Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction May 6, 2025

Kedem, May 6, 2025. 128 lots, estimates 600 - 40000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (128)

• Lot 1: Édouard Moyse (1827-1908) – Portrait of a French Rabbi – Oil on Panel — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 2: Portrait of a Young Hasidic Jew – Oil on Canvas — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 3: Printed Amulet for Protection of the Mother of a Newborn Girl – Germany, 18th Century — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 4: Manuscript, Parchment Gathering of an Ashkenazic Machzor – 14th Century — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 5: Parchment Manuscript, Memorbuch – Austerlitz (Moravia), — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 6: Manuscript, Piyyut Machzor for Yom Kippur – Crimea, 14th Century – Particularly Important Anthology, — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 7: Manuscript, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Rite Machzor for Sukkot and Simchat Torah – 16th/17th Century — $5,000 - $6,000
• Lot 8: Manuscript, Avignon Rite Rosh Hashanah Machzor – 17th Century — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 9: Manuscript, Carpentras Rite Yom Kippur and Festival Machzor – Courthézon, Southern France, 1683 — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 10: Manuscript, Apam Rite Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur –– Italy, 1828 — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 11: Manuscript, Kitzur Zemirot Yisrael – Ferrara, 1840 – Decorated Title Page – Fine Binding with Metal Decorations — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 12: Manuscript, Algerine-Rite High Holiday Machzor – Nehorai Synagogue Rite – Algiers, 17th-19th Centuries – Sassoon Ms. — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 13: Manuscript, Siddur Gadol with Commentary of Rabbi Yitzchak Wanneh – Yemen, 1698 – Written in Ma'bar, — $3,000 - $6,000
• Lot 14: Manuscript, Midrash Meor HaAfelah – Illustrated and Decorated – Yemen, 15th Century — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 15: Manuscript, Midrash HaGadol on Shemot – Yemen, Ca. 16th Century — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 16: Manuscript, Machberet HaTijan – Yemen, 16th Century – Micrography — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 17: Manuscript, Tikun Pesach / Keriei Moed – Yemen, 19th Century — $800 - $1,500
• Lot 18: Manuscript, Lechem Shlomo, by Rabbi Shlomo HaKohen, Early Yemenite Kabbalist – Yemen, 17th/18th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 19: Manuscript, Anthology of Practical Kabbalah, Amulets and Segulot – Spain or North Africa, Ca. 1490 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 20: Manuscript, Arizal Siddur Chemdat Yisrael by Rabbi Shmuel Vital – Egypt, Ca. 1720 — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 21: Manuscript, Commentary on Tractate Avot Based on the Arizal's Kabbalah – Egypt, — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 22: Manuscript, Works of Early Spanish Kabbalists – 15th/16th Century — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 23: Manuscript, Kabbalistic Works by Rabbi Avraham Abulafia and Various Selections on Kabbalah – Italy, 16th Century — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 24: Manuscript, Shaar HaRazim by Rabbi Todros Abulafia – Italy, 16th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 25: Manuscript, Otzrot Chaim and Selections on Kabbalah – Italy, 18th Century – Ilanot Sefirot and Kabbalistic Diagrams — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 26: Manuscript, Shemen Zayit Zach – Autograph of Rabbi Shlomo Molcho – Izmir, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 27: Manuscript, Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal – North Africa, 17th/18th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 28: Manuscript, Otzrot Chaim – Maghrebi Redaction, with Glosses by Marrakesh Kabbalists – Morocco, 18th Century — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 29: Manuscript, Otzrot Chaim, in North African Recension – With Glosses of Rabbi Avraham Assaban – Morocco, 18th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 30: Manuscript, Kabbalah of the Arizal, Segulot and Amulets – Morocco, 18th/19th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 31: Manuscript, Pri Etz Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital – Europe, — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 32: Manuscript, Shaarei Kedushah by Rabbi Chaim Vital, Copied by Rabbi Shmuel Segal Landau, Author of Shivat Tzion, — $3,000 - $6,000
• Lot 33: Manuscript, Zimrat HaAretz (Kavanot HaAri) and Kesef HaKipurim (Tikun for a Plague), — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 34: Manuscript, Early Chassidic Bichel – Discourses of Early Chabad Rebbes — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 35: Interesting Letter by the Tzaddik of Greiditz, Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher – Greiditz, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 36: Manuscript Fragment on Parchment – Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Bava Batra – Ashkenaz, 13th Century — $1,500 - $3,000
• Lot 37: Hybrid Parchment and Paper Manuscript, Rif on Tractate Berachot – Italy, Early 15th Century — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 38: Manuscript, Synopsis of the Almagest in Judeo-Arabic – 14th/15th Century — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 39: Parchment Manuscript Leaves – Mishneh Torah by the Rambam – Spain, 15th Century — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 40: Manuscript Leaves – From Toldot Adam VeChavah by Rabbeinu Yerucham – Spain, 14th/15th Century — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 41: Manuscript, Commentary of Ralbag on Kohelet – Provence, 1469 — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 42: Autograph Manuscript, Sermons and Poems by Rabbi Yehudah de Milhau – Provence, Ca. 1715 — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 43: Manuscript, Novellae on Tractate Beitzah by Maharikash – With Autograph Glosses by the Author – Egypt, 16th Century — $20,000 - $40,000
• Lot 44: Manuscript, Darchei Moshe HaAroch on Yoreh Deah – Lublin, 1608 – Contemporary Glosses — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 45: Manuscript, Yad David – On Tractates Sanhedrin-Horayot – Autograph of Rabbi David Sinzheim, — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 46: Manuscript, Sermons by R. Moshe Hertzfeld, Rabbi of Szilas, Son-in-Law of R. Daniel Prostitz – 1859-1869 — $4,000 - $8,000
• Lot 47: Manuscript Booklet – Responsum Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Yehudah Navon, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 48: Manuscript, Samaritan Machzor for Nisan – Shechem, 1730 – Decorated Leather Binding — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 49: Manuscript Volume – Halachic Rulings, Ordinances, — $25,000 - $40,000
• Lot 50: Manuscript Volume – Halachic Rulings, Responsa and Letters – Autographs and Signatures of Moroccan Rabbis – 1706-1766 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 51: Manuscript, Autograph of Rabbi Yaakov Abensour (the Yaavetz), — $7,000 - $9,000
• Lot 52: Manuscript Volume – Halachic Rulings, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 53: Volume of Manuscripts – Responsa and Novellae of the Yaavetz, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 54: Manuscript, Rosh Mashbir by Rabbi Moshe Berdugo, the Mashbir – Original Manuscript of the Work, — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 55: Manuscript, — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 56: Manuscript Volume – Halachic Rulings, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 57: Collection of Letters, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 58: Manuscript, Et Sofer and Leshon Limudim by Rabbi Yaakov Abensour (the Yaavetz), — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 59: Five Manuscript Volumes – Pnei Shlomo by Rabbi Shlomo Abensour – Selected Laws and Novellae on Choshen Mishpat and — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 60: Manuscript, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 61: Manuscript, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 62: Manuscript, Halachic Rulings and Responsa of Moroccan Rabbis, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 63: Manuscript Volume – Halachic Rulings, Ordinances, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 64: Manuscript, Anthology of Works by Moroccan Rabbis and Others, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 65: Collection of Parchment and Paper Amulets – Morocco, 18th and 19th Centuries – Rabbis of Abensour Family — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 66: Manuscript, Illustrated Passover Haggadah, Handwritten by Rabbi Baruch Maimaran – Meknes, Morocco, 18th/19th Century — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 67: Passover Haggadah with Woodcut Illustrations – Augsburg, — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 68: Maasei Hashem – Passover Haggadah – Venice, 1583 – Signatures and Glosses — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 69: Passover Haggadah – Amsterdam, — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 70: Mateh Aharon Passover Haggadah – Frankfurt, 1710 – With Illustrations — $600 - $800
• Lot 71: Passover Haggadah – Fürth, 1754 – Copy of Rabbi Natan Adler, Teacher of the Chatam Sofer — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 72: Two Illustrated Passover Haggadot – Sulzbach, 1753/1755 — $1,000 - $1,200
• Lot 73: Shlah Siddur Shaar HaShamayim – Amsterdam, 1717 – First Edition – Complete Copy of All Parts – Segulah Book — $40,000 - $70,000
• Lot 74: Order of Prayers – Amsterdam, 1708 – Illustrated Title Page – Early Leather Binding – Copy of Rabbi Yaakov Shamash, — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 75: Four Spanish Prayer Books – Amsterdam, — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 76: Elul and High Holidays Machzor Set – Avignon and Carpentras Rite – Amsterdam, 1763-1766 – Original Leather Bindings — $1,500 - $1,800
• Lot 77: Machzor Set for High Holidays and Festivals – Vienna, — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 78: Zemirot Yisrael – Paris, 1847 – Includes Printed Musical Notation for Shabbat Prayers, — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 79: Tehillim with Dutch Translation – Amsterdam, 1666 – Original Elaborate Leather Binding — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 80: Five Books of the Torah – Amsterdam, 1680 – First Edition of Siftei Chachamim – Original Parchment Binding — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 81: Tikun Sofrim – Five Books of the Torah with Haftarot – Amsterdam, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 82: Tikun Sofrim HaYesharim – Amsterdam, 1767 – Fine Five-Volume Set – Original Decorated Leather Bindings — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 83: Netivot HaShalom – Moses Mendelssohn's Commentary on the Torah – Berlin, — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 84: Book of Iyov (With Commentary of Rabbi Yitzchak HaKohen) – Constantinople, 1545 – Printed by Eliezer Soncino — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 85: Tuv Taam / Masoret HaMasoret – Venice, 1538 – Printed by Daniel Bomberg — $1,000 - $1,200
• Lot 86: Sefer Michlol – Venice, 1545 – Printed by Bomberg – Small-Format Edition – Notable Signature — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 87: Commentary on the Torah by Rabbi Yaakov Baal HaTurim – Venice, 1544 — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 88: Kaftor VaFerach – By Rabbi Eshtori HaParchi – Venice, 1548 – First Edition — $1,200 - $1,600
• Lot 89: Mirkevet HaMishneh (Abarbanel) – Sabbioneta, 1551 – First Edition — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 90: Chazut Kashah (by Rabbi Yitzchak Arama) – Sabbioneta, 1551 – First Edition – With Rare Index Leaves — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 91: Kevod Elohim – Ferrara, 1555 – First Edition — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 92: Tashbetz – Cremona, 1556 – First Edition of the "Tashbetz Katan", by Disciple of the Maharam of Rothenburg — $700 - $900
• Lot 93: Responsa Maharam Rothenburg – Cremona, — $1,000 - $1,200
• Lot 94: Chizkuni – Cremona, 1559 – Ownership Inscription Handwritten and Signed by Kabbalist Rabbi David Grünhut of Frankfurt — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 95: Tziyoni – Cremona, 1560 — $1,000 - $1,200
• Lot 96: Shaarei Tzedek by Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla – Riva di Trento, 1561 – First Edition — $1,000 - $1,200
• Lot 97: Tikun Midot HaNefesh / Musarei HaPilosofim and Sefer HaTapuach – Riva di Trento, 1562 — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 98: Nachalat Avot (Abarbanel) – Riva di Trento-Venice, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 99: Ruach Chen – Cremona, 1566 — $600 - $800
• Lot 100: Responsa of the Geonim – Prague, 1590 – Copy of R. Yaakov Meir Biderman, son-in-law of the Sefat Emet — $1,200 - $1,500
• Lot 101: Minchah Belulah – Verona, 1594 – Illustrated Coat of Arms of the Rappaport Family – First Edition — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 102: Kli Chemdah (Laniado) – Venice, 1594-1595 – First Edition — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 103: Lechem Shlomo – Commentaries on Aggadot – Venice, 1597 – Only Edition — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 104: Midbar Yehudah – Sermons of Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh of Modena – Venice, — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 105: HaNefesh HaChachamah – Basel, 1608 – First Edition — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 106: Etz Shatul (Sefer HaIkarim) – Venice, 1618 – Copy of Shadal, With His Signature and Handwritten Glosses — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 107: Nekudot HaKesef (Rabbi Avraham Laniado) – Venice, 1619 – First Edition — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 108: Sefer HaYashar (Aggadah) – Venice, 1625 – First Edition — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 109: Kenaf Renanim – Venice, 1626 — $700 - $800
• Lot 110: Petach Einayim – Cracow, 1647 – Only Edition, Rare – Segulah Book – Signature of Rabbi Avraham of Chelm, — $2,500 - $3,000
• Lot 111: Halichot Eli, By Rabbi Shlomo Algazi – Izmir, — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 112: Kuzari by R. Judah Halevi – First Translation into Spanish – Amsterdam, 1663 — $2,000 - $2,500
• Lot 113: Divrei Nechemiah – Nechemiah Hayyun – Berlin, 1713 — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 114: Discourse in Defense of the New and Old Communities of Amsterdam – Amsterdam, — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 115: Sefer Minhagim, With Illustrations – Amsterdam, 1662 — $2,000 - $2,500
• Lot 116: Sefer Evronot – Offenbach, 1722 – Many Illustrations – With Round Leaf – Original Leather Binding — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 117: Taklin Chadtin (by R. Yisrael of Shklow, Disciple of the Gaon of Vilna) – Minsk, 1812 – Manuscript Glosses, — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 118: Mishnayot Tiferet Yisrael – First Edition Printed in Hanover, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 119: Fortress of the Faith – Alonso de Espina – Nuremberg, — $1,500 - $1,800
• Lot 120: Pronunciation and Spelling of the Hebrew Language – Johannes Reuchlin – Hagenau, — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 121: Victory Against the Impious Hebrews – First Edition – Paris, 1520 — $1,800 - $2,200
• Lot 122: Five Books of the Torah in Latin – Strasbourg, 1522 — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 123: Hebraicas Institutiones – First Edition – Lyon, 1526 – Hebrew Grammar by Santes Pagnino — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 124: Aldus Manutius – Institutionum Grammaticarum – Venice, 1540 – Rare Edition — $1,500 - $1,800
• Lot 125: The Whole Jewish Belief – Anti-Semitic Work by the Convert Antonius Margaritha – Frankfurt, 1544 – Woodcuts — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 126: Yesod HaDikduk – First Edition – Basel, 1552 – Fine Parchment Binding — $800 - $1,000
• Lot 127: Ruach HaChen / Letter of the Rambam to the Rabbis of Marseille – Cologne, 1555 – Hebrew and Latin — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 128: Treatise on the Tabernacle by Philippe d'Aquin – Paris, 1623 – First Edition – Woodcuts — $2,000 - $3,000