Auction 65 Special Premium Auction | Rare Letters, pedigreed copies and Sifrei Kodesh
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May 28, 2023
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LOT 1:
Post-Incunabula Fine Copy: Nachalat Avot by Rabbeinu Don Yitzchak Abravanel - First Edition Printed in His Lifetime - Kushta, 1506. Nachalat Avot, commentary on tractate Avot tby Rabbeinu Don Yitzchak Abravanel, first, post-incunabula, edition printed in his lifetime - the press of David and ...
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Post-Incunabula Fine Copy: Extremely Rare! Tractate Nidah - First Edition of the Bomberg Press, Venice 1520 Pedigreed Copy with Glosses. Tractate Nidah with Rashi's commentary, Tosfot, Piskei Tosfot and a commentary on the Mishnayot by Rabbeinu Asher, printed as part of the famed, first edition ...
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The Polemic of the Printeries of Venice: Mishneh Torah LeHaRambam Section II with Many Handwritten Glosses from the Time of Pritinting - Justanian Press, Venice 15551. Large volume, Mishneh Torah LeHaRambam, Section II: Hafla and Shoftim. Edition with many additions, at the press of Marco ...
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Rare Basic Book: First Edition of Shut Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi - Kushta, 1560. Shut Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi, head of the rabbis of Turkey and author of Sefer Mizrachi on the Torah - first edition, Kushta, 1560. Stefansky Sifrei yesod no. 279. Yaari, Kushta 161. First edition of one of the most ...
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Sefer Aruch HaKatzur [HaAruch HaKatzar] - Krakow, 1592 Copy of Rabbi Moshe Lvov Av Beit Din of Trier - Ancient Glosses. Sefer Aruch HaKatzur "authored by one of the Kadmonim who, in his modesty, did not note his name ... printed here in Krakow by Yitzchak ben Rabbi Aharon of Prostitz". 1592. 36 ...
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LOT 6:
Early in Rare Condiiton! Sefer Halichot Olam (the Rules of the Gemore) - Mantova, 1593. Sefer Halichot Olam, the Rules of the Gemore by Rabbi Yeshu'ah ben Yosef Halevi of Tlemcen. The book deals with the rules of the Talmud and the Sages' methods of Psikah and became a basic book in the field. ...
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Impressive and Rare Copy with an Original Parchment Binding: Midrash Tanchuma - One the First Books Printed in Verona, 1595. Sefer Tanchuma, “also called Yelamdenu, a midrash on Chamish Chumshei TTorah”, an edition with additions, including a few parshiyot not printed previously and an ...
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LOT 8:
Sefer HaAruch with an Ancient Leather Binding - Early Edition Basel 1599 Fascinating and Important Ancient Notations. Sefer HaAruch, the monumental work of Rabbi Natan ben Rabbi Yechiel Meromi (lived and operated in the 11th century), edited by Rabbi Shmuel Archevolti. Printed in Basel, 1599. ...
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Basic Book: Shut Maharam of Rotenburg (Haktzarot) - First Edition, Prague 1608 Pedigreed Copy with Glosses. Shut by Rabbeinu Meir of Rotenburg known as the Maharam of Rotenburg, one of the Rishonim from approx. 800 years ago and a leading Posek. First edition - Prague, 1608. 2, 5-114 leaves. ...
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Basic Book with an original Parchment Binding - Pedigreed Copy with Glosses: Gidulei Terumah on Sefer Haterumot - First Edition Venice, 1643. Sefer Gidulei Terumah by Rabbi Azarya Piccio, commentary on the ancient Sefer Haterumot by Rabbi Shmuel ben Rabbi Yitzchak Haspharadi, an important book ...
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LOT 11:
Sacred and Awe-Insiring! Lovely Copy: the First Edition of Sefer Shnei Luchot Habrit (Shelah) by Rabbi Yeshaya Horowitz - Amsterdam 1648-1649. One of the most basic books: Sefer Shnei Luchot Habrit (Shelah Hakadosh) by Rabbi Yeshaya Horowitz - HaShelah Hakadosh - first edition, Amenuel ...
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LOT 12:
Basic Book with Early, Important Glosses: The First Passover Haggadah with Copper Engravings and the Famed map, a Rare Variant of the Title Page - Amsterdam, 1695. Seder Haggadah shel Pesach with many copper engravings and important commentaries. Actually, this Haggadah is the first that ...
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LOT 13:
Dedication Handwritten by Rabbi Zundel of Salant: Sefer Darkei Noam with Kuntres Milchemet Mitzvah - with 2 engravings of the Temple - First Edition, Venice 1697. Sefer Darkei Noam, Shut on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch, by Rabbi Mordechai Halevi Av Beit Din of Egypt, with an introduction ...
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LOT 14:
Basic Book: First Edition of Shut HaBach - Frankfurt am Main, 1697 - Illustrated Title Page - Many Important Handwritten Glosses. Shut HaBach by Rabbi Yosef Sirkish, one of the commentators of the Tur Beit Yosef and the Bach - First edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1697. Stefansky Sifrei Yesod no. ...
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Pedigreed Copy by the Author of Pri HaAretz: Basic Book Limited Edition - Shitah Mekubetzet / Aseifat Zekenim on Bava Metzi'ah - First Edition Amsterdam, 1721. Sefer Aseifat Zekenim / Shitah Mekubetzet by Rabbi Bezalel ben Avraham Ashkenazi of Egypt. This book, in which the author compiled ...
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LOT 16:
Rare! The First Halachic Encyclopedia" Pachas Yitzchak 5 Sections - First Edition, Venice, Reggio, Livorno 1750-1839 with the Folding Plates. Pachad Yitzchak, Halachic encyclopedia by Rabbi Yitzchak Lampronti, Rav and physician in Padua and Ferrera. This is the first halachic Talmudic ...
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LOT 17:
Basic Book, Pedigreed Copy: Ma'assei Tzaddikim - Chidushei HaRamban VeHaRitva - First Edition, Livorno 1779. Sefer Ma'assei Tzaddikim, containing novellae on the Shas by two of the greatest Rishonim - Chidushei HaRamban on tractate Avodah Zarah and Chidushei HaRitva on tractate Shvu'ot. First ...
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LOT 18:
The Handwritten Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Zundel of Salant on a Basic Book: Shut Bayit Chadash Hachadashot - First Edition Koretz, 1785. Sefer Shut Bayit Chadash Hachadashot, by the Gaon Rabbi Yoel Sirkish the author of Chidushei Habach on Raba'ah Turim, first edition - Koretz, 1785. 68 ...
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LOT 19:
The First Bible in Yiddish - Amsterdam, 1676-1679. Torah Nevi'im and Ketuvim in Yiddish - Amsterdam, 1676-1679. The first Bible in the world that was printed entirely in Yiddish. In addition, the first Yiddish translation of To'aliyot HaRalbag. The press of Rabbu Uri Feibush Halevi ...
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LOT 20:
Rare: Perfect and Impressive Set of Sifrei HaRif with the Author's Picture - Important Edition with Additions - Pressburg, 1836. Complete set of four volumes of Hilchot Rav Alfas by Rabbi Yitzchak Alfasi - the Rif, with its varied commentators and Sefer HaMordechai with the Beur Mordechai ...
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LOT 21:
Extremely Rare! Has never been Seen in Auctions: Tzurat Habayit with the Large Map - Breslau, 1883. Short booklet, , Tzurat Habayit "צורת הבית לפי ההשערה, מיוסדת על אדני התלמוד צורה ראשונה. תוכה: מה שלמעלה מקרקע ההר עד קירות הבית, עד ולא עד בכלל". By Chaim Bloch. First and apparently single ...
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LOT 22:
Two Volumes of machzor Sha'ar bat Rabim with Ladino - Venice, 1714-1715. Two volumes containing part of Machzor Sha'ar bat Rabim "with the Hadrat Kodesh commentary according to the custom of the Ashkenazim", a Machzor that was printed, according to the title page, by the request of the Italian ...
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LOT 23:
Rare with Fascinating Italian Notations: Machzor, Rome Custom, 2 Sections - mantova, 1718-1720 . Machzor, Rome custom. with commentaries and additions. Two sections in a single volume. Section I: for the days of the week, Sabbath, Rosh Chodesh, Hanukkah, the 10th of Tevet, Purim, Passover ...
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LOT 24:
Impressive Copy: Machzor for Prayer leaders, Poland Custom, 2 Volumes - Altona, 1804. Two sections in two volumes of the famed Alona Machzor, Poland custom. High-quality printing, large format for prayer leaders. "Edited, elucidated and proofread ... by Rabbi Zanvil Hanover" - Altona, 1826. ...
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LOT 25:
Rare and Special! Large Table of Sefirat HaOmer for a Synagogue with the Kabbalistic Sfirot - Handmade Signed and Dated Jassy 1893. Impressive handmade table of Sefirat HaOmer, particularly large, containing all the days of Sefirat HaOmer in a detailed and clear format so that each day receives ...
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LOT 26:
Large, Unique Wall-Plaque for the Synagogue, Handmade - the Kegavna Prayer - Poland? the 20th Century? . Large wall-plaque with the Kegavna prayer of the holy Zohar which is said by Chassidic communities at the beginning of the Sabbath Aravit prayer. Handmade, with light color. Square script ...
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LOT 27:
Discovery! Autograph of the Lost Composition on the Sheets of the First Edition of Even HaEzer Ra'avan - Prague, 1610. Even HaEzer Sefer Ra'avan - basic composition contaning Piskei Dinim and Ta'amei Halachot and Minhagim according to the Gemore by Rabbi Eliezer Bar Natan, one of Rabboteinu the ...
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LOT 28:
Manuscript that was not printed by Rabbi Chaim Toledano of Meknes with Piskei Din by the Sages of Morocco - Morroco, Late 18th - Early 19th Century . A manuscript, consisting of several manuscripts and containing Piskei Din by varied Moroccan rabbis. The manuscript was compiled and edited by ...
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$1,100
LOT 29:
More than a Hundred Lengthy and Significant Glosses on Tur Yoreh Deah of the Kopust 1835 Edition. Tur, Yoreh Deah section - the press of Rabbi Shabtai ben Shimon Slavin - Kopust, 1835. On the leaves of the book, more than a hundred lengthy glosses in orderly script. The glosses are of ...
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LOT 30:
Extremely Rare and Sacred! The Midrash of Rabbi Moshe Galanti with His Signature ad a Gloss Handwritten by Him: Yeffeh Toar, a Basic Book on Midrash Rabba - First Edition Venice 1657. Basic book: Midrash Rabba on Sefer Shemot with the Yeffeh Toar commentary by Rabbi Shmuel Yaffe Ashkenazi - ...
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$850
LOT 31:
Sefer Esh Dat and Shut Mutzal MiEsh (Alfandari) with Signatures and Glosses by the Rabbis of the Alfandari Family - First Edition Kushta 1718. Sefer Esh Dat, Drushim on the Parashiot by Rabbi Chaim ben Yitzchak Alfandari and Shut Mutzal MiEsh by Rabbi Yaakov Alfandari. Kushta, 1718. [2], 84, 42 ...
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LOT 32:
Gift by the Author Rabbeinu the Chida of His First Book that was Printed by Rabbi Ezra Malki: Sha'ar Yosef - First Edition, Livorno 1756. Sefer Sha'ar Yosef on Tractate Horayot by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, the Chida. This book is the first of the many books by the Chida that was ...
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LOT 33:
Glosses Handwritten by Rabbeinu the Chida: Basic Book - Daat Zekenim by Ba'alei HaTosafot - First Edition Livorno 1783. Sefer Daat Zekenim, commentaries by Ba'alei HaTosafot on the Torah and Sefer Minchat yehuda by Rabbi Yehuda ben Rabbi Eliezer, one of the Rishonim. First ediiton - Livorno ...
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LOT 34:
The Full and Rare Signature of Rabbi Eliyahu Saliman Mani of Hebron: Shalmei Tzibur and Shalmei Chagigah - First Edition, Salonika 1790. Sefer Sgalmei Tzibur, responsa on Orach Chaim, by the Gaon Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Algazi, published by his son Rabbi Yom Tov - th eMaharit Algazi - first edition ...
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LOT 35:
Copy of the Author of the Sdei Chemed: Shut Mitzpeh Aryeh - First Edition Lemberg, 1880. Shut Mitzpeh Aryeh, by the Gaon Rabbi Aryeh Leib ben Rabbi Avraham Yosef Broda and the son-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Zvi Orenstein Av Beit Din of Lvov. First ediiton - Lemberg, 1880. [2], 63, [2] leaves. ...
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LOT 36:
Pedigreed Copy! Brit Menucha - First Edition, Amsterdam 1648 The Source of the Segulah of the Ninth Hour of the Day. Sefer Brit Menucha by the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham of Granada, one of the first and foremost Kabbalists of Spain who lived in the 14th century. Of his book Brit Menucha, the Divine ...
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LOT 37:
Early Handwritten Sketches: Shoshanat Yaakov with the Rare Illustration of the Palm - First Edition Amsterdam, 1706. Sefer Shoshanat Yaakov, "elucidating the wisdom of the palm and the wisdom of the face". By Rabbi Yaakov Mordechai of Fulda, residing in Shverin, Poland. On verso of the title ...
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LOT 38:
Sefer Tehillim with the Chazah Zion Commentary by Rabbi Immanuel Hai Ricchi, the Mishnat Chassidim - First Edition in the Author’s Lifetime; Livorno 1742. "זה ספר חזה ציון ע"ד דוד הגדיל והוא פירוש פרד"ס על כל תיבה ותיבה של התהלים בדקדוק עצום.." by the gaon Kabbalist Rabbi Immanuel Hai Ricchi ...
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LOT 39:
First Edition of Sefer Shemen Mishchat Kodesh by Rabbi Shlomo Molchi - Salonika, 1779 - Sharp Glosses on the Book by the Kabbalist the Rav the Dagan. Sefer Shemen Mishchat Kodesh, Kabbalistic commentary on Shir Hashirim, and at its end, Shoshanat Hamelech, Kabbalistic Piyyutim for Sabbath and ...
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LOT 40:
Siddur Rabbi Shabtai (Ari Version) with the Rare Table of Errors! Lemberg 1866. “Siddur tefillah for the whole year with the Kavanot of the Ari…glosses and dikdukei sofrim of the gaon Rabbi Shabtai of Rashkov…kitvei kodesh…the Ari…this and more which we found ... Yichudim of the Divine holy ...
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LOT 41:
The Gaza Strip shall Reamin Ours Forever by Merit of the Holy Tana Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai - Fascinating Notation by Rabbi Yosef Woltuch on Sefer Lamed Vav Tzaddikim Nistarim in Yiddish . Sipurei Lamed Vav Tzaddikim Nistarim, in Yiddish. Facsimile edition of the Warsaw 1912 edition. The year is ...
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LOT 42:
Limited Edition of 100 Copies Only: Likutei Moshe-Yaakov, from the Torah of the Holy Shoemaker with a Dedication by His Son to Rabbi Yosef Woltuch - First Edition Tel-Aviv 1968. Likutei Moshe-Yaakov, Drushim on the Torah by Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Hacohen Rabikov, known as the Holy Shoemaker. A ...
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LOT 43:
איש על העדה - Draft of the Rabbinate Document Given to Maran Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld - Jerusalem, 1918. "ותהיינה ידיכם אמונה כחומה בצורה להגן עלינו מכל מכשול ופגע" Historical - draft of the rabbinate document given to Maran Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, the first Rav of HaEidah HaChareidit ...
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LOT 44:
Letter Handwritten and Signed by Maran Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook, the Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisrael - Jerusalem, 1922. Lengthy letter handwritten and signed by Maran Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook, the Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisrael, addressed to Rabbi Yehuda Leib Hacohen Maimon - ...
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LOT 45:
"לגלות ברבים את אשר החזקנו בסוד" Lengthy, Historical Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis Rosh Av Beit Din of HaEidah HaChareidit. "והפראים לא יעיזו להרים יד" (May the savages not dare raise a hand) Lengthy, unique letter by Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis Rosh Av Beit Din of ...
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LOT 46:
Unique Historical Letter: Regulations of the Committee of Rabbis, Russian Refugees, Signed by Gaon Av Beit Din of Tshebin the Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Halevi Herzog and Dozens of Additional Rabbis - Jerusalem, 1950s. Regulations of the Committee of Rabbis, Russian Refugees, signed by Rabbi Dov Berish ...
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LOT 47:
Lengthy Halachic Responsum, Handwritten and Signed by the Posek Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch Shalita, Addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Yechiel Weinberg, Author of the Sridei Esh. "ובטוח אני שכתר"ה יכבדני בביאתו אצלינו" Lengthy Halachic Responsum, on the matter of whether someone with an amputated arm can ...
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LOT 48:
Extraordinary Letter with the Hebew Signature of the Famed Philanthropist Sir Moshe Montefiore to the Rabbis of Jerusalem - London 1876. Rare Letter, on official stationery with its sender's logo: "HOLY LAND - Sir Moses Montefiore" handwritten in Hebrew, apparently by a scribe and with the ...
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LOT 49:
Rare and Has not been Seen in Auctions: the Polemic of Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger and His Book Lev HaIvri - Tshuvah MeAhava Single Edition - Ungvar, 1865. Tshuvah MeAhava, response to the letter known as Ketav Yosher Divrei Emet [Pressburg, 1865] written by Lomdei Torah of Pressburg against ...
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LOT 50:
Volume with the Rare Books by the Rav of Ada including the Polemic Milchemet Chovah - First/Single Editions of the Early Books Printed in Jerusalem 1885-1889. Volume with the varied books of the Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Weber Av Beit Din of Ada. First or only edition (facsimile editions not ...
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