Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction Nov 13, 2018

Kedem, Nov 13, 2018. 200 lots, estimates 1500 - 500000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (200)

• Lot 1: Parchment Manuscript – Kiddush Levana – Germany, 1726 – With Yiddish Instructions and Kabbalistic Practices — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 2: Illuminated Manuscript on Parchment, with Gold Leaf Illuminated Initial Words – Seder Tikunei Shabbat by the Arizal, — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 3: Scroll of Esther and Leaf of Blessings with Illustrations – The Scribe Yehiel Menahem Urbino of Mantua – Gazzuolo, — $25,000 - $30,000
• Lot 4: Esther Scroll in a Large Case Decorated with Damascene Work – Near East, 19th Century — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 5: Parchment Ketubah – Elaborate Engraved Border – Amsterdam, 1723 – Signatures of R. Shlomo Ayllon, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 6: Megillat Eichah (Book of Lamentations) – Illuminated Manuscript on Parchment – Shlomo Yedidya Seelenfreund — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 7: Shiviti Leaf with LaMenatze'ach Menorah Illustration, — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 8: Manuscript on Parchment – Hilchot HaRif on Many Tractates – Spain, — $400,000 - $500,000
• Lot 9: Manuscript, Ir David, by R. David Oppenheim – Author's Autograph – Unprinted Composition — $50,000 - $80,000
• Lot 11: Halachic Responsum Handwritten and Signed by Chacham Tzvi – Apta, 1716 — $50,000 - $80,000
• Lot 10: Tur Orach Chaim, with Beit Yosef – Signature of R. David Lida Rabbi of Amsterdam – Numerous Glosses — $6,000 - $10,000
• Lot 12: Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah – Handwritten Glosses of Rabbi Yaakov Emden — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 13: Manuscript Composition – 22 Pages Handwritten by the Noda BiYehuda, R. — $150,000 - $300,000
• Lot 14: Letter from Rabbi Tevele of Lissa – To the Lissa Community Leaders – Horchov, 1775 — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 15: Leaves Handwritten by Rabbi Yaakov of Lissa, — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 17: Complete Booklet of Novellae in the Handwriting of the Chatam Sofer – Ten Handwritten Leaves – Pressburg, 1826 — $180,000 - $250,000
• Lot 16: A Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Akiva Eger – Posen, 1820 — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 18: Handwritten Leaf from a Booklet of Responsa of the Chatam Sofer – With his Signature — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 20: Long Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Bezalel Ronsburg – Prague, 1805 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 19: Manuscript of Shemen Rokeach, — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 21: Letter of Ordination from R. Meir Ash, — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 22: Withdrawn - Letter from R. Refael HaKohen, — $3,000 - $6,000
• Lot 24: Autograph Manuscript – Novellae on the Bible, Talmud, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 23: Turei Even, by the Author of the Sha'agat Aryeh – First Edition – Inscribed by the Author's Son, — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 26: Responsum Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Aruch LaNer — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 25: Manuscript by Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi of Lemgo, and a Manuscript by his Disciple Rabbi Avraham Prins – Amsterdam, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 27: Manuscript – Commentary by Rabbi Samson Refael Hirsch to Bamidbar – 32 Pages in his Handwriting – German and Hebrew — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 28: A Letter of Semicha Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer – Eisenstadt, 1858 — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 31: Two Letters of Appointment – Appointing Rabbi Chaim Volozhin to the Rabbinate – Volozhin, 1782, 1785 — $40,000 - $60,000
• Lot 29: Good Year Blessings from Rabbi Yisrael Lipschitz Author of Tiferet Yisrael – To Sir Moses Montefiore – Danzig, — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 30: Two Documents of the Chevrat Mishnayot in Volozhin, with two Signatures of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, — $40,000 - $60,000
• Lot 32: Letter Written by Lviv Community Members to Their Rabbi, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 33: Collection of Leaves Handwritten by Rabbi Nachum of Shadik – Jerusalem, 1847 — $12,000 - $20,000
• Lot 34: Letter of Halachic Responsum Handwritten and Signed by the Shoel UMeshiv – Lviv, 1852 — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 35: Letter by Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 37: Letter by the Author of Aruch HaShulchan, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, Rabbi of Navahrudak (Novardok) — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 36: Letter from the Netziv of Volozhin – Blessings for the Seventieth Birthday of Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer – Volozhin, — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 38: Letter of Halachic Responsum from the Ridvaz, Rabbi of Slutsk and Safed — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 39: Letter of Halachic Responsum from Rabbi Meir Arik – With Blessings for a Good Year — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 40: Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Chafetz Chaim – Wishes for the New Year – "A Year of Life, Peace, — $12,000 - $15,000
• Lot 41: Title Page Handwritten by the Chafetz Chaim for his Book Likutei Halachot – Including Galley Proofs with His — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 42: Responsa of the Maharik – Copy from the Library of the Chafetz Chaim — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 43: Letter of Ordination for a Rebbe from Rabbi Chaim HaLevi of Brisk – Minsk, 1916 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 44: Letter from the Kabbalist Rabbi Shlomo Elyashov, — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 45: Soviet Passport of Rabbi Shlomo Elyashov, — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 46: Maharach Or Zarua Responsa – Private Copy of the Saba of Slabodka — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 47: Set of Mishnah Berurah – "Proofread" – Copies Owned by Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz and by Rabbi Moshe Finkel — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 48: Mesilat Yesharim – Copy of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Chasman – With His Handwritten Notes and Signature — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 49: Letter from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz – To Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook – Vilna, 1925 — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 50: Letter from Rabbi Shimon Yehuda Shkop – London, 1936 — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 51: Letter from the Rogatchover, R. Yosef Rosen Rabbi of Dvinsk – Blessings for the Festival of Passover – Nisan 1925 — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 52: Interesting Letter from Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman – Audience of the Chafetz Chaim with the President of Poland / — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 54: Dedication and Blessing Handwritten and Signed by the Chazon Ish – Inscribed in his Book Chazon Ish on Tractates Demai — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 53: Interesting Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Chazon Ish — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 55: Manuscript of the Steipler – Preparatory Drafts of his Book Kehillot Yaakov Part VII — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 56: Manuscript, Selections of Torah Novellae – 19th Century – Copy of the Steipler with his Handwritten Note — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 57: Interesting Letter from the Steipler to his Mechutan Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv – Tammuz 1951 – During the Engagement — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 58: Letter from Rabbi Aryeh Levin – To his Future Son-in-Law, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv – During the Engagement Period, — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 60: Letter of Torah Thoughts from Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach to Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv – Congratulations upon the — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 59: Lengthy Responsum Letter – Six Pages Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein – With "Complete and Total — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 61: Letter from Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, to his Father-in-Law Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv – Bnei Brak, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 62: Letter of Appointment to Emissary Rabbi Yitzchak Zerachya Azulai, Chida's Father – Jerusalem, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 63: Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Chida – With the Blessing "No Harm Should Befall You" — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 64: Booklet Handwritten by Rabbi Refael Yeshaya Azulai – Son of the Chida – Homily for Shabbat HaGadol – Ancona, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 65: Manuscript, Unpublished Composition – By Rabbi Avraham ben David (the Raavad) of Salonika, Author of Tiferet Adam — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 67: Leaf Handwritten by the Ben Ish Chai – Explanation of Birkat Kohanim and Blessing of Wealth, with Plea for "Protection" — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 66: Appeal Letter, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 68: Manuscript, Novellae on the Talmud and on the Torah – Meknes (Morocco), — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 70: Bound Letters of Recommendation – Handwritten and Signed by Dozens of Moroccan Sages and Rabbis, — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 71: Leaf Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Vital – Segulot and Cures for Various Matters and Practical Kabbalah – Segula for — $40,000 - $50,000
• Lot 69: Manuscript, Machzor for the Four Parashiot, Purim and the Three Festivals, Algerian Rite – 17th/18th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 72: Machzor with Hundreds of Kabbalistic Glosses Handwritten by the Ramchal – This Machzor Served the Ramchal While — $300,000 - $500,000
• Lot 73: Manuscript, Otzrot Chaim – Aleppo, 17th Century – Glosses Handwritten by Rabbi Yosef Irgas, — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 74: Leaves from a Manuscript of Practical Kabbalah – Segulot, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 75: Lengthy Letter by R. Shabtai Ventura Author of Nahar Shalom, — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 76: Manuscript, Sha'ar HaPesukim – Torah Compilations of Rabbi Chaim Vital and the Arizal – North Africa, 17th/18th Century — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 77: Manuscript of Practical Kabbalah – Sefer HaShemot and Sefer HaMalbush – Europe, 18th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 79: Document Signed by Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz, Author of the Hafla'ah – Frankfurt am Main, 1795 — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 78: Kabbalistic Manuscript – Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Wolf Boskowitz, Author of Seder Mishnah — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 80: Letter from Rebbe Yitzchak Isaac Taub of Kaliv – Progenitor of Hungarian Chassidism – Kaliv, 1813 — $180,000 - $220,000
• Lot 82: Signed Ownership Inscription – Rabbi Moshe of Zaloshin — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 81: Gift Deed Signed by Rebbe Chaim of Botoshan Author of Be'er Mayim Chaim, — $100,000 - $200,000
• Lot 83: Confirmation Signed by the Author of Tiferet Shlomo – Radomsko, 1834 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 84: Letter from Rebbe Yitzchak Meir of Apta-Zinkov – Son of the Ohev Yisrael of Apta – Invitation to the Wedding of his — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 85: Letter from Rebbe Aharon of Chernobyl, — $12,000 - $18,000
• Lot 86: Letter of Good Year Blessings from Rebbe Avraham Yaakov (the First) of Sadigura – Potik, Tishrei 1851 — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 87: Letter by Rebbe Moshe of Kobryn – Av, — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 88: Olelot Efraim – Zhovkva, 1763 – Signature of the Chiddushei HaRim — $25,000 - $35,000
• Lot 89: Halachic Responsum Handwritten by Rebbe Yaakov Aryeh Gutterman – Radzymin, 1856 – Segula for Protection — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 91: Letter Handwritten by the Divrei Chaim of Sanz – Congratulations upon Appointment of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Panet of — $20,000 - $40,000
• Lot 90: Letter from Rebbe Menashe Rubin of Ropshitz – Invitation to his Daughter's Wedding – Elul 1857 — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 93: Letter from Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ratzfert – Tarnów, — $7,000 - $9,000
• Lot 92: Letter of Blessings from the Rebbe of Shinova, — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 95: Letter from the First Rebbe of Bobov, Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam – Bobov, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 94: Letter from Rebbe Yitzchak Yeshaya Halberstam – Kraków, — $6,000 - $9,000
• Lot 97: Letter from Rebbe Chaim Elazar Spira, Rabbi of Munkacs, — $5,000 - $6,000
• Lot 96: Letter from Rebbe Yissachar Dov of Belz – HaMaharid – Blessings "May G-d Raise his Prestige Speedily in all his — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 98: Letter from Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Liska – Liska, 1872 — $15,000 - $18,000
• Lot 100: Siddur Kavanot HaAri, by Rabbi Shabtai of Raszków – Lemberg, — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 99: Sefer Yuchasin – Signature of Rebbe Yeshaya of Kerestir — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 101: Document Signed by the Imrei Emet, Rebbe of Ger and Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky Author of Kli Chemda – Poland, 1920s — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 102: Letter by the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz – Regarding Expelling Members from the Vizhnitz Kollel in Tiberias – Tishrei — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 103: Chassidic Essays Handwritten by the Damesek Eliezer, Rebbe of Vizhnitz – Essays on Vayikra, — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 104: Decorated and Colorful "Nesi Eretz Israel" Certificate for Rebbe Yisrael of Chortkiv – Jerusalem, 1905 — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 105: Letter from Rebbe Yisrael of Husiatyn – Blessings for Recovery and Protection — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 107: Heter Me'a Rabbanim Following the Holocaust – For R. Mordechai Rokeach, Rebbe of Biłgoraj, — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 106: Letter from Rebbe Aharon Roth (R. Aharele) Author of Shomer Emunim – Regarding his Immigration to Eretz Israel, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 108: Passport of Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz – With his Picture and Signature – Passport Issued in Preparation for Leaving — $40,000 - $60,000
• Lot 110: Halachic Ruling Signed by the Rebbe of Tolcsva – R. Moshe David Ashkenazi, Rabbi of Safed — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 109: Handwritten Ledger of the Talmud Torah Society of the Ujhel Community – With Endorsement Handwritten and Signed by — $300,000 - $350,000
• Lot 111: Keter HaRabbanut – "Certificate of Coronation" – Appointment of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, Author of Divrei Yoel, — $120,000 - $150,000
• Lot 112: Letter of Halachic Responsum Handwritten and Signed by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – Carei, 1930s — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 113: Zohar – Zhitomir, 1863 – Complete Three-Volume Set – The Zohar that Belonged to Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar — $20,000 - $40,000
• Lot 115: Maggid Devarav LeYaakov – Likutei Amarim – Korets, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 116: Keter Shem Tov, Part I – Teachings of the Ba'al Shem Tov – First Edition – Zhovkva, 1794 — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 114: Toldot Yaakov Yosef – Korets, 1780 – First Edition – First Printed Chassidic Book – Segula Book – Fine Copy — $60,000 - $80,000
• Lot 117: Noam Elimelech – Slavita, 1794 – Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira – With Approbations of Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli, — $25,000 - $40,000
• Lot 118: Meor Einayim / Yismach Lev – Slavita, 1798 – First Edition – Particularly Fine Copy — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 120: Degel Machane Efraim – Korets, 1810 – First Edition — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 119: Kedushat Levi, by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev – Slavita, 1798 – First Edition, — $60,000 - $80,000
• Lot 121: Shivchei HaBaal Shem Tov – Łaszczów, — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 122: Likutei Moharan – First Edition – Ostroh, — $40,000 - $60,000
• Lot 123: Sipurei Maasiot by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov – First Edition – Ostroh, — $200,000 - $300,000
• Lot 124: Likutei Etzot – Breslov – First Edition – Dubno, 1816 — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 126: Likutei Amarim Tanya – Slavita, 1796 – First Edition — $80,000 - $100,000
• Lot 125: Tikkun HaKlali – Breslov, 1821 – First Edition of the Tikkun HaKlali – Segula for Livelihood, Health and Success — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 127: Likutei Amarim – Tanya – Zhovkva, 1798 – First Edition of Igeret HaTeshuva Mahadura Kama — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 128: Siddur HaRav (Baal HaTanya), with Commentary According to Kabbalah and Chassidut – Two Parts in Two Volumes – Kopust, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 130: Siddur HaRav (Baal HaTanya) – Zhitomir, 1863 – Magnificent Copy with Wide Margins — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 129: Siddur HaRav (Baal HaTanya) – Slavita, 1827 – Rare Edition, Hitherto Considered Lost — $80,000 - $100,000
• Lot 132: Lengthy and Interesting Letter Handwritten by Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch – 1913 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 131: Ruling Bearing Signatures of Three Sons of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch – Rabbi Yehuda Leib of Kopys, — $20,000 - $40,000
• Lot 133: Large Collection of Letters by the Rebbe Rayatz, — $40,000 - $50,000
• Lot 134: Collection of Booklets of Chassidic Essays Distributed by the Lubavitcher Rebbe — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 138: Raziel HaMalach – First Edition – Amsterdam, 1701 – Segula Book – Fine Copy — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 136: Levush HaOra – First Edition Printed in the Lifetime of the Author – Prague, 1604 – Illustrated Map of Eretz Israel — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 135: Four Books by the Maharal of Prague – First Editions Printed in the Author's Lifetime, in 1582-1599, in Krakow, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 137: Igeret Baalei Chaim – Mantua, 1557 – First Edition – Signatures of Rabbi Ezra and Rabbi Shlomo Alchadav — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 139: Siddur "According to the Rite of the Holy Sephardi Community" – Amsterdam, — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 140: Shelah Siddur Shaar HaShamayim – First Edition, Amsterdam, 1717 – Complete Copy Including All Parts – Segula Book — $50,000 - $60,000
• Lot 141: Five Books of the Torah with the Or HaChaim Commentary – Two Volumes – Venice, — $60,000 - $80,000
• Lot 142: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch – First Edition – Ungvar, 1864 — $3,000 - $6,000
• Lot 143: Tehillim – Safed, 1833 — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 144: Rabbi Asher's Siddur – Lviv, 1787 – First Edition – Edition Valued by the Disciples of the Baal Shem Tov — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 145: Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov – Copy of Rebbe Elazar Menachem Mendel Biderman of Lelov and his Son the Rebbe of Sosnovitz – — $20,000 - $40,000
• Lot 146: Tehillim, Printed in Slavita – Copy of Rebbe Yaakov Yosef of Skver — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 147: Tehillim Diglei Hodaya – With Siddur Nusach HaAri (Sefard) – Zhitomir, 1866 — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 148: Tehillim Amarot Tehorot – Zhitomir, 1857 — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 149: Silver Crown for a Small Torah Scroll – Russia or Poland, 18th Century — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 151: Pair of Torah Finials – Holland or Germany, 19th Century — $15,000 - $20,000