Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction Apr 9, 2024
Kedem, Apr 9, 2024. 312 lots.
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Lots in this catalog (312)
- Lot 1: Printed Aleph-Bet Chart – Hebrew and Italian – Livorno, 1846
- Lot 2: Large Ketubah on Parchment – Venice, 1815 – Signature of Rabbi Menachem Yaakov Cracovia
- Lot 3: Collection of Ketubot and Tena'im on Parchment – Italy, 18th-19th Century
- Lot 4: Four Ketubot and Tena'im Document, On Parchment and Paper – Venice, 19th Century
- Lot 5: Three Leaves of Wedding Riddles – Italy, 18th Century
- Lot 6: Poems and Riddles for Weddings By Rabbi Shlomo Bassan – Four Large Printed Leaves – Verona, 18th Century
- Lot 7: Collection of Handwritten and Printed Leaves – Poems and Prayers – Italy, 19th Century
- Lot 8: Two Shechitah Ordinations – Ferrara, 1842-1889
- Lot 9: Yavin Shemuah – Livorno,
- Lot 10: Toldot Gedolei Yisrael in Italy – Trieste,
- Lot 11: Ordinance of the Italian Synagogue in Venice by Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh of Modena, 1636 – Large, Decorated Manuscript Leaf,
- Lot 12: Manuscript – Notarial Document on Sale of Residences in the Jewish Ghetto in Modena,
- Lot 13: Manuscript Responsum of Rabbi Yishmael HaKohen of Modena, Author of Zera Emet,
- Lot 14: Booklet Handwritten by Rabbi Mazal Tov Modena – Index of Rulings of His Teacher Rabbi Yishmael HaKohen,
- Lot 15: Manuscript – Sefirat HaOmer According to Kabbalah – Prayers and Kavanot for Sustenance, Healing and More – Italy,
- Lot 16: Manuscript – Haftarot for Pesach and Shavuot – Ferrara,
- Lot 17: Manuscript, Anthology of Piyyutim and Songs – Ancona, 1826 – Illustrated Title Pages
- Lot 18: Manuscript, Prayers and Piyyutim for High Holidays and Festivals – Pitigliano, 1865
- Lot 19: Machzor with the Kimcha DeAvishuna Commentary – Bologna, 1540 – Two Parts in Two Volumes – Handwritten Glosses
- Lot 20: Prayer Service for Four Fast Days – Venice, 1638
- Lot 21: Beit Tefillah and Divrei HaYamim Siddur / Hen Kol Chadash – Amsterdam, 1712-1713 – Handwritten Kabbalistic Additions
- Lot 22: Year-Round Siddur According to Sephardic Rite – Venice, 1703-1704
- Lot 23: Machzor Shaar Bat Rabim – Venice, 1711-1715 – Complete Set in Two Volumes
- Lot 24: Siddur Siftei Renanot, with Tehillim, Maamadot and Techinot – Sulzbach, 1739
- Lot 25: Year-Round Siddur, With Tehillim and Maamadot – Vienna, 1793 – Original Decorated Leather Binding – Rare Edition
- Lot 26: Mikraot Gedolot – Venice, 1568 – Complete Set – Large Format
- Lot 27: Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim – Printed by Menasseh ben Israel – Amsterdam, 1630-1631
- Lot 28: Neviim and Ketuvim – Livorno,
- Lot 29: Meturgeman – Isny, 1541 – First Edition
- Lot 30: Midrash Tanchuma – Venice, 1545 – Printed by Daniel Bomberg
- Lot 31: R. Eliyahu Mizrachi – On the Torah – Venice: Bomberg, 1545 – Second Edition
- Lot 32: Sefer Michlol – Venice, 1545 – Printed by Bomberg – Large Format Edition / Sefer HaShorashim – Venice,
- Lot 33: Six Hebrew Grammar Books Bound Together – Venice, 1546 – Printed by Bomberg
- Lot 34: Kol Bo – Venice, 1547
- Lot 35: Divrei HaYamim – History of French and Turkish Kings – Sabbioneta, 1553 – First Edition
- Lot 36: Talmud Bavli – Tractate Eruvin – Basel, 1580 – Copy of Rabbi Shmuel Hillman, Rabbi of Mannheim and Metz
- Lot 37: Arbaah Turim with Beit Yosef – Four Parts of Different Editions – Venice,
- Lot 38: Bedek HaBayit (Hosafot HaBeit Yosef) – Venice, 1606
- Lot 39: Yad HaMelech – Venice, 1586 – Only Edition
- Lot 40: Tzemach David – Venice, 1587
- Lot 41: Derashot HaRan / Derashot R. Shmuel Yehudah Katzenellenbogen – Venice, 1594 – Early Parchment Binding
- Lot 42: Sefer HaChaim – Rabbi Chaim of Friedberg, Brother of the Maharal of Prague – Cracow, 1593 – First Edition
- Lot 43: Tiferet Yisrael – First Edition, Published in the Lifetime of the Author, the Maharal of Prague – Venice, 1599
- Lot 44: Pirkei Rabbi Eliezer – Venice, 1608 / Lechem Dimah – Venice,
- Lot 45: Bayit Ne'eman – Venice, 1621 – Only Edition
- Lot 46: Ein Yisrael and Beit Yisrael (Ein Yaakov) – Both Parts, With Beit Lechem Yehudah – Venice, 1625
- Lot 47: Levush HaButz VeArgaman and Levush Ir Shushan – Prague, 1622-1624 – Fine Early Binding
- Lot 48: Maavar Yabok – First Edition – Mantua, 1626
- Lot 49: Kenaf Renanim – Venice, 1626 – Early Leather Binding
- Lot 50: Galut Yehudah – Venice, 1612 / Padua, 1640 – Pi Aryeh – Venice, 1640 – First Editions of Both Books
- Lot 51: Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba – Slavita, 1827
- Lot 52: Chok LeYisrael – Zhitomir, 1865 – Five-Volume Set
- Lot 53: Mivchar HaPeninim – Zhitomir, 1858
- Lot 54: Responsa Mayim Chaim – Zhitomir, 1857 – With Responsum Letter from the Baal Shem Tov
- Lot 55: Jerusalem Talmud – Zhitomir, 1860-1867 – Complete Set
- Lot 56: Collection of Title Pages and Parts of Books – Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, 19th Century
- Lot 57: Collection of Books – Printed in Russia and Poland – 1794-1819 – Signatures and Ownership Inscriptions
- Lot 58: Shaar Gan Eden – Korets, 1803 – First Edition
- Lot 59: Mishnat Chachamim – By Rabbi Meshulam Feivish of Kremenets,
- Lot 60: Collection of Books of the Haflaah and His Son the Machaneh Levi – First Editions
- Lot 61: Divrei Shmuel (By Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg) – First Edition – Lviv, 1862 – Two Title Pages
- Lot 62: Tiferet HaTzvi / Tiferet Uziel / Etz HaDaat Tov – Three Books by Rabbi Uziel Meisels,
- Lot 63: Noam Megadim UKevod HaTorah – Lviv, 1807 – First Edition – Leaves with List of Pre-Subscribers,
- Lot 64: Maayan HaChochmah (R. Asher Tzvi of Ostroh) – Korets, 1816 – First Edition
- Lot 65: Teshuot Chen (Linitz) – Berditchev, 1816 – First Edition
- Lot 66: Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi (Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna) – Berditchev, 1818 – First Edition
- Lot 67: Kedushat Levi (By Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev) – Hrubieszów, 1818
- Lot 68: Pri HaAretz (Vitebsk) – Kopust, 1814 – First Edition
- Lot 69: Shaar HaTefillah – By the Be'er Mayim Chaim – Sudylkiv, 1825 – First Edition
- Lot 70: Arvei Nachal – Collection of Editions – 1835-1905
- Lot 71: Birkat David (Buchach) – Lviv, 1845 – First Edition
- Lot 72: Hakdamah VeDerech LeEtz HaChaim (Zidichov) – With Additions of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov – Lviv,
- Lot 73: Bnei Yissachar (Dinov) – Part I – Zhovkva,
- Lot 74: Derech Pikudecha (Dinov) – Lviv, 1851 – First Edition
- Lot 75: Or HaChaim Maayan Ganim – Zhovkva,
- Lot 76: Torat Kohanim with the Asirit HaEifah Commentary (Komarno) – Lviv, 1848 – First Edition
- Lot 77: Netiv Mitzvotecha and Otzar HaChaim (Komarno) – Lviv,
- Lot 78: Books of Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik of Zidichov – First Editions – Likutei Torah VehaShas, Partial Set,
- Lot 79: Divrei Tzaddikim by Rabbi Dov Berish of Oshpitzin (Disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin) – First Edition – Zhovkva,
- Lot 80: Or LaShamayim (Rebbe Meir of Apta) – Lviv, 1850 – First Printing of the Author's Prayer for Livelihood,
- Lot 81: Ner Yisrael by the Maggid of Kozhnitz – Lviv, Circa 1840s – First Edition – Segulah for Protection
- Lot 82: Haggadah Gevurot Yisrael (Kozhnitz) / Kitvei Kodesh MeChachmei Emet – Lviv, 1865 / 1862
- Lot 83: Collection of Books – Sanz Rebbes
- Lot 84: Menachem Tzion (Rimanov) – Lviv,
- Lot 85: Collection of Books by Deyzh Rebbes
- Lot 86: Toldot Yitzchak (Neshchiz) – Warsaw, 1868 – Segulah Book "For Enduring Blessing" – Copy of Rebbe Yitzchak Heller,
- Lot 87: Beit Aharon (Karlin) – Brody, 1875 – First Edition
- Lot 88: Sidrei Taharot on Tractates Kelim and Ohalot – The "Talmud" Compiled by the Rebbe of Radzyn – Józefów-Piotrków,
- Lot 89: Nachalah LeYisrael / Maaseh Yechiel / Responsa Hadar – Collection of Books by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Hibner
- Lot 90: Collection of Books – Ruzhin and Chortkov Dynasties
- Lot 91: Collection of Books by the Rebbe of Hornostaipil – Including First Editions
- Lot 92: Kol Simchah by Rabbi Bunim of Peshischa – First Edition – Breslau, 1859
- Lot 93: Large Collection of Polish Chassidic Books – Many First Editions
- Lot 94: Sefat Emet on the Torah (Ger) – First Edition – Five-Volume Set – Piotrków-Cracow,
- Lot 95: Large Collection of Kabbalistic and Chassidic Books – 1724-1938
- Lot 96: Large Collection of Biographies and Selected Teachings of Rebbes
- Lot 97: Collection of Biographies of Rabbis and Rebbes
- Lot 98: Collection of Books – Biographies of Rabbis, Community Histories and Polemical Works
- Lot 99: ollection of Polemical Books – Against Zionism, Haskalah and Heretical Books
- Lot 100: Yismach Moshe – First Edition – Lviv, 1848-1861 – Four-Volume Set
- Lot 101: Responsa Heshiv Moshe (by the Yismach Moshe) – First Edition – Lviv, 1866
- Lot 102: Toldot Adam, by R. Moshe David Ashkenazi Rabbi of Tolcsva – Jerusalem,
- Lot 103: Yitav Lev – First Edition – Sighet, 1875
- Lot 104: Collection of Books of the Yitav Lev – Yitav Panim / Rav Tuv / Avnei Tzedek
- Lot 105: Signatures of the Yitav Lev of Sighet on Endpaper of a Book
- Lot 106: Letter of Rebbe Avraham Aharon Teitelbaum of Kolbasov (Son of the Yitav Lev) – Kolbasov,
- Lot 107: Manuscript – Torah Novellae by Rabbi Eliezer David Grünwald of Satmar, Author of Keren LeDavid
- Lot 108: Collection of Chumash Booklets for Children – Klausenburg, 1926 – Approbations of Vizhnitz, Satmar and Deyzh Rebbes
- Lot 109: Shulchan Aruch HaRav – Huge Collection of Twenty Editions Printed Between 1826-1949 – 94 Volumes
- Lot 110: Collection of Chabad Books – Mitteler Rebbe and Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch – Some First and Only Editions, 1831-1912
- Lot 111: Tzemach Tzedek – All Nine Parts – First Editions, Vilna, 1871-1884 – Responsa, Novellae and Halachic Rulings
- Lot 112: Yeshuot Yaakov – Lviv, 1862 – Copy of Munkacs Rebbes – Shem Shlomo and His Son the Darchei Teshuvah
- Lot 113: Shaar Shimon – Amsterdam, 1858 – Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura
- Lot 114: Responsa Mahari HaLevi – Copy of Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik Weiss of Svaliava and His Son-in-Law Rebbe Elimelech Lowy of
- Lot 115: Shem MiShmuel – Lviv, 1902 – Copy from the Home of Rabbi Yeshayah of Kerestir
- Lot 116: Collection of Title Pages – Signatures and Stamps of Renowned Rebbes and Rabbis
- Lot 117: Collection of Books – Important Ownership – Copies Belonging to Rebbes and Their Families
- Lot 118: Collection of Books – Important Ownership – Copies of Spinka and Zidichov Rebbes
- Lot 119: Responsa of the Bach / Avodat HaGershuni – Frankfurt,
- Lot 120: Mishnah Seder Kodashim – Fürth, 1741 – Signature of Rabbi Moshe Hamel Segal,
- Lot 121: Pachad Yitzchak (Lampronti) – Warsaw, 1885 – Copy of the Netziv of Volozhin
- Lot 122: Collection of Books of Important Ownership – Copies of Famous Rabbis
- Lot 123: Collection of Books – Dedications by Authors and Publishers
- Lot 124: Responsa Maharit – Fürth, 1768 – Copy of Important Ownership – Maharam Ash and Divrei Rash
- Lot 125: Sefer HaMiknah – Dedication of Author Rabbi Zussman Sofer,
- Lot 126: Passover Haggadah – Yom Yeshuah – Zhovkva, 1836 – Copy of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Weinberger, Rabbi of Kleinwardein
- Lot 127: Collection of Books – Copies of Hungarian Rabbis – Learned Handwritten Glosses and Signatures
- Lot 128: Collection of Books – Copies Belonging to Disciples of the Chatam Sofer and Ketav Sofer – Signatures and Ownership
- Lot 129: Collection of Books – Dedications and Ownership Inscriptions of Hungarian and Romanian Rabbis
- Lot 130: Collection of Books – Copies of Important Ownership – Hungarian and Romanian Rabbis
- Lot 131: Collection of Books – Ownership Inscriptions – Romanian and Hungarian Rabbis
- Lot 132: Collection of Books – Signatures and Stamps of Hungarian Rabbis – Minchat Yitzchak, Rabbi Yonatan Steif and Others
- Lot 133: Five Books from the Library of Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin, Founder of Daf Yomi
- Lot 134: Collection of Halachic Books, Responsa and Novellae from the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva Library – Signatures and Stamps
- Lot 135: Rambam with New Additions – Jerusalem,
- Lot 136: Novellae of the Meiri – Berlin, 1859 – Copy of Rabbi Itzele Blazer
- Lot 137: Chupat Chatanim – Livorno,
- Lot 138: Volume with Five Books by Rabbi Shlomo de Oliveira – Amsterdam, 17th Century – Original Parchment Binding
- Lot 139: Yosef Ometz – Frankfurt, 1723 – First Edition
- Lot 140: Hon Ashir – Amsterdam, 1731 – First Edition – Sheet Music which Inspired the Chabad Lechatchilah Ariber Melody
- Lot 141: Responsa Zichron Yosef (Steinhardt) – Fürth,
- Lot 142: Collection of Books by R. Eleazar Kallir, Babbi of Kolín: Or Chadash – Frankfurt an der Oder,
- Lot 143: Mesilat Yesharim – Two Editions – Mantua, 1781 / Livorno, 1843
- Lot 144: Collection of Books Printed in Amsterdam – 1692-1730 – Signatures and Ownership Inscriptions
- Lot 145: Collection of Books – Printed in Germany, 1708-1822 – Signatures and Ownership Inscriptions
- Lot 146: Large Collection of Books of Halachah, Responsa and Talmudic Novellae – 1679-1846 – Signatures and Inscriptions
- Lot 147: Collection of Volumes of Responsa Chatam Sofer
- Lot 148: Collection of Books by the Shoel UMeshiv – First Editions – Signatures and Ownership Inscriptions
- Lot 149: Large Collection of Books – Printed in Lviv – 1807-1929
- Lot 150: Collection of Books by Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyia