Bidspirit auctions | Moreshet Auction Nov 25, 2020
Moreshet, Nov 25, 2020. 242 lots.
Moreshet - Auction No. 35 It will be held on Wednesday the 9th of the Kislev 5781 • 25.11.2020 • At 19:00 Israel time Have questions about items? You can also contact us via WhatsApp at: +972-3-9050090
Lots in this catalog (242)
- Lot 001: Complete, wonderful set of the Talmud Yerushalmi, printed by the Shapira family in Zhitomir, 1860-1867. New,
- Lot 002: Tikkunei Zohar printed by the Shapira family in Zhitomir, 1863, with endorsement of the Admor Rabbi Aharon of Chernobyl
- Lot 003: Shulchan Aruch Orech Chayim, printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira in Slavita, 1825
- Lot 004: Sefer Yesod: Parshat Derachim—first edition, Constantinople, 1728. Pretty copy with wide margins
- Lot 005: Collection of books from Jerusalem printings including the polemical work Milchemet Yaavetz with the author’s
- Lot 006: Tefillah L’Moshe, with a prayer by the Chatam Sofer and a segula from the Rosh of Ostropoli for plagues. Jerusalem 1903
- Lot 007: Rare: Hishtapchut HaNefesh, a prayer for the beginning of Yom Kippur—only edition, Jerusalem 1907
- Lot 008: Pamphlet of likkutim by the Agudat Takanat Naran. Jerusalem 1944
- Lot 009: Pretty copy in good condition: Shut Beit HaLevi. Venice 1632.
- Lot 010: Ohalei Yehuda—only edition, Yesnitz 1719
- Lot 011: Apei Ravravi, master edition of the Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer,
- Lot 012: Nechmad v’Na’im, only edition—Yasnitz 1743, including pages in Latin at the end.
- Lot 013: Meginei Aretz, handsome copy. Amsterdam 1754.
- Lot 014: Sefer Meginei Aretz, Shulchan Aruch Orech Hayyim. Amsterdam 1754
- Lot 015: Complete set in leather bindings: Chumash Dat Klulah. Metz 1766
- Lot 016: Sefer Parshat Derachim by the writer of the Mishnah LaMelech—Zolkva 1772,
- Lot 017: Sefer HaMidot by Naftali Hertz Weisel (Hartwig Wessely), a forefather of the Haskala movement. First edition,
- Lot 018: Chiddushei Halachot of the Rashba on the Sheva Shitot. First edition, Brno, 1798
- Lot 019: Sefer Lachmei Todah—first edition, Offenbach 1816; notes of ownership
- Lot 020: Zichro Torat Moshe, Vilna and Hordna. 1833
- Lot 021: Igros HaMoreh with German translation—first edition, Furth 1846
- Lot 022: Melechet Shamayim, the first book of Rabbi Yitzhak Dov Bamberger of Würzburg. First edition, Altona 1853
- Lot 023: Sefer Yesod: Seder Rav Amram Gaon, two sections. First edition, Warsaw 1865.
- Lot 024: Siddur Rashi—first edition, Berlin 1910-1911.
- Lot 025: Kitzur Tzitzat Novel Tzvi, against Shabbta’ism. Odessa 1867.
- Lot 026: Sha’alu Shalom Yerushalayim against the faked Yerushalmi—first (only?) edition, Bielgoriya, 1910.
- Lot 027: Volume collecting the booklets “Sichot Talmidei Chachamim”—Tel Aviv 1951-1956.
- Lot 028: Volume with issues of the monthly “HaMaggid”, from 1883-1884
- Lot 029: Volume with issues of the later newspaper “HaMaggid”. Vienna-Krakow 1903
- Lot 030: Volume with issues from the journal “Diglenu”—Warsaw 1924-8, with signatures of Rabbi Zilberstein of Tel Aviv.
- Lot 031: . Haskalah: v’Shaftu v’Hatzilu (by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Fassel, a student of the Chatam Sofer). Gross Kanizsa, 1870
- Lot 032: Masechet Chulin, Hamburg manuscript. Facsimile edition, limited release
- Lot 033: Large collection of catalogues from the ‘Jerusalem Judaica’ Auction House as well as other auctioneers. 1987-2020
- Lot 034: 2 albums of ‘Flowers of the Holy Land’ in olivewood bindings, Jerusalem
- Lot 035: Album of photos from a Jewish shtetl, entitled “Abschied von Tewjes Welt” (A Farewell to Tevye’s World). Gütersloh,
- Lot 036: Silhouette inside a wood carving with a “Talmid Chacham” signed by the artist, Meir Gur Aryeh,
- Lot 037: Engraved military metal flask for alcohol—Europe, 1916
- Lot 038: Russian Sofer Stam tray for ink, stamped 84 silver. Made by hand, Russia, 19th century
- Lot 039: Collection of 15 miniature copper pieces and more—some stamped
- Lot 040: Small tray for a bride and groom, stamped silver 833
- Lot 041: Lot of small boxes and bowls, coated in silver
- Lot 042: Lot of 3 serving bowls coated in silver, Art Nouveau style. Stamped
- Lot 043: Pair of metal serving utensils for cake with enamel decorations, Russian work
- Lot 044: Handsome wine vessel—stamped silver, made by hand, beginning of the 20th century
- Lot 045: Large handwashing cup, stamped silver, HaTzorfim
- Lot 046: Lot of interesting synagogue items
- Lot 047: Crown for a Sefer Torah with a dedication from 1968
- Lot 048: Set of metal cards for people receiving an Aliyah in a synagogue, inside an old wooden box
- Lot 049: Lot of five yads for a Sefer Torah, made of bone/ivory, carved by hand
- Lot 050: Breastplate for a sefer torah coated in silver. Poland, 19th century
- Lot 051: Handsome case for a small sefer torah with a silver crown made by hand in a unique and interesting fashion
- Lot 052: Old Ashkenazi (Beit Yosef) Sefer Torah with uniform, pretty writing. Pasul
- Lot 053: Unique: Shir HaShirim on parchment written artistically using a large script with colorful illustrations
- Lot 054: Unique: Perek Shira on parchment, especially large and artistic writing with colorful illustrations
- Lot 055: Cup with a base for kiddush. Silver stamped 925
- Lot 056: Cup with a base for kiddush. Silver stamped “HaZorfim”
- Lot 057: Cup with a base for kiddush. Stamped silver
- Lot 058: Cup with a base for kiddush. Stamped silver. Italian, made by hand
- Lot 059: Wine distribution set with 6 stamped silver cups
- Lot 060: Pair of silver candlesticks, made by hand with filigree work. Stamped. Israel, 20th century
- Lot 061: Pair of stamped silver candlesticks (artist stamp as well). Made by hand by HaZorfim, Israel 1970s
- Lot 062: 5-branched candelabra. Stamped silver, 20th century
- Lot 063: Rare, unique item. Miniature travel Havdalah set that fits inside a walking stick
- Lot 064: Besamim tower in the shape of a pomegranate. Filigree work, stamped silver
- Lot 065: Silver etrog case, stamped HaZorfim
- Lot 066: Oyster-shaped, stamped silver etrog box. Made by hand, European, early 20th century
- Lot 067: Stamped silver etrog box. Israel, beginning of the 20th century.
- Lot 068: Antique metal chanukiyah inside a matching display case
- Lot 069: Stamped silver chanukkiyah. Israel, 1950s
- Lot 070: Pewter chanukkiyah, rare miniature version shaped like chairs. Europe (Alsace?), end of the 19th century
- Lot 071: Lot of 3 dreidels made of bone/ivory, engraved. 20th century
- Lot 072: Lot of 3 dreidels made of bone/ivory, engraved. 20th century
- Lot 073: Original, rare, stamped seder plate—Central Europe, end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century.
- Lot 074: Pesach Haggadah with Ladino commentary accompanied by illustrations. Livorno 1904
- Lot 075: Collection of 6 rare haggadot from Berlin printings, 1922-1927
- Lot 076: Psalms with the commentary of the Radak—pretty, complete copy. Venice 1795
- Lot 077: Book of Psalms with the commentary of Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch (Rashar Hirsch), two sections. First edition,
- Lot 078: Likkutei Tehillim organized alphabetically. Warsaw 1856.
- Lot 079: Siddur Safah Brurah “for Savlonot”, with psalms. Redelheim, 1834. Handsome leather binding from the period
- Lot 080: Rare Chassidic siddur in nusach Ashkenaz: Siddur tefillot for the whole year with Harei Besamim and the Ohr Yitzhak
- Lot 081: Seder Purim—Prague 1835, including the rare preface before the title page.
- Lot 082: Refuat HaNefesh (Hamburg 1864), pretty copy.
- Lot 083: Collection of 12 printed prayer pages—Morocco and Jerusalem, early 20th century
- Lot 084: Manuscript on parchment, an excerpt from the Book of Daniel taken from a binding. Yemen, 14/15th century
- Lot 085: Manuscript page cut from the book Kad HaKemach by Rabbeinu Bechayai ben Asher, on “HaShabbat”. 15th century
- Lot 086: . Handwritten page from the Rambam, halachot Edut. 15th century, approximately
- Lot 087: Manuscript of “Midrash HaGadol”—Yemen, approximately 16th century
- Lot 088: Manuscript from a chumash with the parsha, Targum Onkelos, and Tafsir—Yemen, 19th century.
- Lot 089: Handsome copy in leather binding: Taj of Genesis and Exodus with Targum—Nasmi-Doran, Yemen, 1818
- Lot 090: Manuscript of the Tekhalel (Yemenite siddur), section 1—Yemen, 19th century (approximately
- Lot 091: Manuscript page of Hatarat Nedarim—Yemen, 19th century
- Lot 092: Manuscript of the Tekhalel (Yemenite siddur), section 3 on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Yemen, 17/18th century,
- Lot 093: Handwritten pamphlet with Hatarat Nedarim and Hoshanot and more. Yemen, 18th century.
- Lot 094: Manuscript with Azharot, Hoshanot, Simchat Torah, and Bracha LaRabim. Yemen, 18/19th century.
- Lot 095: Manuscript copy of Seder Tikkun Leil Shavuot and 2 megillot—Sanaa, 19th century
- Lot 096: Manuscript with Te’amim, calculations of leap years, Hoshanah Raba Idra Raba and Zuta Raba, and the Zohar. South Yemen,
- Lot 097: Rare: Handwritten pamphlet with mazalot, inyanei haShana, and new moons, based on the starmap. Northern Yemen, 1901.
- Lot 098: Diwan, poems with many illustrations, rare writing—central Yemen, 19th century
- Lot 099: Diwan manuscript—Yemen, end of the 18th to beginning of the 19th century
- Lot 100: Small pamphlet with diwan and poems. Yemen, 19/20th century.
- Lot 101: Manuscript of the Pri Tzaddik, a kitzur on halachot of Shechita and Treifut. Southern Yemen, 18/19th century
- Lot 102: Manuscript with halachot of Shechita of the Rambam. Yemen, 18/19 century.
- Lot 103: Rare: Manuscript with an unknown commentary on the Rambam’s halachot of Shechita. Yemen, 18th century (approximately).
- Lot 104: Manuscript of the “Aljameh”, a commentary of the words of the Mishnah. Yemen, 19/20th century
- Lot 105: Collection of rare letters and documents relating to the “Kollel America” controversy
- Lot 106: Letter of chiddushei Torah handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yaakov David Wilovsky, the Ridbaz
- Lot 107: Letter signed by rabbis of the Sha’ar Shamayim kabbalistic yeshiva,
- Lot 108: Interesting letter signed by the kabbalistic founders and leaders of the Sha’ar Shamayim yeshiva
- Lot 109: Letter handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Aryeh Levin (Avi HaAssirin, the Father of the Prisoners),
- Lot 110: Letter signed by the Mara d’Atra of Israel, the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Haim Zonenfeld. Jerusalem 1928
- Lot 111: Letter signed by the Gaon Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, rabbi of Jerusalem, about support for Yeshivat Kamanitz. Shvat 1960.
- Lot 112: Psak Din of the Badatz of the Charedi Eda of Jerusalem, signed by rabbis Pinchas Epstein, Yisrael Yitzhak Reisman,
- Lot 113: Letter signed by Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis, Jerusalem 1948
- Lot 114: Page with a handwritten and signed dedication by the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, “HaIvri.”
- Lot 115: Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hoffman (the Papa Dayan), Jerusalem
- Lot 116: Postcard with chiddushei Torah handwritten and signed by the Tzaddik of Ra’anana, the kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Huberman.
- Lot 117: Collection of paper and noties from the Beit HaTavshil and the Knesset Orchim Eliach in Jerusalem.
- Lot 118: Interesting: handwritten journal of a Jerusalem bookbinder with important references
- Lot 119: Handwritten notebook with a work on grammar, handwritten and signed by the leader of the Neturei Karta,
- Lot 120: Lot of notebooks from the Gaon Rabbi Meir Schwatz of Podhitz. Jerusalem, 1940s
- Lot 121: Sharply worded notice against Rav Kook signed by the Rogochover Rebbe, Rabbi Shaul Broch, the Grad Greenwald.
- Lot 122: Page with handwritten signature of the Chatam Sofer
- Lot 123: Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch) and his grandson Rabbi Yehezkel Bennett on
- Lot 124: Autograph of the author: manuscript of Rabbi Baruch Bendit Gvitin from his book Kesef Nivchar
- Lot 125: Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shmuel David Ungar of Nitra from when he was in Tarnov. 1924
- Lot 126: Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yonatan Steif of Budapest. 1954
- Lot 127: Chiddushei Torah handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Binyamin Sofer
- Lot 128: Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Asher Segel, Av Beit Din of Kiroly and the Glilot,
- Lot 129: Letter signed by Rabbi Yitzhak Meir Rapaport from when he was serving in Prague,
- Lot 130: Rare letter handwritten and signed by the Ga’avad of Chevin when he was in Tehran during the war. 1946
- Lot 131: Sefer Yesod: Shulchan Aruch, first edition of the Pischei Tshuva on the Even HaEzer—Johannesburg 1861. A meyuchas copy
- Lot 132: Sefer HaMakneh by Rabbi Eliezer Zussman Sofer, Av Beit Din of Paksh. First edition Pressburg/Paksh, 1877-1884.
- Lot 133: Collection of books from the Zussman Sofer of Paksh family. Hungary, 19th century
- Lot 134: Tmunat HaGedolim (with pictures of Gedolei Yisrael)—first edition, Neipest, 1925
- Lot 135: Commentary on Yonah and ‘Rabba bar Bar Chana’ and more, by the Gra. Prague 1810.
- Lot 136: Sefer Nefesh HaChayyim “Yirat Hashem Lachayim”—second edition, Vilna 1837
- Lot 137: Chafetz Haim first edition —Vilna 1873.
- Lot 138: Sefer Yesod: Shmirat HaLashon “Moga”-first edition,
- Lot 139: Safra, with commentary of the Chafetz Haim, two sections. First edition of this commentary, Pietrekov 1911.
- Lot 140: Three books from the library of the Gahatz Rabbi Avraham Noah Palay with his signatures
- Lot 141: Dedication by the author, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, on a set of two volumes of the work Dvarot Moshe. New York 1968
- Lot 142: Rare: Dedication by Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo (Rav Shlomkeh) Berman on his book Asher LeShlomo. First edition, Bnei Brak,
- Lot 143: Letter handwritten and signed by the Aderet in his youth. Ponevezh 1969
- Lot 144: Letter handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Haim Ozer, Av Beit Din of Vilna,
- Lot 145: Postcard handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Shimon Shkop. Horodna 1936
- Lot 146: “Refuah shlema” letter handwritten by the Chazon Ish.
- Lot 147: Two checks signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahneman of Ponevezh, 1959.
- Lot 148: Glosses handwritten by the Steipler with his opinion on the use of electricity on shabbat
- Lot 149: Emotional letter signed by Rabbi Haim Shmuelevitz and Rabbi Meir Segel of Haifa,
- Lot 150: Unique and historic: Invitation to the wedding of the Gaon Rabbi Haim Shmuelevitz. Mir 1930.