“Pursuer of righteousness and benevolence shall be granted life, righteousness and honor”. Single leaf printed in gilded ink, with illustrations of the Holy Sites, the Sephardic synagogue in Jerusalem and the cities Nablus and Jericho. [Not dated, name of printer not mentioned].
Members of the Estreich-Galicia Kollels in the Four Holy Cities added handwritten greetings for Rosh HaShana, to Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Level from Vienna who contributed to the Kollels, as well as an expression of hope that he will continue to donate in the future.
Signatures and stamps: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Ravin and Rabbi Natan Cahana Shapira, Jerusalem.
50.5X40 cm. Poor condition. Large hole, missing. Dry and fragile paper. Tears and folding marks

1. Chevra Machzirei Atara LeYoshna, including Kollel HaIvrim – proposal to establish a government authorized organization for the settlement of Eretz Israel, by Rabbi Akiva Yosef Shlezinger. Jerusalem, [1873]. (4 polemic pages appended at the end of the book are missing, as they are in the majority of the copies). S. HaLevi 188.
2. Sha’alu Shlom Yerushalayim Pamphlet – composition in defense of Jerusalem and its inhabitants, by Rabbi Moshe Nechemia Cahanov. Jerusalem, [1868]. Second edition. S. HaLevi 141.
3. Chibat Yerushalayim – concerning cities of Eretz Israel and grave sites. Rabbi Chaim Horowitz. [Lemberg? c. 1870 – replica and forgery of the Jerusalem 1844 edition, see S. HaLevi 23].
4. Letter of Rabbi Yisrael from Shklov to the Ten Lost Tribes from the year 1831, including Et Levakesh, a public appeal by rabbis of Jerusalem in support of the search after the Ten Lost Tribes. Jerusalem, [1899]. [Printed without title page – see attached material].
5. Kdushat HaAretz – sayings of Chazal [Sages] in praise of Eretz Israel, Rabbi Moshe Waterman. Jerusalem, [1885]. (5 pages missing and replaced with photocopies). S. HaLevi 527.
6. Sixth Millennium Calendar – by Rabbi Shraga Feivel of Horodna (Grodno). Jerusalem, [1867]. Beck Printing. [Title page partially missing]. S. HaLevi 131.
7. Maginei Eretz Israel – approbations and letters from rabbis of the generation regarding monetary donations. Jerusalem, [1904].
8-9. Sefer Yatzev Gvulot, “first notebook”, bound together with: Sefer Mishpat Tzedek – regulations and approbations of rabbis to preserve the donations of the charity fund of Rabbi Meir Ba’al Hanes in Tiberias, by Rabbi Chaim Elchadif. [Jerusalem?], [1904]. Oriental handwritten inscription.
10. Kvod Melachim – verdict regarding the burning of garments at the Hillula [celebration] of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, by Rabbi Shmuel Heller [Rabbi of Safed]. Jerusalem, [1914].
Various sizes and conditions.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman’s private collection.

Das Heilige Land [The Holy Land], German translation of the book Tvu’ot Ha’aretz, research pertaining to the Land of Israel, by Rabbi Yehosef Schwartz. Frankfurt am Main, 1852.
A portrait illustration of Rabbi Yehosef Schwartz appears facing the title page. A folding plate with an illustration of the landscape of the Old City appears at the end of the book in lithographic print.
For additional information about Rabbi Yehosef Schwartz, see previous item,
XIX, 452, 20 pages. 21.5 cm. Size of plate: 32.5X21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and stained leaves.

1. Ha'Chinuch, a pedagogical paper for teachers and parents, third booklet. Jaffa, 1911.
2. Article Ha'Dibur Ha'Ivri, according to the Sages, by Rabbi Yonah Dov Blumberg. Jaffa, 1914. [Ink-stamp of Rabbi "Israel Sussel Dvorets"].
3. Sefer Bnei Asher, research concerning various matters, by Rabbi Ya'akov Goldman. Jaffa, 1924.
Size and condition varies.