Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,250
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Ma'ane Lashon, pleas for reciting at cemeteries and supplications at the graves of Tzaddikim. Zhitomir, 1847. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the Slavita rabbi.
Prayers to be said at graves of parents, siblings and children, husband and wife, etc. the prayers at the graves of Tzaddikim include entreaties for livelihood, cures, children, etc. With Yiddish translation and guidelines.
76 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair-good condition, dark stains. Worming (especially to binding).
Not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Prayers to be said at graves of parents, siblings and children, husband and wife, etc. the prayers at the graves of Tzaddikim include entreaties for livelihood, cures, children, etc. With Yiddish translation and guidelines.
76 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair-good condition, dark stains. Worming (especially to binding).
Not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
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Collection of leaves and incomplete books printed by the Shapira family in Zhitomir and Slavita.
For a complete list, please see the Hebrew description.
8 items, varied size and condition, damages and restorations.
For a complete list, please see the Hebrew description.
8 items, varied size and condition, damages and restorations.
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,000
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Varied collection of books and book sections. Russia-Poland printings, Mussar and Halacha, the Vilna Gaon and his disciples, Kabbalah, Passover Haggadot etc.
23 items. For a complete list, please see the Hebrew description.
23 items. For a complete list, please see the Hebrew description.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,625
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Sha'arei Tzedek, rules for Kabbalistic wisdom, Holy Names and the Ten Sefirot, by Rabbi Yosef ben Karnitol [Gikatilla]. Riva Di Trento [1561]. Printed by Ya'akov Markria.
Several ink erasures appear on Leaves 49-50.
52 leaves. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Inscriptions and stamps. Worming and tears to several leaves, some restored. Damages to binding.
Several ink erasures appear on Leaves 49-50.
52 leaves. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Inscriptions and stamps. Worming and tears to several leaves, some restored. Damages to binding.
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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,000
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Zohar, Bereshit and Shemot. Sulzbach, [1684]. Edition printed in Cremona and Lublin, with Derech HaEmet and Imrei Binah additions and commentaries.
On the book sheets are dozens of notes in ancient Ashkenazi handwriting from the time of printing [17th/18th century]. the notes contain commentaries and version corrections.
[4], 132; 72, 71-98 [2] leaves (lacking leaves at end. the volume of Shemot was originally: 72, 71-108 leaves). 29.5 cm. Fair condition, wear and tear. Leaves cutoff bordering text with damage to titles and marginalia. Some marginalia are cutoff. Ancient semi-leather binding.
Without [2] leaves at beginning of Latin introduction and approbation.
On the book sheets are dozens of notes in ancient Ashkenazi handwriting from the time of printing [17th/18th century]. the notes contain commentaries and version corrections.
[4], 132; 72, 71-98 [2] leaves (lacking leaves at end. the volume of Shemot was originally: 72, 71-108 leaves). 29.5 cm. Fair condition, wear and tear. Leaves cutoff bordering text with damage to titles and marginalia. Some marginalia are cutoff. Ancient semi-leather binding.
Without [2] leaves at beginning of Latin introduction and approbation.
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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,063
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Beit Elohim, on Ma'ase Merkavah, by Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Irira. Amsterdam, [1655]. Bound with: Sha'ar HaShamayim, on the Arizal's Kabbala, by Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Irira. Amsterdam, [1655].
the two books were authored by the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Hirira [disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Srug – a disciple of the Arizal] translated from Spanish to Hebrew by his disciple Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhab (the third) of Amsterdam.
Owner’s signature in ancient handwriting [from the 17th century]: “…Dov HaLevi of Chelm”.
Beit Elokim: 88 leaves; Sha’ar HaShamayim: 2, 5-94 leaves. 19 cm. Good condition, stains and slight wear, worm damages to some leaves. Unbound.
the two books were authored by the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Hirira [disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Srug – a disciple of the Arizal] translated from Spanish to Hebrew by his disciple Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhab (the third) of Amsterdam.
Owner’s signature in ancient handwriting [from the 17th century]: “…Dov HaLevi of Chelm”.
Beit Elokim: 88 leaves; Sha’ar HaShamayim: 2, 5-94 leaves. 19 cm. Good condition, stains and slight wear, worm damages to some leaves. Unbound.
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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $250
Unsold
Shoshanat Ya'akov "Palmistry and Wisdom of the Face…", by Rabbi Ya'akov son of Rabbi Mordechai of Fulda. Livorno, [1792].
Detailed guide for palmistry, the wisdom of the face and hair, etc. Printed illustration of the lines of the palm.
44 leaves. 14 cm. Good condition, stains and wear. Worn binding. Stamps of "Beit Aked HaSefarim by R' Matityahu Strashun of Vilna".
Variant. Written on the title page: "Printed for a second time" [see Vinograd-Rosenfeld, Otzar HaSefer HaIvri, no. 334]. Without [8] leaves of Zror HaChaim, novellae on the Torah and the Talmud by the publisher, added to some editions.
Detailed guide for palmistry, the wisdom of the face and hair, etc. Printed illustration of the lines of the palm.
44 leaves. 14 cm. Good condition, stains and wear. Worn binding. Stamps of "Beit Aked HaSefarim by R' Matityahu Strashun of Vilna".
Variant. Written on the title page: "Printed for a second time" [see Vinograd-Rosenfeld, Otzar HaSefer HaIvri, no. 334]. Without [8] leaves of Zror HaChaim, novellae on the Torah and the Talmud by the publisher, added to some editions.
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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,000
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Shnei Luchot HaBrit (Shla HaKadosh) by Rabbi Yeshaya Horowitz. With Vavei Ha'Amudim by his son Rabbi Sheftel Segal. Amsterdam, 1648-1649. Printed by Emanuel Benbenishti. First edition.
Two copies. One – lacking last leaf (with the book Vavei Ha'Amudim). the second – lacking the first three leaves. · Enclosed: Vavei Ha'Amudim from a third copy (without a title page).
Copy 1: [2], 421; 2-44 leaves (lacking: [1] last leaf of the Shla). Copy 2: 2-421, 44 leaves. (Lacking: [2], 1 leaf). · Vavei Ha'Amudim: 2-44 leaves. 30 cm. Condition of leaves varies, some in poor condition. Stains and tears. Considerable worming.
Two copies. One – lacking last leaf (with the book Vavei Ha'Amudim). the second – lacking the first three leaves. · Enclosed: Vavei Ha'Amudim from a third copy (without a title page).
Copy 1: [2], 421; 2-44 leaves (lacking: [1] last leaf of the Shla). Copy 2: 2-421, 44 leaves. (Lacking: [2], 1 leaf). · Vavei Ha'Amudim: 2-44 leaves. 30 cm. Condition of leaves varies, some in poor condition. Stains and tears. Considerable worming.
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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $300
Sold for: $600
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Chesed L'Avraham, Kabbalistic topics, by the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Azulai. Amsterdam, [1785]. Printed by Emanuel Atias. Illustrated title page and Kabbalistic illustrations.
First edition of one of the most famous Kabbalistic books. this book was widely quoted in the following generations and in early Chassidic literature. Many quotes in musar books in the name of the "Holy Books" originate from this book. the last chapter Breichat Avraham is based on a variation of the printed version, which was printed in the book Tomer Devorah by the Ramak.
the author: the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Azulai (1570-1643), a Fez sage and a prominent rabbi in Morocco. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and was one of the Hebron sages in the time of Rabbi Elazar ben Archa. the Chida was one of his descendants [great-grandson], and in his book Shem HaGedolim he mentions "the Rabbi, the pious grandfather", and writes that he descended from one of the families of Castilian sages who fled to Fez after the Spanish Expulsion. "He travelled by ship to Caphutkia and debarked to dry land and left all their belongings in the ship. Immediately, a stormy wind arose and smashed the ship and everything drowned, sparing them their lives. In memory of this miracle, he signed his name in the shape of a ship".
Some of his other works in Halacha and Kabbalah: Ahava BaTa'anugim on Mishnayot, glosses on the Levush, Or HaChama and Zoharei Chama.
[5], 65, 28 leaves. 22 cm. Varied condition, good-fair, wear and stains. Tears and minor worm damages. Semi-leather binding.
First edition of one of the most famous Kabbalistic books. this book was widely quoted in the following generations and in early Chassidic literature. Many quotes in musar books in the name of the "Holy Books" originate from this book. the last chapter Breichat Avraham is based on a variation of the printed version, which was printed in the book Tomer Devorah by the Ramak.
the author: the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Azulai (1570-1643), a Fez sage and a prominent rabbi in Morocco. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and was one of the Hebron sages in the time of Rabbi Elazar ben Archa. the Chida was one of his descendants [great-grandson], and in his book Shem HaGedolim he mentions "the Rabbi, the pious grandfather", and writes that he descended from one of the families of Castilian sages who fled to Fez after the Spanish Expulsion. "He travelled by ship to Caphutkia and debarked to dry land and left all their belongings in the ship. Immediately, a stormy wind arose and smashed the ship and everything drowned, sparing them their lives. In memory of this miracle, he signed his name in the shape of a ship".
Some of his other works in Halacha and Kabbalah: Ahava BaTa'anugim on Mishnayot, glosses on the Levush, Or HaChama and Zoharei Chama.
[5], 65, 28 leaves. 22 cm. Varied condition, good-fair, wear and stains. Tears and minor worm damages. Semi-leather binding.
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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
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Mikdash Melech, on the Zohar, Part 2 on Shemot. Zolkva, 1794. Second edition.
On the title page and on the last leaf are stamps of the Kabbalist Rabbi "Yosef ben Moharitz Isaac Chaver" – Rabbi Yosef Chaver (died Cheshvan 1875) son of Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Chaver. Served as Av Beit Din in the communities of Parysów, Knyszyn and Jedwabne in the Lomza region, Poland]. Author of Zroyah Netuyah on the Passover Haggadah, Nefesh Naki – a eulogy on his father, Sha'ar Yosef, Tzefirat Tifara, etc. His illustrious father held him in great esteem for his Kabbalistic knowledge, and in his testament Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Chaver requested that his son the Rabbi of Knyszyn “study my homiletic writings” – “who is very proficient in study of drush, and he will be able to choose those writing which are worthy, that are inclined towards the truth of the Torah”.
[1], 236 leaves (lacking the end, originally: [1], 248 leaves). 19 cm. Fair condition, wear and worming. Semi-leather ancient, damaged binding.
On the title page and on the last leaf are stamps of the Kabbalist Rabbi "Yosef ben Moharitz Isaac Chaver" – Rabbi Yosef Chaver (died Cheshvan 1875) son of Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Chaver. Served as Av Beit Din in the communities of Parysów, Knyszyn and Jedwabne in the Lomza region, Poland]. Author of Zroyah Netuyah on the Passover Haggadah, Nefesh Naki – a eulogy on his father, Sha'ar Yosef, Tzefirat Tifara, etc. His illustrious father held him in great esteem for his Kabbalistic knowledge, and in his testament Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Chaver requested that his son the Rabbi of Knyszyn “study my homiletic writings” – “who is very proficient in study of drush, and he will be able to choose those writing which are worthy, that are inclined towards the truth of the Torah”.
[1], 236 leaves (lacking the end, originally: [1], 248 leaves). 19 cm. Fair condition, wear and worming. Semi-leather ancient, damaged binding.
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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $250
Sold for: $450
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Sha’ar Gan Eden, Kabbala. By Rabbi Ya’akov Koppel Lifshitz of Mezrich. Korets [1803]. First edition. Approbations by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv, Rabbi Meir of Brad, Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliot etc.
“Straight path… in depths of wisdom… based upon Kabbalah of the Ari”. Includes Kabbalistic illustrations. Mentioned on title page that manuscripts of this book were presented to the Ba’al Shem Tov upon his visit to Mezrich. He read them, embraced and kissed them and nodded "Fortunate is the nation…".
[2], 84 leaves. 32 cm. Blue paper. Fair condition, wear and strains. Worming. Leaf 73 has a large open tear. Erased owner's signature on title page. Old semi-leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 588
“Straight path… in depths of wisdom… based upon Kabbalah of the Ari”. Includes Kabbalistic illustrations. Mentioned on title page that manuscripts of this book were presented to the Ba’al Shem Tov upon his visit to Mezrich. He read them, embraced and kissed them and nodded "Fortunate is the nation…".
[2], 84 leaves. 32 cm. Blue paper. Fair condition, wear and strains. Worming. Leaf 73 has a large open tear. Erased owner's signature on title page. Old semi-leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 588
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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
July 7, 2015
Opening: $1,000
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Machberet HaKodesh, kavanot for Shabbat and Festivals. By Rabbi Chaim Vital – Maharchu. Korets [1783]. First edition. Approbations from 10 rabbis of "Greater Mezritch".
On the title page and flyleaf are signatures and inscriptions in Ashkenazi handwriting: "Shlomo HaCohen", [handwriting similar to the signature of Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen Rabinowitz, the first Rebbe of Radomsk, author of Tiferet Shlomo, 1803-1866, one of the greatest Polish Rebbes of his time].
On the endpapers are many inscriptions in Oriental handwriting of the kavanot of Lel HaSeder. Signature in Oriental handwriting: "Last Redeemer – Shlomo of Damascus".
[1], 152 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and stains. Tears and pasted strips on title page. Non-contemporary binding.
On the title page and flyleaf are signatures and inscriptions in Ashkenazi handwriting: "Shlomo HaCohen", [handwriting similar to the signature of Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen Rabinowitz, the first Rebbe of Radomsk, author of Tiferet Shlomo, 1803-1866, one of the greatest Polish Rebbes of his time].
On the endpapers are many inscriptions in Oriental handwriting of the kavanot of Lel HaSeder. Signature in Oriental handwriting: "Last Redeemer – Shlomo of Damascus".
[1], 152 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and stains. Tears and pasted strips on title page. Non-contemporary binding.
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