Bidspirit auctions | Moreshet Auction Jul 27, 2022
Moreshet, Jul 27, 2022. 215 lots.
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Lots in this catalog (215)
- Lot 1: Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, second section. Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira, Slavita 1817.
- Lot 2: Chasidut: Levushei Sarad, Orech Hayyim in 2 sections [first edition of the 2nd part]. Zhitomir 1853
- Lot 3: Rare and with yichus: Yikarei d’Shichvei, eulogies on gedolei Yisrael. Only edition, Salonika 1774
- Lot 4: Rare Ladino: Pamphlet Darchei Noam. First work by Rabbi Yehuda Alkelay. Belgrade 1839.
- Lot 5: Ladino: Sefer HaBrit. Rabby Pinchas Horwitz, Salonika printing, 1847. Partially missing copy.
- Lot 6: Booklet of piyyutim in Ladino, “Traducion Libre”. Rhodes (Livorno) 1931.
- Lot 7: Ladino: Calendar. Shaul Chaim Molcho. Salonika 1932.
- Lot 8: Sefer Yoru Mishpatecha L’Yaakov, with quotes from Chassidic works. Calcutta 1882. Rare.
- Lot 9: Rare Shut Magen David—first (only?) edition, Algeria 1891.
- Lot 10: Chaim L’Yisrael with dedication by the publisher, the author’s son, to Rabbi Chaim Zarka. First (rare) edition,
- Lot 11: Avnei HaEfod, 2nd section. Copy owned by Rabbi Chaim Masas. First edition, Sofia 1927.
- Lot 12: First edition of Sefer Shir Yedidut.
- Lot 13: Sefer LaKedoshim BaAretz, by Rabbi David Zion Laniado. Biographies and gravestone phrasings from Israel, Babylon,
- Lot 14: Rare: Talmud Torah Shaarei Torah—a report on the institution’s situation. 4 booklets from Shvat 1891 until Av 1897.
- Lot 15: Polemic: Rabbi Aryeh Schwartz and the forger Shlomo Friedlander—volume with their works on the Tosefta. First edition,
- Lot 16: Polemic: Tzidkat Zion, a disputation on the Zionist movement. Berdichev 1903.
- Lot 17: Polemic regarding the Warsaw Kollel. Sefer Shut Kvod Yerushalayim. Only edition, Jerusalem 1930.
- Lot 18: Iva LeMoshav on the sages of the 3 communities “Iva”. Only edition, Krakow 1903. Bound with Lekorot HaRabbanut”,
- Lot 19: Ner HaMaarav – first edition of the monumental work by Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Toledano on the history of Moroccan Jewry.
- Lot 20: Volume with important bibliographic booklets by Avraham Yaari. Jerusalem 1933-43.
- Lot 21: Numbered Copy: Shir HaYichud with a kabbalistic commentary. Facsimile of the Tiengen 1560 calligraphic edition.
- Lot 22: Rare Sefer Yesod: Sefer HaAgudah, first edition, Krakow 1571
- Lot 23: Foundational work (Sefer Yesod): Lechem Mishneh on the Rambam, part 1. First edition, Venice 1604
- Lot 24: Two rare works of halacha bound together – Shut Maharil / Shut Mahari Weil.
- Lot 25: Rare Sefer Yesod with the approbation of the Maharsha and the Levush: Even HaEzer Ra’avan by one of the Baalei
- Lot 26: Rare Sefer Yesod, a copy with yichus: Beit Yehuda by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena—first edition, Venice 1635.
- Lot 27: Sefer Yesod: Meginei Shlomo, defending Rashi. First edition, Amsterdam 1715. Many interesting notes.
- Lot 28: Sefer Yesod: Sefer Dina d’Chayei, 2 sections. Only edition, rare, Istanbul 1742.
- Lot 29: Sefer Yesod: Drosh v’Chiddush by Rabbi Akiva Eiger. First edition, Warsaw 1839.
- Lot 30: Sefer Yesod: Yesharesh Yaakov—first edition, Lemberg 1863. Copy with yichus
- Lot 31: Sefer Rosh Yosef—first edition, rare printer. Köthen 1717.
- Lot 32: Mishnayot Seder Nezikin, first edition to feature the commentary of the Ramaz around the Mishnah. Amsterdam 1726.
- Lot 33: Tzintzenet HaMan—only edition (rare), Offenbach, 1723. Typographic variation
- Lot 34: Rare and with yichus: Naftali Sva Ratzon. Early edition, Furth 1727
- Lot 35: Torat Chaim—chiddushim on the Shas by Rabbi Avraham Chaim Shor. Frankfurt-der-Oder 1734. Illustrated title page.
- Lot 36: Ateret Shlomo, 3 sections—first edition, Brno 1788. Rare, with yichus to the son of the Aruch LaNer.
- Lot 37: Rare: Milchamot Hashem and Binah Le’Itim from the Asarah Ma’amarot. First edition, London 1794.
- Lot 38: Shut Mahari Kolon. Early (rare) edition, Lemberg 1798.
- Lot 39: Maasei Hashem including the Haggadah. Zhovkva 1802. Copy owned by the chassid Rabbi Yosef Zvi Shapira of Poland.
- Lot 40: Chumash Bereishit, Torat Hashem Temima. Luneville 1807. Interesting note in Yiddish.
- Lot 41: Rare! Siach Spunim on Song of Songs. First edition with Yiddish translation. The first Hebrew book printed in Iasi,
- Lot 42: Sefer Zvi LaTzaddik. Pietrekov 1904.
- Lot 43: Lot of Sifrei Hadranim on the Shas, first editions. Pietrekov and Boston.
- Lot 44: Chayenu v’Orech Yameinu—a guide to physical health. Yisrael Chaim Zgorodsky, Warsaw 1898.
- Lot 45: Avo Beitecha: 509 photos from synagogues in Tel Aviv. Rare. Tel Aviv 1991.
- Lot 46: Olam SheNeelam—Roman Vishniac. Two editions in two languages. New York and Germany.
- Lot 47: Dmutam Mul Einai on Polish Jewry. 2005.
- Lot 48: “And I Still See Their Faces” – a photo album of Polish Jews.
- Lot 49: HaOlam SheLifnei HaAson (the World Before the Tragedy) – Krakow 2007.
- Lot 50: History of Jewish Costume – album and research. Jerusalem 1973.
- Lot 51: Jerusalem through the eyes of Avi Kevork Khadjian. 1998.
- Lot 52: Treasures of the Jewish Museum – first edition, New York 1904.
- Lot 53: Behold a Great Image—album of photos from Jewish life. America, 1978.
- Lot 54: Mazal tov: an album of antique ketubot from the Israel Museum. 1993.
- Lot 55: v’Hegadeta LeVanecha – on Jewish traditions in Hungary. Budapest 1984.
- Lot 56: Sefer Maramures – Tel Aviv 1996.
- Lot 57: Der Yiddishe Romanisher Kalendar. Rare calendar for 1947. Romania under the Communists.
- Lot 58: A chilling Holocaust testimony: a woman’s testimony regarding her husband’s murder by the Poles in 1945.
- Lot 59: Volume containing: Sefer Chassidim/Midrash Shmuel/Avot. Sheerit Plita Shanghai 1946.
- Lot 60: Pesach Haggadah with the commentary of Rabbi Yaakov of Lissa. Sheerit Plita, Munich 1947.
- Lot 61: Rare poster, unknown bibliographically, “Mishenichnas Adar Marbin b’Simcha”—Grosvardin, 1940(?).
- Lot 62: Three parchment sheets from a sefer torah.
- Lot 63: Gvil parchment sheets from an antique sefer torah
- Lot 64: Stamped silver kiddush cup. India, 19/20th century.
- Lot 65: Sculpture made of bronze, a candlestick for shabbat candlesticks. Holland.
- Lot 66: Miniature channukiya with careful sawing. Stamped silver.
- Lot 67: Brass shabbat candle—North Africa.
- Lot 68: Antique, pretty parchment binding. Sefer Brit Yitzhak. Livorno 1796.
- Lot 69: Sefer Chemed Elohim—Istanbul 1823.
- Lot 70: Collection of prayers in Polish for school students. Lviv 1925, approximately. Rare.
- Lot 71: Rare and exciting: Siddur HaShalom—first edition, from behind the Iron Curtain. Moscow 1956.
- Lot 72: Manuscript of practical kabbalah—Yemen, 19-20th century
- Lot 73: Codex of a Chevra Kadisha—prayers, hakafot, hashkava. Includes a colophon. Yemen, 19th century.
- Lot 74: Autograph from the author, “Otzar HaMa’asiyot”—handwritten by Rabbi Reuven Ne’enah
- Lot 75: Letter of certification for a shochet, handwritten and signed by Maran Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook,
- Lot 76: Letter from Rabbi Zvi Yehuda HaKohen Kook regarding the printing of his father’s (Ra’aya Kook’s) letters.
- Lot 77: Handwritten dedication from Rabbi Aryeh Levin, Avi HaAsirim. Jerusalem 1942.
- Lot 78: Document with signatures of Jerusalem gedolim: the Tepliker Rav, Rabbi Menachem Natan Auerbach, and more.
- Lot 79: Booklet of receipts of the Vaad Klali Knesset Yisrael, signed by Jerusalem gedolim—rabbis and Admorim
- Lot 80: Three notes handwritten and signed by Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, to Rabbi Avraham David Rosenthal.
- Lot 81: Huge shtar for selling chametz—designed for the sale of chametz of the State of Israel,
- Lot 82: Letter of condolences handwritten and signed by Maran Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach upon the death of Rabbi Yitzhak
- Lot 83: Personal biography handwritten by Rabbi Avraham David Rosenthal, Ra’avad of the Ashkenazim-Prushim in Jerusalem.
- Lot 84: Letter of thanks and blessings from the kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Leib Zussman. Jerusalem 1977
- Lot 85: Volume with two rare books—Frankfurt and Halle, 1713-14. Copy owned by Rabbi Simcha Bamberger
- Lot 86: Volume with two Shut works: Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi—first edition, Neuwied (Germany) 1736. Chacham Zvi,
- Lot 87: Notes handwritten by Rabbi Baruch Asher Perles, a dayan in Baya(?) and student of the Chatam Sofer.
- Lot 88: Sefer Brit Melach, with approbation from the author’s father, Rabbi Mordechai Bennett. First edition, Prague 1816
- Lot 89: Sefer Yesod with notes of Rabbi Moshe Zvi Fox of Grosvardin and probably also his father—Zion LaNefesh Chaya (Tzlach),
- Lot 90: First work by the Ga’avad Minchat Yitzhak: Divrei Yitzhak. Grosvardin 1942.
- Lot 91: Controversy regarding false conversions: Letter of warning from Manchester rabbis led by Rabbi Yitzhak Yaakov Weiss,
- Lot 92: Letter handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Yitzhak Hillman, author of the Or HaYashar. London 1930
- Lot 93: Letter with interesting content handwritten and signed by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Farber—London, 1937
- Lot 94: Shoah—letter from Rabbi Asher Anshil Schick of Siksa, great-grandson and grandson of the Av Beit Din of Chenger.
- Lot 95: Lot of 4 marriage certificates signed by the Cheshev Sofer, Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer—Jerusalem 1952-53.
- Lot 96: Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Aharon Avish, Av Beit Din of Lupeni. Jerusalem 1954.
- Lot 97: Various conversion documents, including a letters signed by Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Rotenburg, rabbi in Paris,
- Lot 98: Sefer Yavin Shmu’ah with handwriting of Rabbi Zundel of Salant. Livorno 1792
- Lot 99: Shut Mohari of Brno. Second edition, Stettin 1860. Copy of the Netziv and his son
- Lot 100: 2 volumes of Aseifat Zekenim published by the Chafetz Chaim with the note “moga”. Warsaw and Pietrekov 1902-9
- Lot 101: Note handwritten by the author: Chazon Ish, halachot of Shabbat. Jerusalem 1948
- Lot 102: Keter Torah, only edition, Jerusalem 1913. Copy owned by Rabbi Ephraim Malach, with the author’s dedication.
- Lot 103: Not listed bibliographically: Monthly journal “HaChaim” published by students of the Beit Yosef Novhardok yeshiva.
- Lot 104: Letter handwritten and signed by the Tzaddik Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Lubachinsky, son-in-law of the Saba of Novhardok,
- Lot 105: Rare: Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yisrael HaLevi Soloveitchik, Johannesburg 1940
- Lot 106: . Letter handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein, Rosh Yeshivat Chevron. Jerusalem 1931
- Lot 107: Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Aharon David Burok to Maran Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook. Brooklyn,
- Lot 108: Letter filled with blessings, signed by the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel. Mir 1935
- Lot 109: Letter of blessings handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yaakov Edelstein, Rabbi of Ramat HaSharon. 1974.
- Lot 110: Letter handwritten and signed by Maran Rabbi Gershon Edelstein shlita, Rosh Yeshiva. Bnei Brak 1953.
- Lot 111: Thank you letter and ketiva and chatima tova from Maran Rabbi Yehiel Michal Feinstein,
- Lot 112: Interesting letter with the handwritten signature of Rabbi Chaim Kreuzwirt,
- Lot 113: List of Chalukat HaShas, handwritten and signed by Maran Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, for the yahrzeit of his brother-in-law,
- Lot 114: Letter regarding support for a talmid chacham from the gaon kabbalist Rabbi Yisrael Eliyahu Weintraub,
- Lot 115: Signatures and dozens of notes of Rabbi Moshe Abikhzer and others from the beit din of Rabbi Yaakov Abukhazira,
- Lot 116: Dedication of the author to Rabbi Menashe Sathon: Sefer Kiryat Sefer, first (rare) edition, Izmir 1863
- Lot 117: Sefer Sam Moshe and Derech Chaim—only (rare) edition, Jerusalem 1904
- Lot 118: Sefer Bat Ami on agunot, with the author’s dedication (Rabbi Toledano). First edition, Tel Aviv 1947
- Lot 119: The first works published by Maran Rabbi Ovadiya Yosef: Chazon Ovadiya, part 1; Chazon Ovadiya Haggadah shel Pesach.
- Lot 120: Letter handwritten and signed by the Sage Rabbi Haim Nachum Mizrahi of Tzfat to Rabbi David Maroni of Italy on the
- Lot 121: Document of the Chief Rabbinate signed by Rabbi Yaakov Edes, Rabbi Yaakov Kelmes, and Rabbi Shalom Azoulay.
- Lot 122: Ketuba with handwritten bits filled in and the signature of Maran Rabbi Ovadiya Yosef. Jerusalem 1994.
- Lot 123: Rare: Sefer HaZohar on Genesis. Shklov, 1785
- Lot 124: 2 volumes of the Zohar, rare printing. Shklov 1812-1815.
- Lot 125: Sefer HaZohar, sections Vayikra to Devarim. Kapost 1809
- Lot 126: Zohar, section on Leviticus through Deuteronomy. First edition to bear the glosses of HaChida. Livorno 1791-3.
- Lot 127: 3 volumes of the Zohar on the Torah, old pretty leather bindings. Izmir 1862. With approbation of Rabbi Chaim Palagi
- Lot 128: Zohar Chadash and Midrash HaNe’elam with the rare work Sod Hashem. Rare edition, Istanbul 1740
- Lot 129: Rare Sefer Yesod: the ancient Shomer Emunim (kabbalah). First edition, Amsterdam 1736. Partially missing copy
- Lot 130: Sefer Yesod: Tur Bareket (Mekor Chaim),
- Lot 131: Sefer Eshel Avraham (kabbalah)—first edition (rare), Furth 1701. Kabbalistic illustrations
- Lot 132: Rare: Sefer Birkat Yosef, a commentary on Sefer Yetzira and Lev Yoshe’a by the kabbalist Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropoly.
- Lot 133: Olat Tamid by Rabbi Yaakov Tzemach—first edition, Salonika 1854.
- Lot 134: Rare: Sefer HaGilgulim by Rabbi Chaim Vittel, with additions from the Maharam Esh. Johannesburg 1859.
- Lot 135: Sefer Karnayim by Rabbi Aharon of Cardina, with the exegesis Dan Yadin by Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropol. Satmar 1905
- Lot 136: Copy with yichus and rare: Sefer Yesod—Shaar HaHakdamot by the Maharhav (kabbalah). First edition, Jerusalem 1865.
- Lot 137: Pamphlet introduction of the Maharhav in a small format. Jerusalem 1910 (approx.).
- Lot 138: Mesilot Chochmah (kabbalah) First edition, Jerusalem 1934
- Lot 139: Pretty, like new copy: Me’arat Sadeh HaMachpelah,
- Lot 140: Sefer Tzemach Tzaddik—tikkun leil shishi (kabbalah). Only edition, Jerusalem 1911.
- Lot 141: Sar Shalom by the Rashash, first edition. Jerusalem 1912
- Lot 142: “Lachen Shafachti Siach”—kabbalistic siddur of the Rashash with the tears of the kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Woltuch A
- Lot 143: HaEmunah v’HaBitachon by the Ramban. Warsaw 1877. Copy owned by the kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Woltuch.
- Lot 144: Segulah l’Chaim u’leRefuah. Jerusalem 1930 (approx.)?
- Lot 145: A segulah for preservation, marriage,
- Lot 146: Oil on canvas by the “Tzayar HaKadosh” (the Holy Painter)—large painting.
- Lot 147: Special Printing on Parchment: Portrait of the Admor Reb Shaya’la of Kerestir, numbered copy
- Lot 148: Netzach Yisrael by the Maharal of Prague—chassidic edition with the approbation of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev and
- Lot 149: Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah. Chassidic edition, Ostroh, 1804
- Lot 150: Sefer Yere’im—Zolkva 1804, Chassidic edition with endorsements of the Ohev Yisrael of Aphtha and the Maggid of Kozhnitz