Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
Opening: $200
Sold for: $750
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Kedushat Levi on the Torah, by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv. Warsaw, 1876. Bound with Sefer HaChinuch. Warsaw, 1879.
On the page before the title page is a self-dedication written in the Lodz Ghetto under the Nazi occupation: "G-d has given me the privilege to own this book Kedushat Levi and Sefer HaChinuch, today Wednesday, Shelach, the 24 th of Sivan 1941 during the war, Ya'akov Yitzchak ben Rabbi Binyamin of Radoszyce here in Lodz, Ya'akova 6". The writer is Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak son of Rebbe Binyamin of Radoszyce (Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol 1, p. 350), descendant of the Saba HaKadosh of Radoszyce. Born in Lodz where his father served as Rebbe and later established a glorious Chassidic court in Radoszyce where he became famous as an ascetic tzaddik. Rebbe Binyamin perished in the Holocaust together with his holy sons (among them is Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak who signed this book).
222; 65; 240 pages. 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tear. Original damaged binding.
On the page before the title page is a self-dedication written in the Lodz Ghetto under the Nazi occupation: "G-d has given me the privilege to own this book Kedushat Levi and Sefer HaChinuch, today Wednesday, Shelach, the 24 th of Sivan 1941 during the war, Ya'akov Yitzchak ben Rabbi Binyamin of Radoszyce here in Lodz, Ya'akova 6". The writer is Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak son of Rebbe Binyamin of Radoszyce (Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol 1, p. 350), descendant of the Saba HaKadosh of Radoszyce. Born in Lodz where his father served as Rebbe and later established a glorious Chassidic court in Radoszyce where he became famous as an ascetic tzaddik. Rebbe Binyamin perished in the Holocaust together with his holy sons (among them is Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak who signed this book).
222; 65; 240 pages. 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tear. Original damaged binding.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Tisha B’Av 1947 – one thousand seventy eight years since the destruction of the Temple. Lamentations for Tisha B’Av. Stenciled booklet. Publication of “Kibbutz Metzudatenu” -Religious Pioneer Alliance. 's-Graveland, north Holland.
The Bachad [Brit Halutzim Dati'im / Religious Pioneers] training camp in 's-Graveland was founded after the Holocaust. The camp, which operated for only several years, included a maximum of twenty pioneers who were trained for agriculture by farmers of the region, in anticipation of their immigration to Eretz Israel.
[1], 13 pages (title cover). 21 cm. Good condition. Slight wear and tiny tears.
The only Hebrew title printed in 's-Graveland. Bibliographically Unknown. We are unaware of any additional copies.
The Bachad [Brit Halutzim Dati'im / Religious Pioneers] training camp in 's-Graveland was founded after the Holocaust. The camp, which operated for only several years, included a maximum of twenty pioneers who were trained for agriculture by farmers of the region, in anticipation of their immigration to Eretz Israel.
[1], 13 pages (title cover). 21 cm. Good condition. Slight wear and tiny tears.
The only Hebrew title printed in 's-Graveland. Bibliographically Unknown. We are unaware of any additional copies.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
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Collection of letters sent to Rabbi Shimon Efrati.
• Three letters by Rabbi Shlomo David Cahana [a Warsaw rabbi who was active in releasing agunot whose husbands disappeared during the Holocaust] – two of the letters deal with releasing agunot. • Letters of approbation to his book Me'Emek HaBacha, by Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Charlap and Rabbi Benzion Meir Chai Uziel. • Two letters of thanks on receiving books from Rabbi Zvi Ya'akov HaCohen Kook and from Rabbi Uziel. • Two letters by Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog. • Letter from the Minister of Defence Moshe Dayan.
Rabbi Shimon Efrati (1908-1988), rabbi in Galicia. Son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Wertheim. After the Holocaust, he served as Rabbi of She'erit Hapleita in the city of Warsaw. He was very active in assisting Holocaust survivors and among his other activities, he also dealt with releasing agunot. He collected the halachic questions that arose during that time into two books, M'Gai HaHarega and Emek HaBacha. After he immigrated to Eretz Israel, he was appointed Manager of the National Kashrut Department of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
10 letters. Varied size and condition.
• Three letters by Rabbi Shlomo David Cahana [a Warsaw rabbi who was active in releasing agunot whose husbands disappeared during the Holocaust] – two of the letters deal with releasing agunot. • Letters of approbation to his book Me'Emek HaBacha, by Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Charlap and Rabbi Benzion Meir Chai Uziel. • Two letters of thanks on receiving books from Rabbi Zvi Ya'akov HaCohen Kook and from Rabbi Uziel. • Two letters by Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog. • Letter from the Minister of Defence Moshe Dayan.
Rabbi Shimon Efrati (1908-1988), rabbi in Galicia. Son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Wertheim. After the Holocaust, he served as Rabbi of She'erit Hapleita in the city of Warsaw. He was very active in assisting Holocaust survivors and among his other activities, he also dealt with releasing agunot. He collected the halachic questions that arose during that time into two books, M'Gai HaHarega and Emek HaBacha. After he immigrated to Eretz Israel, he was appointed Manager of the National Kashrut Department of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
10 letters. Varied size and condition.
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![Heter Me'ah Rabbanim [Permission of one hundred rabbis] for Rabbi Mordechai Aryeh Horowitz the Rabbi of Burdujeni, whose wife](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale37-public/342.jpg "Heter Me'ah Rabbanim After the Holocaust – Rabbis of the Badatz of the")
Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
Opening: $200
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Heter Me'ah Rabbanim [Permission of one hundred rabbis] for Rabbi Mordechai Aryeh Horowitz the Rabbi of Burdujeni, whose wife was led by the Nazis to the Transnistria Region together with tens of thousands of Romanian Jews who were mass-murdered.
"… It is known that the vile enemies attacked our brethren the People of Israel with greater cruelty than beasts of prey and planned to erase the name of the Jewish people and they spilled innocent blood. All who fell into their traps did not survive unless by real miracles".
At the top of the Heter (permission), from the 3rd of Tamuz 1946, are the signatures of rabbis of the Badatz of the Chassidim in Jerusalem: Rabbi Yerucham Fishel Bernstein, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Shmerler and Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Reisman.
Further in the leaf are more signatures of rabbis and Torah scholars in Jerusalem [including Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum of Sasiv (Sasov) and Rebbe Shalom Safrin of Kumrana].
One leaf, 33 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks and wear.
"… It is known that the vile enemies attacked our brethren the People of Israel with greater cruelty than beasts of prey and planned to erase the name of the Jewish people and they spilled innocent blood. All who fell into their traps did not survive unless by real miracles".
At the top of the Heter (permission), from the 3rd of Tamuz 1946, are the signatures of rabbis of the Badatz of the Chassidim in Jerusalem: Rabbi Yerucham Fishel Bernstein, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Shmerler and Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Reisman.
Further in the leaf are more signatures of rabbis and Torah scholars in Jerusalem [including Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum of Sasiv (Sasov) and Rebbe Shalom Safrin of Kumrana].
One leaf, 33 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks and wear.
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