LOT 51: “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 Baal Shem Tov…”. Two sections with separate title pages, printed in Lemberg 1866. ...
LOT 52: Kabbalistic siddur, nusach Ari, “Kol Yaakov”, with the tears of the tzaddik Rabbi Yosef Woltuch. Inside are exciting kvitlach and references to kabbalistic gedolim of his generation. Facsimile siddur from “the Siddur of the Ari called Kol Yaakov”, also called Siddur Rabbi Kopil, used by ...
LOT 53: Ha not been Seen in Auctions: Kuntres of Glosses and Comments on the Rif with a Stamp of the Publisher HaShazbani and Stamps of Rabbi Chaim Berlin - Rare, One of the First Books Printed in Jerusalem, 1865. "Kuntres of glosses and comments on the Alfasi volume I, with Halachot Ktanot" published ...
LOT 55: “Their gerus is not even gerus” – a halachic response written by hand and signed by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld, Mara d’Ara, regarding accepting converts and a daughter’s inheritance. “He will write to the heads of the same Agudah that he needs and they will certainly try to send” – a halachic ...
LOT 56: Chiddushei Torah handwritten by Maran Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner. Large leaf filled on both sides with handwriting from Rav Wosner, containing chiddushei torah on laws of nezikin (torts) and tefisah b’shor tam, and a birur regarding a machloket between Tanaim: Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yishmael ...
LOT 57: Polemic - "Can we Say It is a Forgery" - Letter Defending the Forged Yerushalmi Handwritten by the Famed Jerusalem Forger the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Friedlander Satmar, 1910. "But this is said only by the stubborn" A postcard with responses to the claims about the forgery of the Yerushalmi ...
LOT 58: Signature and glosses from Rabbi Zundel of Salant: Keren Shlomo – first edition, Pressburg 1840. Sefer Kerem Shlomo, halachic chiddushim on the Shulchan Aruch by Rabbi Shlomo Hess, Av Beit Din of Reznitz. Section on Yoreh De’ah, first edition, Pressburg 1840. At the end is a ‘drosh yakar’ from ...
LOT 59: Important notes handwritten by the author: Shalmei Nedarim with gilded title pages. First edition, Vilna 1880. Important copy with yichus. Sefer Shalmei Nedarim, chiddushim and exegeses on Masechet Nedarim, by Rabbi Alexander Sender ben Zerach HaKohen Kaplan, Av Beit din of Kupishok (Kupiszki). ...
LOT 60: Basic Book: Dedication Handwritten by the Publisher Rabbi Itzileh Blazer of Petersburg: Or Yisrael by Rabbi Yisrael of Salant, first edition. Vilna 1900. The work includes letters and articles “to excite the heart” written by Admor Yisrael Libkin of Salant. First edition, Vilna, 1900. [1], 92 ...
LOT 61: Torat HaNazir, the first work by Rabbi Yitzhak Hutner. With the approbation from Rav Kook that was later removed. First edition, Kovna 1932. Sefer Torat HaNazir, “chiddushim and exegeses on matters of nezirut organized according to the laws of nezirut of the Rambam”. The first work by the gaon ...
LOT 62: Nothing like it: significant printer corrections handwritten by the great Chafetz Haim on his book “Chafetz Haim”—important edition in the original binding, inside a handsome case. The work Chafetz Haim alludes to the verse “Who is the man who Chafetz Haim (cares about life) … shall stop his ...
LOT 63: Valuable! Historic letter (written entirely by hand and signed) never published, from the Chafetz Chaim during WWI when his yeshiva was exiled to Szumiaczi. Latvia 1917. “If he would send me the books…I would have some parnasa [livelihood] from that” – an exciting, rare letter written ...
LOT 64: Fascinating Polemic in a Lengthy Letter Handwritten and Signed by Maran the Natziv of Volozhin and His Daughter the Rebbetzin Shapira to His Son Rabbi Chaim Berlin Av Beis Din of Moscow pertaining to a Gett Pasul - Volozhin, 1873 . "וידעתי את הה"ג הנ"ל כי לא יחת מפני כל - ודבריו עזים... וטוב ...
LOT 65: "Mit dank un birkat kohen" Letter signed by the Gaon Rabbi Shimon Shkop. 1934. Typewritten letter on official letterhead of the Grash Shkop, “Ram in the Beit Midrash of Yeshivat Shaar HaTorah in Grodna”. Addressed to “our brothers, the generous Rodfei Tzedek, Hovevei Torah and Tomchei Haverim ...
LOT 66: Rare! Posek Hador Rabbi Moshe Feinstein - Lengthy Responsum of Four Pages! Handwritten and Signed by Him - New York, 1968. "ומתפלל אני בכל תפילותי שישלח לך רפואתך לגמרי ולא תדע משום חולשה ושום צער" Lengthy letter of four large pages handwritten and signed by Maran Posek Hador Rabbi Moshe ...
LOT 67: “In our time it is not categorized as demai but rather a safek mamash” – a halachic letter handwritten and signed by Maran the Steipler, addressed to his in-law Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. 1963. Halachic letter regarding the separation of terumah and maasrot in the current era, from the ...
LOT 68: “To be doubly blessed in ruchniyus and gashmiyus” – a letter handwritten and signed by the Steipler. 1965. Letter of recommendation for the support of wedding expenses of a bachur “very exceptional in Torah and Yirat Shamayim”, handwritten and signed by the Tzaddik Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael ...
LOT 69: Rare and unique: letter from Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky with a number of halachic questions, addressed to Maran Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. “I wished to know the ta’am and the nafka minah to learn something elsewhere” – a letter with three halachic questions from Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, addressed to ...
LOT 70: Copy of Rabbi Sheraga Zvi Tenenbaum the Neta Sorek: Yalkut Eliezer - Pressburg 1864. Sefer Yalkut Eliezer, an interesting book compiled from the Talmud Yerushalmi and Midrashim alphabetically ordered, by Rabbi Zussman Eliezer Sofer-Paks Av Beis Din of Hallosh and Meisha. First edition - ...
LOT 71: Exciting: manuscript from yeshiva students of Rabbi Yehonatan Eibeschitz and more: chiddushei Torah from gedolim of Prague and the environs. 18th century, some not printed. 3 leaves in antique Ashkenazi script, a number of different handwritings, with divrei torah from students of gedolim of the ...
LOT 72: Letter with interesting content written entirely by hand and signed by Rabbi Yehuda Greenfeld, Av Beit Din of Bűdszentmihály, regarding the kashrut of brandy, with mention of the Rahak of Lisa. Bűdszentmihály, 1906. “Rabbi Yosef Reiss, brother-in-law of the Rahag Av Beit Din of Liska”—letter ...
LOT 73: Letter with interesting content and the addition of handwritten lines and the signature of Rabbi Gedalya Schmelkes, Av Beit Din of Przymsl, regarding a bas Yisrael who grew up among non-Jews. Przmysl, 1922. Handwriting and signature of the gaon Rabbi Gedalya Schmekles, Av Beit Din of Przymsl ...
LOT 74: "The Aforementioned Told Me that the Tzaddik Rabbi Yaakov Leib Katz Strasser Wanted to Give Me His Daughter": Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Wolf Zussman-Sofer the Author of Chalifot Simlat Binyamin, Rav of the Chevras Shas - Budapest 1887 . Important letter on halachic matters ...
LOT 75: Letter written entirely by hand and signed by the Rahak Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Erlau, the Yad Sofer. Erlau 1914. “May Hashem strengthen his pure body that he may raise the flag of Torah” – a letter of thanks and blessings with mention of the printing of Shut Chatam Sofer and the Hitorerut Tshuva ...
LOT 76: For the first time at auction: two letters with an original handwritten invitation and signature of Rabbi Yosef Ganzfried, son of Maran Shlomo Ganzfried, author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. Prešov (Eperjes), 1913. Two rare letters with an invitation to a wedding, from Rabbi Yosef Ganzfried ...
LOT 78: Masechet Makot printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira. Slavita 1820. Masechet Makot from the Bavli, printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira of Slavita. 27, 6, 282-287 leaves. Printed mainly on high-quality blue paper. New binding. worming damage, stains, mold. Fair condition overall. Detached title page.
LOT 79: Sha’agas Aryeh. Edition with additions, a variant with rare leaves—printed by Shapira in Slavita, 1832. Copy owned by the grandsons of the Admor Rabbi Shimon Meiroslav. Sha’agas Aryeh, a learned halachic work by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Ginzburg, Av Beit Din of Metz, author of the Turei Even, often ...
LOT 80: Chumash “Or HaHayyim” Vayikra – printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira Slavita 1832 New luxurious leather binding. Commentary by Rabbeinu Haim ben Atar. It is a known tradition among Chassidic communities to study the book “Or HaHayyim” on the night of shabbat. The printer writes about this on ...
LOT 81: Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot and Hoshana Rabba "Under the Supervision of Rabbi Chanina Lipa of Slavuta" - Josefow, 1845. Seder Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot and Hoshana Rabba ... with all the virtues of the Tikkun that was previously printed in Slavuta ... printed in Josefow at the printery that was previously ...
LOT 82: Two Sections of Sefer Sidduro shel Shabbat by Rabbeinu the Be'er Mayim Chaim - The Press of the Shapira Brothers, Zhitomir 1849. Bound with Keter Shem Tov - Pedigreed Copy. Sefer Sidduri shel Shabbat, a basic Chassidic book on Shabbat Kodesh by the Admor Rabbi Chaim of Chernowirz - printed by ...
LOT 83: Sefer Chassidim with Brit Olam by Rabbeinu the Chida - Zhitomir, 1857. Sefer Chassidim by Rabbeinu Yehuda Hachassid, with Peirush Meforash and the Brit Olam commentary by Rabbeinu the Chida. The press of the partners the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua ...
LOT 84: Tikkunei Zohar printed by Shapira in Zhytomyr, 1863. Approbation of the Admor Rabbi Aharon of Chernobyl. Tikkunei Zohar written by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochay, following the layout of the Tikkunei HaZohar of Slavita, printed by the partners, the grandsons of the Slavita Rav Rabbi Chanina Lipa and ...
LOT 85: One of the First Chassidic Books: Degel Machaneh Ephraim - First Edition Koretz, 1810 Incomplete Copy . Sefer Degel Machaneh Ephraim, a Chassidic book on the Torah by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Ephraim , Av Beis Din of Sudilkov, the grandson of the Besht. First ediiton - Koretz, 1810. originally, [2] ...
LOT 86: Segula: Midrash Torat Kohanim, first edition of the commentary “Asirit HaEfah” (Komarna, chassidus). Lemberg 1848. Sefer Torat Kohanim, attributed to Rabbi Yehuda the Tana. Known also as “Safra” and “Safra d’bei Rav”, this is a foundational midrash on Vayikra appearing often in sifrei halacha ...
LOT 87: Rare: Tiv Gittin and Kidushin by the Admor Rabbi Haim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (chassidut)—first edition, Ungvar 1868, with a rare foreward by the author’s sons. Sefer Tiv Gittin VeKidushin, Chiddushim by the Admor Rabbi Haim Yosef Gottlieb, the Av Beit Din of Stropkov (see below). First ...
LOT 88: Extremely rare: Breslev, first edition of 2 sections of Likkutei Etzot Chadash, by Rabbi Nachman of Tcherin. Lemberg 1872. Sefer Likkutei Etzot Chadash, by Rabbi Nachman, the Av Beit Din of Tcherin [Goldstein, son of Rabbi Zvi Aryeh—son of Rabbi Aharon of Breslev, a student of Rabbi Nachman of ...
LOT 89: Chochmat HaNefesh with the Name of Rabbi Yeshayaleh of Kerestir and More included in the List of Subscribers - Chassidut First Edition Lemberg, 1876 Bound with Additional Books . Sefer Chochmat HaNefesh by the Rokeach, with a commentary by the author of the Bnei Issachar (chassidus). First ...
LOT 90: Set of Chamisha Chumshei Torah with Or Hachaim and Be'er Mayim Chaim Approbated by the Holy Rav of Ruzhin, the Toras Chaim of Kosov and More - Chernowitz, 1849-1951. Chamisha Chumshei Torah with the three translations: Onkelos, Yonatan ben Uziel and Yerushalmi. With the Rashi's commentary, Or ...
LOT 91: The Glory of Chassidut: Dozens of Glosses Handwritten by the Admor Rabbi Avraham of Chechnov on a Book by His Grandfather the Maharal of Prague. Sefer Netzach Yisrael by Rabbi Yehuda Leiv ben Rabbi Betzalel—the Maharal of Prague. Second edition (the previous edition was from years before, during ...
LOT 92: Holy glory! A copy “Nachalat Avotai” attributed to one of the first tzaddikim of Ruzhin, in handsome leather bindings: Sefer Toldot Adam by Rabbi Moshe David Ashkenazi of Töltéstava (chassidus). First edition, Jerusalem 1845. Sefer Toldot Adam, chiddushei torah on sugiyot of shas, a work by ...
LOT 93: Father of the Admor the Imrei Yosef of Spinka: copy with signatures of Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Weiss of Munkacs—Tzafnat Pane’ach by the Toldot Yaakov Yosef (Chassidus). Lemberg 1866. Sefer Tzafnat Pane’ach by the Admor Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polno, author of the Toldot Yaakov Yosef. Divrei Torah ...
LOT 94: Signature and Glosses by the Chassid Gaon Rabbi David Hacohen Zeltzer of Serdehali Domatz in Munkatch - on Tur Orach Chaim, the Wien 1810 Edition. Signature and glosses by the Chassid Gaon Rabbi David Hacohen Zeltzer, a disciple of Maran the Divrei Chaim, on Tur Orach Chaim, the Wien 1810 ...
LOT 95: The Copy of the son-in-law of the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova: Pnei Yehoshua with Glosses by the Baruch Ta'am - Lemberg, 1860 . Sefer Pnei Yehoshua, section I Seder Moed, the renowned book on the Sugyos of the Shas of the great Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Yosha Av Beis Din of Lvov, Metz, Berlin, Frankfurt ...
LOT 96: The Only Remnant? of the Library of the Admor Rabbi David Leib Twersky of Skvira-Kazatin: Tzeidah Laderech Lemberg, 1859. Sefer Tzeidah Laderech, Lemberg, 1859. [7], 145 leaves. The title page was completed with a photocopy. Blemishes and some moth damage. New, impressed binding. This is ...
LOT 97: A Remnant of the Alexander House: Gemara Brachot which was studied by the Holy Rav Rabbi Yerachmiel Yisrael Tosef Danziger, the Son of the Admor the Akeidat Yitzchak of Alexander. Pedigreed copy - Gemara Brachot which had belonged to the son of the Akeidat Yitzchak of Alexander - Rabbi ...
LOT 98: “Avdak of Vilchovitz (Vil'khivtsi)” – copy with yichus, a book with the early stamp of the Admor Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz. When he served as Av Beit Din of Vilchovitz (Vil'khivtsi). Sefer Erech Shai by the gaon Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Tabak – Maramures-Sighet 1912. The book belonged to the Admor ...
LOT 99: Psalms of the Ga’avad Eida Charedit, Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund. Book of Psalms with the exegesis Romemut El by Rabbeinu HaAlshich HaKadosh, facsimile of the Vilna 1903 edition. Brooklyn 1976. Partially detached spine, with defects. Good condition. The rear and front binding leaf has stamps of ...
LOT 100: The Saba Ba'al Hapetek - Signature of the Saba Rabbi Yisroel Dov Odesser Ba'al Hapetek, on Sefer Or HaEmunah - Jerusalem, 1953. A volume with the Breslov books Or HaEmunah, Yessod HaEmunah, Mekor HaEmunah - precious gems from the books of Rabbeinu Rabbi Nachman of Breslov - the copy of the Saba ...
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