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![Handwritten leaf – Wall calendar for 1871. India [1871].
Wall calendar designed for hanging in the synagogue. Bottom half is](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale44-public/021.JPG "Handwritten Large Wall Calendar - India, 1871")
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Handwritten leaf – Wall calendar for 1871. India [1871].
Wall calendar designed for hanging in the synagogue. Bottom half is missing. A list of dates is situated at the top of the leaf, many of them distinctive for Jewish history in India: "1,804 years since the destruction of the second temple and the arrival of Jews to the city of Kodungallur", "1,027 [years] since the giving of the copper shield to the people of Pantnagar", "364 [years] since the arrival of Portugal in Cochin", etc.
Height: 30 cm. Width: 48 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, professionally restored damages.
Wall calendar designed for hanging in the synagogue. Bottom half is missing. A list of dates is situated at the top of the leaf, many of them distinctive for Jewish history in India: "1,804 years since the destruction of the second temple and the arrival of Jews to the city of Kodungallur", "1,027 [years] since the giving of the copper shield to the people of Pantnagar", "364 [years] since the arrival of Portugal in Cochin", etc.
Height: 30 cm. Width: 48 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, professionally restored damages.
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![Printed leaf, "Shevua MeCapital". [Prague, 18th century].
Printed on both sides of the leaf, square letters with vo](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale44-public/022.jpg "Yiddish Leaf of Oath - Prague, 18th Century")
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Printed leaf, "Shevua MeCapital". [Prague, 18th century].
Printed on both sides of the leaf, square letters with vowels. Contains a long version of oath in a Beit Din, with a declaration of the value of the assets possessed by the person taking the oath [for the purpose of determining his obligation of community
taxes, according to the regulations of the Nodah B’Yehuda]. The city of Prague and the Beit Din are mentioned on the second page. Contains another version for women.
Leaf, [2] pages. 36 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and tears to margins. Folding marks.
Printed on both sides of the leaf, square letters with vowels. Contains a long version of oath in a Beit Din, with a declaration of the value of the assets possessed by the person taking the oath [for the purpose of determining his obligation of community
taxes, according to the regulations of the Nodah B’Yehuda]. The city of Prague and the Beit Din are mentioned on the second page. Contains another version for women.
Leaf, [2] pages. 36 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and tears to margins. Folding marks.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Collection of printed items from Germany: • Seating place card for synagogue, for two days of Rosh Hashannah and Kol Nidre. (seat number 217). German. • Synagoge Basel – Yom Kippur 1917. Printed card in Hebrew and German, with synagogue schedule. • Printed card filled in handwriting - prayer times in minyan of mourners, by synagogue in Schoneberg (Berlin). • Printed leaf, “Sinai – Lehrgange“. Agudat Yisrael in Berlin. • Verein für die Juden Interessen Rheinland ,Köln [organization for Jewish interests, Rheine region, Cologne]. Shabbat and holiday candle lighting times for 1922. • Invitation to meeting and lecture on Eretz Israel, by Talmud Torah organization. Koln, Germany. • Neue Statuten fur die Judische Gemeinde zu Strelitz, booklet of regulations for the Jewish community. Neustrelitz, 1868. • Satzungen fur die israelitische Kultus-Gemeinde zu Bamberg, pamphlet of community regulations Bamberg, 1910. Regulations for women’s organization. Grunstadt, 1896. • Additional leaves.
14 items, various sizes and conditions.
14 items, various sizes and conditions.
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![Printed letters sent by post for joining the “Heter Meah Rabbanim” [permission by one hundred rabbis]
• Letter by Rabbi Chaim](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale44-public/024.jpg "Letters - Heter Meah Rabbanim")
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Printed letters sent by post for joining the “Heter Meah Rabbanim” [permission by one hundred rabbis]
• Letter by Rabbi Chaim Galeranter Av Bet Din of Kuty (Kitev) and its region and his Bet Din with a long halachic responsum. Kuty, 1902.
2 leaves. 3 printed pages. 30 cm. Fair condition, minor tears.
• Letter by Rabbi Ya'akov Aryeh Rabbi in Piotrków and other rabbis of his Bet Din. With letters of Rabbi Meir Dan Refael [Plotzky] and Rabbi Meir HaCohen. Piotrków, Tamuz 1923.
Leaf 33.5 cm. Good condition. Creases. Corrections, words and letters added by hand.
• Letter by Rabbi Chaim Galeranter Av Bet Din of Kuty (Kitev) and its region and his Bet Din with a long halachic responsum. Kuty, 1902.
2 leaves. 3 printed pages. 30 cm. Fair condition, minor tears.
• Letter by Rabbi Ya'akov Aryeh Rabbi in Piotrków and other rabbis of his Bet Din. With letters of Rabbi Meir Dan Refael [Plotzky] and Rabbi Meir HaCohen. Piotrków, Tamuz 1923.
Leaf 33.5 cm. Good condition. Creases. Corrections, words and letters added by hand.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Sold for: $525
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• Chatimat HaTalmud – Printed proclamation by the "Widow and the Brothers Romm". Vilnius, 1886. The Vilnius printers announce the printing of the last volume of the Talmud (Tractate Nidah and Seder Taharot) and the completion of the entire “Shas Vilna”, with details of the advantages of the edition and the price rates.
• Davar El HaKonim" – Printed leaf by the Zhitomir printers [the Shapira brothers]. Zhitomir, [1862]. The Zhitomir printers recount the travails of printing and apologize that the edition will not be completed at the date fixed in advance, and they request the buyers to pay quickly so they can complete the printing. (On the reverse side are some handwritten Torah novellae). Evidently, this leaf was attached to one of the volumes of the edition.
The two leaves are bibliographically unknown.
The Zhitomir proclamation is printed on yellow paper, and the proclamation from Vilnius is printed on a very thin paper. 30-40 cm. Fair-poor condition. Coarse tears (with minor damage caused to the text), creases and stains.
• Davar El HaKonim" – Printed leaf by the Zhitomir printers [the Shapira brothers]. Zhitomir, [1862]. The Zhitomir printers recount the travails of printing and apologize that the edition will not be completed at the date fixed in advance, and they request the buyers to pay quickly so they can complete the printing. (On the reverse side are some handwritten Torah novellae). Evidently, this leaf was attached to one of the volumes of the edition.
The two leaves are bibliographically unknown.
The Zhitomir proclamation is printed on yellow paper, and the proclamation from Vilnius is printed on a very thin paper. 30-40 cm. Fair-poor condition. Coarse tears (with minor damage caused to the text), creases and stains.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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"Expressing our blessing in honor of R. Shmuel Lipson in honor of his completion of the Shas on Isru Chag Pesach 1921 Bilcze". Printed by M. Blank, Kishinev, [1921].
Leaf printed with gilt ink on thick paper with decorative frame. At the center of the leaf is a poem of blessing, with an acrostic with the name of the honoree [Rabbi Shmuel Lipson of Bilcze in Bessarabia – See enclosed material]. On the bottom appears a list of names (the writers of the blessing).
Leaf, 37.5 cm. Good condition, few stains.
Bibliographically unknown.
Leaf printed with gilt ink on thick paper with decorative frame. At the center of the leaf is a poem of blessing, with an acrostic with the name of the honoree [Rabbi Shmuel Lipson of Bilcze in Bessarabia – See enclosed material]. On the bottom appears a list of names (the writers of the blessing).
Leaf, 37.5 cm. Good condition, few stains.
Bibliographically unknown.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Three printed proclamations from the city of Chernivtsi.
• "Protest – of the Bet Din and community heads here in Chernivtsi" – a protest proclamation and rabbis' letters "on the scandal…that the heads of the community wish to appoint people as Shochtim and Bodkim …who slaughtered in spite of the rabbi's prohibitions…and fed Nevelot and Treifot to thousands of Jews…". Chernivtsi, Adar 1936.
• Protest – a printed leaf in Yiddish, by "the G-d fearing Ba'alei Batim here in Chernivtsi". On the reverse side are rabbis' letters: "Of the great scandal taking place…by the prohibited Shochtim…". [Chernivtsi, 1936].
• "The society 'Linat HaTzedek' – Chernivtsi", a printed proclamation by Rabbi Daniel Sternfeld – a call to support the Linat HaTzedek Society which undertook to visit the ill and supervise their state of health, with rabbis' recommendations. Chernivtsi, 1935. Yiddish and Hebrew.
3 proclamations, varied size, good condition.
• "Protest – of the Bet Din and community heads here in Chernivtsi" – a protest proclamation and rabbis' letters "on the scandal…that the heads of the community wish to appoint people as Shochtim and Bodkim …who slaughtered in spite of the rabbi's prohibitions…and fed Nevelot and Treifot to thousands of Jews…". Chernivtsi, Adar 1936.
• Protest – a printed leaf in Yiddish, by "the G-d fearing Ba'alei Batim here in Chernivtsi". On the reverse side are rabbis' letters: "Of the great scandal taking place…by the prohibited Shochtim…". [Chernivtsi, 1936].
• "The society 'Linat HaTzedek' – Chernivtsi", a printed proclamation by Rabbi Daniel Sternfeld – a call to support the Linat HaTzedek Society which undertook to visit the ill and supervise their state of health, with rabbis' recommendations. Chernivtsi, 1935. Yiddish and Hebrew.
3 proclamations, varied size, good condition.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Collection of printed proclamations and notices regarding public matters and religious reinforcement.
For a complete list, please see the Hebrew description.
7 items, varied size and condition.
For a complete list, please see the Hebrew description.
7 items, varied size and condition.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Sold for: $625
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Letter handwritten and signed (in Oriental calligraphy) by Rabbi Refael Oved Ibn Tzur. Fez, 1761.
The letter was sent on behalf of the Fez Bet Din to the "scholars and leaders of the holy community" of Debdou (Morocco), about soliciting testimony on matters of marital and household affairs from a woman from Fez who lives with her husband in Debdou.
Rabbi Refael Oved Ibn Tzur (1706-1769), son of the Ya’avetz – Rabbi Ya’akov Ibn Tzur, Av Bet Din of Fez. In 1740, his father appointed him Rabbi and Torah authority in the city of Fez. He served as Head of the Bet Din with the Dayanim Rabbi Eliyahu HaTzorfati and Rabbi Shaul Ibn Denan. This letter portrays his authority in managing the legal matters of the Fez Bet Din.
Double leaf, approximately 20 cm. Fair condition, wear and tears, a tear in the center of the leaf, without damage to the text.
The letter was sent on behalf of the Fez Bet Din to the "scholars and leaders of the holy community" of Debdou (Morocco), about soliciting testimony on matters of marital and household affairs from a woman from Fez who lives with her husband in Debdou.
Rabbi Refael Oved Ibn Tzur (1706-1769), son of the Ya’avetz – Rabbi Ya’akov Ibn Tzur, Av Bet Din of Fez. In 1740, his father appointed him Rabbi and Torah authority in the city of Fez. He served as Head of the Bet Din with the Dayanim Rabbi Eliyahu HaTzorfati and Rabbi Shaul Ibn Denan. This letter portrays his authority in managing the legal matters of the Fez Bet Din.
Double leaf, approximately 20 cm. Fair condition, wear and tears, a tear in the center of the leaf, without damage to the text.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Notebook of Shtarot regarding affairs such as the lease of stores, houses and courtyards, to benefit the "city's needy". Fez (Morocco), 1880-1881. Each leaf is a Shtar, wth dates and Rabbinic signatures.
Curly calligraphic signatures of the Dayanim and Torah scholars of Fez: Rabbi Yitzchak Ibn Naim, Rabbi Eliyahu Monsonigo, Rabbi Shem Tov Ibn Atar, Rabbi Yehuda Lachsalasi, Rabbi Yemin Biton, Rabbi Aharon Ibn Siso, Rabbi Eliyahu Atiye, Rabbi Shaul Siriro, Rabbi Maimon Batan, Rabbi Eliyahu HaCohen, Rabbi Ya'akov Calfon, Rabbi Moshe Azawi, Rabbi Yissachar Ibn Sa'adon, Rabbi Mordechai Abitbul, Rabbi Yosef HaLevi Ibn Yuli, Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Simchon, Rabbi Shimon Asulin, Rabbi Ya'akov Ibn Shitrit, Rabbi Refael Harush, Rabbi Machluf Moyal, and others.
[97] leaves. 18 cm. Leaves in different states: some are in poor condition, most of them are in fair condition. Coarse tears, stains, moisture traces and wear. Separate leaves. Not bound.
Curly calligraphic signatures of the Dayanim and Torah scholars of Fez: Rabbi Yitzchak Ibn Naim, Rabbi Eliyahu Monsonigo, Rabbi Shem Tov Ibn Atar, Rabbi Yehuda Lachsalasi, Rabbi Yemin Biton, Rabbi Aharon Ibn Siso, Rabbi Eliyahu Atiye, Rabbi Shaul Siriro, Rabbi Maimon Batan, Rabbi Eliyahu HaCohen, Rabbi Ya'akov Calfon, Rabbi Moshe Azawi, Rabbi Yissachar Ibn Sa'adon, Rabbi Mordechai Abitbul, Rabbi Yosef HaLevi Ibn Yuli, Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Simchon, Rabbi Shimon Asulin, Rabbi Ya'akov Ibn Shitrit, Rabbi Refael Harush, Rabbi Machluf Moyal, and others.
[97] leaves. 18 cm. Leaves in different states: some are in poor condition, most of them are in fair condition. Coarse tears, stains, moisture traces and wear. Separate leaves. Not bound.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Collection of Beit Din rulings and shtarot, with rabbis' signatures (Oriental-calligraphic signatures). Morroco, 19 th century:
• Ruling concerning rental fees, signed by Rabbi Reuven [A]Lmaliach and Rabbi Shlomo Nahon. Tituan, 1847.
• Shtar of receipt of money from Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen Sekly, by the Tiberias emissary Rabbi Menashe Arazi HaCohen. Debdou (city of Cohanim), Nissan 1864.
• Shtar of rights of harvesting an olive orchard and fields. Signed by Rabbi Yosef ben Aharon Ben-Chamu and Rabbi Moshe ben Yehuda HaCohen Sekly. [Debdou], Cheshvan 1866. Another shtar from the month of Sivan 1868 signed by Rabbi Moshe ben Yehuda HaCohen Sekly and Rabbi Moshe ben Yitzchak Cohen Sekly.
• Shtar concerning redeeming debts. Signed by Rabbi "Yitzchak ---" and Rabbi Moshe ben Shlomo Chazan. Marrakesh, Cheshvan 1892.
• Shtar concerning financial debts. Signed by Rabbi Aharon ben Abu and Rabbi Ya'akov Tzavan. Marrakesh, 1919.
5 shtarot, varied size and condition.
• Ruling concerning rental fees, signed by Rabbi Reuven [A]Lmaliach and Rabbi Shlomo Nahon. Tituan, 1847.
• Shtar of receipt of money from Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen Sekly, by the Tiberias emissary Rabbi Menashe Arazi HaCohen. Debdou (city of Cohanim), Nissan 1864.
• Shtar of rights of harvesting an olive orchard and fields. Signed by Rabbi Yosef ben Aharon Ben-Chamu and Rabbi Moshe ben Yehuda HaCohen Sekly. [Debdou], Cheshvan 1866. Another shtar from the month of Sivan 1868 signed by Rabbi Moshe ben Yehuda HaCohen Sekly and Rabbi Moshe ben Yitzchak Cohen Sekly.
• Shtar concerning redeeming debts. Signed by Rabbi "Yitzchak ---" and Rabbi Moshe ben Shlomo Chazan. Marrakesh, Cheshvan 1892.
• Shtar concerning financial debts. Signed by Rabbi Aharon ben Abu and Rabbi Ya'akov Tzavan. Marrakesh, 1919.
5 shtarot, varied size and condition.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Manuscript of novellae, homiletics and compilations, on the Talmud and on the Torah and Tehillim, [Morocco, beginning of 20th century].
On Leaf [2] and on Leaf [8] the author writes ideas in the name of his older brother the Maharam. On the last leaf is an owner's signature in Latin letters: Yitzchak Abuchatzira, Erfoud.
Approximately 36 written pages, (many empty pages). 20 cm. Brittle paper, good-fair condition, wear and tear. New binding.
On Leaf [2] and on Leaf [8] the author writes ideas in the name of his older brother the Maharam. On the last leaf is an owner's signature in Latin letters: Yitzchak Abuchatzira, Erfoud.
Approximately 36 written pages, (many empty pages). 20 cm. Brittle paper, good-fair condition, wear and tear. New binding.
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