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LOT 151:
Kohelet and Shir HaShirim with Rashi’s Commentary. Antique Manuscript Written Prior the Expulsion from Spain. Iberia/Spain, 14th-15th Century. Hebrew manuscript, written on paper, in medium-sized, square Spanish script; beautiful and professional. Within the verses, the writer integrates ...
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LOT 152:
Significant Discovery: Manuscript “Ibbur Shanim” by Rabbi Yissachar Ibn Sussan of Tzfat. With Extremely Important Notes by the Author, Iincluding a First-Hand Account Regarding Maran Rabbi Yosef Caro that were Never Printed or Recorded in any Other Known Manuscript. Tzfat, 1573. In addition to ...
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LOT 153:
A Decorative Manuscript Featuring all of the Verses Sefer Tehillim, Arranged Alphabetically. Copenhagen (presumably), 1876. A bound notebook, written beautifully in blue ink by a skilled artist. It contains all of the verses of the Book of Psalms arranged alphabetically. Next to each verse is ...
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LOT 154:
Letter of Recommendation on Behalf of the Yeshiva "Knesset Yisrael" of the Holy "Or Hachaim" in Jerusalem, Signed by his Students. Jerusalem, 1766. Letter of Recommendation from the Sages of Jerusalem for Rabbi Zvi Halevi to the community of Modena in Italy, in support of the Holy Yeshiva ...
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LOT 155:
Autograph of a Karaite Responsa Regarding the Laws of Kosher Slaughtering (Schechita) According to the Karaite Tradition – With Owner's Signature. An autograph Karaite work, entirely written in manuscript, addressing questions and answers regarding the laws of ritual slaughtering (schechita) ...
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LOT 156:
'Petach Beit David' - With the Signature of Rabbi Shalom Mizrahi Sharabi (HaRashash). Salonica, 1746. First Edition. 'Petach Beit David' Part Two, Questions and Answers from Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat, by Rabbi Yosef ben David ben Shabbetai from Salonica. Part Two of the book "Beit David" ...
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$800
LOT 157:
Seder Chadashim LaBekarim, Edited by The Chida. With 2 Lamentations Handwritten by Rabbi Mose Pinto. Livorno, 1800. First Edition. Seder Chadashim LaBekarim, Tikkun Rachel, Tikkun Leah, and Tikkun HaYesod with prayers for each study occasion. Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azoulai edited this book ...
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LOT 158:
Ein Yaakov With Handwritten Glosses And Annotations, Penned by Rabbi Yeshayahu Mordechai Bassan, Teacher of The Ramchal. Verona, 1650. Volume One of Ein Yaakov on the Talmud. Verona edition, 1650. With numerous handwritten scholarly glosses and corrections, penned by Rabbi Yeshayahu Mordechai ...
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LOT 159:
Hakdamot VeShe’arim. With 2 Handwritten Glosses by the Author, The Leshem. Pietrokov, 1909. First Edition. Hakdamot VeShe’arim is one section of the book, LeShem Shebo V’Achlama. Authored by the saintly Kabbalist, Rabbi Shlomo Eliyashiv zt”l. The other parts of this book, ‘Sefer HaKlalim’ and ...
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LOT 160:
Rosh David. Copy Belonging to Rabbi Yeshua HaLevi. Mantua, 1776. First Edition. The Only Book The Chida Printed in Mantua!. Rosh David, novellae and homilies on the Parshiyot of the Torah. Authored by The Chida, Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai. On the title page appears a handwritten, cursive ...
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LOT 161:
Sefer HaZohar [Genesis] – With Several Hundred Corrections in the Handwriting of the Divine Kabbalist Rabbi Shlomo Buzaglo. Amsterdam, 1772. The Zohar on the Book of Genesis meticulously and accurately annotated – the personal copy with hundreds of corrections on the Zohar in the holy ...
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LOT 162:
Decorated Manuscript on Paper. Prayers and Hymns. Verona, Italy 1744. ‘Order of Prayers and Hymns that are recited daily, prior to the Ma’amadot’. Exquisite manuscript with ornately decorated title page. Authored by ‘Chaburat Chatzot’, in Verona, Italy, 1744. The manuscript is compiled of ...
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LOT 163:
Manuscript – Unknown Pizmonim (Songs) for the Year’s Cycle. Italy, 18th Century. Unique and spell-binding manuscript comprising over 100 pages, penned in beautiful, calligraphic script, on quality, thick regal paper. The Pizmonim are pertinent for Jewish calendar occasions as well as Jewish ...
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$700
LOT 164:
Siddur Avodat HaTamid (Sabbatian Background). Copy Belonging to Rabbi Ezra Attiah and Rabbi Avraham Aboud. Livorno, 1794. Single Edition. Sefer Yesod!. Prayer book for weekdays according to Sephardic custom, with laws, customs and Kabbalistic Kavanot. Also includes as a comprehensive commentary ...
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$1,100
LOT 165:
Manuscript. Bakashot for Erev Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Shlomo ben Rephael of Calais. 1710. 30 leaves (60 pages) written on both sides in beautiful, calligraphic script. Hebrew and Italian. On page 48 and 56 appear two colophons: The first is in Hebrew, the second in Italian. “This book ...
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LOT 166:
Manuscript for the High Holy Days in Hebrew and Ladino. 19th Century. Manuscript Content: The manuscript commences with the admonition of Rabbeinu Bachaye -the famed liturgical poem Barchi Nafshi. Rabbeinu Bachaye was one of the first Jewish, Spanish philosophers; and the first to be widely ...
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LOT 167:
“Yarad Dodi LeGano”. Ketubah for Shavuot by Rabbi Yisrael Najara. Manuscript, Early 20th Century. 22 handwritten pages, including a prominent liturgical poem for Shavuot as well as other poems. This pivotal poem, possibly his greatest composition, is authored by Rabbi Yisrael Najara, one of ...
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LOT 168:
A Complete Manuscript of Unknown Chiddushim on the Entire Torah, by the Rabbi Chaim Yaluz: Never Printed!. A manuscript that includes hundreds of pages handwritten and signed by the R' Chaim Yaluz. The manuscript opens with Bereshit and ends with "Ve'Zot Ha-Bracha, " the last portion in Devarim. ...
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LOT 169:
5 pages in the Holy Handwriting of the Divine Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah, zt"l. Before us are 5 leaves [8 pages] in a beautiful and uniform Eastern handwriting (half cursive) - in the holy handwriting of the great kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah. These pages contain profound insights in ...
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LOT 170:
Autograph Manuscript on Tractate Pesachim by Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig Bichler, Av Beit Din of Irshe, Grandson of the Mahari Asud. Irshe, 1894. Not printed. Before us is a complete autograph composition, entirely written in the holy handwriting of Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig Bichler, Av Beit Din of Irshe ...
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LOT 171:
Autographed Manuscript of Avi Ezri. By Maran HaRav Shach zt”l. These 12.5 pages are all handwritten by the 20th Century leader of Lithuanian Torah Jewry, HaRav Shach. These novellae are the autographed writings of his monumental work, Avi Ezri. The topics written in these novellae are on the ...
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LOT 172:
A Leaf Filled with Chiddushim in the Handwriting of the Righteous Miracle Worker, Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher from Grätz. Before us is a single leaf filled on both sides with wonderful Torah insights [on parashat Vayakhel and more], written in the holy handwriting of the wonderous righteous man ...
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LOT 173:
17 Autographed Leaves Filled with Handwritten Chiddushim, Penned by The Aderet, Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Teomim. . These leaves are filled with complex and intricate Torah chiddushim, handwritten by the saintly Aderet zt”l. To all the pages, headlines testify to the insights discussed in ...
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LOT 174:
A Leaf with Chiddushim on the Torah in the Holy Handwriting of the Gaon Rabbi David Oppenheim, Av Beit Din of Prague, from his unpublished book. This page contains Torah insights, handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi David Oppenheim, known as the Rabbi of all the Jews in the Exile, from his ...
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$1,200
LOT 175:
Mor u'Ketzia [Part A] – The copy of Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer. Altona, 5468 [1768]. First edition, printed by the author. Sefer Yesod. A commentary to the Tur and Beit Yosef, with glosses, corrections, annotations, and insights by the Great Rabbi Yaakov Emden. Printed at the author's residence ...
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$1,900
LOT 176:
Ohel David. With Numerous Glosses Penned by the Author. Vienna, 1822. First Edition. Ohel David is comprised of novellae on various tractates, authored by Rabbi David Deutsch. The book includes novellae on tractates Yevamot, Bava Kama, Shabbat. Eiruvin and some on Ketuvot. The author notes ...
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$14,000
LOT 177:
Autographed Responsa on the Talmud. Penned in the Holy Handwriting of the Chatam Sofer’s Leading Disciple, Rabbi Avraham Sha’ag-Zwebner, Av Beit Din Kobersdorf. Complete autographed volume containing 297 pages; all penned in the holy handwriting of the famed Gaon Rabbi Avraham Sha’ag-Zwebner ...
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$5,500
LOT 178:
Yam Shel Shlomo. Copy Belonging to The Gaon, The Chavot Yair. Prague, 1616. First Edition. Sefer Yesod!. The is the famed and fundamental composition of The MaHarshal, comprised of his novellae on Masechet Bava Kamah. Printed with the endorsements of The Shelah HaKadosh, Rabbi Yeshaya HaLevi ...
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LOT 179:
Shiurim of the ‘Machatzit HaShekel’ on Reish Pesachim. 8 handwritten pages containing lectures that were heard from Rabbi Shmuel Kellin, author of the ‘Machatzit HaShekel’. The lectures were on Dapim 2-6 of Masechet Pesachim, and are comprised of sharp and scholarly elucidations on Rashi and ...
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LOT 180:
Responsa "Or HaMeir" – With a Handwritten Dedication and Signature of the Author, Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin. Piotrków, 1926. First Edition. This is a book of responsa, "Or HaMeir, " containing responsa written by Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin during his tenure as the rabbi of Piotrków. This ...
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LOT 181:
A Lengthy and Early Rabbinical Responsum in the Handwriting of the Esteemed Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, z"l. Lyuban, Lag B'Omer 5727 [1967]. Rabbinical responsum from the renowned halachic authority Rabbi Moshe Feinstein to Rabbi Chaim Katz, Head of the Rabbinical Court of Stanisławów, regarding ...
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LOT 182:
Halachic Response in the Writings of the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Regarding the Depth Measurement of the Grave, addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Landau, Av Beit Din of Strabin. Signed by the Rav Feinstein. Before us are 8 pages, all written in the holy handwriting of the great Gaon Rabbi ...
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LOT 183:
Sefer Tehillim 'Kavanat Halev' - with the Blessings of the Great Sages of the Generation with their Holy Signatures - 'One who prays with this Book of Psalms will merit that his prayers be accepted…'. This is a special book of segulah given to the generous donors of the nation - with a ...
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LOT 184:
Rabbi Akiva Eiger's Insights on Massechet Bava Metzia - the Copy of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. Israel, in the year of the Sabbatical year 5726. Before us is a copy of the book "Chidushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger on Tractate Bava Metzia, " with an ownership inscription on the title page in the ...
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LOT 185:
Volume of 8 Books Regularly Studied by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky zt”l. Includes: Reb Chaim’s Personal Copy of Sha’arei Teshuva, a Segulah Book and Polemic. 1. Otzar Midrashim Kitvei Yad, Vol. 2 by Rabbi Shlomo Ahron Wertheimer. Jerusalem, 1914. [10], 56 leaves. Good condition. 2. Shu”t ...
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$500
LOT 186:
Sefer Tehilim of the Gaon 'Av Beit Din' HaRav Moshe Aryeh Freund, may his memory be a blessing. A Sefer Tehillim, entitled "Midrachei David, " with additional prayers to be recited at the graves of the righteous, from the book 'Shaarei Dim'a' and more. On the cover of the sefer is an embossed ...
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LOT 187:
Manuscript. Seder Sefirat HaOmer with Kabbalistic Prayers and Kavanot. Italy, 18th Century. Manuscript of Sefirat HaOmer with Kabbalistic Prayers and Kavanot. Penned in elegant, scribal Italian script. Italy, 18th Century. Original parchment binding. The page preceding the title page features ...
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LOT 188:
Miniature Sefirat HaOmer, with Daily Devotions from the book "Chemdat Yamim". Pisa, 1796. A miniature Sefer Sefirat HaOmer with daily devotions, printed in the printing house of Gad Foa in Pisa, Italy. The booklet features the owner's handwritten signature on the inside cover, "Aharon HaLevi." ...
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$900
LOT 189:
Manuscript: 'Sha'arei Kedusha' and 'Lechem Todah' (Laws of Shechita) – Numerous Glosses. Yemen. A handwritten book, 'Sha'arei Kedusha, ' containing a concise guide to the laws of schechita and blemishes of the lungs, according to the customs of the holy community of Sana'a, by Rabbi Yechiel ...
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$2,500
LOT 190:
A Handwritten Manuscript on Various Topics in Halacha, Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Mystical Remedies. Spanish Morocco ca. 1800. An especially intriguing volume containing approximately 190 pages written on diverse subjects. Pages 14 and 29 bear the signature of the author, R' Meir Azankot ...
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LOT 191:
Manuscript: Kinot for the Deceased, Kinot for Tisha B'Av, Prayers for the Cemetery, Sefer for the Ritual Washing [the Body of the Deceased] and Funeral. Sefrou, Morocco, 19th century. In the handwriting of Rabbi Eliyahu Azulai. A handwritten collection containing about 300 written pages. ...
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LOT 192:
A Rare Manuscript in Judeo-Arabic, with the Signature of the Renowned Yaavetz - Rabbi Yaakov ibn Tzur. Fes, 1730-1750. The manuscript consists of 37 pages in the distinctive handwriting of the esteemed Rabbi Yaakov ibn Tzur, a prominent Moroccan rabbi, Kabbalist, and preacher. The manuscript ...
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LOT 193:
Manuscript: 'Prayer to be Recited before One's Departure from this World', and a Prayer composed by Rabbi Mordechai Raphael Shimshon Tzemach Viterbo. Ancona, 18th century. 29 pages handwritten in a fine square script. The manuscript is divided into two parts. The first part contains, "A prayer ...
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LOT 194:
Practical Kabbalah: Amulet, Spell Against the Evil Eye, from Rabbenu HaChida, z"ya, as written in his Sefer "Avodat HaKodesh". With Instructions in Ladino. 19th C. "And he should be healthy soon, with Hashem's Help. A handwritten page - "A tested and proven spell against the Evil Eye". In ...
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LOT 195:
Kabbalistic Manuscript: Prayers and Piyyutim, Limmudim and Tikkunim. Italy, 18th century. A collection of prayers and piyyutim for the entire year, with interesting Kabbalistic limmudim and tikkunim. With an inscription in a later handwriting: "In the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, the ...
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LOT 196:
Archive of the Institutions and Eitz Chaim Yeshivah, Jerusalem. This file contains letters, documents and receipts of the Yeshivah Gedolah and Talmud Torah HaKalali of Eitz Chaim of Jerusalem. 61 documents with signatures and stamps, many of them on the official Yeshiva letterhead stationery. ...
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LOT 197:
A Valuable Historical Treasure from the Early Years of the Yeshiva of the Scholars of Lublin. A special and highly interesting archive containing about 120 paper items, including letters and documents, many of which are related to Rabbi Abraham Dank, from the town of Sienno in Poland. Numerous ...
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$11,000
LOT 198:
One of the Last Known Letters of the Chafetz Chaim. ‘The Manchester Shechita Polemic’. Very rare. This exceedingly rare letter - one of the last known letters from the hand of the Chafetz Chaim - was written shortly before his passing. In a most unusual move, the Chafetz Chaim becomes involved ...
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LOT 199:
Two Letters from the Rabbinical Committee of Vilnius with Signatures of the Secretary and Committee Member Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Hakohen, son of 'Cheshek Shlomo'. Vilnius, 1930. Before us are two interesting letters in Hebrew and Yiddish sent on behalf of the Rabbinical Committee of Vilnius ...
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LOT 200:
Letter of Recommendation and Support from The Steipler, Sent to Rabbi Shaul Yosef Weingarten. Motzei Shabbat Bereishit, 1971. “In honor of the Torah and those who study it, and on behalf of the preciousness of this commandment. Anticipating the mercy of Heaven and the Final Redemption.” ...
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