Bidspirit auctions | Moreshet Auction May 23, 2022
Moreshet, May 23, 2022. 213 lots.
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Lots in this catalog (213)
- Lot 1: Rare, not listed in bibliographic sources: HaMaggid, fourth section (Trei Asar and more).
- Lot 2: Tikkun Leil Shavuot—printed by Rabbi Shmuel Shapira. Slavita 1836.
- Lot 3: Sefer Menorat HaMaor with the commentary Nefesh Yehuda, second section, Jozefow, using Slavita lettering, 1847.
- Lot 4: Chumash Khok L’Yisrael, Deuteronomy, with the “Yosef LeChok”, Zhitomir 1856.
- Lot 5: Shulchan Aruch HaRav by the Baal HaTanya, Orech Chaim, 3rd section—Shapira printing, Zhitomir 1861.
- Lot 6: First edition of the Sefer Birkat David by the Rahak of Tolna. Printed by Shapira in Zhitomir, 1862.
- Lot 7: Rare: Shut Kerem Shlomo, copy owned by Rabbi Eliyahu Salman Mani of Chevron. Only edition, from the author’s lifetime,
- Lot 8: Rare with notes: Kehunat Olam/Imrei Shefer. First edition, Istanbul 1740.
- Lot 9: Rare and with yichus: Admat Kodesh—first edition, Istanbul 1742.
- Lot 10: Rare volume: Yemin Moshe / Zikaron LeBnei Yisrael / Shochtei HaYeladim. Calcutta 1844.
- Lot 11: Sefer Mateh Asher—first edition, Salonika 1748. Mizrahi notes.
- Lot 12: Rare: Sefer Karnot Tzaddik—first edition, Baghdad 1867
- Lot 13: Ladino: Siddur Kohelet Yaakov—El Moivo Avodat HaShana. Biełgorod, 1904. Rare variant
- Lot 14: Never appeared at auction: Shira LaKel. Only edition, Baghdad 1928.
- Lot 15: Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—Ladino, Salonika 1924-1925. Very good condition.
- Lot 16: Tikkunei HaZohar by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochay. Printed by Yisrael Bak. Jerusalem 1844. Original binding,
- Lot 17: Rare: Sefer HaZikaron, including the eulogy of Rabbi Eizel Charif of Slonim. Printed by Goszinni Jerusalem 1874.
- Lot 18: Chermon—a calendar for 1902-3. Lemberg 1902.
- Lot 19: Yad v’Shem Tov—eulogy for Rabbi Yitzhak Dov HaLevi Bamberger, Av Beit Din of Wurzburg. Jerusalem 1904(?)
- Lot 20: Lot of works of Rav Kook. First editions, Jerusalem 1906-1942.
- Lot 21: Polemic: Midbar Matana by Rabbi Matityahu Nissim Tarni. Single edition. Florence 1810,
- Lot 22: Polemic: Sefer Nitzachon by Rabbi Lipmann Muhlhausen—rare edition, Amsterdam 1711. Pocket edition.
- Lot 23: Lot of rare research books: Breslau/ Krotoszyn 1843-1847. Copy owned by a student of Rabbi Akiva Eiger.
- Lot 24: Polemic: Two sections of Kach Hi HaDarka shel Torah—first edition, Iasi 1864-68.
- Lot 25: Volume with the books: Tiv Kedushin (polemic) / Avnei Gazit on the Even HaEzer – first editions,
- Lot 26: Polemical pronouncement on the etrogim of Corfu. Jerusalem 1892.
- Lot 27: Polemic: HaBoged Boged—protest pamphlet regarding a get forced to be given—Krakow 1902.
- Lot 28: Sefer Cherev L’Hashem u’leYisrael by Ephraim Deinard. First edition, New Orleans 1923.
- Lot 29: Polemic: Moreh Da’at, Rabbi Eliyahu Zvi Kotnik. Kovna (Kaunas) 1925.
- Lot 30: Polemic: Sefer Moshe—tshuvot and proofs against Bible critics. Kishinev 1928.
- Lot 31: Polemic regarding the community in Antwerp—Pamphlet Sfat Emet. Antwerp 1932.
- Lot 32: Polemic in Yiddish: A Shtimeh fun Jener Welt—a protest booklet agains the American Council on Judaism and its
- Lot 33: Bibliographic discovery: Ktav Plaster, wild slander in Yiddish against a rabbinical figure in the city of Berehove,
- Lot 34: A Bibliographic Discovery: an early catalogue of the famous Romm book publishers in Vilna.
- Lot 35: Lot on the Talmud Bavli—masechtot and bibliography
- Lot 36: Temunat HaGedolim (with pictures of Gedolei Yisrael) with the author’s dedication. New York, after 1925.
- Lot 37: Lot of books by the rabbi and researcher Shaul Liberman. Harry Fischel Institute, Jerusalem 1939-40.
- Lot 38: First edition of the work Shvilei Emunah—Riva di Trento, 1559. Signature of Rabbi Shlomo Kaspi.
- Lot 39: Rare: Midrash Tanchuma: among the first books printed in Verona, 1595.
- Lot 40: Sefer Chen Tov—rare and handsome. Prague 1618-1624. Complete copy.
- Lot 41: Sefer Beit Lechem Yehuda—first edition, Venice 1625. Copy with yichus
- Lot 42: Sefer Yesod: Ma’avar Yabok—first edition, Mantua 1626.
- Lot 43: Rare: Halachot Yesodei HaTorah by the Rambam/Rosh Emunah by the Abarbanel. First editions, in Latin, Amsterdam 1638.
- Lot 44: Rare: Halachot Gerim v’Matanot Aniyim by the Rambam. First edition in Latin, Oxford 1679.
- Lot 45: Extremely rare: Minhagei Ashkenaz, Sefer HaMaharil with siddur. Frankfurt-am-Mein 1688. Pocket edition.
- Lot 46: Tzemach David—Jewish History. Offenbach, 1768.
- Lot 47: Shulchan Aruch Meginei Aretz (Orech Chaim), printed in Furth 1777. Interesting signatures and notes.
- Lot 48: Sefer Chochmat HaShorashim (philosophy)—Hague, 1781. Excellent condition.
- Lot 49: Igeret HaMelitza and Mishpat Lashon HaKdoesh—only edition, 1796.
- Lot 50: Three books in one volume—HaRokeach/Avkat Rochel/Tomer Devorah. Jozefow/Novy Dvor/Zolkwa 1794-1841.
- Lot 51: Not listed bibliographically: Mikrah Mefurash in Yiddish/German. Hamburg 1808. Many subscriber names.
- Lot 52: Sefer Machatzit HaShekel, Vienna edition, 1817. Long notes from the period of printing
- Lot 53: Rare book from a rare printing: Hora’at Sha’ah. Bohuslav, 1820.
- Lot 54: HaMoreh LiTzdaka—Rabbi Avraham Buchner. Only edition, Warsaw 1838.
- Lot 55: Pamphlet “Chesronot HaShas”—first edition, Koenigsberg 1861
- Lot 56: Peleh Yoetz, 2 sections, published by the author’s son. Vienna? 1860. Copy with yichus.
- Lot 57: Masechet Taanis and Moed Katan and the Rif with handwritten chiddushim. Lemberg (like the Slavita edition), 1862.
- Lot 58: Shevet Mussar, Vienna 1864. Copy with yichus.
- Lot 59: Chikur Din on dinei nefashot. First (only?) edition, Padua 1877.
- Lot 60: Lot of three important books from the 18th and early 19th century. Signatures and notes.
- Lot 61: Handsome copy: Midrash Tanchuma – first Shlomo Buber edition, Vilna 1885.
- Lot 62: WWI: Sefer Mimeonot Arayos, eulogies for the dead during the war. Bilgoraj 1925.
- Lot 63: Important and revolutionary: Sod Netzach Yisrael, many illustrations. Oakland, California (USA). 1938
- Lot 64: Ramban on the Torah in rare condition. Pizzaro (Italy), 1514. Missing copy.
- Lot 65: Yesod: Handwritten notes and signature of Rabbi Yitzhak Krispin of Izmir on the Shulchan Aruch, Amsterdam 1662.
- Lot 66: Segula: Khok L’Yisrael, one of the famous sifrei yesod. The first Hebrew book printed in Egypt,
- Lot 67: Sefer Yesod: Toldot Adam—first edition of the tshuvot of the Rashba. Livorno 1757.
- Lot 68: First edition of the Chumash Torah Temima by Rabbi Baruch HaLevi Epstein of Pinsk. Many long notes.
- Lot 69: Rare work in Latin with the original parchment binding: Synagoga Judaica (the Jewish synagogue). Basel 1680.
- Lot 70: Rare: Eleh Bnei HaNeurim—poetry by Ephraim Luzzatto. Early edition, London 1768. Copy with yichus.
- Lot 71: Extremely rare, not sold before at auction: Mot Adam, on the death of Adam the first man. Only edition, Prague 1817.
- Lot 72: 17 issues of the newspaper Ivri Anochi. Europe, 1873.
- Lot 73: Masa’ei Yisrael on the Jews in Asia and Africa, with a map. Lyck 1859.
- Lot 74: Volume containing issues of “HaTzfira”. Warsaw 1904
- Lot 75: Chachmei Ahu—only edition, Hamburg 1908.
- Lot 76: Volume containing 44 issues of “HaTzfira”. Warsaw 1917.
- Lot 77: Satire: Masechet Admonim from the Bolshevik Talmud – Tel Aviv 1923.
- Lot 78: Volume with early issues of the biweekly periodical Tevuna, edited by Rabbi Yisrael Zissel Devortz. Jerusalem 1932-33.
- Lot 79: Volume of supplementary sections for children and families from the Yiddish newspaper of Agudas Yisrael,
- Lot 80: Volume of issues of the Yiddish newspaper Welt Spiegel with many references to the Shoah which had just opened and the
- Lot 81: Volume with the monthly Yiddish periodical of the Agudas Yisrael in America, “Das Yiddische Wort”. 1960-62.
- Lot 82: Kol Dmei Achim—Tel Aviv, 1943. Documentation from the period, during the Shoah.
- Lot 83: Shut HaRashba and a collection of notes by Rabbi Elchanan. Sheerit HaPlita, Shanghai 1945
- Lot 84: For the first time at auction: 30 Ghetto Lieder. Booklet of Ghetto songs – New York 1960.
- Lot 85: Lot of four sfarim printed during the Shoah.
- Lot 86: Noam Elimelech/Toldot Yaakov Yosef—Sheerit Plita printing, 1947-49.
- Lot 87: Sheerit HaPlita: Sefer Kol Eliyahu by the Vilna Gaon. Șimleu, 1948.
- Lot 88: Sheerit HaPlita: Chassidic siddur Tefila Yeshara, Berdichev. Printed by Yafeh in Föhrenwald, 1946.
- Lot 89: A number of documents from the estate of Rabbi Simcha Heller.
- Lot 90: Letter from the Yishuv Kfar Orya to Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook, Chief Rabbi of Israel. Kfar Orya, 1921
- Lot 91: The Basel Congress—Theodore Herzl, Warsaw 1897.
- Lot 92: Sefer Motzei Mayim with the author’s dedication. First edition, Budapest 1924.
- Lot 93: 5 volumes of the official newspaper of the Mandate government, The Palestine Gazette, between 1937-1940.
- Lot 94: Rare: 8 leaves of Gemara (Masechet Brachot) from Istanbul 1802. From Binding geniza
- Lot 95: Not listed bibliographically: Birkat HaShana by the sages of Tzfat. Tzfat 1908. Gilded printing.
- Lot 96: Large colorful poster of the Etz Chaim yeshiva. Jerusalem, early 20th century.
- Lot 97: Antique, early photograph of Rabbi Meir Leibush Malbim. Europe, early 20th century
- Lot 98: Two original, rare photographs of Maran the Chazon Ish
- Lot 99: Lot of 15 different mezuzah housings made of silver, filigree and more
- Lot 100: Antique sefer torah on red gvil parchment
- Lot 101: Sefardi Sefer Torah inside a wooden case.
- Lot 102: Sefardi Sefer Torah inside a handsome wooden case.
- Lot 103: Antique kosher mezuzah, pretty, in Ari script. Pressburg, 18-19th century. With an antique metal housing
- Lot 104: Handsome antique candlesticks with unique glasswork—20th century.
- Lot 105: An egg made in the style of Faberge for holding besamim. Enamel and silver, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- Lot 106: Handsome kiddush set—a tray, pitcher, and cups. Stamped silver, Isfahan.
- Lot 107: 3 different tops (dreidels)—silver, enamel, filigree, gemstones.
- Lot 108: Pesach Haggadah, “Ma’aleh Beit Horin, ” Vienna 1823. Handsome leather binding.
- Lot 109: Pesach Haggadah with four commentaries. Lodz 1936.
- Lot 110: Rare: Tikkunim to be said at the Tombs of Rachel and the Prophet Samuel. Tikkun Leil Shavuot and HaIdrot HaKedoshot.
- Lot 111: Rare: Kol Sasson, siddur for the 7th night of Pesach. First edition, Mantua 1778.
- Lot 112: Tikkun Shlomo – Siddur Tikkunei Shabbat by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman London – Redelheim 1850. Pretty original binding.
- Lot 113: Siddur L’Sivlonot, handsome, unknown. Hannover 1868.
- Lot 114: Americana: Kovetz Slichot and prayers for the Chevra Kadisha. New York, 1900.
- Lot 115: Siddur Korban Mincha in leather binding, original Betzalel creation, pretty. Jerusalem 1947.
- Lot 116: Manuscript copy of Sefer Parshat Derachim with alterations from the printed copy,
- Lot 117: Antique Ashkenazi manuscript: Sefer Moldot Yitzhak on the Evronot. Pretty, good condition
- Lot 118: Rare and exciting: a manuscript of lost piyyutei klala from Shacharit of Yom Kippur—Ashkenaz, 18th century
- Lot 119: “May it be that the above uncircumcised fall soon”—a unique letter in which non-Jewish names are listed with a request
- Lot 120: Unique and exciting item: manuscript of a bar mitzvah drasha in Yiddish from a Jewish boy in Europe before the Shoah.
- Lot 121: Manuscript: Unique azkara prayer in Yiddish. Rota, 1855.
- Lot 122: “As if to eat pig, bringing kosher meat from elsewhere” – a document on the selling of community rights to franchisees,
- Lot 123: Miniature manuscript, psukei d’zimrah. Ashkenaz, 18/19th century
- Lot 124: Historical documentation: a financial booklet from the Kollel Yerushalmi. 1928-9.
- Lot 125: Manuscript copy of the Sefer Mekor Chaim and Petah HaOhel and more.
- Lot 126: Taj manuscript, Genesis and Exodus. Yemen, 18/19th century
- Lot 127: Packet of handwritten pamphlets. Chiddushim and commentaries on the Torah, eulogies and more. Yemen/Israel,
- Lot 128: Small manuscript: Sefer Dvarim and Megillot, filled in by hand. Yemen, 19th century, with additional leaves
- Lot 129: Pretty manuscript, pocket format, antique binding: Siddur, Yemen, 19th century
- Lot 130: Manuscript with likkutim, te’amim, amulets, and more. Yemen, 19th century
- Lot 131: Unique and exciting: letter handwritten and signed by Maran Sar HaTorah Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and the rabbanit Bat
- Lot 132: Unique and exciting item from the youth of Rav Kanievsky: Index of abbreviations and synonyms,
- Lot 133: Historic: Stamp of the beit din of Rabbi Shmuel Salant. 18/19th century
- Lot 134: Polemic: letter from Rabbi Moshe Blau to the Saba Kadisha Rabbi Shlomo Alfandery regarding divisions among the Haredi
- Lot 135: Long letter written entirely by hand by Rabbi Aryeh Levin to Rabbi Yehezkel Sarna, Rosh Yeshivat Chevron.
- Lot 136: Letter sent between two geonim of hora’ah. By Rabbi Yisrael Welz, Av Beit Din of Budapest,
- Lot 137: Long and early letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook, Chief Rabbi. Yafo 1908.
- Lot 138: Letter handwritten and signed by the Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac HaLevi Herzog, addressed to his father-in-law,
- Lot 139: Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, copy owned by Rabbi Menachem Natan Auerbach, with many notes. Vilna 1875.
- Lot 140: Letter signed by Rabbi Ovadya Yosef, about support for a talmid chacham. 1973
- Lot 141: Tshuva regarding shmita signed by Maran Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner. Bnei Brak 2000
- Lot 142: Sefer Kiryat Channah – only edition, Metz 1785. Copy owned by the Malbim and the gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin.
- Lot 143: Sefer Kanfei Yona and Yoreh Deah – first edition, Prague 1812. Copy of a student of the Chatam Sofer.
- Lot 144: Sefer Ohel David with handwritten additions by the author. Vienna, 1822.
- Lot 145: Copy with yichus: Tevu’ot Shor with Levushei Srad. Lemberg 1863. Copy owned by Rabbi Yehoshua Falk Auerbach,
- Lot 146: Never seen at auction: Anshei Shem on the tzaddikim Rabbi Yehonatan Eibeschitz and the Maharash Monk. Lyck 1879.
- Lot 147: Four different works from the library of Rabbi Chaim Brody, Rabbi of Prague.
- Lot 148: Stamps from the Ehrenreich rabbinical family of Șimleu, many additional notes on the Sefer Minchas Erev. Kosice 1911
- Lot 149: “I will forgive him this time”—an interesting letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shmuel Yitzhak Hillman,
- Lot 150: Sefer Margaliot HaTorah on the Neviim, Ketuvim, and Megillot, by a student of the Gra, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch of Smiatitz.