Bidspirit auctions | Moreshet Auction Oct 21, 2020
Moreshet, Oct 21, 2020. 225 lots.
Moreshet - Auction No. 34 It will be held on Wednesday the 3th of the Cheshvan 5781 • 21.10.2020 • At 19:00 Israel time Have questions about items? You can also contact us via WhatsApp at: +972-3-9050090
Lots in this catalog (225)
- Lot 001: Siddur Seder Or L’Yesharim, Keter Nehora, nusach Sfard—printed by Shapira in Zhitomir, 1863. Partially missing copy,
- Lot 002: Sha’arei Tshuva by the Middle Admor—Chabad chassidut, first edition, Zhitomir 1864.
- Lot 003: Lot of books from Russian and Polish printings of the 18th-19th century.
- Lot 004: Lot of Sifrei Shut printed in Sadilkov, 1833-4.
- Lot 005: Lot of 2 books of the Pri Megadim on Yoreh De’ah—Jozefof 1854, with handwritten glosses, notes, and corrections.
- Lot 006: Sefer HaZohar, complete set, with original bindings— Józefów, 1873
- Lot 007: Nefesh Chaim (Palagi)—first edition, Salonika 1842.
- Lot 008: Rare: Book called “Shever Bat Ami”—only edition, Livorno 1853.
- Lot 009: Volume with the books of Ecclesiastes and Proverbs, with Judeo-Arabic translation and commentary,
- Lot 010: Collection of books and booklets from Jerusalem printings of the 19th-20th centuries.
- Lot 011: Tikkunei HaZohar in a large format—Jerusalem 1905.
- Lot 012: Sefer Leshem Shebo v’Achlama Kabbalah—Jerusalem 1935
- Lot 013: Rare: Sefer Kavanot HaAgadot (Kaftor v’Perach)—first edition from the author’s lifetime, Basel 1581.
- Lot 014: Foundational work: Olat Tammid, first edition—Amsterdam 1681, with signatures and notes handwritten,
- Lot 015: Masechet Niddah with Mishnayot from Seder Taharot—Berlin and Frankfurt-der-Oder, 1728. Parchment binding
- Lot 016: Miniature mishnayot with complete commentary KafNachat (Kedoshim, Teharot)—Offenbach 1732.
- Lot 017: Miniature mishnayot, Seder Kodshim, with Nekudot HaKosef—Venice 1737 with Sefardi notes and remarks.
- Lot 018: 2 volumes from a pocket edition of Mishnayot, Seder Zra’im and Nashim, with Nekudot HaKosef—Venice 1756.
- Lot 019: Foundational work: Ma’aseh Rokeach on the Rambam—first edition, Venice 1742.
- Lot 020: Meginei Aretz, handsome copy. Amsterdam 1754.
- Lot 021: Volume of the Last Prophets,
- Lot 022: Rav Elfas (the Rif) on Nedarim—Vilna 1843, with additional masechtot from an early, unidentified printing.
- Lot 023: Torat Chovot HaLevavot with German—Leipzig 1846, with interesting notes
- Lot 024: Handsome set: Five Books of Torah with translation into English and prayers, in their original bindings. London 1874.
- Lot 025: Megillat Esther with the commentary Ya’arat Dvash, first edition. Lemberg 1874
- Lot 026: Sefer Helek Yaakov on Pirkei Avot, with the pamphlet “Al Techat’u B’Yeled”, first edition,
- Lot 027: Masa’ot L’Yerushalayim, in Dutch, with an engraving of Shabtai Zvi and Natan of Gaza. Amsterdam 1662.
- Lot 028: Special and historic: The Sights of Palestine and the Ottoman Empire. London 1803-1804
- Lot 029: Two volumes of issues from the newspaper: “Welt Spiegel”—1929-1931, with pictures, some in color
- Lot 030: Volume with “Beit haMidrash” documents printed on parchment paper—Jerusalem 1938.
- Lot 031: Fancy facsimile edition in English of rare manuscripts from the University of Oxford. London 1886
- Lot 032: Rare, limited edition: Dvir Ephraim—New Orleans 1926.
- Lot 033: Facsimile of the Ramchal Machzor including a copy of his handwritten glosses. Jerusalem 1995.
- Lot 034: Rare booklet: Pieśni żałobne Getta [Funeral Songs of the Ghetto] in Polish—Poland 1946, with the author’s dedication.
- Lot 035: Rare documents and pictures from the aftermath of the Gallipoli Operation of World War I: Recognition and promotion
- Lot 036: Original photograph, rare, from the youth of the Admor HaAkeidat Yitzhak of Alexander, hy”d.
- Lot 037: Original photograph of the Admor of Blazhov after the Shoah. Framed
- Lot 038: Lot of 2 original photos of tzaddikim: Rabbi Aharon Rata and Rabbi Yonatan Shteif
- Lot 039: Printed portrait of Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin
- Lot 040: Lot of 16 original rabbinical photographs.
- Lot 041: Printing of a picture of the Admor of Ştefăneşti, Romania, 20th century.
- Lot 042: Rare original photograph of Albert Einstein and his wife upon their return to New York after receiving the Nobel Prize.
- Lot 043: Ancient Land of Israel in printed wood-block prints, from an album.
- Lot 044: Huge centerpiece, two pieces of stamped silver. Russia.
- Lot 045: Large pitcher for beer, handsomely made with copper covered in silver. Germany, 1902
- Lot 046: Wonderful silver vase, handcrafted and stamped. Europe, 20th century.
- Lot 047: Silver flower vase—Iraq 19th century.
- Lot 048: Very old wooden jewelry box covered in silver with Chinese motifs.
- Lot 049: Heavy lion statue—stamped silver.
- Lot 050: Ma’avak Eitanim: Bronze on marble, stamped.
- Lot 051: Large ceramic statue, a rabbi holding a sefer torah. Stamped.
- Lot 052: Brit milah set inside a matching box. Silver 840 stamped. Persia, 19th/20th century
- Lot 053: Segula item: Old wooden frame for preserving a piece of matzah from an eruv hatzerot, with a segula for preservation.
- Lot 054: Pair of tefillin housings, wood covered in gilded metal plaques.
- Lot 055: Interesting collection of items from an old factory for producing tefillin housings (sheidelach)
- Lot 056: Huge collection of around 100 metal mezuzah housings, small and miniature ones,
- Lot 057: Collection of 20 mezuzah housings made of metal with various designs.
- Lot 058: Collection of 20 wooden mezuzah housings, various sizes and designs.
- Lot 059: Collection of 14 mezuzah housings made of stone, glass, and more, various sizes and designs.
- Lot 060: Ancient mezuzah housing, handsomely made by hand, silver.
- Lot 061: Books of Tanach and siddurim in various sizes, some miniature, with a variety of olivewood bindings.
- Lot 062: Two-branched shabbat menorah for a synagogue. Bronze. Poland, 18/19th century
- Lot 063: Hanging shabbat menorah for a synagogue, bronze and yellow copper, stamped. Poland, 18/19th century
- Lot 064: Ner Tammid lamp for a synagogue, stamped brass, with certification of the first Jewish major of London. London,
- Lot 065: Metal tzedakah box with a technique for shaking the box -before World War II.
- Lot 066: Wonderful, museum-worthy item: a handsome tzedakah box with silver and gold decorations plus inlaid with gemstones.
- Lot 067: Crown for a sefer torah covered in silver. Israel, 20th century
- Lot 068: Pair of finials for a sefer torah, silver, filigree work.
- Lot 069: טס לספר תורה כסף עם לוחיות להחלפה
- Lot 070: טס מפואר לס"ת כסף בעבודת יד - גליציה המאה ה-19
- Lot 071: Handsome case for a sefer torah, wood coated in silver and gold with inlaid gemstones and wonderful enamel work.
- Lot 072: Sefer Torah on gvil parchment in unique Persian script, inside a handsome,
- Lot 073: Sefer Torah Ashkenazi (Beit Yosef) wrapped around etzei hayyim. 19th century.
- Lot 074: Sefer Torah with a blue velvet cover in an interesting script.
- Lot 075: Lot of more than 40 sefer torah parchment scrolls in Sefardi handwriting, some with an interesting script.
- Lot 076: Lot of more than 80 sefer torah parchment scrolls in Ashkenazi handwriting, some with an interesting script.
- Lot 077: Lot of around 16 sefer torah parchment scrolls in Ashkenazi (Ari) script, some with an interesting style.
- Lot 078: Lot of 45 pairs of tefillin.
- Lot 079: Lot of 2 miniature Megillot Esther on parchment.
- Lot 080: Miniature Megillat Ruth, Ashkenazi sofer script on white gvil parchment. 19th century.
- Lot 081: Lot of around 250 mezuzot scrolls written in sofer script on parchment.
- Lot 082: Pair of brass cast candlesticks for Shabbat—Europe, 20th century.
- Lot 083: Pair of silver candlesticks, stamped silver and the artist’s stamps. Europe, 20th century.
- Lot 084: Silver cup for kiddush, handmade with an inscription of “Hallelujah”. Stamped. Eastern Europe.
- Lot 085: Set of 6 cups made of low-quality stamped silver, for kiddush—Afghanistan, 20th century.
- Lot 086: Lot of 3 napkin holders made of stamped silver—20th century.
- Lot 087: Silver besamim tower with bells—Iraq 18/19th century.
- Lot 088: Besamim holder in the shape of a flower, stamped silver. 20th century.
- Lot 089: Rare pesach plate, burned with green glass.
- Lot 090: Original, rare, stamped seder plate—Central Europe, end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century.
- Lot 091: Set of huge silver items—a large goblet (Elijah’s cup) and plate. Stamped silver, HaZorfim
- Lot 092: Large, handsome silver cup for Leil HaSeder with colorful enamel work, illustrations of the Four Sons.
- Lot 093: Pair of silver-and-glass containers for honey—Israel, 20th century.
- Lot 094: Vertical etrog case in the shape of a bucket, stamped silver plating—England, 20th century.
- Lot 095: Large etrog box, two pieces of stamped silver. 20th century.
- Lot 096: Chanukkiyah, silver plated (stamped)—Poland.
- Lot 097: 13. Huge wooden chanukkiyah covered in velvet with copper decorations and inlaid gemstones.
- Lot 098: Silver hannukiyah, handmade, stamped. Eastern Europe.
- Lot 099: Wall channukiyah, Moroccan style, 840 silver stamped. 19/20th century
- Lot 100: Lot of 2 silver dreidels, Turkmen style. 20th century
- Lot 101: Lot of 3 dreidels made of bone/ivory, engraved. 20th century
- Lot 102: Miniature case for a megillah, stamped silver.
- Lot 103: Large case for a megillah, handmade stamped silver.
- Lot 104: Lot of Nusach Ashkenaz machzors in their original, handsome bindings,
- Lot 105: Tikkun Leil Shavuot, Venice 1743.
- Lot 106: Volume with two prayer books not listed in bibliographic literature: Tikkun Leil Shavuot and Hoshanah Raba—printed by
- Lot 107: Various printed techinot in Yiddish—Vilna 1843.
- Lot 108: Rare: Seder Kinot Ashkenaz with prayers, pocket edition—Amsterdam 1778.
- Lot 109: “Masar Atzmo L’Mita al Kiddush Hashem”, an ancient page in Ladino, taken from a binding
- Lot 110: Manuscript with niqqud—part of a machzor for Pesach—first half of the 18th century
- Lot 111: Notebook with a manuscript of divrei torah and stories about Admorim and more—Hanesh, Vienna, 1923
- Lot 112: Miniature manuscript on parchment, additions for a siddur of nusach Sefard—Italy, 15/16th century,
- Lot 113: Old Italian handwritten pages with a wedding song.
- Lot 114: Prayers for stopping rain in Italian handwriting.
- Lot 115: Sofer manuscript on parchment, Birkat HaMazon for a brit milah—Germany, 19th century.
- Lot 116: Interesting manuscript, among other things includes copies of stories and subjects from chassidut. Israel,
- Lot 117: Dedication of the kabbalist Rabbi Haim David Sathon on a copy of his book, Karsiya d’Eliyahu—first edition,
- Lot 118: Stamps, corrections,
- Lot 119: Two letters from the Ra’avad of the Eida Charedit, Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis,
- Lot 120: Original letter from the rabbis of the Eida Charedit with a proclamation against Egged—Jerusalem 1965.
- Lot 121: Autograph manuscript of the author: Minchat Ani and Shemen Katit L’Minche and Pati Mincha by Rabbi Issachar Dov
- Lot 122: Manuscript, 60 pages of chiddushei torah from the Maharam Shik. Hungary, 19th century
- Lot 123: Glosses bearing the signature and stamp of the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Binyamin Sofer of Deretchka on the Shut Pri
- Lot 124: Signature and glosses of Rabbi Betzalel Ransburg on the work Kos HaYeshuot of the Rashashach—a foundational work,
- Lot 125: “Anyone striving to free a single agunah is as one who rebuilt the destroyed city of Jerusalem.
- Lot 126: Two Pesach Haggadot of the Chatam Sofer and his sons, first editions.
- Lot 127: The Biography of the Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Bennett written by his son, Rabbi Yaakov Abril. First edition, Offen, 1832.
- Lot 128: Colorful embroidered portrait of Rabbi Akiva Eiger—Germany, 19th century.
- Lot 129: Sefer Sha’arei Tzedek by the Chayei Adam, first edition Vilna 1812—copy owned by Rabbi Haim Berlin of Volozhin,
- Lot 130: Alim L’Trufah” [Igeret HaRamban and Igeret HaGra with changes], plus Sha’arei Kedusha by the Maharhav. Aleppo 1865.
- Lot 131: Sefer Yesod: Gaon Yaakov on Masechet Eruvin—first edition, Lemberg 1863.
- Lot 132: Rare!
- Lot 133: Dvash Le’Pi (HaHida), with a handwriting in the margins of the index—unprinted work. Lemberg 1863.
- Lot 134: Likkutei Dinim, sections 1-3, in Judeo-Persian. Jerusalem 1976, dedication by Rabbi David Nissenof,
- Lot 135: . Handwritten letter signed by Rabbi Haim Nahum of Egypt, to the dayan Rabbi Baruch Markus of Haifa,
- Lot 136: Lot of portraitures of Maran Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzira, the Baba Sali.
- Lot 137: Derech Hayyim: Prayers, segulot, and tikkunim based in kabbalah,
- Lot 138: Pitchei Y-a (Kabbalah). Early edition, Berlin 1711.
- Lot 139: Hadarat Melech/Pnei Melech/Kvod Melech—The Hague [London] 1770-3
- Lot 140: Mif’alot Elokim by Rabbi Yoel Baal Shem—Zolkva? 1810.
- Lot 141: Sha’ar HaGilgulim, published by the Admor of Radomask—first edition, Premyslan, 1875.
- Lot 142: Lot of 2 kabbalah Books Krakow 1880-1885
- Lot 143: Einei Ari—kabbalistic work, first edition, Lemberg 1900. Important Chassidic endorsements.
- Lot 144: Sefer HaSegulot v’haRefuot, Zikaron Yaakov Yosef—Jerusalem 1930,
- Lot 145: Shiviti with LaMenatze’ach in the shape of a menorah, on silver (handmade). Syria/Afghanistan, end of the 19th century.
- Lot 146: Collection of 20 amulets, chamsot, and birkat habayit, in a wooden box.
- Lot 147: An amulet from Admor Rabbi Yeshayle Krestirer with an engraved portrait of the Admor; on bronze
- Lot 148: Ancient amulet on parchment “a Segulah from the Baal Shem Tov”—19/20th century
- Lot 149: Amulet: coin given for medical remedies, preservation, and success, wrapped in paper and signed,
- Lot 150: Rare and interesting photographs from the life of the kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Fisch.