Auction 8 Genazym 8 - Prime selection of historical Jewish Antiques
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Dec 8, 2020
Israel
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LOT 101:
Handwritten Halachic Responsa by Hagaon Harav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski Regarding Vitamins and Insulin Manufactured from Non-Kosher Ingredients Handwritten, autographed halachic responsa by Hagaon Harav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Av Beis Din of Vilna, regarding insulin for diabetes patients and ...
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LOT 102:
Archive of Semichah & Endorsement Letters by Lithuanian Sages, (1899-1922) 1. Recommendation letter by Hagaon Harav Tzvi Hirsch Volk, Av Beis Din of Pinsk and author of Kesser Kehunah (1857-1907). Harav Tzvi Hirsch Volk was a disciple of the Beis Halevi and received semichah from the ...
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LOT 103:
Letter by Hagaon Harav Malkiel Tzvi Halevi Tannenbaum, Av Beis Din of Lomza & Author of Divrei Malkiel, 1898 Handwritten, autographed letter by the Divrei Malkiel. Hagaon Harav Malkiel Tzvi Halevi Tannenbaum, Av Beis Din of Lomza (1847-1910), was the author of the 7-volume ...
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LOT 104:
Handwritten Letter by the Chafetz Chaim.. Radin, 1924 Blessing for Supporting Torah: “And the Beneficent G-d shall shower upon you great blessing and success in all matters as you desire, in the merit of supporting Torah, from the one who blesses you with life, peace and all goodness ...
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LOT 105:
Shulchan HaTahor with First Calendar Printed in Eretz Yisrael. Tzfas, 1836. Order of study that a Jew should study at his table, including the order of the 613 commandments as listed by the Shach in Poel Tzedek and excerpts from the gemara, Zohar and assorted halachic works. This sefer was ...
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LOT 106:
Kehillas Yaakov by Harav Moshe Galanty. Tzfas, 1578. 2nd Sefer Printed in Eretz Yisrael! Comprehensive commentary on Megillas Koheles based on profound explanations and secrets of Torah by Harav Moshe Galanty, author of Responsa of Maharam Galanty. This work includes lessons that he ...
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LOT 107:
Sefer Moadei Hashem V’Kriei Moed – Complete, attractive set! Jerusalem, 1843-1844. First Machzor Printed in Eretz Yisrael! Order of Prayers for the Three Festivals with Kriei Moed (order of Torah readings), Haggadah shel Pesach, prayers by the Chida and other important supplements. ...
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LOT 108:
Seder Tefillas Yisrael. Jerusalem, 1842. Attractive Copy. “They are published in a holy place by holy Jews.” First Siddur Printed in Jerusalem! Order of Prayer for Weekday and Shabbos, Sephardic nusach, complete with Seder Tikkunei Shabbos, Piyyutim, laws and customs. This rare and ...
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LOT 109:
Autographed Letter by Harav Shmuel Salant and Directors of Vaad Haklali. Jerusalem, 1886. Autographed letter by Hagaon Harav Shmuel Salant to Harav Eliezer Halevi, Bursar of Eretz Hakodesh. This letter is signed by Harav Shmuel Salant and other prominent directors and scholars who were ...
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LOT 110:
Letter & Chiddushei Torah by Hagaon Harav Eliyahu Kletzkin, Av Beis Din of Lublin. Shklov, 1871. Greeting letter and Torah novellae by Hagaon Harav Eliyahu Kletzkin to his father Hagaon Harav Naftali Hertz Kletzkin, who was a disciple of the Chasam Sofer and author of Ayalah Shluchah. ...
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LOT 111:
Letter by Harav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld to Harav Akiva Sofer, Av Beis Din of Pressburg, Objecting to the Shomrei Shevi’is Association. Jerusalem, 1909. Shortly prior to the onset of Shemitah 1910, a group of tzedakah activists in Yerushalayim formed the Shomrei Shevi’is Association to ...
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LOT 112:
Ohr Yisrael on Tikkunei HaZohar by the Kozhnitzer Maggid. First Edition. Chernowitz, 1862. Comments and clarifications by the Kozhnitzer Maggid Harav Yisrael Hopstein on sefer Tikkunei HaZohar. These comments were copied from the Maggid’s personal copy of Tikkunei HaZohar, reviewed and ...
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LOT 113:
Divrei Shmuel by Harav Shmelke of Nikolsburg. First Edition! Lemberg, 1862. Marvelous commentary on the Torah including novellae on Shas, Shulchan Aruch, and responsa by Harav Shmuel Shmelke Halevi Horowitz, Av Beis Din of Nikolsburg. Printed based on a handwritten manuscript that belonged ...
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LOT 114:
Rare Original Engraving of the Kozhnitzer Maggid. Poland, Mid-19th Century. “Portrait of the face of the miracle-worker of our generation, a holy flame and man of G-d, the saintly Moreinu Harav Yisrael son of the late Moreinu Harav Shabsai, Maggid of Kozhnitz, with his son and successor ...
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LOT 115:
The Maggid of Kozhnitz’s Original Handwritten Novellae Handwritten Novellae by the Holy Maggid Harav Yisrael Hopstein of Kozhnitz on Tractate Shabbos in Elaborate Silver Frame. Full page of handwritten novellae on Tractate Shabbos, written by the holy hand of the Kozhnitzer Maggid . ...
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LOT 116:
Sefer Be’er Hagolah by the Maharal of Prague with Commentary by the Kozhnitzer Maggid. Nowy Dwór, 1804. First Edition of the Kozhnitzer Maggid’s Teachings! Commentary and explanation of Chazal’s perplexing teachings, and the Maharal’s responses to apostates who deny the Oral Torah.. ...
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LOT 117:
B’eer Moshe by Harav Moshe Elyakim Briah of Kozhnitz. First Edition. Lemberg, 1858. Commentary on the Pentateuch & Five Megillos by Harav Hakadosh Moshe Elyakim Briah of Kozhnitz. Harav Moshe Elyakim of Kozhnitz’s premier work Be’er Moshe numbers among the Chassidic library ...
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LOT 118:
Handwritten & Autographed Letter by the Admor Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Kotzk Written to his cousin the Shem MiShmuel of Sochatchov The Rebbe Harav Tzvi Hirsch of Kotzk was the great-grandfather of the Gerrer Rebbe shlit”a. Harav Tzvi Hirsch Morgenstern of Łomazy-Kotzk (1852-1926) ...
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LOT 119:
Letter of Protest by Directors of the Union of Polish Rabbis against the American Consul in Warsaw. Warsaw, 1939. Severe letter of protest against the American consul in Warsaw for refusing to issue an American visa for the director of the Union of Polish Rabbis to America. The letter ...
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LOT 120:
Wedding Invitation & Handwritten Letter by the Admor Harav Alter Yisrael Shimon of Novominsk, 1927. Handwritten letter by Harav Alter Yisrael Shimon Perlow of Novominsk, author of the Tiferes Ish and grandfather of Harav Yaakov Perlow zt”l, the Novominsker Rebbe of America. The letter ...
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LOT 121:
Autographed Letter of Blessing by the Admor Harav Shalom Halberstam of Stropkov, Son of Divrei Yechekzel of Shinova “In the merit of this mitzvah, he shall merit salvation in all matters.” The Admor Rabbi Avraham Shalom of Stropkov (1856 - 1940), author of the Divrei Shalom, was the ...
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LOT 122:
Letter of Blessing by Harav Moishele of Shinova the Miracle Worker, 1916. Autographed letter by the venerable Harav Moshe Halberstam of Shinova and Sanz, son of the Divrei Yechezkel. The last line of the letter is handwritten, and the letter is autographed and stamped by the Rebbe. The ...
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LOT 123:
Long Responsa by Harav Efraim Zalman Margalios of Brody Letter of Torah novellae by Hagaon Harav Efraim Zalman Margalios in response to comments on Shu”t Beis Efraim on Even Haezer. “Please mention me in your tefillos—Moshe ben Raizel.” The Chasam Sofer wrote to the Beis Efraim in ...
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LOT 124:
Important Responsa by Harav Yitzchak Shmelkes, Av Beis Din of Lvov, Author of Responsa Beis Yitzchak. Lvov, 1904. This responsa regards two men in a Hungarian town who alternated blowing shofar for their congregation on Rosh Hashanah. The first blew shofar on the first day, and the second on ...
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LOT 125:
Halachic Responsa by Sar HaTorah Hagaon Harav Meir Arik, Av Beis Din of Tarnów. Vienna, 1921. These writings contain halachic responsa to two questions posed to Harav Meir Arik of Tarnów: The first regards purchasing bread on occasion from a Jewish baker who bakes bread on Shabbos. ...
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LOT 126:
Shaarei Teshuvah by Rabbeinu Yonah of Gerona is the foundational source of all later works of mussar and Torah ethics! Extremely rare. Shaarei Teshuvah is the premier work written regarding the commandment of repentance, and it has been described as the “Shulchan Aruch for the laws of ...
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LOT 127:
Shaar Hagmul by the Ramban. Ferrara, 1556. Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (Ramban)’s explanation on the foundations of religion and faith including concepts of reward and punishment, suffering of the righteous, resurrection of the dead and the World of Truth. Shaar Hagmul is one of the ...
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LOT 128:
Tzri Hayagon. First Edition. Cremona, 1557. Inspirational lessons and spiritual guidance to alleviate one’s worries and fears of the future by Chacham Rabbi Shem Tov ibn Falkira, author of Sefer Hamevakesh. An awe-inspiring work guiding man logically and methodically to avoid mourning the ...
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LOT 129:
Orchos Tzaddikim, First Edition. Prague, 1581. Jewish Classic! As the foremost Jewish book of ethics, Orchos Tzaddikim is regarded as the primary book of Jewish philosophy and ethics. It was unanimously accepted by all Jewish communities in the world and published in over 100 editions. ...
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LOT 130:
Rabbeinu Bachya on the Torah. Pesaro, 1507. Rare Hebrew Classic. Post Incunable. Rabbeinu Bachya’s commentary is one of the premier commentaries on the Torah, learned and regarded with the same awe as the commentaries of Rashi, Ramban and Ibn Ezra. Rabbi Avraham wrote in his Sefer ...
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LOT 131:
Fundamental Jewish Work: Sefer Kad Hakemach by Rabbeinu Bachya. First Edition, Constantinople 1515. Foundations of Jewish faith, commandments and moral conduct, arranged by chapters in alphabetical order by the famous Torah commentator Rabbeinu Bachya. The publishing house in Constantinople ...
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LOT 132:
Rare Hebrew Classic! Sefer Hayashar. First Edition. Venice, 1625. History and chronicles of the Jewish nation from the times of Adam until the era of the Judges. Sefer Hayashar is one of the oldest known Jewish works. It was discovered buried in the walls of a house in Yerushalayim during ...
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LOT 133:
Pentatuch: Tikkun Sofrim – Ezras Hasofer. Amsterdam, 1769. 5 Volumes in Original Leather Bindings. 5 volumes in original beautiful leather bindings with gold rings and embellishments characteristic of Amsterdam publishing houses. Chumash Ezras Hasofer is a particularly accurate ...
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LOT 134:
Hebrew Classic. Minchas Shai. First Edition. Mantua, 1742-1744. Complete Set! Clarification of the precise, authentic text of Tanach including words, letters, cantillation, punctuation, words with additional or omitted letters, and all grammar laws by Harav Yedidya Shlomo of Norzi, Rav of ...
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LOT 135:
Complete Miniature Tanach – 7 Volumes! Paris, 1544-1546. Torah, Nevi’im and Kesuvim with clear print in small format. Printed in the publishing house of Roberto Stefanos in Paris. The Stefanos family is famous for their publishing houses in Paris and Geneva. The most illustrious figure in ...
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LOT 136:
Beautiful Manuscript on parchment - Order of Blessings & Prayers. Calligraphed & Illustrated Germany, 1738. Breathtaking Miniature! Illustrated manuscripts on parchment have historically been regarded as treasured collectibles. This 18th century miniature creation ...
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LOT 137:
Order of Maamados. Exquisite Miniature Handwritten Manuscript on Parchment with Elaborate Colorful Illustrations. Fürth, 18th Century. Order of Weekday Maamados, including special supplications to be recited on each day of the week. This manuscript was inscribed and designed by a master ...
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LOT 138:
Sefer Evronos with Colorful Wheels. Offenbach, 1722. This work by Rabbi Avraham Bellin Ashkenazi teaches of the calculations of the new moons and astronomy. Attached to the book is the supplement Nosen Teshua by Harav Nosson Yehohusa Kastam (Kosev Sefarim, Tefillin, u’Mezuzos), an ...
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LOT 139:
Orchos Chaim-Shoshanas Yaakov. Venice, 1623. A Magician’s Guide - First Hebrew Edition! Shoshanas Yaakov is a captivating booklet written by Harav Yaakov Heilprunn of Padua, author of Shu”t Nachlas Yaakov. It was published together with the Will of Rabbi Eliezer Hagadol. Shoshanas Yaakov ...
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LOT 140:
Maase Toviyyah with Author’s Portrait. Venice, 1707. One of the first known Jewish encyclopedic works on medicine. Comprehensive philosophical work on the Upper Spheres and Planets explaining that the universe is parallel to the human body and its ailments. This was among the first and ...
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LOT 141:
Sefer Nitzachon. Altdorf, 1644 Jewish Classic — Anti-Christian Polemics Refutation to Christian arguments and explanations of sections and stories in Tanach that may stir doubt regarding the truth of the Jewish faith. Arranged and edited in the order of Tanach by Harav Yom Tov ...
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LOT 142:
Kollel America Polemics - Historic Document! Famous Ruling Objecting to Establishment of Kollel America, Signed by the Chief Rabbi of New York Rabbi Yaakov Yosef (Jacob Joseph). New York, 1897. Legendary ruling rejecting the founding of Kollel America, signed by Chief Rabbi of New York ...
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LOT 143:
Historic Letter by Sir Moses Montefiore to Jerusalem Rabbis. London, 1877. The Legacy of Philanthropist Judah Touro of Rhode Island. Americana. Autographed letter by Sir Moses Montefiore to the eminent rabbis of Jerusalem: Rishon Letzion Harav Avraham Ashkenazi; Harav Meir Auerbach ...
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LOT 144:
Mikrah Kodesh Society Journal. Chicago, 1895. Exquisite Illustrated Ledger Mikrah Kodesh Society was established by older Russian Jewish immigrants who had settled in Chicago in the late 19th century and wished to devote their golden years to prayer, learning and service of Hashem. The ...
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LOT 145:
Letter by Chacham Yitzchak (Isaac) Carregal, First Known American Rabbi. Venice, Circa 1758. Handwritten, signed letter by Harav Isaac Carregal, Rabbinical emissary of the sages of Hebron, describing places visited in Italy and his travels. Chacham Yitzchak (Isaac) Carregal (1729-1777) ...
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LOT 146:
Long Handwritten & Autographed Responsa by the Maharshag regarding Establishing Charity Fund for the Needy from Maaser Funds. 1912. Handwritten, autographed halachic responsa by the Maharshag regarding using maaser funds to create a charity fund and distributing the dividends to the poor ...
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LOT 147:
Responsa from Hagaon Harav Shmuel Levi Weinberger, Regarding Using Maaser to Open an Interest-Incurring Charity Fund, Serdeheil, 1912. This halachic responsa regards investing maaser money in an interest-earning fund and then distributing the dividends annually to the needy. Hagaon Harav ...
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LOT 148:
Handwritten Responsa by Harav Yeshaya Zilberstein, Av Beis Din of Vizen & Author of Maase La’Melech, regarding Establishing Charity Fund for the needy from Maaser Funds Handwritten halachic responsa by author of Maase La’Melech regarding using maaser funds to create a charity fund and ...
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LOT 149:
Handwritten Responsa Regarding Using Maaser to Open an Interest-Incurring Charity Fund by Hagaon Harav Yosef Leib Sofer, Av Beis Din of Faks, 1912. This halachic responsa regards giving maaser money to an interest-earning fund and then distributing the dividends annually to the poor. ...
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LOT 150:
Invitation to Wedding of Harav Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, Av Beis Din of Dratshke, son of Harav Eliezer Zussman Sofer, Av Beis Din of Faks, 1898. The mechutanim on both sides were both venerable Hungarian sages. The chosson’s father, Hagaon Harav Eliezer Zussman Sofer of Faks, authored the ...
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