LOT 2: Sefer Torah in an exquisite and ornate case. On white rough parchment. Sephardic Jerusalem script. Likely from Kurdistan or Baghdad. Can be made kosher with light proofreading. With a dedication to Avraham Agai and his wife Bibi, daughter of Kathon. Dated 1922. Antique finials. Height ...
LOT 4: Antique Sefer Torah in a silver case. Sephardic Jerusalem script. Likely from Kurdistan or Baghdad. On coated parchment. Can be made kosher after a light proofreading. Height including case: 90 cm Height of parchment: 50 cm
LOT 5: Halachic rulings of the Roʺsh on tractate Yevamoth, Chapter 1. Manuscript. Rare. Significantly different than the printed version!. Sections of the Halachic rulings of the Roʺsh on tractate Yevamoth, Chapter 1 (section 7 until the middle of section 8). Rabeinu Asher ben Yechiel, the Roʺsh ...
LOT 6: Fragment from an ancient copy of Divrei Hayamim, punctuated with Babylonian upper vocalization. Extremely. A fragment from Divrei Hayamim (Book I 13:3:-15:12). Written on parchment. Dated to the 14th century (700 years ago). Very rare! Manuscripts punctuated with the Babylonian (upper) vowels ...
LOT 7: Levush, 1620, with ownership stamp and signature of Rabbi Eliezer Auerbach, author of Chidushei Mahara, the uncle of the Imrei Binah. Levush Ir Shushan - Choshen Mishpat, with Levush HaButz VeHaArgaman – Even HaEzer. Venice 1620-1621. With the holy signature of Rabbi Eliezer Auerbach on the ...
LOT 8: Rare! Shaarei Orah 1621. First edition, with glosses. Sha'arei Ora by Rabbi Yosef ben Gikatilla. A composition on ten Kabbalistic spheres and clarification of the holy names and how they are used. The Ari z”l said that this book is the key to understanding mysticism and the Gaon Rabbi Chaim of ...
LOT 9: Toldot Aharon, by Rabbi Aharon of Pissaro, with Sefer Toldot Yaakov, by Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas (only edition!), Amsterdam 1652. Toldot Aharon, by Rabbi Aharon of Pesaro, first printed in Freiburg in 1583. In 1652 this book was republished in Amsterdam, with the addition (with a separate title ...
LOT 10: Pri Chadash on the Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by Rabbi Chizkiya di Silva, Amsterdam, 1730. Comments by rabbis from the Papo family, relatives of the Pele Yoetz. Pri Chadash is one of the most widely accepted and significant compositions on the Shulchan Aruch. The volume of this work on Yoreh ...
LOT 11: Pele Yoetz, Part Two, first edition. Rare!. Pele Yoetz is a segula book by the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Papo. First edition, Constantinople, 1824. Published by the author. Size: 15 X 20 cm, no title page {no title page was found in any of the books in the bibliography} 124 (2) pages
LOT 12: Rare! Orot Eilim, the first book written by the Pele Yoetz. . ספר אורות אילים שאלוניקי. דפוס ראשון. וספרו הראשון של הגה"ק רבי אליעזר פאפו זיע"א ובהקדמה מספר שהתחיל וסיים את הש"ס. וכן שמכסף שהרוויח מספרו זה. מימן את הוצאת ספרו הנודע בשערים "פלא יועץ" . הגה"ק רבי אליעזר ב"ר יצחק פאפו בעל "פלא ...
LOT 13: Sha'ar Gan Eden, Korets, 1803 (first printing) by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yaakov Kopel Lifshitz. Elucidates obtuse passages in the Zohar and in the writings of the Ariza"l. The author notes that this book is the gateway to his great commentary on the Zohar (unpublished). On the title page the ...
LOT 14: Segula book! The Chassidic work, Ma’amar Mordechai, a student of the Seer and the Magid. Segula book against fires. Ma’amar Mordechai, by the Admor Rabbi Mordechai of Drohovich. Only edition. Important approbations. Lemberg, 1877. At the end of the preface the author’s son writes that this book ...
LOT 16: Birkat David by Rabbi David of Tolna, Zhitomir. Birkat David, by Rabbi David of Tolna, first edition, Zhitomir 1862 – magnificent copy. Compositions on Chassidut and Kabbala, on the Torah and Jewish festivals, from the Admor Rabbi David of Tolna. Published by Rabbi Hanina Lipa and Rabbi ...
LOT 17: Zohar, Slavita. Complete set!. Edition of the Zohar published by Rabbi Moshe Shapira in Slavita, and hi son the Gaon Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz, one of the closest followers of the Baal Shem Tov.
LOT 18: Shaarei Naftali, by the Smichat Chachamim. Rare! Personal copy of Rabbi Elazar HaLevi Rosenfeld of Oswiecim!. Rare and precious find! Sha’are Naftali. First edition, by the author of Simchat Chachamim. Stamped copy owned by The holy Rabbi Elazar HaLevi Rosenfeld of Oswiecim, the son-in-law of ...
LOT 19: Kabbalistic book Zechor L’Avraham, with glosses, apparently by the author!. Zechor L’Avraham, halachic rulings and teachings on the Turim, by Rabbi Avraham Alkalay. Part One. Salonica 1888. First edition. With many important glosses, apparently by the author. Rabbi Alkalay wrote several books ...
LOT 20: Rare! Shoresh Yishai, by Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz, author of Lecha Dodi, with many glosses and print error corrections. Shoresh Yishai by the author of Lecha Dodi, Rabbi Shlomo HaLevi Alkabetz. Glosses from the period of the book’s publication. First edition. Constantinople, 1561. A long ...
LOT 21: A precious find! Two handwritten pages by Kabbalist Rabbi Shmuel Vital. Two pages in the holy handwriting of renowned Kabbalist Rabbi Shmuel Vital, the son and faithful student of his father, the glory of Israel, Rabbi Chaim Vital. Sermon on Parashat Vayaira. A missing leaf from his wondrous ...
LOT 22: The signature of Chida. Precious find! A segula book for reverence. Chida (1724-1806), was acclaimed throughout the Jewish world for his exceptional erudition, his phenomenal memory, his piety and tremendous knowledge of Kabbala. The great Chassidic leaders related that the study of his books ...
LOT 24: Very rare! Signature of the greatest of the Achronim, Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam. A most precious find! The signature of the greatest of the Achronim, Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam, on the responsa Shev Yaakov, Frankfurt, 1742. The Gaon Rabbi Shaul Lowenstam, the Av Beit Din of Amsterdam (1717-1790) ...
LOT 25: Handwritten glosses by the renowned mishna commentator, the Tiferet Yisrael. Kol Yaakov, Warsaw, on the five megillot, with glosses, one of which is signed, by the Gaon Rabbi Israel Lifshitz (1782-1861) who was renowned for his magnum opus, Tiferet Yisrael, on the entire Mishna, which was ...
LOT 26: Shev Yaakov, with signatures from the family of Rabbi Akiva Eger. Copy owned by an important rabbinic family!. Shev Yaakov book of responsa. Unique copy with ownership stamps of several Torah giants from the prestigious family of Rabbi Akiva Eger and the Chatam Sofer. The Gaon Rabbi Simcha ...
LOT 27: Torah novellae by Rabbi Yechizkiyahu HaCohen, the Av Beit Din of Beled and author of Magdanot Yechizkiyahu, in his hand writing . Profound Torah novellae on the topic of doubts and repeated precedents, by the author of Magdanot Yechizkiyahu, in his handwriting. Written on both sides of a large ...
LOT 28: Ohel David, by Rabbi David Deutsch, the student of the Noda B’Yehuda, on tractates Pesachim, Sukka and Chagiga. The author, Rabbi David Deutsch (1756-1831) was a talmid chacham in Hungary-Slovakia, a scion of a family of revered rabbis. In his youth he learned with the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel ...
LOT 29: Glosses by the Gaon, the tzaddik Rabbi Eliyahu Gutmacher on tractate Bava Metzia, in his handwriting. Five leaves of chiddushim and glosses on the entire tractate Bava Metzia, in the handwriting and with the signature of the tzaddik Rabbi Eliyahu Gutmacher, the Av Bet Din of Grodzisk, with ...
LOT 30: Sermons by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Landsberg Posner, a dayan in the beit din of Rabbi Akiva Eger. Handwritten pages from the series of sermons on the Torah, by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Landsberg Posner. Never published. Rabbi Posner (d. 1863) was an outstanding talmid chacham from an illustrious family. ...
LOT 31: Pri Megadim, the copy owned by Rabbi Yaakov HaCohen Strasser, the son-in-law of the Ktav Sofer. Pri Megadim on Ohr Chaim, Vilna 1896. Vary rare and special. Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov HaCohen Strasser, the son-in-law of the Ktav Sofer, one of the great sages of his generation. Rabbi ...
LOT 32: Special letter from Rabbi Shlomo Sofer. Special letter from the great Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Sofer, the great-grandson of the Chatam Sofer. Many letters from his great-grandfather, the Chatam Sofer were collected and published by Rabbi Shlomo Sofer.
LOT 33: Handwritten glosses by Chida on the book by his teacher, Rabbi Yehuda Navon, published thanks to Chida's efforts. מיוחד ונדיר הגהה בעצם כת"י רבינו חיים יוסף דוד זיע"א על ספר "גט מקושר" ובה מיישב את קושית רבי אפרים נבון על אביו המחבר רבי יהודה נבון. ..אין אנ"י כאן דמאי דמקשה על מורי הרב זלל"ה ...
LOT 34: Letter from Rabbi Moshe Berdugo (the Mashbi"r) and Rabbi Yehuda ben Attar, one of the greatest rabbis of Morocco. The great Rabbi Moshe Berdugo, head of the Beit Din and Meknes (died 1691), was known as the Mashbi"r. The patriarch of the Berdugo family of rabbis. One of the greatest sages of ...
LOT 35: Malki BaKodesh, with the signature of the Gaon our teacher, Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi. Malki BaKodesh, Salonica, 1749. Malki BaKodesh, with the signature of the Gaon our teacher, Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi Malki BaKodesh, Salonica, 1749. On the title page is the signature “the young man Yom Tov.” A ...
LOT 36: Kol Yaakov, Leghorn, 1853. Gloss and signature of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Faladgi. The Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Rakkach (1800-1891) was a Torah giant in Tripoli, Libya. He was a rosh yeshiva, Kabbalist, poet and author of many books on a wide range of subjects. The first part of his book Kol Yaakov ...
LOT 37: Segula for blessing! Priestly blessing in the handwriting of the Ben Ish Chai. Rare!. Most precious of finds! Commentary on the priestly blessing, in the Ben Ish Chai's handwriting. Rabeinu Yosef Chaim (1835-1909) was the spiritual leader of Iraqi Jewry “the last sage of the era of halachic ...
LOT 38: Rare! Signatures and novellae from the great rabbis of Egypt and Eretz Yisrael. Title page of Rashba Responsa - Venice, 1545, with signatures of Torah giants from Jerusalem and Egypt, as well as handwritten novellae. On the back of the page are two cursive signatures of Rabbi Baruch Binyamin ...
LOT 39: Handwritten Torah commentary by the kabbalist Rabbi Shalom Shabazi. The holy handwriting of the great Kabbalist Rashash – Rabbi Shalom Shabazi. Very rare! Mid-17th century. Part of his Chemdat Yamim commentary on the Torah. Commentary on Parashat VaYechi. Rashas was the greatest Yemenite poet ...
LOT 40: Handwritten letter and halakhic ruling by Rabbi Yaakov ben Tzur (Yavetz). Rabbinical court ruling from late 1724. Two and a half pages (numbered). About 50 lines, with the curled signature of the Gaon Rabbi Yavetz Yavetz was an exemplary figure. A true Torah giant, tzaddik and kabbalist who was ...
LOT 41: Amazing novellae on the Torah by the Kaf HaChaim. Handwritten pages from Kaf HaChaim. Ten leaves in the holy handwriting of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer. Rabbi Sofer was one of the great sages of Iraq and Jerusalem. He devoted his life to studying Torah and writing halachic and ...
LOT 42: Glosses by the greatest rabbi in Syria, Rabbi Yaakov Antebi. Rabbi Yaakov Antebi (1787-1847) was a genius who was well versed in all the Torah literature. He was the chief rabbi of Damascus for over 30 years. In 1840 he was imprisoned by the Syrian authorities, after a blood libel that Jews had ...
LOT 43: Handwritten leaf by the kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Petaya. A leaf from the draft of the book Lechem Yehuda. 42 lines in his holy handwriting, including additions above the lines, typical of an author’s corrections and additions to the manuscript. The great kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Moshe Petaya ...
LOT 44: Talismans for protection, from Rabbi Yitzchak Kadouri. Lot of six talismans from the tzaddik and miracle worker, the kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Kadouri. The elder of the Kabbalists, Rabbi Yitzchak Kadouri was born around 1899 in Iraq and studied Torah and Kabbala with the sages of Iraq and the ...
LOT 45: Handwritten letter signed by the great rabbis of Jerusalem and Safed, headed by Rabbi Yisrael of Shklov, one of the greatest students of the Gra. Letter requesting financial support for the community of the students of the Vilna Gaon in Safed and Jerusalem. Signed by the student of the Gra ...
LOT 46: Kabbalistic writings in the handwriting of Rabbi Zundel of Salant. Ideas that he heard from his rabbi, the great sage Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin. The Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, father of the yeshiva world and the greatest of Gra’s students, on the importance of repentance and how to achieve it. ...
LOT 47: Special! Signature of the great Gaon Rabbi Aviezri Zelig Auerbach. Kol Yehuda, Amsterdam, 1729, with the signature of Rabbi Aviezri Zelig Auerbach, with a handwritten dedication, date and ownership notations in German on the flyleaf.
LOT 48: A precious find! Handwritten and signed letter from Heshek Shlomo. Handwritten and signed letter from the tremendous Goan Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen, from 1882. A permit for shechita on the condition that the rabbi provide his approval. The Gaon Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen (1831-1906) was one of the ...
LOT 49: The handwriting and signature of the author of Imrei Bina. The handwriting and signature of Rabbi Meir Auerbach, author of Imrei Bina A printed receipt from Jerusalem in 1861, in which Rabbi Meir Auerbach confirms that he received a sum of money via the rabbi of Grätz – Rabbi Eliyahu ...
LOT 50: Handwritten responsum by the Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowitz of Ponevezh. The Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowitz (1854-1919) was one of the Lithuanian Torah giants of the generation before the destruction of European Jewry. Rosh Yeshivat Slobodka and then the rabbi of Ponevezh and the ...
LOT 51: Long and special dedication from the head rabbi of Eretz Israel, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, in Zohar HaRakiya. With a dedication from the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, the chief rabbi of Israel, who was a student of the Ktav Sofer and the successor Rabbi Yehuda Leib Diskin, a gaon and ...
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