Auction 42 Tiferet 42 - Rare and Special Items
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Jan 11, 2023
Beit HaDfus 12, B, 4th floor, Jerusalem, Israel
A special auction of rare items:
First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more.
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$1,000
LOT 1:
Chessed LeAvraham. One of the First Books that were Printed by the Shapiro Press in Slavuta. 1794. Chessed LeAvraham by Rabbeinu Avraham Azulai. One of the first books that were printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapiro in Slavuta. [1794]. Chessed LeAvraham, the Kabbalistic book by Rabbeinu Avraham ...
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$5,000
LOT 2:
2 Sections of the Holy Zohar. Slavuta, 1815. 2 Sections of the Holy Zohar, by the Divine Tana Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Printed by the holy Rav Rabbi Moshe Shapiro in Slavuta, 1815. This edition is most important and pedigreed having being [rinted by the holy Rav Rabbi Moshe Shapiro, the ...
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$800
LOT 3:
Tur Choshen Mishpat, [volume IV, section II]. The Press of Rabbi Moshe Shapiro, Slavuta, [1817]. Sefer Tur, [IV], Choshen Mishpat [II: Siman 176-426]. The Press of Rabbi Moshe Shapiro, Slavuta, [1817]. [1], 130, 65 leaves. Blue paper. After the Slavuta 1801-1802 edition. Owner's signature ...
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$1,600
LOT 4:
Set of Ein Yaakov, 3 Volumes, Slavuta, 1817-1818. Set of the Ein Yaakov books that were printed by the important and pedigreed printery of Rabbi Moshe Shapiro, the son of the holy Rav Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz, in Slavuta, 1817 and 1818. 3 volumes. Conditions vary. Ownership notations and ...
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$5,500
LOT 5:
Chumash Bamidbar, Slavuta 1824. Chumash Bamidbar with Rashi's commentary and Or Hachaim, the press of Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapiro of Slavuta, 1824. Chumash Bamidbar of the famed, pedigreed Slavuta printery, whose sanctity beauty and Segulah were praised by Tzaddikim. 162 leaves, 26 leaves. ...
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$7,000
LOT 6:
Chumash Devarim. With Rashi's Commentary and Or Hachaim. Slavuta, 1824. Chumash Devarim with Rashi's commentary and Or Hachaim, the press of Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapiro of Slavuta, 1824. Chumash Devarim of the famed, pedigreed Slavuta printery, whose sanctity beauty and Segulah were praised ...
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$1,100
LOT 7:
Kabbalistic Book: Avodat Hakodesh. Slavuta, 1827. Sefer Avodat Hakodesh, matters of Avodas Hashem and Kabbala. Rabbi Meir ben Gabai. The press of Rabbi Shmuel Avraham ben Rabbi Moshe Shapiro in Slavuta, 1827. Important Kabbalistic book with approbations by leading rabbis of Lithuania ...
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800
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$6,500
LOT 8:
Tikun Leil Shavu'ot and Hoshana Rabba. Slavuta, 1827 Very Fine Copy. Seder Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot and Hoshana Rabba. The press of Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Abba Shapiro in Slavuta, 1827. Complete, fine copy. The Tikun was edited after Sefer Shnei Luchot Habrit, and Kavanat Hashemot by the Ari and ...
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$950
LOT 9:
Seder Tikkun Leil Shavu'ot and Leil Hoshana Raba. Lemberg, 1855. Seder Tikun Leil Shavu'ot and Leil Hoshana Raba. Large, fine fonts, vowelized and with Te'amim, Yehi Rayzon and other Bakashot. Edited by Avraham Yosef Segal Madpis, Lemberg, 1855. On the title page "as printed in Slavuta". ...
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$6,000
LOT 10:
Gemore Tractate Shabbat Printed in Slavuta, 1836. Rabbinic Copy. Impressive Volume!. One of the last books that were printed in Slavuta! Tractate Shabbat of the Bavli Talmud, printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapiro, the Grand son of the holy Rav Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz. Slavuta, 1836. The ...
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$250
LOT 11:
Kav HaYashar, by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kaidanover, Hebrew Teitch. "Slavuta", [1851]. Rare. Sefer Kav HaYashar, I-[II], 102 chapter, by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch ben Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Kaidanover. Yiddish in Hebrew Teitch letters. "Slavuta" is written on the title page [Lemberg or Zholkva], [1851]. Rare. ...
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$460
LOT 12:
Sefer Hayashar, Rare Pocket Edition! Zhitomir, 1849. Sefer Hayashar on the Torah - printed by the brothers Chanina Lipa and Aryeh Leib and Yehoshua Heshil Shapiro, the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta in Zhytomyr, 1849. Bibliographically unknown edition. Not listed in the Bibliography of the ...
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$650
LOT 13:
Seder Tefilot for Sabbaths of the Year, Zhitomir 1849. From the Chumashim of Zhitomir. Seder Tefilot for Sabbaths of the year per the Sephard custom, printed by the Sha[iro brothers of Slavuta, Zhitomir 1849. This Seder Tefilot was usually printed and bound at the end of the Chumashim of ...
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$22,000
LOT 14:
Tehillim. Shapiro Press Zhitomir, 1857. Very Well Preserved! Wonderful!. Sefer Tehillim with Ma'amadot and Yehi Ratzon for Leil Hoshana Rabba with Rashi's commentary and Metzudot. Printed by the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta, the partners Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshil Shapiro ...
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$24,000
LOT 15:
Siddur Tikunei Shabbat. Shapiro Press in Zhitomir, 1860. Siddur Tikunei Shabbat and Derech Chaim, printed by the partners the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta in Zhitomir, 1860. Rare, elegant copy. Siddur Zhitomir, Tikunei Shabbat with Derech Chaim per the Sephard custom, first and second ...
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$220
LOT 16:
Maginei Eretz, [I], Zhytomyr, 1861. The copy of Rabbi Yosef Chen. Sefer Maginei Eretz, [I], on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim [Siman 1-428, with the text]. With Hagahot Korban Netanel and Dagul Mirevava and with Chidushei Rabbi Chaim Sanzer of Brody. Printed by the grandsons of the Rav of ...
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$900
LOT 17:
Four Volumes of the Yerushalmi Talmud Printed by the Shapiro Family of Slavuta. Zhytomyr, 1867. Set of the Yerushalmi Talmud, Zhytomyr, 1860-1867. Single edition of the Yerushalmi Talmud that was puplished in Zhytomyr. Yerushalmi Talmud, Sidrei Zera'im, Moed, Nashim and Nezikin, printed by ...
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400
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$1,900
LOT 18:
Tikunei Hazohar. Zhitomir, 1863. Tikunei Hazohar by the Divine Tana Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Published in Zhitomir, 1863 by the partners, the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshil Shapiro, as the format of the Slavuta 1836 edition. This edition contains ...
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$850
LOT 19:
Likutei Torah by the Holy Rav the Admor Hazaken, on Vayikra and bamidbar. Zhitomir, 1848. Likutei Torah, Ma'amarim by the Admor the holy Rav Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Ba'al Hatanya and the Shulchan Aruch. A volume containing Chumashim Vayikra and Bamidbar. Printed at the printery of the ...
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$1,000
LOT 20:
Bi'urei Hazohar, Kapust 1816. First Edition. Bi'urei Hazohar, by the holy Rav the Admor Hazaken Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Ba'al Hatanya and the Shulchan Aruch. Printed in Kapust in 1816. The press of Rabbi Yisroel Yaffe, a leading Chassid and disciple of the Admor Hazaken. First Edition. ...
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$550
LOT 21:
First Edition of Kuntres Peirush Hamilot on Siddur Admor Hazaken. Kuntres Peirush Hamilot known as Mahadura Batra on the Siddur of the Admor Hazaken Ba'al Hatanya and the Shulchan Aruch. Printed in Warsaw, [1867]. First edition. Rare copy. Two title pages and wide margins. Stefansky ...
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LOT 22:
Ma'amar Divrei Elokim Chaim Handwritten by Rabbi Moshe of Oleh the Youngest Son of the Holy Rav the Admor HaZaken Ba'al HaTanya . Ma'amar Divrei Elokim Chaim handwritten by Rabbi Moshe of Oleh the youngest son of the holy Rav the Admor HaZaken Ba'al HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch, who wrote many of ...
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LOT 23:
Igeres Kodesh by the Lubavitcher Rebbe with Many Blessings and an Addiiton Handwritten by Him . 'For a good and sweet year, materially and spiritually'. The letter was sent to the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Noah Krol, Rav of Moshav Chemed and one of the leading activists for religious education in the ...
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$900
LOT 24:
Dollar by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, given by his holy hands on Motza'ei Shabbas Terumah. [1988]. $1 banknote received by the holy hands of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to be given to charity. On the envelope in which the banknote was kept, its receiver wrote "ב"ה. קיבלתי מיד כ"ק אד"ש מוצש"ק תרומה ...
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$220
LOT 25:
Shut HaRim, Ger. Segulah for Stopping a Plague and for Good Health. Josefow, 1867. Segulah for stopping a plague! Shut HaRim by the holy Gaon the Chidushei HaRim of Ger. Josefow, 1867. Published in the first year after his passing. With a foreword by his grandson the holy Rav the Sefas Emes ...
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$3,000
LOT 26:
Special Letter of Blessing by the Holy Rav the Imrei Emes of Ger. 'מברך אתך ואת ביתך ואת יוצאי חלציך בגמר חתימה טובה ושנה טובה'. Special letter of blessings by the holy Rav the Imrei Emes of Ger to his grandson, on a letter by his son-in-law the Tzaddik Rav Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter which he ...
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$2,200
LOT 27:
Historical and Most Important Letter of Blessings by the Holy Rav the Beis Yisroel of Ger. Historical! Most important letter of blessings in which the holy Rav the Beis Yisroel announces his move to the mythological Beis Midrash on Ralbach St., infusing blessings for good health, success in all ...
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$150
LOT 28:
Sha'ar Hagmul by the Ramban Copy of the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Menachem Zion Alter, the grandson of the Holy Rav the Imrei Emes of Ger. Sha'ar Hagmul by the Ramban - Rabbeinu Moshe ben Nachman. Printed in Warsaw in 1840. The only copy that survived the destruction of Europe with the handwritten ...
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$1,000
LOT 29:
'His Friend who Loves Him All Days' Letter of Blessings by the Holy Rav Rabbi Yaakov of Pshevorsk. 'מברכו בשפע ברכה והצלחה לטובה בכ"ע מתוך נחת והרחבת הדעת ובריאות השלימות פסח כשר ושמח'.Letter with warm blessings by the holy Rav Rabbi Yaakov of Pshevorsk - Antwerp, with a rare and special ...
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$4,800
LOT 30:
Pure Silver Kiddush Cup Cast from Protection Coins Given by the Eldest Tzaddikim of the Generation. Rare cup for protection! cast from pure silver coins that were given by the eldest Tzaddikim of the generation, headed by Maran the holy Rav of Satmar, the holy Rav of Pshevorsk and the holy Gaon ...
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$7,000
LOT 31:
'צדיקים יושבים ועטרותיהם בראשיהם' Talit Gadol of the Holy Rav of Tosh . Tashmish Kdusha of one of the Tzaddikim of recent generations! The Talit Gadol of the holy Rav of Tosh. May the Talid spread its wings on them and save them like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its ...
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$9,000
LOT 32:
The Siddur of the Holy Rav of Tosh, with Hazkarot Shemot and Traces of His Tears. The Siddur with which the holy Rav of Tosh did his pure Avodah for many years, with a piece of parchment on which the holy names of הוי"ה and אדנ"י are written with ink and with which he worked his wonders. ...
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LOT 33:
Mishnat DeRabbi Akiva, by the Gaon Rabbi Agive Eiger. Furth, [1781]. First edition. Mishnat DeRabbi Akiva, by the Gaon Rabbi Agive Eiger [the first], published by his sons Rabbi Yehuda Leib Eiger Av Beis Din of Rotterdam and Rabbi Wolf Eiger Av Beis Din of Silesia. Itzak Tzern Dorf Press ...
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LOT 34:
Pedigreed copy: Machatzit Hashekel, [II]. Vienna, [1817]. Sefer Machatzit hashekel, [II: simanim 341-1936] by Rabbi Shmuel halevi Klein. Revised edition with additions and corrections, Anton Schmidt Press, Vienna, [1817]. With the signatures of Rabbi Moshe Eiger and Rabbi Nosson Nota Shaier. ...
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$400
LOT 35:
Romemot El, commentary on Sefer Tehillim by the holy Alshich. Amsterdam, [1698], with the signature of Rabbi Yaakov Shemesh, the Rav and teacher of the Chasam Sofer. Second edition. Rare. Sefer Romemot El, commentary on Sefer Tehillim, authored by the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Alshich. David Tartas ...
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$22,000
LOT 36:
Early Manuscript by Maran the Chasam Sofer. Most early manuscript by Maran the Chasam Sofer, written by him when he was 23 years old, when he was Reish Metivta in Prostitz, studying with his Rav the holy Gaon Rabbi Nosson Adler. The manuscript containing innovations on tractate Shabbat, the ...
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$26,000
LOT 37:
Pressburg. The Eve of Matan Torah 1823. Two Pages with Torah Innovations Handwritten by Maran the Chasam Sofer. Torah innovations handwritten by Maran the Chasam Sofer on the eve of Shavu'ot - Zman Matan Torah, 1823. Just before the festival of Matan Torah, on the eve of Shavu'ot, Maran the ...
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$6,000
LOT 38:
Drush for Shabbas Hagadol Handwritten by the Gaon the Author of the Maharam Schick. Important sermon for Shabbas Hagadol with Aggadic innovations handwritten by the Gaon the Author of the Maharam Schick, containing two lengthy Ma'amarim. The sermons containing Aggadic innovations, words of ...
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$2,200
LOT 39:
Leaf of Innovations on Halachic Sugyos Handwritten by Maran the Gaon the Maharam Schick. Two pages with innovations by the Chasam Sofer handwritten by his leading disciple, the holy Gaon Rabbi Moshe the Maharam Schick. The Torah innovations were printed in Chasam Sofer on tractate Nedarim ...
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$650
LOT 40:
Letter on the Leadership of the Community and on Halacha by the Goren David to the Maharam Schick - the Geonim and Poskim of Hungary - the Polemic against the Status Quo Community. Wonderful letter on the leadership of the community and on Halacha by the great Gaon, the Goren David - Rabbi ...
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$400
LOT 41:
Baruch Ta'am, First Edition. Copy of a Disciple of Maran the Ketav Sofer . Sefer Baruch Ta'am by the great Gaon Rabbi Baruch Frankel Te'omim. First edition, Lvov, 1841. Copy of the Gaon Rabbi Pinchas Stein, a leading disciple of Maran the Ketav Sofer of Pressburg, one of the important teachers ...
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$2,000
LOT 42:
Tractate Berachot. Lemberg, 1860 Copy of the President of Kollel Galicia Rabbi Yitzchak Leib Sofer. Tractate Berachot with all the commentators as printed previously in Slavuta and Vilna, Lemberg, 1860. Copy signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Leib Sofer, the son of Maran the Ketav Sofer, the ...
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$600
LOT 43:
Copy of the Holy Gaon of Beregsaz Rabbi Shlomo Sofer, Author of Chut Hameshulash. Sefer Ohel Yitzchak on Shechitos and Bedikos by Rabbi Yitzchak ben Rabbi Eliezer of Hungary. Warsaw 1869 edition. Copy of the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Sofer the grandson of Maran the Chasam Sofer and the Rav of ...
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LOT 44:
Shut Chasam Sofer Yoreh Deah. First Edition, Wien 1897 Copy of the Binyan David of Ohel - Handwritten Glosses. First edition of Shut Chasam Sofer Yoreh Deah. Wien, 1897. Copy of the holy Gaon the Binyan David of Ohel with glosses handwritten by him. Shut Chasam Sofer Yoreh Deah section. ...
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LOT 45:
Chidushei Chasam Sofer, on tractate Rosh Hashana leaf 22, handwritten by his disciple. [Pressburg], early 19th century. "בעזה" ח"ת מאדמ"ו ר"פ אין מכירין"; from Chidushei Chasam Sofer, on tractate Rosh Hashana leaf 22, handwritten by his disciple. [1] leaf. The novellae appearing here was ...
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LOT 46:
Chidushei Chasam Sofer, on Chapter 3 of Tractate Chulin, Handwritten by a Disciple in the Chasam Sofer's Lifetime. 18 Leaves. Chidushei Chasam Sofer, on Chapter 3 of Tractate Chulin, Handwritten by a Disciple in the Chasam Sofer's Lifetime. [Pressburg], [1833]. "חי[דושי] תורה מאדמ"ו הגאון ...
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LOT 47:
Chidushei Chasam Sofer, on tractate Chulin leaf 58-59, copied by a disciple in his lifetime. [Pressburg], [1831]. "חולין דף נ"ח סוגי' דשיחלא קמא עם כל המסתעף בפסק עובר ירך אמו... ח' כסליו תקב"ץ לפ"ק"; Chidushei Chasam Sofer, on tractate Chulin, copied by a disciple in his Rav's lifetime. ...
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800
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$700
LOT 48:
Copy of the Holy Gaon the Lev HaIvri. Sefer Netivot Hashalom. First edition, Svolk, 1858. Copy with the handwritten signature of the holy Gaon Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, author of Lev HaIvri. Sefer Netivot Hashalom, containing required Halachos from Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer and Choshen ...
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$150
LOT 49:
Copy of the Holy Gaon of Nietra Rabbi Sholom Moshe Ungar and of the Gaon Rabbi Yosef maya. Shut HaRashba. Wien, 1812. Shut authored by Rabbi Shmuel ben Aderet - the Rashba. Anton Schmidt Press, Wien, 1812. A signed copy that had belonged to the holy Rav Rabbi Sholom Moshe of Nietra and to ...
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$300
LOT 50:
Letter by Rabbi Yitzchak Zvi Sofer Av Beis Din of Temeshvor to Rabbi Tzadok Kraus, with a request to assist his impoverished relative in Jerusalem. Temeshvor, [1936]. "And I plead with him to convince the managers to agree to give him a larger room ..."; letter handwritten and signed by ...
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