klein of Selesh. — $500 - $700
• Lot 10: Treifos Scandal of Yerushalayim. 1931. — $400 - $600
• Lot 9: Letter from Rabbi MOSHE DOVID OSTREICHER - Chimper Ruv. 1942 See Hebrew description for more details. — $400 - $500
• Lot 11: Letter Rabbi ARYEH LEIB PUPKO - son of the Chofetz Chaim - 1935 — $700 - $900
• Lot 12: Rare original photo of the funeral of the "Chofetz Chaim", Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagan. Radin 1933. — $400 - $600
• Lot 13: A wonderful letter from Rabbi SHIMON SHKOP. The purpose of his books for those studying in Yeshivot! — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 14: Letter from Rabbi Eliyahu Kletzkin of Lublin, to R. Zalman Sender Shapira – Jerusalem 1885. — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 15: Letter from Rabbi YEHUDA LEIB CHASMAN Mashgiach Chevron. — $400 - $600
• Lot 16: Handwritten Letter from HARAV SHACH. Shana Tova and Nachas Blessings. — $600 - $800
• Lot 17: Letter from Admor Reb SHLOME OF PREMISHLAN to R. Meir Leib Fishman from Shedlitz. CHEVRON 1859. — $2,000 - $2,500
• Lot 18: Desperate Plea Letter from Lubavitch Rebbe "Rayatz". To Save his Youngest Daughter, and Son-in-law. Riga 1940. — $1,000 - $1,300
• Lot 19: Long Handwritten Letter from Rabbi Yisroel Alter of Gur – "Beis Yisroel" . — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 20: Letter from the Rebbe of Gur, the "Lev Simcha", Rabbi Simcha Bunim Alter. — $1,800 - $2,200
• Lot 21: Takanot handwritten by the PNEI MENACHEM of Gur! See Hebrew description (אלתטר) — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 22: Letter from Rabbi Menachem Mendel Alter of Pavianitz & Agudas Harabbonim of Poland. Fast & Pray. — $800 - $1,100
• Lot 23: Levush Habutz VeArgaman / Levush Ir Shushan – Prague 1609. Illustrated Title Pages. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 24: MAHARAL of PRAGUE. Sefer Netivot Olam . FIRST EDITION. Prague 1595-96. Sefer Nesivos OIlam on Ethics,
• Lot 25: Zichron Torat Moshe. Rabbi Moses Figo. Prague 1623 . Signature of Rabbi Eliahu Israel- "Kol Eliyahu" & Son. — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 26: Sefer HaShorashim [Book of Roots] by Rabbi David Kimchi (Radak). Venice1546. — $400 - $500
• Lot 27: She'lot uTeshuvot R' Yaakov l'beis haLevi. Venice 1632 Responsa by Rabbi Yaakov ben Israel ha-Levi. — $400 - $600
• Lot 28: Tikunei Ha-Zohar. SLAVITA 1826 . - Rabbi Moshe Shapira . Beautiful Copy!! — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 29: Set Zohar Hakadosh Warsaw 1867 [after Zhitomir 1863]. Unique covers - gilded illustration of the Churva Shul. — $600 - $800
• Lot 30: Sefer Tikunei Zohar. Dubna [Ostrog?] 1805. Blue paper. — $300 - $400
• Lot 31: Sefer Toldot Yitzchak . From Rabbi Yitzchak of Neshchiz – the Baal Mofess. Warsaw 1868. First Edition. Very rare! — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 32: Chassidut: Beis Yisroel – Kozhniter Maggid. First Edition . — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 33: 3 Chassidic Books First Editions. Belonged to Rebbe of Lelov, Rebbe Dovid Zvi Shlome Biderman. — $500 - $700
• Lot 6: Letter from Rabbi Shmuel Austerlitz from Tab, Hungary. To the Maharam Schick. 1842. Rabbi Shmuel Austerlitz from Tab , — $400 - $500
• Lot 34: Letter from Rabbi Eliezer Shalom Epstein – Parczew 1925 A long handwritten letter full of Chidushei Torah, — $500 - $700
• Lot 35: Manuscript of Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher - Tzaddik of Greiditz. IMPORTANCE OF LASHON HAKODESH! — $700 - $900
• Lot 36: Safed 1872 circa: Letter signed by Prominent Rabbis of the Ashkenazic Community A personal fundraising letter signed — $400 - $600
• Lot 37: Signature of Rabbi GEDALIA MOSHE of ZVHILL . — $1,000 - $1,300
• Lot 39: Letter from Rabbi Leib Friedman . Rosh Av Beis Din of Pressburg [1903] See Hebrew Description — $600 - $800
• Lot 40: Letter from Rabbi Shimon Sofer, Rav of Erlau - Against Zionism . Erlau (Eger) 1934. — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 41: Letter from Rabbi MOSHE SOFER of ERLAU [Father of the Erlau Rebbe Zt"l]. — $600 - $800
• Lot 42: Letter from Rabbi SHLOME SOFER Son of Ksav Sofer . Beregszasz 1923. — $600 - $800
• Lot 43: Letter by Rabbi Akiva Sofer, Rabbi of Pressburg – 1933 Rabbi Akiva Sofer (1878-1959) author of Daas Sofer, — $300 - $400
• Lot 44: Letter from Rabbi YOSEF ZVI DUSHINSKI - Av Beis Din of CHUST A recommendation letter [small] for a student. — $600 - $800
• Lot 45: Letter of recommendation 1934 – Rabbi SHMUEL DOVID UNGAR, "Nitra Rav". — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 46: Letter from Rabbi Mordechai Vorhand of Nitra HY"D.
• Lot 47: Long letter from Rabbi Shimon Halevi Deutch. — $300 - $400
• Lot 48: Long letter from Rabbi YONASAN STEIF Rav of Adas Yeraim Vien - Paks 1905 A long letter - 4 pages regarding the — $300 - $500
• Lot 49: Pesakim Uchethavim [Terumas Hadeshen] R. Israel Isserlein - Venice 1519 - 1st Edition - Daniel Bomberg. Signature & — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 50: Novellae of Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi. First Edition. Venice 1595 Sefer Sheilot uTeshuvot Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi. — $500 - $700
• Lot 51: Maharshal Commentary on Shaarei Dura. Basel 1599 . SIGNATURES See Hebrew Description for details. — $600 - $800
• Lot 52: Levush HaTechelet veHaChur – Eliahu Zuta. Prague 1701 . — $400 - $600
• Lot 53: Orot Eilim . Rabbi Eliezer Papo author of "Peleh Yoetz". Salonica 1823. First Edition. Sefer Orot Elim. — $300 - $400
• Lot 54: Letter from Rabbi ELIEZER BRANDWEIN Admor of BURSHTEIN [Azipolia, — $500 - $700
• Lot 55: Letter from Rabbi Moshe Brandwein Burstein Rebbe HY"D. — $400 - $500
• Lot 56: Letter from Rabbi Pinchas Rokach Admor of Naveria . Son of R. Naftali Rokeach of Naveria (Lvov), — $1,500 - $1,800
• Lot 57: Ohr Olam Ner Revi'i. First Edition Polnoye 1795. From Rabbi Meir Margolios "Meir Nesivim" Talmid of Baal Shem Tov. — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 58: KOMARNA - First Edition Ohr Einayim from R. Eliezer Zvi Safrin on Kabbalah and Chassidut. — $600 - $700
• Lot 59: Torat Kohanim “Asirit Ha’Eifah” – Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik of Komarno. Lemberg 1849 . — $300 - $400
• Lot 60: Chassidut: Etz Hadaas Tov. First Edition. Warsaw 1863. Novella on tractate Shabbos authored by R. Uziel Meizlish. — $250 - $350
• Lot 61: AYALA SHELUCHA [R. Naftoli son of Shinover Ruv] 1895 / KUNTRES TARAL [Butchacher Ruv] 1893. — $300 - $400
• Lot 62: Letter from Rabbi Binyamin Wolf of Floss [Silesia Province]. To Rabbi Mordechai Banett . 1780 See Hebrew description. — $500 - $800
• Lot 63: Letter. Rabbi Leib Reichert & son R. Yona from Kata Hungary. Talmidim of Chasam Sofer & Ksav Sofer. — $700 - $900
• Lot 64: Long Halachic Response, Handwritten by Rabbi Rabbi Yosef Schwartz – Grosswardein 1928 Long halachic discussion, — $300 - $400
• Lot 65: Letter from Sadegura Rebbe to save Amshinover Rebbe . 1939 Please see Hebrew description for full details. — $400 - $500
• Lot 66: Letter from Rabbi Asher Yeshaya Horowitz of Rimanov. Son of R. Meir of Dzikov. Wien 1931. — $300 - $500
• Lot 67: Important letter from Rabbi Yaakov Simcha Bunim Danziger of Alexander . 1930. — $300 - $400
• Lot 68: Letter from Rabbi SHLOME EIGER Admor of LUBLIN and Rosh Yeshiva Chachmei Lublin - 1938 A typed letter dated 1938, — $300 - $400
• Lot 69: Letter from Rabbi SHIMON LEBOWITZ of YOKA . 1915 A very long letter in Hallacha, from Rabbi Shimon Lebowitz, — $300 - $400
• Lot 70: Letter from Rabbi Yechezkel Banet. Szinervaralja (Varal - Seini) 1910. Tshuva - Not printed. — $350 - $450
• Lot 71: Letter by Rabbi Solomon Abraham Rzechte, to R. Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe. Ozorkow 1901. — $300 - $500
• Lot 72: Letter supporting Rabbi Azriel Zelig Hauzdorf, Jerusalem 1882."Kolel Poland" Controversy. See Hebrew Description — $300 - $400
• Lot 73: Controversy : Letter from Beis Din Yerushalayim against Reb Moshe Porush – 1950 [Rabbis Bengis, Epstein, Reisman, — $300 - $400
• Lot 74: KOLLEL AMERICA Controversy: Rare letter from Rabbi Salant & Toras Chesed. Jerusalem 1896! — $300 - $400
• Lot 75: Rabbanut Controversy; Jerusalem 1921. An Open Letter from Rav Kook to Rabbi YY Diskin & R. — $300 - $400
• Lot 76: Seder Ta'aniot [Amsterdam 1771] Marranos: With Portuguese translation - Signed by Rabbi Jacob Da Silva Mendez. — $300 - $400
• Lot 77: Emunot veDeot by R. Saadia Gaon. Personal copy of the "Ksav VeHaKabalah" . Berlin 1789. — $200 - $300
• Lot 78: Rashba on Bava Kama. Nowy Dwor 1805. Copy of Rabbi SAMSON RAFAEL HIRSCH & Father. — $200 - $300
• Lot 79: Korban Mincha: Izmir 1675. Signature of Rabbi Dr. Marcus Lehman Korban Mincha, — $300 - $400
• Lot 80: Sefer Nagid Umetzave. Livorno 1795. Copy of Rabbi Moshe Hager of Radauti [Radovitz] – Tzfas. Sefer Naggid Umetzaveh. — $250 - $400
• Lot 81: Ohr Hachama from R. Avraham Azulai. Reb Yechezkel Halberstam Edition, — $200 - $300
• Lot 82: Signature of Rabbi Noson Nata Landau " Reb Nutele Oshpetziner " on his sefer. Sefer Ura Shachar, — $300 - $400
• Lot 83: Agudath Ezov [R. Zev Nochum of Biala] with Signature of Reb LEIBELE ALTER son of Reb Nechemieleh. (אלתטר) — $250 - $350
• Lot 84: First Edition: "Shabbat Shel Mi". Livorno 1807. Novellae on the talmudic tractate Shabbat, gemarra, Rashi, — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 85: Sefer Evronot – Jewish calendar astronomy & intercalation . Beautiful illustrations. — $250 - $350
• Lot 86: Sefer Yetzira - Vilna Gaon’s Commentary – Grodno 1806, First Edition with signatures and manuscript for reprint. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 87: Manuscript with Chidushim from the Turei Zahav [TAZ] - 1800's — $200 - $250
• Lot 88: Heter Meah Rabbanim. Rabbi Yoel Katz author of "Pardes Rimonim" . Erded 1933. — $150 - $250
• Lot 89: Collection of petitions for “ Heter Me’ah Rabbanim ”. Veitzin, Munkatch, — $150 - $250
• Lot 90: Beautiful Letter from Sir Moses Montefiore. Painting of Kever Rochel & Yad Avshalom . Ramsgate 1881. — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 91: Jerusalem 1940: A plea to Jews of Jerusalem to pray at Western Wall [Men only!]. A very unique poster,
• Lot 92: Rare Poster for CHURVA SHUL (Nisan Bak) after Reb Yisroel of Ruzhin . — $500 - $700
• Lot 93: Ladino : 2 Calendars - Constantinople 1954-55. Rafael Alkahir Calendario Constantinopla – 1954-55, — $100 - $150
• Lot 94: LADINO: Mussar Haskel [Chapters of Ethics] – Rabbi Joseph Sasoon. Salonica 1849. Illustrations! Salonica 1849 . — $150 - $200
• Lot 95: Letter from Rabbi Yaakov Chaim, son of the "Ben Ish Chai". Baghdad 1919. A letter from Rabbi Yaakov Chaim, — $500 - $700