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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
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Manuscript, Otzrot Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital. [Eastern Europe, 18th/19th century].
Otzrot Chaim is one of Rabbi Chaim Vital's books on the teachings of the Arizal, edited by the Mekubal Rabbi Ya'akov Tzemach. The book was first printed in Korets, 1783.
Volume in good condition. Handsome Ashkenazi handwriting. Glosses by Rabbi Natan Shapira Yerushalmi, Rabbi Moshe Zakut, and Rabbi Binyamin Cohen have been copied to this manuscript. The glosses were mostly written in a very small handwriting and with neat typographic separation. Several marginalia. At the beginning of the manuscript is a chart with the "Names of the faces of …".
173 leaves. 33 cm. Good condition, high-quality paper, spotting. Leather binding, damaged.
Enclosed is a specialist's opinion of this manuscript.
Otzrot Chaim is one of Rabbi Chaim Vital's books on the teachings of the Arizal, edited by the Mekubal Rabbi Ya'akov Tzemach. The book was first printed in Korets, 1783.
Volume in good condition. Handsome Ashkenazi handwriting. Glosses by Rabbi Natan Shapira Yerushalmi, Rabbi Moshe Zakut, and Rabbi Binyamin Cohen have been copied to this manuscript. The glosses were mostly written in a very small handwriting and with neat typographic separation. Several marginalia. At the beginning of the manuscript is a chart with the "Names of the faces of …".
173 leaves. 33 cm. Good condition, high-quality paper, spotting. Leather binding, damaged.
Enclosed is a specialist's opinion of this manuscript.
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $2,500
Sold for: $3,125
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Manuscript – homiletics and articles, remazim and calculations, philosophy and Kabbalah. Ashkenazi writing, [second half of 18th century and beginning of 19th century].
Large collection of leaves bound together, addressed to "Shmuel ben Rabbi Yechezkel Cohen", hinting to his name in various ways on some of the leaves [with the date of writing (in gematriya). The leaves were written c. 1760-1820 and are composed of homiletics and ideas on the Torah and Aggadot Chazal, Kabbalah and philosophy with a commentary on Chad Gadya. The writer deals with the ideas of the early philosophers (such as the Rambam in Moreh Nevuchim, the author of the Akeda etc.) and he integrates discussions and various calculations of Kabalistic Sefirot, the seven Heavens, the Holy Chayot, the 12 constellations, etc. into the work. Some leaves have illustrations, the ten sefirot, the Merkava etc. Several leaves repeat themselves. The Messianic awareness of the writer is pronounced in several places and he also deals with calculations of the Messiah and hints to his knowledge of its secrets and to his hiding this revelation. The manuscript was not studied in depth and its significance is not clear. The writer's affiliation is also unknown.
Approximately 100 leaves. Varied size and condition of leaves. Bound with a new elaborate leather binding.
Large collection of leaves bound together, addressed to "Shmuel ben Rabbi Yechezkel Cohen", hinting to his name in various ways on some of the leaves [with the date of writing (in gematriya). The leaves were written c. 1760-1820 and are composed of homiletics and ideas on the Torah and Aggadot Chazal, Kabbalah and philosophy with a commentary on Chad Gadya. The writer deals with the ideas of the early philosophers (such as the Rambam in Moreh Nevuchim, the author of the Akeda etc.) and he integrates discussions and various calculations of Kabalistic Sefirot, the seven Heavens, the Holy Chayot, the 12 constellations, etc. into the work. Some leaves have illustrations, the ten sefirot, the Merkava etc. Several leaves repeat themselves. The Messianic awareness of the writer is pronounced in several places and he also deals with calculations of the Messiah and hints to his knowledge of its secrets and to his hiding this revelation. The manuscript was not studied in depth and its significance is not clear. The writer's affiliation is also unknown.
Approximately 100 leaves. Varied size and condition of leaves. Bound with a new elaborate leather binding.
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
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Two leaf-remnants of an ancient manuscript of the Zohar, removed from the Binding Geniza. Oriental writing, [Italy? 15th century].
A section of the Idra Rabba (Parshat Naso). Appears in the first edition (Mantua, 1458), in Part 3, Leaves 134/a-135/a.
The watermark matches the paper produced in Modena, Italy in 1435 (according to the Briquet Index 3984).
[4] pages. Approximately 28 cm. Major damages, varying condition among the pages (the two outer pages are legible whereas the inner pages are heavily damaged). Professionally restored. New binding.
A section of the Idra Rabba (Parshat Naso). Appears in the first edition (Mantua, 1458), in Part 3, Leaves 134/a-135/a.
The watermark matches the paper produced in Modena, Italy in 1435 (according to the Briquet Index 3984).
[4] pages. Approximately 28 cm. Major damages, varying condition among the pages (the two outer pages are legible whereas the inner pages are heavily damaged). Professionally restored. New binding.
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $800
Sold for: $6,250
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Remnants of ancient manuscripts on parchment, removed from the "bindings Geniza".
* Remnants of an early manuscript of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin, end of Chapter Six and beginning of Chapter Seven. Without Rashi and Tosfot. [Spain?]. * Remnants of ancient Taj books (Torah and Haftarot), with Mesorah inscriptions at the margins. [Yemen]. * Section of an unidentified composition in Judeo-Arabic on the subject of Ta'amei Hamikra. * Remnant of a Yom Kippur Machzor.
Approximately 10 parchment leaf remnants. Varying size. Varying state of damage caused by the binding.
Remnants of ancient manuscripts on parchment, removed from the "bindings Geniza".
* Remnants of an early manuscript of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin, end of Chapter Six and beginning of Chapter Seven. Without Rashi and Tosfot. [Spain?]. * Remnants of ancient Taj books (Torah and Haftarot), with Mesorah inscriptions at the margins. [Yemen]. * Section of an unidentified composition in Judeo-Arabic on the subject of Ta'amei Hamikra. * Remnant of a Yom Kippur Machzor.
Approximately 10 parchment leaf remnants. Varying size. Varying state of damage caused by the binding.
* Remnants of an early manuscript of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin, end of Chapter Six and beginning of Chapter Seven. Without Rashi and Tosfot. [Spain?]. * Remnants of ancient Taj books (Torah and Haftarot), with Mesorah inscriptions at the margins. [Yemen]. * Section of an unidentified composition in Judeo-Arabic on the subject of Ta'amei Hamikra. * Remnant of a Yom Kippur Machzor.
Approximately 10 parchment leaf remnants. Varying size. Varying state of damage caused by the binding.
Remnants of ancient manuscripts on parchment, removed from the "bindings Geniza".
* Remnants of an early manuscript of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin, end of Chapter Six and beginning of Chapter Seven. Without Rashi and Tosfot. [Spain?]. * Remnants of ancient Taj books (Torah and Haftarot), with Mesorah inscriptions at the margins. [Yemen]. * Section of an unidentified composition in Judeo-Arabic on the subject of Ta'amei Hamikra. * Remnant of a Yom Kippur Machzor.
Approximately 10 parchment leaf remnants. Varying size. Varying state of damage caused by the binding.
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
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Leaves from an ancient manuscript on parchment. Sefer HaShorashim by the Radak [Rabbi David Kimchi]. Sephardic script, [Spain? 14th century?].
Handsome scribal writing. In the margins, the sources of the verses are written in tiny handwriting.
2 leaves (4 written pages). 25 cm. Good condition. Spotting, wear and tear. Faded ink in several places.
Handsome scribal writing. In the margins, the sources of the verses are written in tiny handwriting.
2 leaves (4 written pages). 25 cm. Good condition. Spotting, wear and tear. Faded ink in several places.
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,375
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Ancient manuscript pages on parchment preserved in a binding. Sections of Mishlei (Chapter 22, Verse 15 – Chapter 28, Verse 26). Square Ashkenazi writing, with vowels and te'amim. [Ashkenaz or Italy, 13/14 century?].
Two pages. Each page has two columns (each verse is divided into two parts instead of the etnachta).
Parchment sheet, written only on one side. Used for a binding [of a book or a binder]. On the reverse side are Latin inscriptions. The condition of the manuscript is remarkable in lieu of the fact that it served as a binding, and the text has remained almost complete.
Parchment leaf, 48X30 cm. Binding marks (folding marks, inscriptions and needle holes), spotting and wear.
Two pages. Each page has two columns (each verse is divided into two parts instead of the etnachta).
Parchment sheet, written only on one side. Used for a binding [of a book or a binder]. On the reverse side are Latin inscriptions. The condition of the manuscript is remarkable in lieu of the fact that it served as a binding, and the text has remained almost complete.
Parchment leaf, 48X30 cm. Binding marks (folding marks, inscriptions and needle holes), spotting and wear.
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $650
Sold for: $813
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Manuscript, Baruch She'amar – Tikun Tefillin by Rabbi Avraham ben Rabbi Moshe of Sinsheim, with glosses by Rabbi Shimshon ben Rabbi Eliezer called the Baruch She'amar. [Ashkenazi writing, c. 18th century].
The book Baruch She'amar is one of the foremost sources of Torah rulings regarding the laws of Tefillin. The book is actually composed of two works written by two early Torah scholars (Rishonim): the foundation of the composition is Tikun Tefillin written by Rabbi Avraham of Sinsheim, a disciple of the Maharam of Rottenberg who was "the leading Tefillin scribe in his time and after him". Additions and glosses on the Maharam's work were written by Rabbi Shimshon ben Rabbi Eliezer called Rabbeinu Shimshon Baruch She'amar who lived in the following generation, the days of the Rosh and the Mordechai. The two compositions always appear as one format (no copies of the Tikun exist without Rabbi Shimshon's glosses), and with the passage of time, the name of the first author was omitted and the work is only called after Rabbi Shimshon Baruch She'amar. This work remained in manuscript form for hundreds of years and was only printed for the first time in Dubna in 1796 (afterward in Shklov in 1804, from a different manuscript). However, the leading Torah authorities such as the Beit Yosef and the Maharshal were familiar with the book and brought excerpts of the manuscript in their writings.
This is one of the manuscripts of the book which was apparently written before the first printing of the work. It begins in the middle of the author's introduction (as it probably appeared in the copy the scribe used). Throughout the manuscript, a typographic separation was introduced between the body of the work and the glosses of the Baruch She'amar. Written on Leaf 34/a: "Conclusion of the compilation of Tefillin which I have compiled… Shimshon bar Eliezer called Baruch She'amar", however after that, he writes more compilations on the laws of Tefillin.
42 leaves. 22 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Spotting. Wear and tears around the leaf's edges. Contemporary cardboard binding, worn and damaged.
The book Baruch She'amar is one of the foremost sources of Torah rulings regarding the laws of Tefillin. The book is actually composed of two works written by two early Torah scholars (Rishonim): the foundation of the composition is Tikun Tefillin written by Rabbi Avraham of Sinsheim, a disciple of the Maharam of Rottenberg who was "the leading Tefillin scribe in his time and after him". Additions and glosses on the Maharam's work were written by Rabbi Shimshon ben Rabbi Eliezer called Rabbeinu Shimshon Baruch She'amar who lived in the following generation, the days of the Rosh and the Mordechai. The two compositions always appear as one format (no copies of the Tikun exist without Rabbi Shimshon's glosses), and with the passage of time, the name of the first author was omitted and the work is only called after Rabbi Shimshon Baruch She'amar. This work remained in manuscript form for hundreds of years and was only printed for the first time in Dubna in 1796 (afterward in Shklov in 1804, from a different manuscript). However, the leading Torah authorities such as the Beit Yosef and the Maharshal were familiar with the book and brought excerpts of the manuscript in their writings.
This is one of the manuscripts of the book which was apparently written before the first printing of the work. It begins in the middle of the author's introduction (as it probably appeared in the copy the scribe used). Throughout the manuscript, a typographic separation was introduced between the body of the work and the glosses of the Baruch She'amar. Written on Leaf 34/a: "Conclusion of the compilation of Tefillin which I have compiled… Shimshon bar Eliezer called Baruch She'amar", however after that, he writes more compilations on the laws of Tefillin.
42 leaves. 22 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Spotting. Wear and tears around the leaf's edges. Contemporary cardboard binding, worn and damaged.
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $4,000
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Manuscript, complete composition of 50 homiletics on the Torah and festivals, Ashkenazi handwriting, 1793-1794.
Original writing of the author, apparently written according to the order in which they were delivered each Shabbat and festival. The composition begins with Drush 141 on Parshat Shelach and continues according to the order of the weekly portions and the festivals until the end of the Book of Devarim. Drush 161 is a homiletic for Simchat Torah and for Parshat Zot HaBeracha. Drush 165 is the second on Parshat Noach [the first part of the composition has another homiletic for Parshat Noach, delivered the previous year]. The composition ends with Drush 191 for the seventh day of Pesach, and at the end of that homiletic (Leaf 133/b) the author writes: "I have concluded this composition after Pesach 1774). At the end of the volume are Likutim and additions to the previous homiletics.
We have not been able to identify the author of this manuscript and he does not quote later generations, only early works (Rishonim) and the Alshich. Nonetheless, we assume that the writer was appointed to his position in 1792 and beginning with Parshat Noach 1793, he began a new cycle of homiletics as he notes in "Drush Bet of Parshat Noach", "Drush Bet of Parshat Lech Lecha".
124, [2] leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition, wear and worm damages, many leaves are restored with old paper.
Original writing of the author, apparently written according to the order in which they were delivered each Shabbat and festival. The composition begins with Drush 141 on Parshat Shelach and continues according to the order of the weekly portions and the festivals until the end of the Book of Devarim. Drush 161 is a homiletic for Simchat Torah and for Parshat Zot HaBeracha. Drush 165 is the second on Parshat Noach [the first part of the composition has another homiletic for Parshat Noach, delivered the previous year]. The composition ends with Drush 191 for the seventh day of Pesach, and at the end of that homiletic (Leaf 133/b) the author writes: "I have concluded this composition after Pesach 1774). At the end of the volume are Likutim and additions to the previous homiletics.
We have not been able to identify the author of this manuscript and he does not quote later generations, only early works (Rishonim) and the Alshich. Nonetheless, we assume that the writer was appointed to his position in 1792 and beginning with Parshat Noach 1793, he began a new cycle of homiletics as he notes in "Drush Bet of Parshat Noach", "Drush Bet of Parshat Lech Lecha".
124, [2] leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition, wear and worm damages, many leaves are restored with old paper.
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,063
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Manuscript, novellae on treatises of Choshen Mishpat, Edut and laws of Ketubot. Askenazi writing [beginning of 19th century].
A section from a composition handwritten by the author. Judging by the content and style of writing, the author a great Torah scholar from the area of Lithuania-Poland.
34 leaves, approximately 18 cm. Fair condition, spotting and wear, faded ink on some pages. The leaves are cutoff at the bottom (missing text).
A section from a composition handwritten by the author. Judging by the content and style of writing, the author a great Torah scholar from the area of Lithuania-Poland.
34 leaves, approximately 18 cm. Fair condition, spotting and wear, faded ink on some pages. The leaves are cutoff at the bottom (missing text).
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $600
Sold for: $813
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Manuscript, commentary on Megillat Esther, and a homiletic on Pirkei Avot – "Words of Aggada in honor of the day the holy Torah was given – of the virtues of our faith and of our holy Torah". Ashkenazi script [c. 1790-1800].
17 leaves, 34 written pages. Approximately 21 cm. Bluish-greenish paper, fair condition, detached leaves, stains and wear. Epilogue separated from a complete volume.
17 leaves, 34 written pages. Approximately 21 cm. Bluish-greenish paper, fair condition, detached leaves, stains and wear. Epilogue separated from a complete volume.
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
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Sold for: $688
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Two notebooks in the handwriting of Rabbi Moshe Freidiger. [Budapest], 1852.
Sermon for Passover and sermon for Shabbat Parshat Miketz after Chanuka, Ketubot in "Yiddish-Deitch". On the title page of each notebook is a date and signature of Rabbi Moshe Freidiger in Hebrew and Hungarian.
Rabbi Moshe Freidiger, author of "Moshe Yedaber" (1818-1897), son of Rabbi Pinchas Leib Ra'avad of Budapest, astounding Torah scholar and outstanding speaker who refused to fill a rabbinical position. Served as community leader of the Yere’im community in Budapest. His firstborn, Rabbi Avraham Freidiger was the head of the Budapest community (son in law of Rabbi Yitzchak Leib Sofer son of the Ktav Sofer), father of Rabbi Pinchas David Freidiger, (son in law of the Pressburg Rabbi, author of the “Da’at Sofer”).
Two notebooks, [15] leaves; [17] leaves; 18 cm. Good condition. Spotting and wear.
Sermon for Passover and sermon for Shabbat Parshat Miketz after Chanuka, Ketubot in "Yiddish-Deitch". On the title page of each notebook is a date and signature of Rabbi Moshe Freidiger in Hebrew and Hungarian.
Rabbi Moshe Freidiger, author of "Moshe Yedaber" (1818-1897), son of Rabbi Pinchas Leib Ra'avad of Budapest, astounding Torah scholar and outstanding speaker who refused to fill a rabbinical position. Served as community leader of the Yere’im community in Budapest. His firstborn, Rabbi Avraham Freidiger was the head of the Budapest community (son in law of Rabbi Yitzchak Leib Sofer son of the Ktav Sofer), father of Rabbi Pinchas David Freidiger, (son in law of the Pressburg Rabbi, author of the “Da’at Sofer”).
Two notebooks, [15] leaves; [17] leaves; 18 cm. Good condition. Spotting and wear.
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Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
September 3, 2014
Opening: $400
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Letters in the handwriting of Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Wolf Bryer. Halachic responsa on the topic of rental of a house and courtyard. [Hungary, second half of 19th century].
Rabbi Binyomin Wolf Bryer (1810-1893, HaChatam Sofer U'Talmidav p. 484) was a disciple of the Ktav Sofer and the Sho'el U'Meishiv. He was Av Beit Din in Rajka from 1857, and Av Beit Din in Tab from 1871.
The responsa is incomplete. The first responsum is addressed to "My close friend, who is like a brother, Rabbi… Zusman Sofer Av Beit Din of Holas". These responsa were printed, with changes in the Nachlat Binyomin Responsa (Paks, 1889), Simanim 87-88, 120.
[8] pages, 32 cm. Poor condition, coarse tears with damage to text. Spotting and wear.
Rabbi Binyomin Wolf Bryer (1810-1893, HaChatam Sofer U'Talmidav p. 484) was a disciple of the Ktav Sofer and the Sho'el U'Meishiv. He was Av Beit Din in Rajka from 1857, and Av Beit Din in Tab from 1871.
The responsa is incomplete. The first responsum is addressed to "My close friend, who is like a brother, Rabbi… Zusman Sofer Av Beit Din of Holas". These responsa were printed, with changes in the Nachlat Binyomin Responsa (Paks, 1889), Simanim 87-88, 120.
[8] pages, 32 cm. Poor condition, coarse tears with damage to text. Spotting and wear.
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