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$115,000
LOT 1:
Slavita Siddur Chassidic Nusach Sefard Shapira Press. Slavita, 1827 * Avodah U'Moreh Derech Siddur. A siddur according to Sefard-Chassidic custom, with explanations, intentions, and laws compiled by Rabbi Aharon son of Rabbi Yechiel Meir Halevi Segal from Michališok. A very ...
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$40,000
LOT 2:
Rare! Siddur Nusach Ashkenaz. Shapira Press, Slavita, 1832 * Order of prayers and supplications for the entire year according to the custom of Poland, Lithuania, Germany, Bohemia, Galicia and Moravia. Printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira, son of the Rav of Slavita. Rare ...
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$26,000
LOT 3:
Kabbalistic Siddur Used by the Talmidim of the Baal Shem Tov Siddur Rav Asher. Lvov, 1787 * Nusach Sfard siddur with the kavanos of the Arizal, edited by the saintly kabbalist Rabbi Asher Margalios of Brod. This siddur was printed in Lvov in 1787 in the printing press of Rabbi ...
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$5,500
LOT 4:
Miniature Sefer Tehillim Menashe ben Israel Press Amsterdam, 1634 The First Tehillim Printed in Amsterdam! * Miniature Tehillim measuring just 10 cm, with nekudos and taamim. Printed in the press of the legendary scholar and statesman Rabbi Menashe ben Israel. Beautiful sefer ...
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4,000
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$15,000
LOT 5:
Order of Prayers. Amsterdam, 1715. Extraordinary Copy Printed Entirely in Red Ink. * Miniature prayer book, an exceptionally rare and luxurious edition, entirely printed in red ink by the renowned Amsterdam printing press. From this edition of the order of prayers, a limited ...
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$46,000
LOT 6:
Order of Maamados. Exquisite Miniature Manuscript on Parchment with Colorful Illustrations. Fürth, 18th Century * Order of Weekday Maamados, including special prayers to be recited on each day of the week. This manuscript was inscribed and designed by a master artist in fine block ...
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40,000
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$170,000
LOT 7:
Incunabula! First Printing of Neviim Acharonim!!! Soncino, 1486 * With Radak's Commentary. Important and complete incunabula. Neviim Acharonim – Yeshayahu, Yirmiyahu, Yechezkel and Trei Asar with commentary by the great commentator Rabbeinu David Kimchi, the Radak. Historic first ...
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80,000
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$38,000
LOT 8:
Yafek Ratzon Belvedere, 1593 Printed in the Palace of Donna Reyna Nasi * Singular Edition with only 300 copies ever printed! Commentary on the year-round haftaros according to Sephardic and Ashkenazic customs by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaabetz, great-grandson of the chassid Rabbi Yosef ...
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$10,000
LOT 9:
Igeres Shmuel. Commentary on Megillas Rus First Edition. Kuru Chesme, 1597 Printing press of Donna Reyna Nasi * Very rare sefer! Commentary on Megillas Rus by the kabbalist Rabbi Shmuel de Uçeda, disciple of the Arizal. Includes the text of the megillah and Rashi’s commentary. ...
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5,000
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$44,000
LOT 10:
Kushta Reish Sefer Yesod Midrash Tehillim. First Edition. Constantinople, 1512 * The first edition of Chazal’s ancient Midrash on Sefer Tehillim. Beautiful copy, bound in original Constantinople binding! Rishonim refer to this sefer as 'Midrash Shocher Tov' after the opening ...
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30,000
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$16,000
LOT 11:
Sefer Yesod Tzror Hamor. Commentary on the Torah First Edition. Venice, 1523 * Kabbalistic commentary on the Chamishah Chumshei Torah by Rabbi Avraham Sava, one of the notable Torah sages from the era of the Spanish Expulsion. One of the foundational commentaries on the Torah, ‘Tzror ...
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10,000
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$8,000
LOT 12:
Sefer Yesod Yerios Shlomo by the Maharshal. on Rashi al HaTorah First Edition. Prague, 1609 * A classic commentary on Rashi al HaTorah by the Maharshal, ‘Yerios Shlomo’ was first brought to print by Rabbi Yechiel of Vornick who added his own personal supplements. Rabbi Yechiel was ...
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$30,000
LOT 13:
Segulah for Banei, Chayei U’mezonei! Zera Shimshon First Edition. Mantua, 1778 Beautiful and Large Copy * Drashos and commentary on Chamishah Chumshei Torah and Megillos by the great kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Shimshon Nachmani. Segulah of the Zera Shimshon In his preface, the ...
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15,000
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$22,000
LOT 14:
Talmud Bavli, Bomberg First Edition Maseches Niddah Venice, 1520 * Maseches Niddah with Rashi’s commentary and Tosafos – a complete volume from the first full edition of the Talmud, printed by the renowned printer Daniel Bomberg at his famed press in Venice. At the end of the ...
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$22,000
LOT 15:
Seder Taharos, First Edition of the Bomberg Shas, Venice 1523 Mishnayos Seder Taharos with the Rambam’s Commentary * From the first complete edition of the Talmud printed by the renowned printer Daniel Bomberg at his famed press in Venice. This was the first time that the Mishnayos of ...
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15,000
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$220,000
LOT 16:
Fundamental Work of Aggadah Ein Yaakov First Edition 2 Complete Volumes Saloniki, 1517-1522 * Anthology of all Aggados and Midrashim found across Shisha Sidrei Mishnah and the Gemara. Masterfully written by Rabbi Yaakov ben Chaviv. ‘Ein Yaakov’ illuminates all sections of ...
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100,000
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$40,000
LOT 17:
Sefer Yesod. Post-Incunable! Sefer HaRokeach First Edition. Fano, 1505 Complete, Beautiful Sefer! * Halachic rulings, laws, orders of repentance, and order of teshuvah for sinners , by Rabbi Elazar of Worms. Tradition relates that a divine spirit ...
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20,000
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$40,000
LOT 18:
Sefer Yesod! Sefer Chassidim by Rabbi Yehuda HaChassid First Edition Bologna, 1538 * This is the first edition of 'Sefer Chassidim', authored by Rabbi Yehuda Hachassid, leader of the Chassidim of Ashkenaz, and rabbi of the 'Baal HaRokeach'. Replete with halachos, minhagim, advice ...
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$11,000
LOT 19:
Order of Blessings for the Jewish Year Illustrated Sefer Haminhagim Amsterdam, 1724 * Order of Blessings for the Jewish Year (including Haggadah shel Pesach) Includes 14 magnificent woodcut illustrations! Seforim like these were frequently in use and endured great wear and tear, which ...
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10,000
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$54,000
LOT 20:
Fascinating Discovery! Mordechai 1559 with Handwritten Glosses by Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Schor Talmid of the Rama and Rebbi of the Bach. * The Mordechai (Riva di Trento, 1559) on Masechtos Brachos, Bava Kama, Bava Metziah, Ksubos and Chullin with hundreds of handwritten comments and ...
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30,000
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$70,000
LOT 21:
Hundreds of Handwritten Hagahos by the Tosfos Shabbos and Hagahos Yitav Lev of Satmar on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim * Hundreds (!!!) of annotations by the holy hand of Rabbi Refael Meisels, author of ‘Tosfos Shabbos’, and the Admor Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum, Av Beis Din of ...
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30,000
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$175,000
LOT 22:
The Maharsham’s Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah in 2 Volumes With Thousands of Handwritten Chidushim and Glosses * The Maharsham’s personal copy of Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah (Vienna, 1806) with thousands of handwritten comments, chiddushim and annotations that constitute the base of his famous ...
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30,000
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$105,000
LOT 23:
Discovery! Unknown Chidushim. Manuscript: Korban Nesanel on the Shas, with dozens of pages and hundreds of notations in his own handwriting . * A 160-leaf manuscript containing chiddushim on the Shas with a Kuntres ‘Klalei HaShas’ from the author of ‘Korban Nesanel’, of which 30 ...
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36,000
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$12,000
LOT 24:
Unprinted Manuscript! Handwritten Chiddushim by Rabbi Lipman Weil, Son of the Korban Nesanel * A full manuscript of commentary on Tanach, Moadim and chiddushei halachah by Rabbi Lipman Weil of Prague, son of Rabbi Nesanel Weil, author of 'Korban Nesanel'. This manuscript was never ...
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$14,000
LOT 25:
Manuscript Chiddushim, Shiurim & Drashos by Rabbi Yehonasan Eibschitz Altona-Hamburg, 1758-1761 * A full volume of 230 handwritten leaves (460 sides) of shiurim on halachah and Shas delivered by Rabbi Yehonasan Eibschitz to the talmidim in his yeshivah, along with assorted ...
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10,000
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$17,000
LOT 26:
Manuscript of Chiddushei Torah Handwritten by Rabbi Avraham Bing, Av Beis Din of Würzburg. * 179 pages of handwritten chiddushim on Shas and Rambam by Rabbi Avraham Bing, Rabbi of Würzburg. This sefer contains many chiddushim on the Torah and Aggadah, along with sermons and eulogies. ...
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15,000
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$56,000
LOT 27:
70 sides! Large kuntress! Autographed Teshuvos & Chiddushim by Rabbi Shlomo Kluger, Av Beis Din of Brody * An important 35-leaf kuntress replete with teshuvos and chiddushim on Yoreh Deah written entirely by the holy hand of Hagaon Rabbi Shlomo Kluger, Rav and Av Beis Din of ...
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30,000
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$8,000
LOT 28:
Discovery! Unpublished Teshuvos! Handwritten by the Divrei Malkiel. Lomza, 1909-1910 * A handwritten volume of halachic responsa written by Rabbi Malkiel Tzvi HaLevi Tannenbaum, Av Beis Din of Lomza, author of ‘Divrei Malkiel’. It is written in his own handwriting with a ...
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8,000
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$105,000
LOT 29:
Holy Handwriting of the Rema of Pano * Hagahos on Commentary on Koheles. Venice, 1578 Twenty glosses handwritten by the holy hand of the saintly kabbalist Rabbi Menachem Azarya, the Rema of Pano. Written on the margins of commentary on Megillas Koheles by the Rav Hamusmach Rabbi ...
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LOT 30:
Rare Unpublished Kabbalistic Manuscript Sefer Ha'Or by Rabbi Yehuda ben Chanin of Algiers, North Africa, circa 1600-1630 * A composition on the Hebrew letters, vowel points and cantillation marks by the holy Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda ben Chanin, student of the Kabbalist Rabbi Shimon ...
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7,000
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$42,000
LOT 31:
Foundational Sefer of the Ramak’s Kabbalah Pardes Rimonim. First Edition. Cracow, 1592 * An introduction to the wisdom of Kabbalah with many explanations on the words of the Zohar, by the kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Cordova, known as the Ramak. Includes an illustration of the tree ...
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12,000
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$28,000
LOT 32:
Sha'ar HaKavanos by Rabbi Chaim Vital Written by Rabbi Yosef Edrei, Scribe of the Rashash With Handwritten Glosses by Mekubalim of the Beis El Yeshiva * Jerusalem, c. 1760 ‘Sha'ar HaKavanos’ Part 2 by Rabbi Chaim Vital on the prayers of Shabbos and Festivals, edited by his son Rabbi ...
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$7,000
LOT 33:
Exceptionally Rare Sefer Mekor Chaim Constantinople, 1650 * Commentary on Shulchan Aruch - Hilchos Pesach (including the text of the Shulchan Aruch), based on Kabbalah by the renowned Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim HaKohen of Aleppo, a disciple of the renowned Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Vital. ...
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$8,000
LOT 34:
Sefer HaGoralos attributed to the "Seventy Zekeinim" First and Rare Edition Dyhernfurth, c. 1728 * Sefer ‘Urim V'Tumim’ provides a system for conducting lotteries using allusions from the twelve stones of the Kohen Gadol's breastplate. It is attributed to the "Seventy Zekeinim", used ...
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$19,000
LOT 35:
Manuscript in the Handwriting of the Holy Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Petaya 'Matok LaNefesh - on Zohar ' Saba D'Mishpatim' Jerusalem, 1938 * Sefer ' Matok LaNefesh' is a commentary on all the words of the Saba D'Mishpatim found in the holy Sefer HaZohar Parshas Mishpatim, in the ...
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10,000
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$95,000
LOT 36:
Handwritten and Autographed Letter from the Chida to his Son * A lengthy and previously unknown handwritten letter from Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, the Chida, to his oldest son Rabbi Raphael Yeshaya Azulai. Rabbi Raphael Yeshaya's name is alluded cryptically at the beginning of the ...
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25,000
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$32,000
LOT 37:
Handwritten Letter from the Ksav Sofer Invitation for his Daughter's Wedding Pressburg, 1869 * An invitation letter in the handwriting of Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, Av Beis Din of Pressburg and author of ‘Ksav Sofer’, for the wedding of his youngest daughter Roiza, named ...
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$4,600
LOT 38:
Kashrus of a Mikvah Ventel the Shevet Sofer's Landmark Handwritten Teshuvah on the Kashrus of Mikvaos * An important handwritten teshuvah regarding the kashrus of mikvaos by Rabbi Simcha Bunim Sofer, Av Beis Din of Pressburg and author of ‘Shevet Sofer’. In this teshuvah, the Shevet ...
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4,000
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$95,000
LOT 39:
“Vehayei Bracha” Sacred Letter from the Divrei Chaim to Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Daash Sanz, 1868 * A letter from the Admor Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, author of 'Divrei Chaim', to the Admor Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Daash. "Due to the severity of the suffering in my ...
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$56,000
LOT 40:
Handwritten & Autographed Teshuvah by the Admor Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova Regarding a Heter Meah Rabbanim. 1894 * Newly-revealed handwritten and autographed teshuvah by the Admor Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova, author of ‘Divrei Yechezkel’, in ...
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30,000
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$36,000
LOT 41:
Sacred Letter by the Admor Rabbi Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ratzfert to His Son-in-Law, the Atzei Chaim * A sacred letter by the Admor Rabbi Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ratzfert, son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, to his son-in-law, Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum of Sighet, author ...
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$48,000
LOT 42:
"Bestow Upon him an Abundance of Blessing, Success, and a Bountiful Livelihood" Letter Filled with Blessings for Parnassah from the Kedushas Yom Tov Sighet, 1900 * A letter of blessing for livelihood from the saintly Admor Rabbi Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Av Beis Din of Sighet ...
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$14,000
LOT 43:
"A Life of Nachas, Peace of mind, and Great Success in all your Endeavors" Letter with Blessing for the New Year with Words of Encouragement and Inspiration in the Holy Handwriting of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar Erev Yom Kippur 1951 * A lengthy letter written on both sides of ...
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$520,000
LOT 44:
Chassidim and Misnagdim! “May Hashem who is peace bring peace between you.” Famous Historical Letter In the holy handwriting of the Alter Rebbe Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya. * Famous historical letter by the Alter Rebbe Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, author ...
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500,000
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$30,000
LOT 45:
Handwritten page from the Admor Tzemach Tzedek regarding Tikun HaMikveh by the Alter Rebbe * Handwritten leaf by the Tzemach Tzedek, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, explaining the special custom instituted by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, author of Baal HaTanya regarding immersing in warm ...
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$36,000
LOT 46:
Historic Letter from the Founding of the Toras Emes Yeshiva in Chevron In the Original Handwriting of the Rebbe Rashab Lubavitch, 2nd of Cheshvan 1911 * "Carefully supervise their studies in Chassidus and Revealed Torah..." A letter of directives regarding the management of the ...
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$16,000
LOT 47:
Long Handwritten Letter by the Admor Rayatz to the Talmidim of Yeshivas Toras Emes in Chevron * Igeres Kodesh! A 2-page letter handwritten by the Rebbe Rayatz to the founding group of talmidim in the first Chabad yeshivah in Chevron - Yeshivas Toras Emes. The entire letter exudes deep ...
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$36,000
LOT 48:
Rare! Autographed Check by the Lubavitcher Rebbe August 29, 1991 18 Elul, 5791 * Personal check for the sum of $18 signed by the holy hand of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The check was sent alongside an autographed letter of blessing to the author of a sefer. Checks signed by the ...
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$24,000
LOT 49:
Exceptionally Rare Sefer Siach Sfunim by Rabbi Eliezer of Karlin. First edition, Zolkova, 1751. * Commentary on the Five Megillos, filled with mussar and Avodas Hashem, by the holy Rebbe, Rabbi Eliezer ben Reuven Kahana of Karlin. An exceptionally rare book, it has never ...
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8,000
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$28,000
LOT 50:
Early Chassidic Sefer Ben Porat Yosef by the “Toldos” Koritz, 1781. First Edition. * The first sefer in which the Baal Shem Tov's own writings were printed! Insights on Sefer Bereishis by Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye, the first and foremost among those who disseminated the ...
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18,000
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