Bidspirit auctions | Moreshet Auction Aug 26, 2020

Moreshet, Aug 26, 2020. 270 lots.

Moreshet - Auction No. 32 It will be held on Wednesday

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Lots in this catalog (270)

• Lot 001: Complete set of the Zohar, Chassidic edition with leather bindings—printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira,
• Lot 002: 2 volumes of the Zohar with the endorsement of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev. Slavita 1805.
• Lot 003: Ein Yaakov, second section. Printed by grandsons of the Slavita Rav in Zhitomir, 1850.
• Lot 004: Masechet Shavuot and Avodah Zara, with its rare green title page—printed by grandsons of the Slavita Rav in Zhitomir,
• Lot 005: Masechet Eruvin from the Talmud Bavli—printed by the Shapira family in Zhitomir, 1862, original binding.
• Lot 006: Torat Zevach by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried—Zhitomir 1869.
• Lot 007: Kitzur Shnei Luchot HaBrit (by the Shla). Zhitomir 1871
• Lot 008: Rare, well-preserved: Sefer Tuviya, with translation into Latin. Early edition
• Lot 009: A foundational work with an important historical signature: A set of the six sidrei Mishnah,
• Lot 010: Perfect, preserved copy: Sefer Kol Bo—early edition, Venice 1567
• Lot 011: Masechtot Me’ilah Kinyan, Middot, Tammid of the Talmud Bavli. Krakow 1605.
• Lot 012: Tur, Even HaEzer with commentary of the Beit Yosef—Krakow 1615.
• Lot 013: Tza’avah Yekara (by the Ba’al Yesod and Shoresh Avodah), printed by Bak in Jerusalem, 1864.
• Lot 014: Nice copy with a yechus of ownership: Heichal HaKodesh, an early work of kabbalah. First edition, Amsterdam 1653
• Lot 015: Sha’ar Orah (Sha’arei Orah)—Zolkva, 1739
• Lot 016: Handsome copy: Book of Psalms with the commentary Chazeh Zion by the Mishnat Chassidim.
• Lot 017: Maggid Meisharim, by the Beit Yosef—kabbalah. Early edition, Zolkva, 1773
• Lot 018: Sefer HaTmunah (kabbalah)—first edition, Koritz 1784.
• Lot 019: Sefer Tzioni—Koritz 1785.
• Lot 020: Sefer HaKaneh on the mitzvot—a work of kabbalah, first edition Poritzk, 1786.
• Lot 021: Midrash LaPerushim (kabbalah). First edition, author’s lifetime, Zolkva 1800. Meyuchas copy.
• Lot 022: Tikkunei HaZohar, Chassidic edition with a division for Yemei HaRachamim and slichot—Dovna 1830?
• Lot 023: Especially rare: Book of Jonah with Rashi’s commentary, Abarbanel, and more—Leipzig 1683.
• Lot 024: Foundational work: Darchei Moshe by the Rama on the Tur Yoreh De’ah. First edition, Zulzbach, 1692.
• Lot 025: Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, pocket edition. Amsterdam 1698.
• Lot 026: Chiddushei Bava Batra of the Ramban—second edition, Amsterdam 1715, copy owned by Rabbi Yisrael Aba Citron,
• Lot 027: Last Prophets and Ketuvim—Amsterdam 1732, with Sefardi handwritten notes.
• Lot 028: Hashterot Melech HaNegev im Melech HaTzafon—only edition, Amsterdam 1737.
• Lot 029: Rare: Hin Tzedek on the Eight Chapters of the Rambam—Warsaw 1802.
• Lot 030: Chemdat Yamim on the Torah and Moadim—first and only edition from the author’s lifetime, Horodna, 1807
• Lot 031: Kav HaYashar (with Yiddish). Polna 1814.
• Lot 032: Rare book from a rare printer: Imrei Binyamin on the Torah—first edition, Tarnopol 1814.
• Lot 033: Book on Shechitut and Bdikot by the Mahari Weil, with commentary of the Maharatz—Polna, 1814,
• Lot 034: Tana d’Bei Eliyahu, an exegesis oft he Gra on the Book of Proverbs—early edition, Prague 1814
• Lot 035: Rare: Book of Chronicles, with targum of the Amora Rav Yosef—second edition, , first featuring this design. Vilna 1816
• Lot 036: Rare: Beit HaLevi and Torat HaBayit on Masechet Kinim—Ostraha 1818.
• Lot 037: Chayei Adam and Nishmat Adam on the Shulchan Aruch Orech Chayim—early edition, Vilna and Horodna 1825,
• Lot 038: Tana d’bei Eliyahu, first edition with the commentary “Meorei Esh.” Sadilkov 1834
• Lot 039: Rare: Migdal Oz/Tomat Yesharim by the Ramchal. First edition, Leipzig 1837.
• Lot 040: Lot of 4 books from the 18th – early 19th century, some with notes. Partially missing
• Lot 041: Translation of the Five Books of Torah into German, handsome binding. London, 1850?
• Lot 042: Nefesh Naki by Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac Haver—First edition, Warsaw 1853.
• Lot 043: Sefer Gedulat Yosef, the story of the sale of Joseph with Yiddish—rare edition, Chernowitz 1862.
• Lot 044: Sefer HaMada (the Book of Science) by the Rambam with a commentary in Yiddish. Vilna 1873. From the Strashun Library
• Lot 045: 3 chumashim with the commentary of Rashar Hirsch in German—first edition, Frankfurt, 1873/6/8
• Lot 046: Sefer Zikaron Tov bound together with the Michlolim of the Rakbag—first editions, Lemberg 1874.
• Lot 047: Vayamot Shmuel, a eulogoy on Rabbi Shmuel Mohaliver of Bialystock. Only edition, Warsaw 1898.
• Lot 048: Chanukat HaTorah [Rabbi Heschel]—first edition, Pietrekov 1900. Pretty copy.
• Lot 049: Ohr Sameach by Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen of Devinsk, 2 sections. First edition, Riga/Warsaw 1902-1926.
• Lot 050: Shir HaAshirim, piyyutim—first and only(?) edition, Drohovitch 1903.
• Lot 051: Volume with the book HaNotan BaYam Darech, and the first issue of HaYona—Berdichev 1902, Odessa 1907.
• Lot 052: Mesillat Yesharim by the Ramchal, with Hungarian translation—Budapest 1906
• Lot 053: . Sefer Pilpul on issues related to time and calculating times, against Christianity—first edition, London 1908.
• Lot 054: Hashkafot HaTalmud b’HaOlam—only edition, Bialystock, 1911.
• Lot 055: Tzafita L’Yeshua, by the Chafetz Haim, in Hebrew and Yiddish. Second edition from the author’s lifetime. Boston, 1921.
• Lot 056: Shalosh Dma’ot, eulogoies on Torah giants with their pictures and information about various events—first edition,
• Lot 057: Moshe Yedaber on the Torah by Rabbi Moshe Freidiger of Budapest. Budapest 1929.
• Lot 058: Rare: Etzat Shalom—only edition, Klausenberg 1936.
• Lot 059: Shnei Luchot HaBrit (the Shla), facsimile of the segula edition, Amsterdam ‘Nachat’—New York 1946.
• Lot 060: Sefer Sichot and Ma’amarim by the Mashgiach Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler, stencil edition. Bnei Brak 1954.
• Lot 061: Da’at Torah, a collection of piskei din on the drafting of girls to National Service—Jerusalem 1972
• Lot 062: Rare: “Yiddishe Gas in Vilne” (the Jewish Street in Vilna), a picture album. Zurich 1931
• Lot 063: Historic, exciting, and previously unknown picture, the last known from his lifetime,
• Lot 064: Lot of four photos of children in Jerusalem, signed—1992.
• Lot 065: Huge, colorful photograph of the Kotel complex after snow. 1980, approximately.
• Lot 066: Pictures of rabbis and tzaddikim of the Eida Mizrahit.
• Lot 067: Pictures of rabbis and tzaddikim of Morocco, starting from 1886.
• Lot 068: Silver goblet for kiddush in a unique shape. Stamped. Persia (Isfahan).
• Lot 069: Silver cup with original enamel work, stamped. Bukhara? Russian Empire, end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th century.
• Lot 070: Silver kiddush cup, stamped. Europe, 19th century.
• Lot 071: Silver kiddush cup in the shape of a bowl, unique. Stamped, Iraq 19/20 century.
• Lot 072: Kos Yeshuot Esa; a large cup for kiddush, silver, hammer work.
• Lot 073: Small metal cup with a carving of a table on the Seder night—Ashkenaz, 19th century.
• Lot 074: Handsome pitcher for tea, coated in silver, made by hand and stamped. England, beginning of the 20th century.
• Lot 075: Coated silver etrog box, rectangular—stamped.
• Lot 076: Gorgeous etrog box made of silver in the shape of a pumpkin, with enamel work, coated in gold,
• Lot 077: Large etrog box in the shape of a silver violin—Israel, 20th century.
• Lot 078: Large, handsome case for a megillah, made by hand with stamped silver. Iraq?
• Lot 079: Miniature Book of Ruth in sofer script inside a handsome silver case with filigree work. Stamped, Betzalel Jerusalem.
• Lot 080: Lot of 3 metal mezuzah housings—Israel/India, 20th century.
• Lot 081: Standing besamim fish, silver with filigree work. Austria, 19th century.
• Lot 082: Silver besamim tower—Israel, 1950s.
• Lot 083: Brass besamim tower, handmade in the shape of a fortress tower.
• Lot 084: Lot of 3 atarot for a tallis, two of which are old
• Lot 085: Handsome, large table clock in working order—Holland, mid-20th century.
• Lot 086: Judaica clock for handing, silver on a wooden base. In working order. Beginning of the 20th century.
• Lot 087: Pair of handsome brass candlesticks, stamped. Russia, mid-19th century.
• Lot 088: Wonderful bronze menorah. Poland, 19th century.
• Lot 089: Brass menorah made to look like that in Titus’s arch—Europe, end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th century.
• Lot 090: Original wall channukiyah with the option of hanging it. Silver. Iraq, end of the 19th century.
• Lot 091: Unique wall channukiyah which can be folded together, with oil holders which can be removed. Red copper with gemstones.
• Lot 092: Brass channukiyah, brass, authentic handcrafted. Poland, early 19th century.
• Lot 093: Brass chanukkiyah for lighting oil or candles.
• Lot 094: Carved wooden chanukkiyah (handcrafted) with metal.
• Lot 095: Lot of 6 megillot Esther on paper, most illustrated in color.
• Lot 096: Megillat Esther, sofer Sefardi script, on parchment. Defective.
• Lot 097: Ashkenazi Sefer Torah (Beit Yosef) wrapped around etzei hayyim. 19th century.
• Lot 098: Ashkenazi Sefer Torah in Ari script, inside a handsome wooden case covered in velvet. 1942
• Lot 099: Sefardi sefer torah in a colorful wooden case—Israel, 1950
• Lot 100: Sefer Torah on gvil parchment with swirly letters, inside a wooden case. Yemen, 19th century.
• Lot 101: Sefardi Sefer Torah in a blue velvet-covered case with silver decorations. 20th century.
• Lot 102: Sefardi sefer torah. Given in a wooden case with silver decorations, 20th century.
• Lot 103: Set of two volumes, facsimile copy—Ramban’s commentary, first printing. Limited edition.
• Lot 104: Sefer Kitvei Yad b’Kabbalah by Gershom Sholem—Jerusalem 1900
• Lot 105: Otzer HaRabbanim with dedication and stamp of the author to Rav Palay. Bnei Brak 1975.
• Lot 106: Collection of 10 old Jerusalem posters (krazot) on various issues. From the 19th-20th century.
• Lot 107: A colorful printed poster: “Mishenichnas Adar Marbim b’Simcha”. Israel, 1950s approximately.
• Lot 108: Colorfully printed “Mizrach”. France/Algeria, 19th century.
• Lot 109: HaEida newspaper, a special issue following the death of the Admor Rabbi Yoel of Satmar. 1979
• Lot 110: Receipt and a note promising to study mishnayot. Ulanow, Poland.
• Lot 111: Page with a commitment to purchase the Pnei Yehoshua. Warsaw 1860.
• Lot 112: Rare: Kol Nidrei and Hazkarat Neshamot, Reform nusach. Hannover 1937.
• Lot 113: Letter signed by Rabbi Meir Berlin (Bar Ilan) to Ben Gurion, in which he criticizes him for his behavior. Nissan 1937
• Lot 114: Lot of five certificates from the JNF-KKL.
• Lot 115: Rare booklet: ‘The Yemenite Jews’ in English, with picutres. London 1913
• Lot 116: Carpet with a portrait of Herzl—Jerusalem, first half of the 20th century, rare condition.
• Lot 117: Wool carpet, made by hand, depicting the walls of Jerusalem and buildings of the Betzalel Institute,
• Lot 118: “Liberation of the Kotel”, delicate embroidery work on cloth—Jerusalem 1967
• Lot 119: Original issue of the French newspaper L’Aurore with the article ‘J’Accuse…!’ by the author Emile Zola. January 1898.
• Lot 120: Wonderful collection with newspaper articles from the period of the Dreyfus affair,
• Lot 121: Shoah-related item: Complete set of Sdei Chemed—Föhrenwald, 1949.
• Lot 122: Josephus Flavius, History of the Jews (Histoire des Juif), first edition in French, Amsterdam 1700,
• Lot 123: History of the Tanach and New Testament in French, complete set of 5 volumes, with maps and engravings,
• Lot 124: Book of Job with exegesis by Binyamin Szold, father of Henrietta Szold. Baltimore 1886. 2 colorful illustrations.
• Lot 125: Sefer Eshtadlot with the Shadal, on the antiquity of the niqqud and te’amim, Part 1. First edition, 1896,
• Lot 126: Lot of 2 research and travel works by the author and historian Zvi Casday. First editions, 1914 and 1928.
• Lot 127: Rare: Sefer Mechkarei HaMikrah, section 1. First and only edition? Buenos Aires 1946.
• Lot 128: Volume with issues of the newspaper HaTzfira, 5th year. Warsaw 1878.
• Lot 129: 3 volumes of issues from the journal “HaIvri”, Year 6, 10, 11 (1916-1920); New York
• Lot 130: Pretty copy: Simchat HaRegel on Megillat Ruth—first edition, from the author’s lifetime. By Rabbeinu HaHida.
• Lot 131: Rare: Sefer Bnei Levi. Tunisia 1904. Copy signed by Rabbi Avraham HaKohen Sekli.
• Lot 132: Booklet of the Rabbinical Assembly in Morocco, Hebrew and French, with a blessing from the Chabad Rebbe. Morocco 1955.
• Lot 133: Siddur Tefillat Yesharim, minhag Eidut HaMizrach with Ladino. Kabbalah. Amsterdam 1740.
• Lot 134: Siddur Derech Yeshara with psalms and techinot, with translation into Yiddish. Amsterdam 1748.
• Lot 135: Slichot for all year according to the Poznan and Horodna minhag—Dihrenport 1805
• Lot 136: Pretty, perfect copy: Slichot with the Shacharit paryer, minhag Ashkenaz. Karlsruhe, 1817.
• Lot 137: Set of 2 machzors for the year and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Venice 1750, with an illustrated cover.
• Lot 138: Tikkun Leil Shavuot and Hoshanah Raba—Zulzbach 1802
• Lot 139: Tikkun Leil Shavuot and Hoshanah Rabba—Warsaw 1847
• Lot 140: Machzor Shalosh Regalim, Ashkenaz, with Yiddish commentary—Jozefof, 1842. In Slavita lettering. Partially missing copy
• Lot 141: Tze’ina uRe’ina (Ma’asiyot HaTorah in Yiddish)—Jozefof 1850, Slavita lettering, original binding.
• Lot 142: Pocket edition of Psalms, with the commentary of the Radak, leather binding from the period. Dihrenport 1793.
• Lot 143: Rare first edition, Book of Psalms of Queen Victoria—The Victoria Psalter. London 1861.
• Lot 144: A collection of 9 Pesach haggadot, various editions
• Lot 145: Collection of untraditional Pesach Haggadot—Israel, 1940s and onward
• Lot 146: A segula book: Book of Psalms and Ma’amadot published by the Admor Rabbi Yitzhak of Neshkhiz. Warsaw 1864.
• Lot 147: Chassidic edition “to bring a blessing into their homes”—Psalms “Meir Tehilot” by Rabbeinu Meir Arma’ah,
• Lot 148: Psalms with commentary of the Zohar and Rashi, Tehillot Yisrael by the Maggid of Kozhnitz. Warsaw 1926.
• Lot 149: Segula work: “For preservation in the home and from disease”. Yesod Yitzhak—first edition, Zolkva 1810.
• Lot 150: Ahavat Yonatan—chassidic edition, Sadilkov, 1820.