LOT 101: Lithuania and Ashkenaz. Letter with brachos from Rav Yehoshua Heschel Levine author of Aliyos Eliyahu, written a week before his passing. Letter with brachos for Sir Moses Monteifore's birthday by Rav Yehoshua Heschel Levine. Rav Yehoshua Heschel Levine (1818-1883) was a descendant of ...
LOT 103: The Chazon Ish and his talmidim. The Chazon Ish's ration book. Bnei Brak [1949] The personal ration book of the Chazon Ish that enabled him to buy goods under governmental supervision during the austerity period, when the State of Israel was first established. The name of the consumer is ...
LOT 106: Lithuania and Ashkenaz. Manuscript Kuntress Ma'areches HaKinyanim by Rav Shimon Shkop, author of Shaarei Yosher. Manuscript - six large leaves (12 pages) from Ma'areches HaKinyanim by Rav Shimon Shkop av"d and Rosh Yeshivas Grodno and author of Shaarei Yosher. This is apparently the ...
LOT 107: Lithuania and Ashkenaz. Rare letter from Rav Pesach Stein. Shanghai [1946] Letter from Rav Pesach Stein written when he was a bachur with the remanent of the Mir Yeshivah in Shanghai, China. In his letter, he describes his hesitations and thoughts regarding traveling to the United States. ...
LOT 108: Lithuania and Ashkenaz. Signature of Rav Aharon Kotler in English on a check. Kletzk, 1937. Signature of Rav Aharon Kotler, Rosh Yeshivah of Kletzk, on a check that was sent from the United States as a donation to the yeshivah in 1936. In 1936, Rav Aharon visited the United States for the ...
LOT 110: Machzor for the entire year, per the Italian customs, two sections. Venice, 1750 Machzor shel kol HaShanah, per the Italian minhagim Complete, rare set! Volume 1: Tefillos for weekday, Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh, Yom Tov and Taanios. Volume 2: Tefillos for Rosh Hashanah and Yom ...
LOT 111: Very rare! Machzor - Prague, [1775-1776] Machzor for the entire year per the minhag of "Pihem, Polin and Mehrin…[Bohemia, Poland and Moravia] in large letters…proofread as much as possible from various machzorim…" • Illustrations of the zodiac in the prayers for rain and dew. • Very rare ...
LOT 112: Tefillos. Seder Kriyas Vasikin. Amsterdam, 1778. Seder Kriyas Vasikin for Shavuos and Hoshana Rabba nights. According to the Shelah Hakadosh with some Kavanot of the Arizal and passages from the Zohar pertaining to Hoshana Raba and Shavuos nights. Signature on title page: יעקב רופא. ...
LOT 113: Miniature. Iyun Tefilah with translation by grandson of the Noda B'Yehuda. Siddur Tefillah for the whole year with German translation by Reb Moshe Leib Landau, grandson of Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, av"d Prague, grandson of the Noda B'Yehuda. Illustrated frontispiece with the tefillah of ...
LOT 114: Extremely rare. Hoshana Raba Learning Pamphlet: Padua 5635 [1875] Rare pamphlet- two pages only. Includes the special Hoshana-Raba-night Torah learning, selichos and davening. Padua 5635 [1875]. [2] pages. 25 cm. Water stains. Extremely rare.
LOT 116: Haggadah shel Pesach - Furth, 1804 Haggadah shel Pesach with Yiddish translation. Furth, 1804, at Itzik Tzirendorf press. 34 leaves. 16 cm. Wine stains and matzah crumbs. Tears and tape, primarily in the margins. Cropped on the edge of the text in a few places. Moderate condition. ...
LOT 117: Rare. Haggadah shel Pesach. Luneville (France), 1806 Seder Haggadah shel Pesach, with halachos. Luneville, 1806. At the press of Abraham Friesek. 32 leaves. 18 cm. Wine stains. Vestiges of food on the leaf of Shulchan Aruch, tear without loss. Fine condition. Yaari 346, Otzar Haggadot 499.
LOT 118: Haggadah shel Pesach. Cologne, 1838. Illustrated title page and music notes. Haggadah shel Pesach with German translation on facing pages and music notes for the piyutim. Publisher and musician was Yitzchak Eberst (Offenbach), a chazan in Cologne. He was the father of famed composer Jacques ...
LOT 120: Various Tefillos. Sod Hashem, Vienna 1814/Mohel Ledger Endingen -Switzerland, [1832-1856] Sefer Sod Hashem, with the Sharvit HaZahav, seder bris milah with halachos and peirushim by Rav Dovid of Lida. Vienna, 1814. Concludes with a manuscript: Mohel ledger from Endingen, Switzerland. ...
LOT 130: Sefer Nitzachon. Amsterdam, 1709 Sefer Nitzachon - refutations of Christian claims and elucidations of hard-to-understand stories and essays that can cause doubts in faith, in the order of the Tanach, by Rav Yom Tov Lipman of Mulhausen. At the end of the work: The Radak's refutation of ...
LOT 132: Manuscript - Booklet with calligraphy. Inowrocław, 1838. Foundations of religions, fulfilling the mitzvos and holidays by Moses Mathias Levin of Warsaw. All in nice calligraphy, Hebrew and Yiddish on facing pages. Nice decorative title page at the start of the manuscript. Inowrocław ...
LOT 133: Manuscript. Sod Haibur. [Yemen, 1839] "Seder Haibur of the machzorim authored by Moreinu V'Rabbeinu, the expert dayan…Moshe bh"r Yosef Halevi..." Leaves 2a-3b start with a tabular chart for designating yomim tovim and roshei chadashim for 136 consecutive years, 1839-1975. The year 1839 is ...
LOT 136: Letter from Rav Moshe Halevi Pollack, av"d Bonyhad to the Maharam Schick.Letter regarding "sirtut" of lines and the measure of the sheets of parchment of the Sefer Torah from Rabbi Moshe Halevi Pollack, author of Vayidaber Moshe, sent to the Maharam Schick. He writes, "I saw the shiur ...
LOT 137: Hungary Galicia. Letter from Rav Meshlem Yissacher HaLevi Ish Horowitz. [1926] Postcard written and signed by Rav Meshulem Yissacher HaLevi Ish Horowitz of Brotchin sent to Rav Zev Leiter, av"d Pittsburgh. Rabbi Meshulem Yissacher Halevi Ish Horowitz of Tarnow was the son of Rabbi Pinchas ...
LOT 142: Hungary Galicia. Letter from Rabbi Pinchas Zelig HaKohen Schwartz, author of Shem HaGedolim M'Eretz Hagar. Letter from Rabbi Pinchas Zelig HaKohen Schwartz of Kleinwarden to Rabbi Menachem Mendel HaKohen, av"d Cairo. Rabbi Pinchas Zelig HaKohen Schwartz Hy"d (1873-1944) was the son of the ...
LOT 148: Seder Hanhagas Beis HaKnesses. Amsterdam 1759 Seder Hanhagas Beis Haknesses with minhagim for the entire year. Amsterdam [1759], at the press of Reb Shlomo Proops Katz. Printer's device on the last page (Yaari, Diglei HaMadpisim, 119) 9, [1] leaves. 17.5 cm. Title page partially printed ...
LOT 149: Dikduk Ivri. Complete Manuscript. Latin, 18th Century Manuscript regarding Hebrew grammar; roots, tenses etc. 18th century. 236 pages. 18 cm. Light-green paper. Thin, beautifully organized manuscript. Latin with Hebrew quotes, complete book in an original leather binding. Good condition. ...
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