Bidspirit auctions | Kestenbaum & Company Auction Nov 11, 2021

Kestenbaum & Company, Nov 11, 2021. 411 lots, estimates 50 - 30000 $.

Kestenbaum & Company -  הטקסט בעברית מהווה 'ראשי פרקים' בלבד. לכן, מומלץ מאוד לקרוא את הקטלוג באנגלית.

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Lots in this catalog (411)

• Lot 1: ABUHATZEIRA, YISRAEL (Baba Sali, 1889-1984). Manuscript Signed. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 2: ALTER, YISROEL (Grand Rabbi of Ger, 1895-1977). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to I.J. Pick of Los Angeles. — $500 - $700
• Lot 3: (AMERICAN RABBIS). Group of c.12 Autograph Letters Signed written by US-based Orthodox Rabbis. — $600 - $900
• Lot 4: AUERBACH, SHLOMO ZALMAN (Posek and Rosh Yeshivah of Kol Torah, 1910-95). — $200 - $300
• Lot 5: BEN ISH CHAI (Yosef Hayim ben Eliyahu, Haham of Baghdad, 1835-1909). — $600 - $900
• Lot 6: BERLIN, CHAIM. (Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin, 1832-1913) Autograph Postcard Signed, — $500 - $700
• Lot 7: (CHASSIDIC REBBES). Group of c. 12 Letters from US Post-War Chassidic Figures. — $600 - $900
• Lot 8: (CHASSIDIC REBBES). Group of c. 14 Letters from Israel-Based post-War Chassidic Figures. — $600 - $900
• Lot 9: DUSCHINSKY, YOSEPH ZVI (First Rebbe of Dushinsky and Head of the Eidah HaChareidis in Jerusalem, 1867-1948). — $300 - $500
• Lot 10: EPSTEIN, YOSEPH ALTER HALEVI. (of Magrov / Ozheron, 1835-99). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to R. Meir. — $400 - $600
• Lot 11: (ERETZ ISRAEL RABBIS). Group of c.18 Letters from rabbinic leaders mostly all from Eretz Israel's Old Yishuv. — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 12: (ERETZ ISRAEL RABBIS). Group of c.10 Letters from rabbinic leaders, 1960's and on. — $300 - $500
• Lot 13: (ERETZ ISRAEL RABBIS). Group of c.14 Letters from rabbinic leaders, — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 14: GEWIRTZMAN, MOSHE YITZCHAK ('Reb Itzikel' of Przeworsk, 1882-1976). Autograph Manuscript. — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 15: GRODZINSKI, TZVI HIRSCH (Rabbi in Nebraska, 1857-1947). Autograph Postcard Signed, — $200 - $300
• Lot 16: GRUNWALD, LEVI YITZCHAK (The Tzehlemer Ruv, 1893-1980). Autograph Letter Signed, — $500 - $700
• Lot 17: HAGER, ELIEZER (Damesek Eliezer, 1891-1946). Letter Signed and stamped, — $400 - $600
• Lot 18: This lot has been withdrawn.
• Lot 19: HERZOG, YITZCHAK ISAAC HALEVI (First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, 1888-1959). — $300 - $500
• Lot 20: HILDESHEIMER, AZRIEL (Dean of the Rabbiner Seminar, Berlin. 1820-99). — $300 - $500
• Lot 21: HUTNER, YITZCHOK (Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivath R. Chaim Berlin, Author of Pachad Yitzchak, 1906-80). — $500 - $700
• Lot 22: KAHANE, ALTER ELIEZER (Grand Rebbe of Zidichoyv-Spinka, 1937-2009). Autograph Letter Signed, — $200 - $300
• Lot 23: KALISH, YERACHMIEL YEHUDA MEIR Asher Anshil Worms. (Grand-Rebbe of Amshinov, 1901-76). Two Autograph Letters Signed, — $400 - $600
• Lot 24: KANIEVSKY, YA'AKOV YISRAEL (The Steipler Gaon, 1899-1985). Autograph Letter Signed, on letterhead, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 25: KOOK, ABRAHAM ISAAC (First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1865-1935). Group of c. 40 items including Autograph, — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 26: LEWIN, AARON (Av Beth Din of Reyshe and Deputy in the Polish Parliament, 1879-1941). — $300 - $500
• Lot 27: MEDINI, HAIM HEZEKIAH (Sdei Chemed, 1834-1904). Letter Signed, written to R. Akiva Yoseph Schlesinger. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 28: PALACCI, AVRAHAM (Chief Rabbi of Izmir, 1809-98). Letter Signed written to R. — $400 - $600
• Lot 29: PERLOW, NACHUM SHLOMO (1910-42). Autograph Letter Signed written to Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 30: PERLOW, SHLOMO CHAIM (Grand Rebbe of Bolechow, 1880-1943). — $400 - $600
• Lot 31: PORTUGAL, ELIEZER ZUSHYE (Grand Rebbe of Skulene, 1898-1982). Autograph Letter Signed, written to R. — $500 - $700
• Lot 32: (RABBINICA). Group of ten Autograph Letters Signed. All written to R. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 33: (RABBINICA). Group of c. 17 Letters and documents from pre-War Europe. — $600 - $900
• Lot 34: (RACHMASTRIVKA). Group of seven Letters from various Rachmastrivka Rebbes. — $300 - $500
• Lot 35: ROSEN, YOSEPH (The Rogotchover Gaon, 1858-1936). Autograph Postcard, written in Hebrew. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 36: (ROSHEI YESHIVAH). Group of six Autograph Letters from significant American (and one English) Heads of Yeshiva. — $400 - $600
• Lot 37: ROTH, AHARON ("Reb Ahrele", 1894-1947). Autograph Postcard Signed written in Hebrew on plain paper to R. — $700 - $900
• Lot 38: ROTH, MESHULAM (1875-1962). Autograph Letter Signed, — $100 - $200
• Lot 39: SALANT, SHMUEL. (Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, 1816-1909). Letter Signed, with personal stamp, written to R. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 40: This Lot Has Been Withdrawn
• Lot 41: SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL (Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). Typed Letter Signed, written to R. — $600 - $900
• Lot 42: SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL (Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). Typed Letter Signed, — $600 - $900
• Lot 43: SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL (Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). — $600 - $900
• Lot 44: SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL (Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). — $600 - $900
• Lot 45: SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL (Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). — $600 - $900
• Lot 46: SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL (Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). — $600 - $900
• Lot 47: SHER, YITZCHAK ISAAC (Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka, 1874-1952). Printed Receipt Signed. — $100 - $150
• Lot 48: SHMULEVITZ, CHAIM (Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir, 1902-79). — $300 - $500
• Lot 49: (SLABODKA). Va'ad of the Otzar HaSeforim of the Chevron Yeshiva. — $200 - $300
• Lot 50: SOFER, SHIMON (Progenitor of the Erlau Dynasty, 1850-1944). Autograph Letter Signed with stamp, written to R. — $600 - $900
• Lot 51: SOLOVEITCHIK, YOSEPH DOV ('Rav Berel', 1915-81). Autograph Letter Signed written to Naphtali Zvi Yehuda Reif. — $200 - $300
• Lot 52: STEINER, AVRAHAM (BEN R. YESHAYAH OF KERESTIR) (1883-1927). — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 53: TAUB, MENACHEM MENDEL (Kaliver Rebbe, 1923-2019). Autograph Manuscript Signed. — $100 - $150
• Lot 54: (VIZHNITZ). Group of ten Letters pertaining to Vishnitz Chassiduth. — $400 - $600
• Lot 55: VORHAND, MOSHE (Makova Rov, 1862-1944). Autograph Postcard Signed, written to Rabbi Yonasan Steif (1877-1958). — $500 - $700
• Lot 56: WEINBERGER, HILLEL (Szerdahely Rov, 1895-1944). Autograph Letter Signed, written on letterhead to. — $500 - $700
• Lot 57: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Weinberg, Morris (Moshe). HaSepher Tehilim Kethivath Yad... This Book, the Psalms of King David, — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 58: AZULAI, YITZHAK ZERAHIA (Father of the Chid"a, 1702-65). Autograph Manuscript: Derush LeParshath Zachor. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 59: BUBER, MARTIN. Das Kommende ['He That Comes']. Volume II. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 60: (CHASSIDISM). Collection of nine manuscripts. Torah stemming from Sadigura, Boyan, and Ruzhin Chassidic dynasties. — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 61: (CHEVRA KADISHA). Penitential Prayer for the possible communal sin of not suitably honoring the dead. — $6,000 - $9,000
• Lot 62: (GERMANY). Permission granted to Moses Salomon to erect a Synagogue in the town of Tessin. — $600 - $900
• Lot 63: (HEBRAICA). Group of early Hebrew manuscript fragments recovered from book-bindings. — $500 - $700
• Lot 64: Hirsch, Samson Raphael (Foremost Orthodox Rabbi in Germany, 1808-88). Autograph Manuscript Signed, — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 65: (ITALY). Luach [Annual calendar]. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 66: LEVI, PRIMO and Rabbi Emil Davidovic: An exchange of letters (a group). — $600 - $900
• Lot 67: (LITURGY). Sepher K"Sh [Keriath Shema] shel Laylah [bedtime prayers before retiring]. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 68: (LOEWE, JUDAH), Maharal of Prague. Communal Prayer Booklet of Community of Eybeschutz. — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 69: (POLAND / UKRAINE). Mazkir Neshamoth [liturgical Yizkor service]. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 70: (ROTHSCHILD, AMSCHEL MAYER). Chamisha Chumshei Torah - Tikun Sophrim [Pentateuch]. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 71: (RUSSIA). "Hashem Elo-him Tzeva-oth". Prayer in honor of the coronation of Czar Alexander III of Russia. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 72: SAFRIN, YITZCHAK ISAAC YEHUDAH YECHIEL ("The Komarner, " 1806-74). Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew. Ma'aseh Oreg, — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 73: SOFER, MOSHE (The Chasam Sofer, 1762-1839). Autograph Manuscript. Torah commentary to Parshiyoth Balak - Pinchas. — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 74: SONNENFELD, YOSEPH CHAIM (Rabbi of the Eidah Chareidith of Jerusalem, 1848-1932). Michtav Shada"r. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 75: (SPAIN). Notification document of the Bailiff of the Court of Cervera concerning Samuel Cavaller(ia), — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 76: (WOMEN). Techinah Prayers. Days of Awe. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 77: ABOAB, YITZCHAK. Menorath HaMa'or ["The Candelabrum of Light": Ethical Treatise] — $700 - $900
• Lot 78: ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC. Mashmia Yeshua [eschatology]. — $300 - $400
• Lot 79: ABUDRAHAM, DAVID. Abudarham [commentary to prayers, including Passover Hagadah]. — $600 - $900
• Lot 80: ADARBI, YITZCHAK. Divrei Shalom [novellae to the Chumash]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 81: AKRA, ABRAHAM. (Ed.) Mehararei Neme'irim. — $600 - $900
• Lot 82: ALBELDA, MOSHE. Reishith Da'ath ["Beginning of Knowledge": philosophic sermons]. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 83: ALFALAS, MOSHE. Sepher Ho'il Moshe [sermons]. — $500 - $700
• Lot 84: ALFASI, YITZCHAK <<(RI"F).>> Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code]. — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 85: ALGAZI, SHLOMO NISSIM. Sepher Zahav Seivah [novellae to the Talmud]. — $500 - $700
• Lot 86: ALGAZI, YISRAEL YA'AKOV. Shalmei Tzibbur [laws of prayer]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 87: ALKABETZ, SHLOMO HALEVI. Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 88: ALMOSNINO, MOSHE. Yedei Moshe [homilies to the Five Megiloth]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 89: ALSHEICH, MOSHE. Einei Moshe [commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 90: ARCHIVOLTI, SAMUEL DI. Arugath HaBosem [grammar and cryptography]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 91: ARIPOL, SAMUEL. Agadath Shmuel [literary prospectus]. — $600 - $900
• Lot 92: ARIPOL, SAMUEL. Mizmor LeTodah [commentary to selected Psalms]. — $700 - $900
• Lot 93: ASCHKENAZI, GERSHON. Tiphereth HaGershuni [commentary to the Chumash]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 94: ASCHKENAZI, NAPHTALI. Imrei Shefer [sermons for various occasions, some of a Kabbalistic nature]. — $300 - $500
• Lot 95: ASCHKENAZI, SHMUEL. Yepheh To'ar [commentary to the Midrash Rabbah, Exodus, with text]. — $300 - $500
• Lot 96: ASHER BEN YECHIEL <<(RO"SH).>> Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 97: (ASTRONOMY). Raphael Halevi of Hannover. Techunath HaShamayim [calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calendar]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 98: AVRAHAM HALEVI (OF RASHID). Yair Nethiv [on laws of divorce]. — $300 - $400
• Lot 99: BACHIAH BEN ASHER. Biur al HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 100: BACHIAH IBN PAQUDA. Chovoth HaLevavoth [ethics and pietism]. Translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon. — $400 - $600
• Lot 101: BALMES, ABRAHAM. Mikneh Avram - Peculium Abrae [grammar]. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 102: BASS, SHABTHAI. Sifthei Yesheinim [bibliography]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 103: BASS, SHABTHAI. Siphthei Chachamim [super-commentary to Rashi on the Chumash]. With glosses by Moshe Avraham Treves. — $200
• Lot 104: (BASSAN, YA'AKOV). Yashresh Ya'akov [on the textual accuracy of the prayers]. — $500 - $700
• Lot 105: BEDARSI, ABRAHAM. Chothem Tachnith [dictionary of Hebrew synonyms in the Bible, with commentary]. — $200 - $250
• Lot 106: BEZALEL BEN YOSEPH YOSSEL. Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa]. — $200 - $300
• Lot 107: (BIBLE). Hebrew and Latin). Mikdash Hashem Esrim Ve'Arba - Hebraica Biblia. Prepared by Sebastian Munster. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 108: (BIBLE). (Hebrew and Latin). Biblia Hebraica. — $700 - $1,000
• Lot 109: (BIBLE). SHERTLAN (SERLES), MOSHE BEN ISSACHAR HALEVI. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 110: (BIBLE). (Psalms / Tehilim. Hebrew and Latin). Psalmi Davidis Hebraici. — $300 - $400
• Lot 111: (BIBLE). Biblia Hebraica. — $300 - $500
• Lot 112: (BIBLE). (Chumash & Haphtaroth). Me'or Einayim. Prepared by Wolf Heidenheim. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 113: CHARIF, ARYEH LEIB. Kol Aryeh [novellae to the Talmud]. — $700 - $900
• Lot 114: (CHASSIDISM). Israel Ben Benjamin of Belzec. Yalkut Chadash [kabbalistic midrashim]. Radvil, 1814. <<*>> — $600 - $900
• Lot 115: (CHASSIDISM). ZE'EV WOLF OF ZHITOMIR. Ohr Hameir. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 116: (CHASSIDISM). DOV BAER OF LUBAVITCH. (The Mittler Rebbe). — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 117: (CHASSIDISM). YA'AKOV YOSEPH OF POLONOYE. Toldoth Ya'akov Yoseph [homilies to the Chumash, etc.] — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 118: (CHASSIDISM). Yitzchak of Corbeil (SeMa"K). Amudei Golah [abridgment of Moshe of Coucy's Sepher Mitzvath Gadol]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 119: (CHASSIDISM). SHNUER ZALMAN OF LIADI. Torath Chaim [Chassidic discourses Bereishith-Chayei Sarah, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 120: (CHASSIDISM). MOSHE CHAIM EPHRAIM OF SUDILKOV. Degel Machaneh Ephraim. — $500 - $700
• Lot 121: (CHASSIDISM). SIMCHA BUNIM OF PESHISCHA. Kol Simchah. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 122: (CHASSIDISM). KALONYMUS KALMAN EPSTEIN. Ma'or VaShemesh. — $600 - $900
• Lot 123: (CHASSIDISM). SHMUEL SHMELKE HOROWITZ OF NIKOLSBURG. Divrei Shmuel. — $400 - $600
• Lot 124: (CHASSIDISM). Korban Minchah [prayers for the entire year]. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 125: (CHASSIDISM). GERSHON CHANOCH LEINER. — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 126: (CHASSIDISM). YA'AKOV TZVI YALISH (YOLLES) OF DINOV. Parshath Derachim Zuta [Pilpul and Aggadah]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 127: (CHASSIDISM). Seder HaMe'ir La'Aretz [prayers]. With commentaries. — $100 - $150
• Lot 128: (CHASSIDISM). Seder Tephillah, im Torah Ohr [prayers]. With Sha'ar HaKollel, Derech HaChaim and other commentaries. — $100 - $150
• Lot 129: (CHASSIDISM). Elimelech of Lizhensk. Noam Elimelech [discourses on the Torah]. — $100 - $150
• Lot 130: (CHASSIDISM). Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch (The Tzemach Tzedek). Derech Mitzvothecha. — $100 - $150
• Lot 131: (CHASSIDISM). Dov Baer ben Shneur Zalman of Lubavitch (The Mitteler Rebbe). Atereth Rosh. — $100 - $150
• Lot 132: (CHASSIDISM). Dov Baer ben Shneur Zalman of Lubavitch (The Mitteler Rebbe). Derech Chaim. — $100 - $150
• Lot 133: (CHASSIDISM). Dov Baer ben Shneur Zalman of Lubavitch (The Mitteler Rebbe). Ner Mitzvah VeTorah Ohr. — $100 - $150
• Lot 134: CHEFETZ, MOSHE. (Moses ben Gershon Gentili). — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 135: COHN, TOBIAS. Ma'aseh Tuviah. — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 136: CORDOVERO, MOSHE. Sepher Girushin [Kabbalistic meditations]. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 137: DE POMIS, DAVID. Tzemach David / Dittionario Novo Hebraico. — $500 - $700
• Lot 138: DE VIDAS, ELIYAHU. Reishith Chochmah ["Beginning of Wisdom": ethics]. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 139: DELMEDIGO, JOSEPH SOLOMON OF CRETE. Sepher Eilim - Sepher Ma'ayan Ganim - Sepher Ma'yan Chathum. — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 140: DEUTSCH, DOVID BEN MENDEL. Ohel David [novellae on Tractate Yevamoth]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 141: DI UCEDA, SAMUEL. Igereth Shmuel [commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text and Rashi]. — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 142: DURAN, SHIMON BEN TZEMACH (RaSHB"TZ). Kesheth U'Magen. — $500 - $700
• Lot 143: EDREHI, MOSES. — $300 - $500
• Lot 144: (EGYPT). Hazan, Yisrael Moshe ben Eliezer. Sepher She'arith HaNachalah [philosophy]. — $300 - $500
• Lot 145: ELBAZ, MOSHE BEN MAIMON. Heichal HaKodesh [mystical commentary to the prayers]. With glosses by Aaron Sabuni of Saleh. — $600 - $900
• Lot 146: ELIEZER BEN NATHAN (RABa"N, attributed to). Ma'amar Haskel [enumeration of the 613 precepts]. — $600 - $900
• Lot 147: ELKIN, SHMUEL ELIYAHU. Na'oth Deshe [commentary to Book of Tehilim, with few responsa at end]. — $100 - $150
• Lot 148: EPSTEIN, YITZCHAK ISAAK MIS HALEVI (OF PRAGUE). Be'er Yitzchak [commentary to the Haftaroth through the year, — $400 - $600
• Lot 149: EYBESCHEUTZ, YONATHAN. Luchoth Eiduth [a defense, concerning the 'Amulet Controversy'] — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 150: FALK, YEHOSHUA KATZ. Beth Yisrael [commentary to Jacob ben Asher's Tur - Yoreh De'ah]. — $1,500 - $2,000