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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $5,000
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Psalms, with Rashi and Metzudot commentaries, and the Amarot Tehorot commentary by Rabbi Eliezer Horowitz of Tarnogród.Maramureş -Siget, 1900. Two title pages.
Stamps of Rebbe "Shalom Moshkovitz, Suceava region". Rebbe Shalom of Suceava (1878-1958, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol. 3, pp. 661-662), descendent of Rebbe Michal of Zolochiv and Rabbi Meir of Peremyshlyany. A leading rebbe of the last generation, amazingly proficient in all areas of Torah, and a great posek. In his youth, he was ordained by the Maharsham of Berezhany and even lived in his home for nine months to learn the practical application of the Torah. He served G-d in holiness and was a Cabbalist, known as a wonder-worker through his prayers, like a son beseeching his father. Disciple of the Rebbe of Sieniawa and the Belz Rebbes. Served in the Suceava rabbinate from 1903 and was the teacher and Rabbi of Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin who initiated the Daf HaYomi. From 1927, served as Rebbe in London. Wrote many books on the Talmud, the Torah and on Chassidut. His greatness and holiness were world-renowned and he was highly esteemed by all the great Rebbes of his generation. His diligence was rare; he would study Torah for hours and hours, stopping only to eat and perform mitzvoth. At the same time, his London home was wide open and people from all circles came to seek his blessing, ask his council and ask him for Torah decisions. In his testament, he promised to awaken Heavenly mercy upon any person who visits his grave, lights two candles for the elevation of his soul and accepts upon himself reinforcement of mitzvah observance or Torah study (he requested that this promise be printed on his gravesite in three languages: Hebrew, Yiddish and English).
[10], 8-434,[11] leaves. 21 cm. Brittle paper, fair condition, tears, stains and wear. Several leaves have damages with lacking text. Original binding. New leather spine.
Stamps of Rebbe "Shalom Moshkovitz, Suceava region". Rebbe Shalom of Suceava (1878-1958, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol. 3, pp. 661-662), descendent of Rebbe Michal of Zolochiv and Rabbi Meir of Peremyshlyany. A leading rebbe of the last generation, amazingly proficient in all areas of Torah, and a great posek. In his youth, he was ordained by the Maharsham of Berezhany and even lived in his home for nine months to learn the practical application of the Torah. He served G-d in holiness and was a Cabbalist, known as a wonder-worker through his prayers, like a son beseeching his father. Disciple of the Rebbe of Sieniawa and the Belz Rebbes. Served in the Suceava rabbinate from 1903 and was the teacher and Rabbi of Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin who initiated the Daf HaYomi. From 1927, served as Rebbe in London. Wrote many books on the Talmud, the Torah and on Chassidut. His greatness and holiness were world-renowned and he was highly esteemed by all the great Rebbes of his generation. His diligence was rare; he would study Torah for hours and hours, stopping only to eat and perform mitzvoth. At the same time, his London home was wide open and people from all circles came to seek his blessing, ask his council and ask him for Torah decisions. In his testament, he promised to awaken Heavenly mercy upon any person who visits his grave, lights two candles for the elevation of his soul and accepts upon himself reinforcement of mitzvah observance or Torah study (he requested that this promise be printed on his gravesite in three languages: Hebrew, Yiddish and English).
[10], 8-434,[11] leaves. 21 cm. Brittle paper, fair condition, tears, stains and wear. Several leaves have damages with lacking text. Original binding. New leather spine.
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![Shev Ya'akov Responsa, Vol. 1 [Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah] and Vol. 2 [Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat], by Rabbi Ya'akov, so](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale35-public/38.jpg "Shev Ya'akov Responsa – Frankfurt am Main, 1742 – Signed by the Malbim")
Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $2,500
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Shev Ya'akov Responsa, Vol. 1 [Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah] and Vol. 2 [Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat], by Rabbi Ya'akov, son of Rabbi Binyamin Katz [Poprosh]. Frankfurt am Main, [1742].
Separate title page for each volume. Handsome copy in good condition.
On the leaf after the first title page is a signature in the handwriting of Rabbi "Meir Leibush Malbim". [Another signature on the title page: "Refael ben Rabbi M---"].
Rabbi Meir Leibush Malbim – [Rabbi Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel], (1809-1880, Otzar HaRabanim 13090) - a Bible commentator and one of the outstanding leaders of his generation, proficient in revealed and hidden Torah (studied kabbalah from Rabbi Zvi Hirsh of Zhidachov). In his youth, he wrote the book "Artzot HaChaim" on the Shulchan Aruch which received the enthusiastic approbation of the Chatam Sofer who proclaimed the Malbim an exceptional Torah genius.
In all places where he served as Rabbi and where he traversed (he served in Wreschen, Kempen, Bucharest, Kherson, Lencziza, Mogilev and Königsberg), the Malbim was renowned for his uncompromising opposition to the "modernists", maskilim and reform Judaism, and suffered much travail on this accord. During the time he served in the Bucharest rabbinate, he led the resistance against the city's maskilim which ended in a blood libel schemed by his opposers for which the Malbim was imprisoned and sentenced to death. Only after Sir Moses Montefiore intervened on his behalf was his sentence altered to expulsion from Romania.
The spreading of the Enlightenment Movement caused the Malbim to devote his skills and much time to writing a systematic commentary on the Bible, in order to explain the depth of Chazal's wisdom and the truth of the Oral Torah. So his famous commentary on the Bible was created. It was accepted in all Jewish circles and merited hundreds of editions.
[1], 109; [1], 139 leaves. 32 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition, stains, few moth holes. Minor damage to binding.
Separate title page for each volume. Handsome copy in good condition.
On the leaf after the first title page is a signature in the handwriting of Rabbi "Meir Leibush Malbim". [Another signature on the title page: "Refael ben Rabbi M---"].
Rabbi Meir Leibush Malbim – [Rabbi Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel], (1809-1880, Otzar HaRabanim 13090) - a Bible commentator and one of the outstanding leaders of his generation, proficient in revealed and hidden Torah (studied kabbalah from Rabbi Zvi Hirsh of Zhidachov). In his youth, he wrote the book "Artzot HaChaim" on the Shulchan Aruch which received the enthusiastic approbation of the Chatam Sofer who proclaimed the Malbim an exceptional Torah genius.
In all places where he served as Rabbi and where he traversed (he served in Wreschen, Kempen, Bucharest, Kherson, Lencziza, Mogilev and Königsberg), the Malbim was renowned for his uncompromising opposition to the "modernists", maskilim and reform Judaism, and suffered much travail on this accord. During the time he served in the Bucharest rabbinate, he led the resistance against the city's maskilim which ended in a blood libel schemed by his opposers for which the Malbim was imprisoned and sentenced to death. Only after Sir Moses Montefiore intervened on his behalf was his sentence altered to expulsion from Romania.
The spreading of the Enlightenment Movement caused the Malbim to devote his skills and much time to writing a systematic commentary on the Bible, in order to explain the depth of Chazal's wisdom and the truth of the Oral Torah. So his famous commentary on the Bible was created. It was accepted in all Jewish circles and merited hundreds of editions.
[1], 109; [1], 139 leaves. 32 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition, stains, few moth holes. Minor damage to binding.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $30,000
Unsold
Babylonian Talmud – full set. Munich-Heidelberg, 1949. "Published by the Va'ad Agudat Rabbanim of the American region of Ashkenaz".
First full edition of the Talmud printed after the Holocaust, by the rabbis of the she'erit hapleita camps in Germany. Colorful title pages designed especially in commemoration of the printing of the Talmud on the burnt earth of Germany, with illustrations of a Jewish shtetl and of a labor camp surrounded by barb wire fences and inscriptions: "Labor camp in Ashkenaz during the time of the Nazis" and the verse "They have almost consumed us in the land and I have not forsaken your commandments".
Tractate Beitzah has two signatures of Rabbi "Ovadia Yosef". Some tractates have few glosses in his handwriting and additional glosses written by other writers. Inscriptions of the Chazon Ovadya Yeshiva.
According to the testimony of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's son the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, Rabbi Ovadia studied from this Talmud when he served as Chief Rabbi of Egypt (1947-1950) and when he returned to Eretz Israel in 1951, he brought the Talmud with him and studied from this Talmud day and night.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (1920-2013) was born in Baghdad and at a young age immigrated with his parents to Jerusalem. From his youth, he was extraordinary in his amazing diligence and his astounding genius. He was exceedingly beloved by his teachers, Rabbi Ezra Attiya the head of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva and his other teachers. When still a young man, he began to write books and teach Torah to the public. According to his rabbis' instructions, he traveled to Egypt to serve in the rabbinate which he did with authority in spite of his being under the age of 30. This took place right before the establishment of the State of Israel and in the atmosphere prevalent at that time he suffered greatly from the suspicions of the Egyptian undercover police who followed him about and restricted his movements. (Once, when his eldest son, Rabbi Ya'akove was a two-year-old baby, he took books from his father's library and played with them on the veranda, tearing out pages and throwing them into the street. The police agents saw leaves with Hebrew writing being thrown from the house and suspected that they are espionage communications to the "Zionist enemy" and held the rabbi for investigation. When they entered the house, the police asked Rabbi Ovadia where he hid his arsenal, and he answered them pleasantly that his many books are his weapons and the inkwell with which he writes his religious writings are his arms).
When he returned to Eretz Israel in 1951, he served in the Petach Tikva rabbinate. He delivered sermons and discourses in Jerusalem and throughout Israel. At that time he also began publishing the first volumes of his series Chazon Ovadia and Yebia Omer. In 1958, he was appointed member of the Jerusalem Beit Din, and in Tishrei 1965, he was appointed member of the Rabbinical Great Beit Din alongside Rabbi Elyashiv and the elder rabbis of his generation. In 1969, he was appointed Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and in 1977 Rishon L'Zion and Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel.
Eventually, he reached the status of one of the greatest Torah authorities of his generation and as an unparalleled influential spiritual leader. He was especially famous for his outstanding proficiency in Torah study and for his clear halachic decisions, but his authority and influence were not limited just to halachic issues but spread out over many varied areas pertinent to Jews in Israel and all over the world. Already, in the first years that he served as a young dayan, he was heavily involved in the life of his people and acted to improve their material and religious state and toiled to teach Torah to the masses and to raise the honor and esteem of Oriental Jews in Israel. Returning the "crown of Sephardic Jewry to its former glory" was one of his life's activities and was characterized both in the area of halachic decisions as well as in the area of society and politics. In the framework of this vision, he stood at the helm of Mo'etzet Chachmei HaTorah and navigated the Worldwide Sephardic Association of Torah movement.
Rabbi Ovadia left a tremendous literary yield, including his primary series of books: Yebia Omer responsa (10 volumes), Yechave Da'at responsa (six volumes), Chazon Ovadia (18 volumes) and many other books.
He died at the age of 93. Tens of thousands came to pay him their last respects and his funeral was claimed to have been the largest funeral in the history of the State of Israel.
19 volumes. 39 cm. Good-fair condition. Some volumes have torn or detached leaves. The illustrated title pages of two volumes are torn (some missing parts). One volume has many tears to the title pages and first leaves. Original bindings, damaged.
Enclosed is the authorization by Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's son, Rishon L'Zion and Chief Rabbi of Israel, testifying that his father brought this Talmud from Egypt and studied from it and also an authorization to sell the Talmud.
First full edition of the Talmud printed after the Holocaust, by the rabbis of the she'erit hapleita camps in Germany. Colorful title pages designed especially in commemoration of the printing of the Talmud on the burnt earth of Germany, with illustrations of a Jewish shtetl and of a labor camp surrounded by barb wire fences and inscriptions: "Labor camp in Ashkenaz during the time of the Nazis" and the verse "They have almost consumed us in the land and I have not forsaken your commandments".
Tractate Beitzah has two signatures of Rabbi "Ovadia Yosef". Some tractates have few glosses in his handwriting and additional glosses written by other writers. Inscriptions of the Chazon Ovadya Yeshiva.
According to the testimony of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's son the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, Rabbi Ovadia studied from this Talmud when he served as Chief Rabbi of Egypt (1947-1950) and when he returned to Eretz Israel in 1951, he brought the Talmud with him and studied from this Talmud day and night.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (1920-2013) was born in Baghdad and at a young age immigrated with his parents to Jerusalem. From his youth, he was extraordinary in his amazing diligence and his astounding genius. He was exceedingly beloved by his teachers, Rabbi Ezra Attiya the head of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva and his other teachers. When still a young man, he began to write books and teach Torah to the public. According to his rabbis' instructions, he traveled to Egypt to serve in the rabbinate which he did with authority in spite of his being under the age of 30. This took place right before the establishment of the State of Israel and in the atmosphere prevalent at that time he suffered greatly from the suspicions of the Egyptian undercover police who followed him about and restricted his movements. (Once, when his eldest son, Rabbi Ya'akove was a two-year-old baby, he took books from his father's library and played with them on the veranda, tearing out pages and throwing them into the street. The police agents saw leaves with Hebrew writing being thrown from the house and suspected that they are espionage communications to the "Zionist enemy" and held the rabbi for investigation. When they entered the house, the police asked Rabbi Ovadia where he hid his arsenal, and he answered them pleasantly that his many books are his weapons and the inkwell with which he writes his religious writings are his arms).
When he returned to Eretz Israel in 1951, he served in the Petach Tikva rabbinate. He delivered sermons and discourses in Jerusalem and throughout Israel. At that time he also began publishing the first volumes of his series Chazon Ovadia and Yebia Omer. In 1958, he was appointed member of the Jerusalem Beit Din, and in Tishrei 1965, he was appointed member of the Rabbinical Great Beit Din alongside Rabbi Elyashiv and the elder rabbis of his generation. In 1969, he was appointed Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and in 1977 Rishon L'Zion and Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel.
Eventually, he reached the status of one of the greatest Torah authorities of his generation and as an unparalleled influential spiritual leader. He was especially famous for his outstanding proficiency in Torah study and for his clear halachic decisions, but his authority and influence were not limited just to halachic issues but spread out over many varied areas pertinent to Jews in Israel and all over the world. Already, in the first years that he served as a young dayan, he was heavily involved in the life of his people and acted to improve their material and religious state and toiled to teach Torah to the masses and to raise the honor and esteem of Oriental Jews in Israel. Returning the "crown of Sephardic Jewry to its former glory" was one of his life's activities and was characterized both in the area of halachic decisions as well as in the area of society and politics. In the framework of this vision, he stood at the helm of Mo'etzet Chachmei HaTorah and navigated the Worldwide Sephardic Association of Torah movement.
Rabbi Ovadia left a tremendous literary yield, including his primary series of books: Yebia Omer responsa (10 volumes), Yechave Da'at responsa (six volumes), Chazon Ovadia (18 volumes) and many other books.
He died at the age of 93. Tens of thousands came to pay him their last respects and his funeral was claimed to have been the largest funeral in the history of the State of Israel.
19 volumes. 39 cm. Good-fair condition. Some volumes have torn or detached leaves. The illustrated title pages of two volumes are torn (some missing parts). One volume has many tears to the title pages and first leaves. Original bindings, damaged.
Enclosed is the authorization by Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's son, Rishon L'Zion and Chief Rabbi of Israel, testifying that his father brought this Talmud from Egypt and studied from it and also an authorization to sell the Talmud.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $4,000
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Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Gittin, New York, 1951. Published by Va'ad HaHatzala.
On the first title page appears the signature of Rabbi "A.Y.L. Shteinman". On the sheet margins are many glosses in his handwriting. Most of the glosses are short, reminders and books mentioned by the rabbi during the discourses he delivered in the yeshivot. The glosses are apparently from 1950-1960, the time he began teaching Torah as Rosh Yeshiva .
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman was born in Brisk in Lithuania where he studied in a yeshiva. Because of the fear of conscription into the Polish army, he traveled to Switzerland in the summer of 1938 together with his friend Moshe Soloveichik, to study in the Montreux Yeshiva. This move right before the Holocaust proved to be the miracle of survival for these two great Torah figures that impacted the whole generation which built the Torah world in our times – Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik in Zurich, from where he led the Torah world in Europe and Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman in the city of Bnei Brak. In 1945, he ascended to Eretz Israel, and after a short while was asked to serve as head of the Chafetz Chaim Yeshiva in Kfar Saba. Later, he moved to Bnei Brak and was appointed head of the Ponovezh Yeshiva Litze'irim. Many Torah leaders and famous rabbis and heads of yeshiva were his students during the 60 years he taught Torah.
At a young age, he was already esteemed as an outstanding Torah scholar and the Chazon Ish bestowed upon him much honor. With the passing years, he became famous as one of the leading yeshiva heads. He heads Kollel Ponovezh, the Orchot Torah Yeshivot and Ge'on Ya'akov. His home is a focal point for many yeshiva heads in Israel, who consult with Rabbi Shteinman in matters of education and in leading the Torah world.
From the mid-1990s, his leadership is evident in all matters of the Charedi public and Torah world: establishing and supporting networks of kollelim for young men, support and assistance to fundraising campaigns of charity and chesed organizations, leading the Chinuch Atzma'I and Va'ad HaYeshivot and Degel HaTorah. In 1912, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky published a historic letter in which he writes: "The leadership of the generation is now in the hands of
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman" and he notes that Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman is the successor of the path and leadership of Rabbi E.M. Shach and Rabbi Y.S. Elyashiv.
This is the Talmud that Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman used for many years of Torah study and teaching. From the content of the glosses, it is apparent that the Rosh Yeshiva used this volume for delivering his discourses.
[1], 116, 23, 34 leaves. (mispaginated). 37.5 cm. Slightly dry paper, fair-poor condition, wear from much use. Detached and torn leaves. Original fabric binding, reconstructed and restored with new spine.
On the first title page appears the signature of Rabbi "A.Y.L. Shteinman". On the sheet margins are many glosses in his handwriting. Most of the glosses are short, reminders and books mentioned by the rabbi during the discourses he delivered in the yeshivot. The glosses are apparently from 1950-1960, the time he began teaching Torah as Rosh Yeshiva .
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman was born in Brisk in Lithuania where he studied in a yeshiva. Because of the fear of conscription into the Polish army, he traveled to Switzerland in the summer of 1938 together with his friend Moshe Soloveichik, to study in the Montreux Yeshiva. This move right before the Holocaust proved to be the miracle of survival for these two great Torah figures that impacted the whole generation which built the Torah world in our times – Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik in Zurich, from where he led the Torah world in Europe and Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman in the city of Bnei Brak. In 1945, he ascended to Eretz Israel, and after a short while was asked to serve as head of the Chafetz Chaim Yeshiva in Kfar Saba. Later, he moved to Bnei Brak and was appointed head of the Ponovezh Yeshiva Litze'irim. Many Torah leaders and famous rabbis and heads of yeshiva were his students during the 60 years he taught Torah.
At a young age, he was already esteemed as an outstanding Torah scholar and the Chazon Ish bestowed upon him much honor. With the passing years, he became famous as one of the leading yeshiva heads. He heads Kollel Ponovezh, the Orchot Torah Yeshivot and Ge'on Ya'akov. His home is a focal point for many yeshiva heads in Israel, who consult with Rabbi Shteinman in matters of education and in leading the Torah world.
From the mid-1990s, his leadership is evident in all matters of the Charedi public and Torah world: establishing and supporting networks of kollelim for young men, support and assistance to fundraising campaigns of charity and chesed organizations, leading the Chinuch Atzma'I and Va'ad HaYeshivot and Degel HaTorah. In 1912, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky published a historic letter in which he writes: "The leadership of the generation is now in the hands of
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman" and he notes that Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman is the successor of the path and leadership of Rabbi E.M. Shach and Rabbi Y.S. Elyashiv.
This is the Talmud that Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman used for many years of Torah study and teaching. From the content of the glosses, it is apparent that the Rosh Yeshiva used this volume for delivering his discourses.
[1], 116, 23, 34 leaves. (mispaginated). 37.5 cm. Slightly dry paper, fair-poor condition, wear from much use. Detached and torn leaves. Original fabric binding, reconstructed and restored with new spine.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $15,000
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Shofar.
Bent ram's horn. Sawn adornments on the upper opening.
According to testimony, this shofar belonged to Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, the Baba Sali. Enclosed are letters of testimony and authorization by Rabbi Shlomo Bussu [the Baba Sali's grandson] and by Rabbi Aharon Zarifi [head of the Teivat Noach Yeshiva in Jerusalem].
Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, the Baba Sali, (1889-1984), son of Rabbi Mas'ud, Rabbi of Tafilalt (Morocco), son of Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira. An outstanding Torah genius in revealed and hidden Torah, holy and pure from his youth. Published writings of his grandfather Rabbi Yaakov. Served as Chief Rabbi of Erfoud and its surroundings. In 1950, ascended to Jerusalem, and in 1957 returned to Morocco. In 1964, settled in Eretz Israel in the city Netivot. Great and important people swarmed to his home for counsel and blessings and he was renowned as a wonder-worker. His grandsons are the famous rabbis of the house of Abuhatzeira.
Length: 32 cm. The shofar has broken into two pieces and glued (the central part after the break is larger than the measure required for a kosher shofar).
Bent ram's horn. Sawn adornments on the upper opening.
According to testimony, this shofar belonged to Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, the Baba Sali. Enclosed are letters of testimony and authorization by Rabbi Shlomo Bussu [the Baba Sali's grandson] and by Rabbi Aharon Zarifi [head of the Teivat Noach Yeshiva in Jerusalem].
Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, the Baba Sali, (1889-1984), son of Rabbi Mas'ud, Rabbi of Tafilalt (Morocco), son of Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira. An outstanding Torah genius in revealed and hidden Torah, holy and pure from his youth. Published writings of his grandfather Rabbi Yaakov. Served as Chief Rabbi of Erfoud and its surroundings. In 1950, ascended to Jerusalem, and in 1957 returned to Morocco. In 1964, settled in Eretz Israel in the city Netivot. Great and important people swarmed to his home for counsel and blessings and he was renowned as a wonder-worker. His grandsons are the famous rabbis of the house of Abuhatzeira.
Length: 32 cm. The shofar has broken into two pieces and glued (the central part after the break is larger than the measure required for a kosher shofar).
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![Wooden walking stick. [Europe, 20th century].
This cane was used for many years by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Landau of Stryk&oacu](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale35-public/42.jpg "The Walking Stick of Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Stryków ")
Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $8,000
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Wooden walking stick. [Europe, 20th century].
This cane was used for many years by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Landau of Stryków. In his second visit to Eretz Israel, in 1935 [a year before his death], he gave the cane as a gift to the Chassid Rabbi Noach Gad Weintraub, a follower of the House of Stryków and author of many books. Enclosed is a letter of authorization from his son Rabbi Ya'akov David Weintraub.
Rabbi Elimelech Menachem Mendel Landau – the elder Rebbe of Stryków (1860-1936, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol 1, page 247), member of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah and one of the leading rebbes in Poland. Son of Rebbe Doverish Landau of Biala. After his father's death, he and his brother Rabbi Aharon Zvi stayed at the court of Rebbe Yechiel of Alexander and his son Rabbi Yerachmiel Israel Yitzchak, the Yismach Israel. After the Yismach Israel died without children, the Alexander Chassidim crowned Rabbi Elimelech Menachem's brother, Rabbi Aharon Zvi as Rebbe, however he died after half a year. The Chassidim then clung to his younger brother Rabbi Menachem Mendel and he established his court in the city of Stryków where he became renowned as one of the Charedi Jewish leaders in Poland. Very close to the Jews of Eretz Israel, he encouraged his Chassidim to settle there and visited Eretz Israel twice.
Height: 84 cm. Good condition, cracks.
This cane was used for many years by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Landau of Stryków. In his second visit to Eretz Israel, in 1935 [a year before his death], he gave the cane as a gift to the Chassid Rabbi Noach Gad Weintraub, a follower of the House of Stryków and author of many books. Enclosed is a letter of authorization from his son Rabbi Ya'akov David Weintraub.
Rabbi Elimelech Menachem Mendel Landau – the elder Rebbe of Stryków (1860-1936, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol 1, page 247), member of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah and one of the leading rebbes in Poland. Son of Rebbe Doverish Landau of Biala. After his father's death, he and his brother Rabbi Aharon Zvi stayed at the court of Rebbe Yechiel of Alexander and his son Rabbi Yerachmiel Israel Yitzchak, the Yismach Israel. After the Yismach Israel died without children, the Alexander Chassidim crowned Rabbi Elimelech Menachem's brother, Rabbi Aharon Zvi as Rebbe, however he died after half a year. The Chassidim then clung to his younger brother Rabbi Menachem Mendel and he established his court in the city of Stryków where he became renowned as one of the Charedi Jewish leaders in Poland. Very close to the Jews of Eretz Israel, he encouraged his Chassidim to settle there and visited Eretz Israel twice.
Height: 84 cm. Good condition, cracks.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $500
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Collection of various items from the home of the "Holy Shoemaker" from Tel Aviv, Rabbi Moshe Ya'akov Ravikov: Tallit and kippah, shoemaking tools from his workshop, scythe for cutting wheat, printed leaves of segulot and protection, pictures, books and parts of books from his library with the stamp [made after his death] "Rabbi Moshe Ya'akov Ravikov". Some books have short glosses. One title page has a signature in his handwriting. Among the books are prayer books and machzorim, kabalistic, mussar and Chassidic books. Stenciled edition of his writings, "Likutei Moshe Ya'akov", printed by his son in one hundred copies, Tel Aviv, 1969.
The Tzaddik Mekubal Rabbi Moshe Ya'akov son of R' Yosef HaCohen Ravikov (1873-1967) – the Holy Shoemaker from Shabazi Street in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. A hidden tzaddik, mekubal and wonder-worker. Born in Lithuania, a disciple of Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv author of Leshem Shvo V'Achlama [the Leshem]. Ascended to Eretz Israel in 1913, and after an unsuccessful attempt to settle in Kfar Uriah in the Judah Plains, moved to the city of Yaffo (Jaffa) and opened a shoemaking workshop. Very soon, disadvantaged people or people who needed good counsel, arbitration or a loan, sought his assistance and salvation.
Although he hid himself and his powers, the generation's leaders and mekubalim recognized his amazing righteousness, kept close contact with him and studied from him. It is a well-known fact that the Chazon Ish encouraged him to reveal himself and sent people to receive his counsel and blessings. Another well-known fact is that Rabbi Kook told Rabbi Aryeh Levine that The Shoemaker is one of the "lamed vav" hidden tzaddikim of his generation. Many stories circulated of wonders he performed and his Holy Spirit and during his life he was known to have merited the revelation of Eliyahu the Prophet [this was published in newspapers of those times]. Many people visited his home daily to receive his blessing and accordingly saw deliverance.
A few months after his death, the Six Day War broke out, and at that time rumors circulated that in his testament, the Shoemaker saw the War's victories and the enemy's fall. He is buried in Bnei Brak, his grave is renowned as a place of prayer and salvation to this very day and many of those who visit the grave of the Chazon Ish pray by the grave of the Shoemaker as well.
Approximately 30 items, amongst them nine work tools (a scythe, a shoemaker's last and punch tools), kippah (worn), a worn and stained tallit. The rest are books, book remnants and single leaves. All the items are in fair-poor condition. Some of the book sections are placed in glass and wooden frames.
The Tzaddik Mekubal Rabbi Moshe Ya'akov son of R' Yosef HaCohen Ravikov (1873-1967) – the Holy Shoemaker from Shabazi Street in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. A hidden tzaddik, mekubal and wonder-worker. Born in Lithuania, a disciple of Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv author of Leshem Shvo V'Achlama [the Leshem]. Ascended to Eretz Israel in 1913, and after an unsuccessful attempt to settle in Kfar Uriah in the Judah Plains, moved to the city of Yaffo (Jaffa) and opened a shoemaking workshop. Very soon, disadvantaged people or people who needed good counsel, arbitration or a loan, sought his assistance and salvation.
Although he hid himself and his powers, the generation's leaders and mekubalim recognized his amazing righteousness, kept close contact with him and studied from him. It is a well-known fact that the Chazon Ish encouraged him to reveal himself and sent people to receive his counsel and blessings. Another well-known fact is that Rabbi Kook told Rabbi Aryeh Levine that The Shoemaker is one of the "lamed vav" hidden tzaddikim of his generation. Many stories circulated of wonders he performed and his Holy Spirit and during his life he was known to have merited the revelation of Eliyahu the Prophet [this was published in newspapers of those times]. Many people visited his home daily to receive his blessing and accordingly saw deliverance.
A few months after his death, the Six Day War broke out, and at that time rumors circulated that in his testament, the Shoemaker saw the War's victories and the enemy's fall. He is buried in Bnei Brak, his grave is renowned as a place of prayer and salvation to this very day and many of those who visit the grave of the Chazon Ish pray by the grave of the Shoemaker as well.
Approximately 30 items, amongst them nine work tools (a scythe, a shoemaker's last and punch tools), kippah (worn), a worn and stained tallit. The rest are books, book remnants and single leaves. All the items are in fair-poor condition. Some of the book sections are placed in glass and wooden frames.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $3,000
Unsold
Collection of items from the estate of Rebbe Shmuel Kaufman-MeRabbeinu, "the tzaddik of Myropil".
The collection includes: * four volumes handwritten by Rebbe Shmuel, novellae and thoughts on the Torah and the Talmud [printed in 1996 by his grandson in the book Tiferet Shmuel Vol. 2]. * Photograph of the Rebbe in his later years and photographs of his and his wife's gravesites. * Polish passports [of his daughter and son-in-law], applications for visas to the USA for the Rebbe's family from 1922, recommendations, letters and other documents related to his immigration to the US. * Letter regarding the decision to appoint the Rebbe as Rabbi of the "Nechamat Yerushalaim" community in New York for two years. * A stamp seal for paper with the Rebbe's name [in English].
The MeRabbeinu family descends from Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi and hence their family name. "The Brothers from Kaminka" were among the Ba'al Shem Tov's beloved disciples.
Rabbi Shmuel Kaufman, son of Rebbe Avraham David of Myropil, Wołyń, Ukraine), succeeded his father as Rebbe and in 1923 immigrated to the US and established his court in New York where he became renowned by the name "The Tzaddik of Myropil". Most of his writings remained in Russia and were lost. Some of his novellae were printed in the "Pardess" periodical as well as in his book "Tiferet Shmuel" which he printed in New York in 1926. The last Rebbe of the Kaminka– Myropil dynasty, his son R' Moshe did not continue serving as Rebbe. Died in 1938.
4 handwritten volumes. Approximately 15 paper items. 4 photographs. Seal. Varied size and condition.
The collection includes: * four volumes handwritten by Rebbe Shmuel, novellae and thoughts on the Torah and the Talmud [printed in 1996 by his grandson in the book Tiferet Shmuel Vol. 2]. * Photograph of the Rebbe in his later years and photographs of his and his wife's gravesites. * Polish passports [of his daughter and son-in-law], applications for visas to the USA for the Rebbe's family from 1922, recommendations, letters and other documents related to his immigration to the US. * Letter regarding the decision to appoint the Rebbe as Rabbi of the "Nechamat Yerushalaim" community in New York for two years. * A stamp seal for paper with the Rebbe's name [in English].
The MeRabbeinu family descends from Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi and hence their family name. "The Brothers from Kaminka" were among the Ba'al Shem Tov's beloved disciples.
Rabbi Shmuel Kaufman, son of Rebbe Avraham David of Myropil, Wołyń, Ukraine), succeeded his father as Rebbe and in 1923 immigrated to the US and established his court in New York where he became renowned by the name "The Tzaddik of Myropil". Most of his writings remained in Russia and were lost. Some of his novellae were printed in the "Pardess" periodical as well as in his book "Tiferet Shmuel" which he printed in New York in 1926. The last Rebbe of the Kaminka– Myropil dynasty, his son R' Moshe did not continue serving as Rebbe. Died in 1938.
4 handwritten volumes. Approximately 15 paper items. 4 photographs. Seal. Varied size and condition.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $7,500
Including buyer's premium
A pair of boxes for miniature tefillin. Polotsk (Russia),1870.
Silver (marked and dated, city mark and assayer's mark); cast, cut and engraved.
Square boxes, with hinged bases that open and close. The sides and bases are adorned with flowers and frames in geometric patterns. Inscriptions on top of the boxes: Shin Yud = Shel Yad; Shin Resh = Shel Rosh.
Size of box: 2X2 cm. size of base: 3.5X5 cm.
Silver (marked and dated, city mark and assayer's mark); cast, cut and engraved.
Square boxes, with hinged bases that open and close. The sides and bases are adorned with flowers and frames in geometric patterns. Inscriptions on top of the boxes: Shin Yud = Shel Yad; Shin Resh = Shel Rosh.
Size of box: 2X2 cm. size of base: 3.5X5 cm.
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![Spice tower. Ukraine or Poland, [c. 1840].
Silver (marked).
Designed like a tower with four sides, at the top of the turret i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale35-public/46.jpg "Spice Tower – Ukraine / Poland, 19th Century")
Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $6,000
Sold for: $9,375
Including buyer's premium
Spice tower. Ukraine or Poland, [c. 1840].
Silver (marked).
Designed like a tower with four sides, at the top of the turret is a flower shaped decoration. Engraved on its body are floral and animal decorations (leopard, eagle, deer and lion), according to the saying in Pirkei Avot "Be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer and mighty as a lion to do the will of your Father in Heaven".
Height: 23 cm.
Silver (marked).
Designed like a tower with four sides, at the top of the turret is a flower shaped decoration. Engraved on its body are floral and animal decorations (leopard, eagle, deer and lion), according to the saying in Pirkei Avot "Be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer and mighty as a lion to do the will of your Father in Heaven".
Height: 23 cm.
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![Torah Shield. Vienna, Early 19th century [c. 1810-1819].
Silver (marked), cast and engraved. Set with gems.
In the center of](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale35-public/47_1.jpg "Silver Torah Shield – Vienna, First Half of 19th Century")
![Torah Shield. Vienna, Early 19th century [c. 1810-1819].
Silver (marked), cast and engraved. Set with gems.
In the center of](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale35-public/47_2.jpg "Silver Torah Shield – Vienna, First Half of 19th Century")
![Torah Shield. Vienna, Early 19th century [c. 1810-1819].
Silver (marked), cast and engraved. Set with gems.
In the center of](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale35-public/47_3.jpg "Silver Torah Shield – Vienna, First Half of 19th Century")
Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $15,000
Sold for: $47,500
Including buyer's premium
Torah Shield. Vienna, Early 19th century [c. 1810-1819].
Silver (marked), cast and engraved. Set with gems.
In the center of the plate are the Two Tablets of Law, inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Above the Tablets is a Torah Crown. The figures of Moses and Aaron and a pair of lions adorn the sides. A vase of flowers and adornments of branches with leaves. Small compartment with a window for changing plates with names of festivals [four plates are enclosed with two-sided inscriptions: Shabbat, Rosh HaShana, Yom HaKippurim, Chag HaSuccot, Chag HaMatzot, BeChag HaPesach, Chag HaShavuot].
Colored glass stones are set in the crown. Five coral gems are set in other places [two gems are missing]. Original chains for hanging are connected to top of the shield.
Height: 32 cm. Width: 26 cm.
Silver (marked), cast and engraved. Set with gems.
In the center of the plate are the Two Tablets of Law, inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Above the Tablets is a Torah Crown. The figures of Moses and Aaron and a pair of lions adorn the sides. A vase of flowers and adornments of branches with leaves. Small compartment with a window for changing plates with names of festivals [four plates are enclosed with two-sided inscriptions: Shabbat, Rosh HaShana, Yom HaKippurim, Chag HaSuccot, Chag HaMatzot, BeChag HaPesach, Chag HaShavuot].
Colored glass stones are set in the crown. Five coral gems are set in other places [two gems are missing]. Original chains for hanging are connected to top of the shield.
Height: 32 cm. Width: 26 cm.
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![Silver Hanukkah lamp. [Eastern Europe. Poland?], 19th century. Unique model evidently made by private order of a wealthy Jew.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale35-public/48_1.jpg "Magnificent Hanukkah Lamp – Eastern Europe, 19th Century – Unique Arch")
![Silver Hanukkah lamp. [Eastern Europe. Poland?], 19th century. Unique model evidently made by private order of a wealthy Jew.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale35-public/48_2.jpg "Magnificent Hanukkah Lamp – Eastern Europe, 19th Century – Unique Arch")
![Silver Hanukkah lamp. [Eastern Europe. Poland?], 19th century. Unique model evidently made by private order of a wealthy Jew.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale35-public/48_3.JPG "Magnificent Hanukkah Lamp – Eastern Europe, 19th Century – Unique Arch")
Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $15,000
Unsold
Silver Hanukkah lamp. [Eastern Europe. Poland?], 19th century. Unique model evidently made by private order of a wealthy Jew.
Silver (unmarked), various techniques. Impressive artistic silversmith work.
Especially wide back panel, designed as an architectural model of the front of a fancy structure with a gate and arched windows. Possibly, made inspired by a known building (such as a synagogue or Beit Midrash).
At the center of the wall is a wide opening, flanked on both sides by four windows with doors and blinds which can be opened and closed. Pillars screwed unto the wall constitute a division between the doors and the windows, the two middle pillars are rounded and designed with leaf and floral patterns; the right pillar has place for the Shamash (missing). The openings (the gate and the windows) are cut from the back panel, and upon them are screwed decorated frames. At the top of each adorned frame stands an eagle. The top of the panel is bordered by a floral strip and a grated fence. At the front appears an oval tray. In its center stand cup-like oil fonts.
Clearly, much thought was invested in every detail of this Hanukkah lamp. Even its back is carefully designed and handsomely adorned [possibly, the artist's thought was that this way, since a Hanukkah lamp is usually placed by a window facing the street, the members of the household who see its back can enjoy its beauty as well]. The second side of the back-panel is covered entirely with attractive engravings, like a carpet of flowers and leaves. Even the ends of the screws are covered with nuts designed like flowers and incorporated in the floral carpet. The panel is supported in the back all along its width by two gilded reinforcement strips.
Height: 22 cm. Width: 48 cm. Good condition. Several missing nuts. Lacking Shamash (serving light).
Silver (unmarked), various techniques. Impressive artistic silversmith work.
Especially wide back panel, designed as an architectural model of the front of a fancy structure with a gate and arched windows. Possibly, made inspired by a known building (such as a synagogue or Beit Midrash).
At the center of the wall is a wide opening, flanked on both sides by four windows with doors and blinds which can be opened and closed. Pillars screwed unto the wall constitute a division between the doors and the windows, the two middle pillars are rounded and designed with leaf and floral patterns; the right pillar has place for the Shamash (missing). The openings (the gate and the windows) are cut from the back panel, and upon them are screwed decorated frames. At the top of each adorned frame stands an eagle. The top of the panel is bordered by a floral strip and a grated fence. At the front appears an oval tray. In its center stand cup-like oil fonts.
Clearly, much thought was invested in every detail of this Hanukkah lamp. Even its back is carefully designed and handsomely adorned [possibly, the artist's thought was that this way, since a Hanukkah lamp is usually placed by a window facing the street, the members of the household who see its back can enjoy its beauty as well]. The second side of the back-panel is covered entirely with attractive engravings, like a carpet of flowers and leaves. Even the ends of the screws are covered with nuts designed like flowers and incorporated in the floral carpet. The panel is supported in the back all along its width by two gilded reinforcement strips.
Height: 22 cm. Width: 48 cm. Good condition. Several missing nuts. Lacking Shamash (serving light).
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