Bidspirit auctions | Taj Art Auction Dec 24, 2023

Taj Art, Dec 24, 2023. 210 lots, estimates 600 - 100000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (210)

• Lot 1: A Set of All Five of the 'Levushim' on Shulchan Aruch. Prague, [1623-1624]. Sefer Yesod. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 2: Mifaresh Chata'im. Mantua, 1718. Unique Edition. — $600 - $800
• Lot 3: MaHadurah Batra of Sefer Pelach HaRimon. Kabbalah book by the RaMak with Elucidation of the Rama MiPano. — $1,000 - $1,800
• Lot 4: Sifsei Da’at. Prague, 1610. First Edition. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 5: Shvilei HaLeket. Venice, 1546. First Edition. Sefer Yesod. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 6: Chazon LaMoed. Venice, 1586. Single Edition. — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 7: Shu”t MaHarik. Pedigree Copy Belonging to the Rishon LeZion, the Kabbalist, Rabbi Avraham Rovigo and Other Great Sages. — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 8: Two Rare Books Bound Together: "Sefer Charedim" - First Edition of the Poem "Yedid Nefesh." Venice, 1601. — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 9: Me’ein Ganim. Venice, 1553. Single Edition. A very Rare miniature. — $2,500 - $4,000
• Lot 10: Noheg KaTzon Yosef. Hanau, 1717. Unique Copy With Dedication on Binding to Dayan Rabbi Kosman Segal. First Edition. — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 11: A Rare Polemical Book Against the Kabbalah: "Eitz Hada'at", with several annotations by the author in the margins. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 12: Divrei Zikaron – A Beautiful Copy with a Dedication to the Groom and an Interesting stamp. Amsterdam, 1705. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 13: Kol Mussar. Mantua, 1727. First Edition. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 14: Torah Ohr. Bologna, 1538. First Edition. — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 15: Tzror HaMor by Rabbi Avraham Saba. Kabbalistic Commentary on Chumash. First Edition, Bomberg Press. Venice, 1522-1523. — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 16: Avodat HaKodesh with Handwritten Ownership Listings and Notations. Krakow, 1576-1578. Second Edition. — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 17: Sha’arei Durah With Mevo She’arim Commentary. Rabbinical Pedigree Copy With Handwritten Notations. Lublin, 1574. — $2,500 - $3,500
• Lot 18: Sefer HaYashar of Rabbeinu Tam. Krakow, 1586. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 19: Arba Turim [sections Even Ha’ezer and Choshen Mishpat]. Augsburg, 1540-1541. Rare Edition. Magnificent Copy. — $6,000 - $9,000
• Lot 20: Devarim Tovim. Commentary on Megillat Kohellet Authored by The Alshich HaKadosh. Sefer Yesod! — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 21: Heichal HaKodesh. Amsterdam, 1653. First Edition. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 22: Pachad Yitzchak - Historical Book on the History of Italian Jewry. Amsterdam, 1685. Single Edition. — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 23: Chessed LeAvraham. Amsterdam, 1685. Famed Kabbalah Composition by HaRav Avraham Azulai, ztz"l. First Edition. — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 24: Brit Yitzchak. Amsterdam, 1768. Rare. — $2,500 - $3,500
• Lot 25: Sod Hashem - On Brit Milah, Including Segulot and Cures. Amsterdam, 1745. Miniature Edition. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 26: Fundamental Kabbalah Book: 'Shomer Emunim'. Amsterdam, 1736. First Edition. — $2,000 - $3,500
• Lot 27: Sefer Yesod: 'Gevurot Hashem'. The MaHaral of Prague’s Commentary on the Passover Haggadah. Krakow, 1582. — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 28: Responsa of The Rashba. Sefer Yesod! First Edition. Bologna, 1539. Exceptionally Impressive Copy. — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 29: Sefer HaAruch by Rabbi Nathan son of Rabbi Yechiel of Rome. Pesaro, 1517. Post-Incunabula. — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 30: Sha’arei Eitz Chaim by Rabbi Binyamin ben Avraham - of the Anav Family. Prague, 1598. Rare and Valuable. — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 31: Incunabula: Two Astrology Compositions by Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra. Venice, 1485. Rare! — $2,500 - $3,500
• Lot 32: One of the Uncommon Tractates of Shas- Masechet Avodah Zarah. Talmud Bavli Bomberg. First Print. Venice, 1520. — $25,000 - $35,000
• Lot 33: Talmud Bavli Bomberg. First Print. Tractate Eduyot. Venice, 1521. — $18,000 - $25,000
• Lot 34: Talmud Bavli Bomberg. First Print. Tractate Megillah. Venice 1521. — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 35: Sefer Yesod: Medrash Tehillim. Venice, 1546. Bomberg Print. Beautiful Copy. — $2,500 - $3,500
• Lot 36: Two Hebrew Grammar Books by Rabbi Avraham ibn Ezra Bound Together – The Personal Copy of Rabbi Chaim from Lesla, — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 37: 'Ner Mitzvah' by R' Moshe ben R' Shem Tov Pizanti from Tzfat. Kushta 1567. First Edition. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 38: Book of Iyov With Commentary. Constantinople, 1545. Single and Rare Edition! — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 39: Leshon Limudim. Constantinople, 1542. Magnificent Copy from the Lunzer Collection (Valmadonna Trust Library). — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 40: Shu”t Pri HaAretz. Constantinople, 1727. Single Edition. — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 41: Tehillah DeDavid. Constantinople, 1577. First Edition. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 42: Shu”t Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi, The Re’em. Constantinople, 1560. First Edition. Sefer Yesod! — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 43: Zikaron BiYerushalayim. Illustrated. Constantinople, 1743. Rare! — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 44: Lekach Tov With Fascinating Handwritten Notations. Constantinople, 1575. Single Edition. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 45: Get Pashut. Constantinople, 1719. First Edition. — $1,000 - $1,800
• Lot 46: Fundamental Philosophy Book: Derashot HaRan. Constantinople, 1533. First Edition. Rare and Valuable Copy. — $12,000 - $15,000
• Lot 47: Post Incunabula. Hilchot Rav Alfas (Nashim, Nizikin). With Numerous Handwritten Annotations on Seder Nashim. — $40,000 - $60,000
• Lot 48: Haggadah Ma’alah Beit Chorin. With Map of the Land Of Israel. Amsterdam, 1810. — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 49: Chamisha Chumshei Torah – Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Chai Mussafia, with Hand-written Annotations. Sabbioneta, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 50: Chamisha Chumshei Torah. Prague 1686. A Rare and Valuable Copy in its Original Binding. — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 51: Rare Edition: Chamisha Chumshei Torah with Megillot and Haftarot – Signed by Rabbi Yechiel Foa Gis, — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 52: Segulah Book: Siddur Rabbi Yaakov Emden (Ya’avetz). Two Parts. Altona, 1745-1747. — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 53: Prayer Book. Rare Seder Tefillot for Women in Yiddish. Amsterdam, 1705. Impressive and Original Copy. — $7,000 - $9,000
• Lot 54: Seder Tefillot, Machzorim for High Holy Days and Festivals and Seder Ta’aniyot. Complete, — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 55: Tanach. Leiden, 1610. Miniature, Pocket-sized Edition. — $1,800 - $2,500
• Lot 56: Chamishah Chumshei Torah. Amsterdam, 1734. Impressive and Beautiful Copy. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 57: Machzor Kavanat HaPaytan – Sukkot. Amsterdam, 1750. Exceptionally Splendid Copy. First Edition. — $1,800 - $3,000
• Lot 58: Babylonian Talmud. 5 Tractates from Seder Mo'ed. Amsterdam, 1647. An Impressive and Very Special Copy. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 59: An Impressive and Unusual Volume on Blue Sheets of Paper, of Book of Midrashim of Chazal - “Medrash Rabbot”. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 60: Chamisha Chumshei Torah. Amsterdam, 1701. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 61: Sefer Yesod: 'Mussaf HaAruch'. Amsterdam, 1655. First Edition. — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 62: Kitzur Reishit Chochmah. Amsterdam, 1725. Magnificent Copy. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 63: Sha'arei Tzion. Pisa, 1799. An Exceptionally Elegant Copy Presented in a Matching Leather Box. — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 64: Ein Yaakov – Ein Yisrael by Rabbi Yaakov ben Chabiv. Amsterdam, 1740. Magnificent, Impressive Set. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 65: Rare Miniature Books for the High Holy Days, Jewish Months and Holidays. Amsterdam, 1740. Three Magnificent Volumes. — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 66: Set of The Rif and Nosei Keilim. Magnificent and Complete Set, Including Rare Engraved Leaf. Frankfurt, 1699. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 67: A Rare Segulah Book: 'Mizbeach Hazahav'. With Approbations from the Shelah HaKadosh, the 'Kli Yakar', — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 68: Kabbalah Book: Derech Emunah with Handwritten Glosses. Padua, 1562. The First Hebrew Book Printed in Padua! — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 69: Seder HaYom. With Signatures, Glosses and Erasures of Ish Gar, Rabbi Avraham Yosef Shlomo Graziano. Venice, 1599. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 70: Luchot Edut – A Composition Vindicating Rabbi Yonatan Eibeschitz: Sabbatian Polemic of Rabbi Eibeschitz and Rabbi — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 71: Novellae from the MaHarsha on Masechet Niddah. Prague, 1602. First Edition During the Maharsha’s Lifetime. Rare. — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 72: Minchat Yaakov. With Glosses and Signatures of a Disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Furth, 1763. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 73: Never Previously Seen In Auctions: 'Yesod Teshuvah'. Completed by Hand of Rabbi Rephael Moshe Elbaz. Krakov, — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 74: Tiferet Yisrael – Megillat Sefer. Venice, 1600. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 75: Masa Melech. Magnificent Copy With Signatures. Salonika, 1601. First Edition. Rare. — $1,000 - $1,800
• Lot 76: Responsa "Noda BiYehuda" (First edition, 2 volumes). Prague, 1776-1777. First edition, — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 77: Responses of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, the copy of the Gaon Rabbi Gershon Tanchum from Minsk, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 78: Segulah Book: 'Nefesh HaChaim' by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin - Stamps, Ownership Inscriptions, and Numerous Signatures. — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 79: Mesillat Yesharim by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato. Mantua, 1781. — $600 - $800
• Lot 80: 'Sefer HaMefo'ar' by Rabbi Shlomo Molkho – Interesting Stamp. Amsterdam, [1709]. — $600 - $800
• Lot 81: Sefer Yesod on the Laws of Passover: 'Mekor Chaim'. Zolkiew, 1807. First Edition. — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 82: Chafetz HaShem of the Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh. Amsterdam, 1732. First Print During the Author’s Lifetime. — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 83: Sefer Yesod - One of the Earliest Kabbalistic books on the Torah. — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 84: Sefer Yesod: 'Pesakim u'Ketuvim' by Rabbi Yisrael Isserlin, author of 'Terumat HaDeshen'. Venice [1546]. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 85: Sefer Ben Shmuel. Mantua, 1622. Single Edition. — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 86: Sefer HaTishbi. Isny, 1541. First Edition, Complete Copy. Sefer Yesod! Lexicon of Hebrew Words. Hebrew and Latin. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 87: The First Astronomical Work Composted in the Holy Language - 'Tzurat Haaretz.' Basel, 1546. First edition. Sefer Yesod. — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 88: Extremely Rare: Massechet Brachot – with Handwritten Glosses and Notes. Thessaloniki, 1768. — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 89: Segulah Book: Raziel HaMalach – with a signature. Thessaloniki, 1843. Kabbalah. Rare. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 90: Shu”t Beit Yosef, Even HaEzer. Rabbinic Pedigree Copy. Mantua, 1730. Second Edition. Only 500 Copies — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 91: Sefer Karnayim. Amsterdam, 1765. Prominent, Second Edition Copy with Corrections and Additions. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 92: Shu”t Heishiv R’ Eliezer and Siach HaSadeh. Neuwied, 1748/1749. Single Edition. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 93: Chafetz Chaim. The First Book Authored by Rabbi Yisroel Meir HaKohen of Radin. Vilna, 1873. First Edition. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 94: The Chafetz Chaim's Holy Handwriting in the Sefer Hiddushei Rabbeinu Yonah on Sanhedrin and Hiddushei Tosafot Chazon — $1,800 - $2,500
• Lot 95: Last Will and Testament of Rabbi Alexander Ziskind of Horodna, author of 'Yesod v'Shoresh HaAvodah.' Horodna, 1794. — $3,500 - $5,000
• Lot 96: Rare and Valuable Item: The First Chumash Printed in Yiddish. Cremona [1560]. Impressive Copy in Original Binding. — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 97: Torah, Nevi’im and Ketuvim. Amsterdam, 1700. Impressive, Complete Set With Signature of Rabbi David Nunes Torres. — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 98: An Elegant and Impressive Jewish-Italian Silver Binding, with Holiday Machzor, Rome 1757. Marked. — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 99: A Classic Pair of Silver Torah Finials. Nuremberg-Germany, 19th century. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 100: Handmade Silver Spice Tower, Gebruder Gutgesell – Hanua, Germany 1890. — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 101: A Classic High-quality Silver Hanukkah Lamp. Vienna, ca. 1900. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 102: Dutch Silver Menorah. Elegant and Beautiful Silversmithing from 1871. Marked. — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 103: A Hanging Eternal Lamp (Ner Tamid) made of Silver. Viterbo-Italy 1858-64. From the Collection of the Silvio G. Cusin, — $9,000 - $12,000
• Lot 104: Silver Holder for a Memorial Candle (Ner Neshama). Turkey, early 20th Century. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 105: An Early Silver Megillah Case with Decorated Esther Scroll on Parchment. Italy, end of the 17th Century. — $7,000 - $9,000
• Lot 106: Museum Piece: Miniature Bezalel Esther Scroll and Silver-gilt Case. — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 107: A Rare and Important Esther Scroll Case Made of Gold. Venice-Italy, 18th century. — $100,000 - $150,000
• Lot 108: A Cup of Tzadikim: A Kiddush Cup from the Home of the Rebbe of Vaslui- The grandson of Rabbi Yisrael of Rozhin. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 109: An Elegant Silver Kiddush Goblet in the Shape of a Magen David, from the Historical Jewish Pamploni Workshop. Florence, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 110: An Elegant and Special Kiddush Cup Crafted by Silversmith Moshe Zabari. Jerusalem, ca. 1960. — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 111: Modern Art: Brass Shabbat Candlesticks from the TAS Workshop. Jerusalem, early 20th C. Marked. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 112: Modern art: A Brass Etrog Holder. An Original Monumental work by the Important artist Zelig Segal. — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 113: Modern Art: An Innovative and Graceful Yahrzeit Candle Holder made by the Renowned Jerusalemite Silversmith, — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 114: "How Good and Pleasant it Is" – A Work in Silver by the Famous Judaica Artist Yehuda Ludwig Wolpert. — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 115: An Early Artwork by the Renowned Judaica Artist Yehuda Ludwig Wolpert. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 116: Modern Art: An Original Havdalah Set by Sari Srulovitch. Copper with patina. Israel, 1999. Signed. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 117: A Rare and Magnificent Silver Kiddush Goblet. Persia, 19th Century. — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 118: Silver Havdalah Bowl. Afghanistan, early 20th century. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 119: A Rare Indian Torah Scroll Case, Made of Silver and Coral Beads, Complete with Torah Finials and Torah Pointer. — $12,000 - $18,000
• Lot 120: A Large and Illustrated Porcelain Passover Plate. France, 19th century. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 121: An Exceptionally Large and Artistic 'Sivivon [Dreidel]' – A Unique Work by the Important Artist Ilya Shor. — $7,000 - $9,000
• Lot 122: A Rare and Early Jewish Portrait Photograph from the 19th Century. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 123: A Rare Hand-Illustrated 'Mizrach' on Paper, Bearing the Royal French Coat of Arms. Germany or Alsace, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 124: Telegram from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Proclaiming a Day of Fasting and Prayer for the Victims of the Holocaust. — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 125: "Extermination of Polish Jews – Album of Pictures" - Central Historical Commission in Poland - Lodz, 1945. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 126: Collection of Leaflets and Supplements of the Anti-Semitic Newspaper 'Der Stürmer.' — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 127: Memorial Book of the Chevra Kadisha of the Padua Community - with the Record of the Passing of the Ramad - R' Moshe — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 128: Prayers for the Recovery of Empress Maria Theresa from Smallpox – A lovely booklet printed by the community of Mantua, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 129: "Le'elohei Mauzim Roni Todot" – Collection of Prayers for the Well-being of the Emperor and Poems by Poets from Mantua. — $1,800 - $2,500
• Lot 130: Chumash Chok L’Yisrael. Radvil Chassidic Press. Complete, Rare Set on Blue Paper. — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 131: "Lael Orech Din": Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, printed by the Admor Rabbi Moshe Shapira of Slavita, 1826. — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 132: Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat. Slavita, [1822]. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 133: Shulchan Arbah. Zhitomir, 1856. Most Rare! — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 134: Letter of Approbation Given to the Holy Kabbalist Rabbi Yissachar Teomim Frankel, — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 135: Avkat Rochel With Signatures and Stamps of Rabbi Nachum Dober Friedman of Sadigur. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 136: Chayei Adam and Nishmat Adam. With Signature and Stamp of The Admor Rabbi Eliezer Zev of Kretchnif hy”d. Berlin, — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 137: Sefer Divrei Rav Meshulam – the Copy of the Gaon Rabbi Samuel Heller, Av Beit Din of Safed. Koritz, 5463 [1783]. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 138: A Chasidic Sefer Yesod. 'Rav Pninim'. Frankfurt an der Oder, 1782. First Edition. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 139: Sefer Tehillim 'Mikdash Me'at' – a Copy of the Holy Gaon, grandson of the 'Chatam Sofer', Rabbi Meir Leib Frey, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 140: Pnei Zaken (Komarno) With Author’s Guarantee: “Whoever delves into it will find meaning of the World to Come.” Lvov, — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 141: A Rare and Singular Historical Document: The Appointment Letter of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld to the Rabbinate of — $12,000 - $18,000
• Lot 142: Kabbalistic Manuscript in the Holy Handwriting of the Ramaz, HaRav Moshe Zakkut, with his Comments. Mid-17th century. — $70,000 - $100,000
• Lot 143: Drushim on Teshuvah in the Holy Handwriting of the "Ben Ish Chai, " from the period of his seclusion and isolation. — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 144: Sansan Le'Yair – With Additional Prayers and the Holy Name in the Author's Handwriting, the Chida. Livorno, 1794. — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 145: The First Siddur with Rulings of the Chida. 'Tefilah Zachah' Livorno 5549. An Exceedingly Rare Siddur. — $7,000 - $10,000
• Lot 146: Siddur-Techalel for Shabbat and Holidays, Apparently in the Handwriting of the Holy Mahari Tzalach. Yemen 1788. — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 147: A Composition in the Holy Handwriting of the Divine Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Ergas, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 148: An Extraordinary and Rare and 800-year-old Manuscript Leaf Containing the Rambam's Commentary on the Mishnah, — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 149: Incunabula: Nevi'im Achronim with Commentary by the Radak – with handwritten notes. Soncino, 1486. First Edition. — $36,000 - $45,000
• Lot 150: Nevi'im Achronim - A Rare Manuscript on Parchment from Before the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain. 14th-15th-century, — $100,000 - $150,000