Manuscript, Goralot. Instructions for casting lots. Oriental Rashi script [Italy ?, 18th-19th century].
1. Combinations of holy names and instructions how to cast lots by means of a Chumash.
2. Goral Niflah - A chart of letters, with a detailed reader of results in Alphabetical order.
On the last page is a colophon: "I have copied from a manuscript of a book of cures Ashkenazi writing".
[7] pages. 21 cm. Good condition. Fancy leather binding.

Manuscript - Discorso Per il Giorno d' Espiazione (Sermons for Yom Kippur), by Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Pardo. Great Beit Din of Verona October 1837. Italian (with verses in Hebrew).
Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Pardo (born in 1822), son of Rabbi Shmuel Pardo Dayan in Verona, favorite disciple of Shmuel David Luzzatto in the Beit Midrash for Rabbis in Padua. Passed away at the young age of twenty and many eulogized him. Composed sermons and commentary on Sefer Micha which was printed by Shmuel David Luzzatto in the book Avnei Zikaron (Prague, 1841). [See attached material].
[8] leaves, of which approx. 12 written pages. 29.5 cm. Good condition, stains. Manuscript bound.

Mishnayot, Tractate Zera'im, with commentaries and addendums. Lemberg, 1869.
On protection pages, many owners' inscriptions, inscriptions and signatures of the Maharsham - Rabbi Shalom Mordechai HaCohen Schwadron Rabbi of Berezhany, who wrote and signed that he received this book from his father. His son's signature "Yitzchak HaCohen Schwadron of Potik adjacent to Buzcazc" [the city where the Maharsham formerly served as rabbi]. On the last page, stamps of his son "Yakir HaCohen Schwadron" [eldest son of Rabbi Yitzchak Rabbi of Chatzmer].
Dozens of notes on book's leaves and on leaf before title page. After comparing handwriting, most notes are in the handwriting of the Maharsham and the minority are written by his son Rabbi Yitzchak Schwadron [one note signed Yitzchak is in different handwriting from most of the notes, see Leaf 34/2].
The Maharsham, Rabbi Shalom Mordechai HaCohen Schwadron (1835-1911), a leading posek of his generation, Rabbi of Yaslovic, Potik and Berezhany, was a foremost Torah authority in Galicia and abroad. Wrote dozens of compositions, of which the following were printed: nine volumes of Maharsham Responsa, Mishpat Shalom on Choshen Mishpat, Gilui Da'at on the laws of Treifot, Da'at Torah on Shulchan Aruch, Techelet Mordechai on the Torah etc.
His son Rabbi Yitzchak Schwadron (died 1920, Otzar HaRabbanim 11051), an outstanding Torah genius, Rabbi of Chatzmer and its surroundings immigrated to Jerusalem in 1903, where his youngest son, "the Jerusalem Magid" Rabbi Shalom Schwadron was born (1912-1998). Author of Minchat Yitzchak, a commentary on the Tosefta (Jerusalem, 1910-1914, and additional volumes that were printed many years later).
[17], 121, [2] leaves. 29 cm. Varied type of paper, good condition. Original semi-leather binding, slightly worn,

Sefer Chafetz Chaim, laws of Shmirat HaLashon"on laws of slander and gossip, based upon Halacha derived from the Talmud and Poskim". Vilna, 1873. First edition. First book of Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaCohen of Radin, which was published anonymously; name of author listed on margins of title page, in Russian and in initials.
Number of corrections and glosses in the handwriting of the author. Page 46 contains a correction of 6 words in the holy handwriting of the Rabbi; page 159 contains gloss of 8 words in the holy handwriting of the Rabbi. [Amendments were made to the second edition based upon these corrections, Vilna, 1877 - see attached material].
The righteous Ga'on Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaCohen of Radin (1837-1933, Otzar HaRabbanim 12262) known for his first book Chafetz Chaim, founder and Rosh Yeshiva of the Radin Yeshiva and author of many books on Halacha and Mussar: Mishnah Berurah, Shmirat HaLashon, Ahavat Chesed and dozens of other books.
5, [1], 8-81 leaves, [missing 4 leaves with list of subscribers which were added to some of the copies]. 21 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and damage due to wear on corners of leaves, ownership notations. Magnificent leather binding.

"Rabbeinu Bechaye" commentary on the Torah, by Rabbeinu Bechaye ben Asher. Krakow, [1592-1593].
Last leaf contains printed diagram of the Ten Sephirot [ten emanations through which G-D reveals himself].
Ancient ownership signatures. Dozens of lengthy glosses [some cut off] in ancient Ashkenazi handwriting from period of print, the majority of Kabbalistic content, throughout leaves of book. Leaves 97, 158 and diagram leaf contain signature of Rabbi Shalom Ber Stern (apparently Rabbi Shalom Ber Stern who was Av Beit Din of Serdehli).
236, 236-246 leaves (title-page missing. Leaf 50 missing and replaced in handwriting. Large tear on leaf 2, with missing text completed in handwriting; several other leaves also have handwritten completions) + [1] leaf of diagram (detached). 29 cm. Fair condition (some leaves in good condition). Stains, moth stains, tears, restorations, paper paste and wear. Cardboard binding, torn spine.