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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Manuscript, ledger of Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia, Tiberias emissary, recording his travels throughout Italy and France in 1819.
A full ledger written by Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia, during 1819 (Kislev-Tamuz), on his travels throughout the Jewish communities in Northern and Eastern Italy. These communities include: Ferrara, Bologna, Modena, Forli, Lugo, Pesaro, Senigallia, Ancona, Mantua (Mantua), Verona, Milano, Vercelli, Moncalvo, Casale Monferrato, Torino and other communities in Italian towns and villages. Rabbi C.S. Abulafia also visited French communities, primarily those situated near the Italian border: Nice, Marseille and Aix.
This ledger is of great historic interest, containing information regarding community life in Italy at the beginning of the 19th century. In this ledger, Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia meticulously recorded his travels and his visits to various communities, the people who hosted him, names of donors and other details.
Following are a few examples quoted from the ledger:
"From Lugo, on the way to Forli, I stayed with the brothers MeHazkenim for the first day of Chanuka 1819… From there to Pesaro" [8b].
"Senigallia… I was honored greatly and from that city, the wealthy Mr. Aharon Galiko came to meet me…with his entire lofty family…" [10].
"From Mantua to Milano is a three-day journey…and from Milano until Vercelli takes one and a half days…" [29a].
On his visit to Ancona, he mentions the local rabbi "The great luminary, greatest of the Sanhedrin, Rabbi Refaeli Yeshaya Azulai" - son of the Chida. [12a].
On Leaf [45] is a long list he wrote while in Venice with details of his activities to include donations to Tiberias in the city's regulations. He adds details of old regulations regarding the distribution of donations to Eretz Yisrael and about the portion allotted to Tiberias from those donations. Among other things, he mentions traveling through the city of Trieste and finding there signed regulations on this issue, etc.
On Leaves [33]-[34], are additions in Italian writing, written in Senigallia in the month of Shevat 1819, concerning an obligation for a donation by the community's leading figures. On Leaves [46]-[48], are obligations written and signed by residents of the Cuneo community.
On Leaf [49] is a handwritten and signed inscription by Rabbi Yechezkel Eliezer Abulafia, nephew of Rabbi Chaim Shlomo who served as a Tiberias emissary after him.
Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia, a Tiberias sage, descendent of Rabbi Chaim Abulafia, author of Etz HaChaim. From 1816, he was emissary of the city of Tiberias to Italy and to France. In 1829, he travelled to Italy and Tunis, and was dubbed "Ba'al HaNissim" because of the miracles he merited. This ledger records his first journey. At the end of this journey, he reprinted the book Zimrat HaAretz by Rabbi Ya'akov Birav in Livorno. [See: Ya'ari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael, pp. 642-644].
[53] written leaves and dozens more blank leaves. 22 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears and worming in several places. Contemporary cardboard binding with a string for fastening.
A full ledger written by Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia, during 1819 (Kislev-Tamuz), on his travels throughout the Jewish communities in Northern and Eastern Italy. These communities include: Ferrara, Bologna, Modena, Forli, Lugo, Pesaro, Senigallia, Ancona, Mantua (Mantua), Verona, Milano, Vercelli, Moncalvo, Casale Monferrato, Torino and other communities in Italian towns and villages. Rabbi C.S. Abulafia also visited French communities, primarily those situated near the Italian border: Nice, Marseille and Aix.
This ledger is of great historic interest, containing information regarding community life in Italy at the beginning of the 19th century. In this ledger, Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia meticulously recorded his travels and his visits to various communities, the people who hosted him, names of donors and other details.
Following are a few examples quoted from the ledger:
"From Lugo, on the way to Forli, I stayed with the brothers MeHazkenim for the first day of Chanuka 1819… From there to Pesaro" [8b].
"Senigallia… I was honored greatly and from that city, the wealthy Mr. Aharon Galiko came to meet me…with his entire lofty family…" [10].
"From Mantua to Milano is a three-day journey…and from Milano until Vercelli takes one and a half days…" [29a].
On his visit to Ancona, he mentions the local rabbi "The great luminary, greatest of the Sanhedrin, Rabbi Refaeli Yeshaya Azulai" - son of the Chida. [12a].
On Leaf [45] is a long list he wrote while in Venice with details of his activities to include donations to Tiberias in the city's regulations. He adds details of old regulations regarding the distribution of donations to Eretz Yisrael and about the portion allotted to Tiberias from those donations. Among other things, he mentions traveling through the city of Trieste and finding there signed regulations on this issue, etc.
On Leaves [33]-[34], are additions in Italian writing, written in Senigallia in the month of Shevat 1819, concerning an obligation for a donation by the community's leading figures. On Leaves [46]-[48], are obligations written and signed by residents of the Cuneo community.
On Leaf [49] is a handwritten and signed inscription by Rabbi Yechezkel Eliezer Abulafia, nephew of Rabbi Chaim Shlomo who served as a Tiberias emissary after him.
Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia, a Tiberias sage, descendent of Rabbi Chaim Abulafia, author of Etz HaChaim. From 1816, he was emissary of the city of Tiberias to Italy and to France. In 1829, he travelled to Italy and Tunis, and was dubbed "Ba'al HaNissim" because of the miracles he merited. This ledger records his first journey. At the end of this journey, he reprinted the book Zimrat HaAretz by Rabbi Ya'akov Birav in Livorno. [See: Ya'ari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael, pp. 642-644].
[53] written leaves and dozens more blank leaves. 22 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears and worming in several places. Contemporary cardboard binding with a string for fastening.
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Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Collection of handwritten and printed letters, Tiberias and Safed, c. 1834-1935.
The collection contains:
· An emissary writ to Assyrian [Kurdistan] cities, for the emissary Rabbi Machluf HaCohen, with (calligraphic) signatures of seven Tiberias rabbis: The Rabbi of Tiberias - R' Chaim Nissim Abulafia, Rabbi She'altiel Ya'akov Ninyo, Rabbi Shlomo Alfasi, Rabbi Refael Maman, Rabbi Ye'uda Nechmad, and others. Tiberias, Kislev 1834.
· "Open announcement" - printed leaf with stamps of the Tiberias community, regarding the appointment of Rabbi Chaim Alchadif as Chacham-Bashi [Chief Rabbi]. Tiberias, Iyar 1898. · Long moving letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shalom Sisu of Safed. Lag B'Omer 1904. · Letter signed by four Safed rabbis: Rabbi Yeshua Falagi, Rabbi Refael Moshe Entebbe, Rabbi Moshe Yosef HaCohen and Rabbi Shimon Shabtai. Safed, Cheshvan 1931. · Three more printed letters from Tiberias and Safed.
7 items, size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
The collection contains:
· An emissary writ to Assyrian [Kurdistan] cities, for the emissary Rabbi Machluf HaCohen, with (calligraphic) signatures of seven Tiberias rabbis: The Rabbi of Tiberias - R' Chaim Nissim Abulafia, Rabbi She'altiel Ya'akov Ninyo, Rabbi Shlomo Alfasi, Rabbi Refael Maman, Rabbi Ye'uda Nechmad, and others. Tiberias, Kislev 1834.
· "Open announcement" - printed leaf with stamps of the Tiberias community, regarding the appointment of Rabbi Chaim Alchadif as Chacham-Bashi [Chief Rabbi]. Tiberias, Iyar 1898. · Long moving letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shalom Sisu of Safed. Lag B'Omer 1904. · Letter signed by four Safed rabbis: Rabbi Yeshua Falagi, Rabbi Refael Moshe Entebbe, Rabbi Moshe Yosef HaCohen and Rabbi Shimon Shabtai. Safed, Cheshvan 1931. · Three more printed letters from Tiberias and Safed.
7 items, size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
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Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $3,750
Including buyer's premium
Leaf in Oriental handwriting, a document signed by the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Ayash, members of the Beit Din and leading Sephardi sages of the city. Jerusalem, Rosh Chodesh Sivan 1814.
Regulations for Melamdim of the Talmud Torah (elementary schools) of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem containing eight clauses regarding the obligations of the Melamdim, the study schedules, the number of students and the teachers' salaries and their obligation to adhere to the regulations. Granting the appointed Gaba'im (agents) the power to dismiss teachers. On the margins are the signatures of the teachers, some of them well-known Jerusalem Torah scholars.
The first to sign is the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Ayash followed by (on the left) Rabbi Ya'akov Koral (successor as Rishon L'Zion) and after them Rabbi Yom Tov Danon (the Rishon L'zion after the Chikrei Lev), Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchak Meyuchas (Deputy Rishon L'Zion of Rabbi M. Suzin), undeciphered signature, Rabbi Yosef Yechiel Taragan (member of the Beit Din of Rabbi Y.M. Ayash also signed with him on the regulation regarding the production of cheese in Jerusalem, died 1820) and Rabbi Yehuda Uziel (also a sage of the same Beit Din, died in 1827).
[1] leaf. 21X30 cm. High-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Restored tears to paper folds.
Historical document shedding light on the life of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem.
Regulations for Melamdim of the Talmud Torah (elementary schools) of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem containing eight clauses regarding the obligations of the Melamdim, the study schedules, the number of students and the teachers' salaries and their obligation to adhere to the regulations. Granting the appointed Gaba'im (agents) the power to dismiss teachers. On the margins are the signatures of the teachers, some of them well-known Jerusalem Torah scholars.
The first to sign is the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Ayash followed by (on the left) Rabbi Ya'akov Koral (successor as Rishon L'Zion) and after them Rabbi Yom Tov Danon (the Rishon L'zion after the Chikrei Lev), Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchak Meyuchas (Deputy Rishon L'Zion of Rabbi M. Suzin), undeciphered signature, Rabbi Yosef Yechiel Taragan (member of the Beit Din of Rabbi Y.M. Ayash also signed with him on the regulation regarding the production of cheese in Jerusalem, died 1820) and Rabbi Yehuda Uziel (also a sage of the same Beit Din, died in 1827).
[1] leaf. 21X30 cm. High-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Restored tears to paper folds.
Historical document shedding light on the life of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $6,250
Including buyer's premium
Handwritten document, regarding the appointment of three representatives of the Ashkenazi community to the united committee of the Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jerusalem communities, for reducing rental fees in the city. Signed by six community and kollel leaders: Rabbi Yeshaya Bardaky, Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef Rivlin, Rabbi Yisrael Bak, Rabbi Nachum of Szadek, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Segal and Rabbi Yochanan Schlank. Jerusalem, 1858. Stamps of the Kollelim with various illustrations of the Western Wall.
The subject of the document is presenting a united front for balancing the housing market and rental contracts drawn with non-Jewish landlords, and with Jews who held rights of residence in non-Jewish owned properties and rented these rights to others.
"Since for a number of years, the rental fees of non-Jews in Jerusalem has been on a constant rise, ensuing in numerous disputes between those who held rights and their neighbors regarding rights of these properties. We have gathered together the scholars and rabbis of the kollels of the Sephardic and Ashkenazic communities and have reached the following conclusions: the Sephardim will choose three rabbis and the Ashkenazi kollels will also choose three rabbis and these six will sit together and discuss this matter… according to the Torah law and according to justice and integrity demanded by this issue, accepted by all parties. We, the Ashkenazic kollels have chosen Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Av Beit Din of Kutna, and Rabbi Shmuel Salant, and Rabbi Mordechai Meir…".
The first signature: Rabbi Yeshaya son of R' Yissachar Ber Bardaky, son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael of Shklow a disciple of the Vilna Gaon. Illustrious leader of the Jerusalem Perushim community. Died in Cheshvan 1862.
The second signature: Chairman of the Chabad Kollel - Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef Rivlin (1805-1864), author of Ohalei Yosef, exceptionally erudite in revealed and hidden Torah knowledge, leading Chabad Chassid of the Middle Chabad Rebbe and the Rebbe author of the Tzemach Tzedek. Disciple of Rabbi Menashe of Ilya. He served in the rabbinate abroad and moved to Eretz Israel in 1855. Inscribed on his tombstone on Har HaZeitim: "Great rabbi, sharp and erudite in revealed and hidden Torah, famous Chassid with many followers…".
The third signature: Chairman of the Wohlin Kollel - the famous printer Rabbi Yisrael Bak (1792-1874), disciple of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhyn and Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev. A skilled printer, he established a printing press in Berdychiv and reputedly also designed the Slavita letters for printing. In 1831, he moved to Safed and established his printing press there, but following the 1937 earthquake which destroyed large sections of the city and following the Arab revolt, he moved to Jerusalem where he established his printing press for the third time. It was the first printing press in Jerusalem which produced Hebrew books.
The fourth signature: Chairman of the Poland Kollel - Rabbi Nachum Av Beit Din of Szadek (1813-1868), son of Rabbi Moshe Avraham Loewy-Weisfish. Disciple of the author of Chemdat Shlomo, a Polish Torah scholar. At the age of 18, his rabbi ordained him a Torah authority (semicha). He served for several years as rabbi of Szadek, Poland and in 1843, moved to Eretz Israel together with his two brothers, Rabbi Asher Lemel Av Beit Din of Golina and Rabbi Ya'akov Eliyahu Leib. One night, the three brothers all dreamed that they should ascend to Eretz Israel without informing the other two brothers. Most of the day, he would sit wrapped in his tallit and donning his tefillin and diligently study Torah. He established the Ran Yeshiva in which he delivered scholarly discourses to young Jerusalem Torah scholars. Together with the tsaddik Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant, he studied Kabbalah from the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda HaCohen. Died in a cholera plague in 1868. Inscribed on his tombstone on Har HaZeitim: "Holy pure man, at the age of eight he began searching for G-d and dedicated all his days to Torah study, fasting and abstinence. He studied Torah day and night without respite. He merited studying and teaching Torah and had many disciples…pious and humble…".
The fifth signature: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Segal was one of the heads of the Holland-Deutsch Kollel, together with his friend, the sixth rabbi signed on the document, Rabbi "Yochanan Hirsh son of R' M. Schlank", (1815-1884) - disciple of the Chatam Sofer, moved to Jerusalem with his father Rabbi Mordechai Shlank who was a leading disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Became a founder of public institutions in Jerusalem - See HaChatam Sofer V'Talmidav, pp. 188-189.
Leaf, 28 cm. Fair condition. Wear damages and heavy foxing.
The subject of the document is presenting a united front for balancing the housing market and rental contracts drawn with non-Jewish landlords, and with Jews who held rights of residence in non-Jewish owned properties and rented these rights to others.
"Since for a number of years, the rental fees of non-Jews in Jerusalem has been on a constant rise, ensuing in numerous disputes between those who held rights and their neighbors regarding rights of these properties. We have gathered together the scholars and rabbis of the kollels of the Sephardic and Ashkenazic communities and have reached the following conclusions: the Sephardim will choose three rabbis and the Ashkenazi kollels will also choose three rabbis and these six will sit together and discuss this matter… according to the Torah law and according to justice and integrity demanded by this issue, accepted by all parties. We, the Ashkenazic kollels have chosen Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Av Beit Din of Kutna, and Rabbi Shmuel Salant, and Rabbi Mordechai Meir…".
The first signature: Rabbi Yeshaya son of R' Yissachar Ber Bardaky, son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael of Shklow a disciple of the Vilna Gaon. Illustrious leader of the Jerusalem Perushim community. Died in Cheshvan 1862.
The second signature: Chairman of the Chabad Kollel - Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef Rivlin (1805-1864), author of Ohalei Yosef, exceptionally erudite in revealed and hidden Torah knowledge, leading Chabad Chassid of the Middle Chabad Rebbe and the Rebbe author of the Tzemach Tzedek. Disciple of Rabbi Menashe of Ilya. He served in the rabbinate abroad and moved to Eretz Israel in 1855. Inscribed on his tombstone on Har HaZeitim: "Great rabbi, sharp and erudite in revealed and hidden Torah, famous Chassid with many followers…".
The third signature: Chairman of the Wohlin Kollel - the famous printer Rabbi Yisrael Bak (1792-1874), disciple of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhyn and Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev. A skilled printer, he established a printing press in Berdychiv and reputedly also designed the Slavita letters for printing. In 1831, he moved to Safed and established his printing press there, but following the 1937 earthquake which destroyed large sections of the city and following the Arab revolt, he moved to Jerusalem where he established his printing press for the third time. It was the first printing press in Jerusalem which produced Hebrew books.
The fourth signature: Chairman of the Poland Kollel - Rabbi Nachum Av Beit Din of Szadek (1813-1868), son of Rabbi Moshe Avraham Loewy-Weisfish. Disciple of the author of Chemdat Shlomo, a Polish Torah scholar. At the age of 18, his rabbi ordained him a Torah authority (semicha). He served for several years as rabbi of Szadek, Poland and in 1843, moved to Eretz Israel together with his two brothers, Rabbi Asher Lemel Av Beit Din of Golina and Rabbi Ya'akov Eliyahu Leib. One night, the three brothers all dreamed that they should ascend to Eretz Israel without informing the other two brothers. Most of the day, he would sit wrapped in his tallit and donning his tefillin and diligently study Torah. He established the Ran Yeshiva in which he delivered scholarly discourses to young Jerusalem Torah scholars. Together with the tsaddik Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant, he studied Kabbalah from the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda HaCohen. Died in a cholera plague in 1868. Inscribed on his tombstone on Har HaZeitim: "Holy pure man, at the age of eight he began searching for G-d and dedicated all his days to Torah study, fasting and abstinence. He studied Torah day and night without respite. He merited studying and teaching Torah and had many disciples…pious and humble…".
The fifth signature: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Segal was one of the heads of the Holland-Deutsch Kollel, together with his friend, the sixth rabbi signed on the document, Rabbi "Yochanan Hirsh son of R' M. Schlank", (1815-1884) - disciple of the Chatam Sofer, moved to Jerusalem with his father Rabbi Mordechai Shlank who was a leading disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Became a founder of public institutions in Jerusalem - See HaChatam Sofer V'Talmidav, pp. 188-189.
Leaf, 28 cm. Fair condition. Wear damages and heavy foxing.
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Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $9,375
Including buyer's premium
Siddur Tefillat Yisrael, Sephardic tradition, with laws, piyyutim and bakashot. Jerusalem, 1842. Printed by Rabbi Yisrael Bak. Noted on the title page: The siddur was printed in the Holy City of Jerusalem, in complete holiness and "all who performed the holy task were Jewish".
Many approbations of Sephardic sages from Jerusalem, Safed, Tiberias and Hebron, and of Ashkenazi sages from Jerusalem [Rebbe Aharon Moshe of Brody, Rabbi Yeshaya Bardaki son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael of Shklow and Rabbi Moshe Rivlin "Doresh L'Zion", the Magid of Shklow]. In their approbation, the Jerusalem rabbis add an "approbation" granting Rabbi Yisrael Bak exclusive rights to print books in Jerusalem.
In his introduction, the printer recounts his travails in the city of Safed: "After all the travails that befell me - pestilence, sword, and hunger…a great earthquake…I was forced to ascend to the 'mountain' and I have established my dwelling here…Jerusalem". He thanks Yosef Amzalag "who assisted me in printing the siddur".
the famous printer Rabbi Yisrael Bak (1792-1874), disciple of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhyn and Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev. A skilled printer, he established a printing press in Berdychiv and reputedly also designed the Slavita letters for printing. In 1831, he moved to Safed and established his printing press there, but following the 1937 earthquake which destroyed large sections of the city and following the Arab revolt, he moved to Jerusalem where he established his printing press for the third time. It was the first printing press in Jerusalem which produced Hebrew books.
152 leaves. 15 cm. Preserved copy on high-quality paper. Good condition. Worming. New leather binding.
The fourth Hebrew book printed in Jerusalem. See S. HaLevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim, no. 4.
Many approbations of Sephardic sages from Jerusalem, Safed, Tiberias and Hebron, and of Ashkenazi sages from Jerusalem [Rebbe Aharon Moshe of Brody, Rabbi Yeshaya Bardaki son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael of Shklow and Rabbi Moshe Rivlin "Doresh L'Zion", the Magid of Shklow]. In their approbation, the Jerusalem rabbis add an "approbation" granting Rabbi Yisrael Bak exclusive rights to print books in Jerusalem.
In his introduction, the printer recounts his travails in the city of Safed: "After all the travails that befell me - pestilence, sword, and hunger…a great earthquake…I was forced to ascend to the 'mountain' and I have established my dwelling here…Jerusalem". He thanks Yosef Amzalag "who assisted me in printing the siddur".
the famous printer Rabbi Yisrael Bak (1792-1874), disciple of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhyn and Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev. A skilled printer, he established a printing press in Berdychiv and reputedly also designed the Slavita letters for printing. In 1831, he moved to Safed and established his printing press there, but following the 1937 earthquake which destroyed large sections of the city and following the Arab revolt, he moved to Jerusalem where he established his printing press for the third time. It was the first printing press in Jerusalem which produced Hebrew books.
152 leaves. 15 cm. Preserved copy on high-quality paper. Good condition. Worming. New leather binding.
The fourth Hebrew book printed in Jerusalem. See S. HaLevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim, no. 4.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Tehillim, with the Na'ava Tehilla commentary, by Rabbi Ya'akov Bechar Yosef the physician. Jerusalem, [1845]. Printed by Yisrael Bak.
On Leaf 165/b are signatures: "Ya'akov Peretz".
Lacking title page. [3], 166, [2] leaves. Fair condition. Stains, worming, affecting text in a few places. Damaged binding.
One of the earliest Hebrew books printed in Jerusalem. S. HaLevi, no. 32.
On Leaf 165/b are signatures: "Ya'akov Peretz".
Lacking title page. [3], 166, [2] leaves. Fair condition. Stains, worming, affecting text in a few places. Damaged binding.
One of the earliest Hebrew books printed in Jerusalem. S. HaLevi, no. 32.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Sold for: $625
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Three books of Rabbi Shneur Zalmam Mendelowitz of Hebron-Jerusalem, with dedications, sent to the Sassoon family in Bombay and in London.
· Kol Aryeh, novellae of Talmudic tractates, by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Charif Av Beit Din of Gomel. Jerusalem, 1866. Printed by Yisrael Bak. Many illustartions. (S. HaLevi, no. 127). Attractive copy, on high-quality paper. With elegant leather binding, embossed with the publisher's dedication: "This is a gift to my beloved, the important person Reuven David Sassoon, from me Zalman Mendelowitz of Hebron, London".
· Em L'Masorot and Zichron Yerushalayim. Regarding the Masoret of the Torah and matters related to the history and geography of the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel. Jerusalem, [1876]. Printed by Nissan Bak. (S. HaLevi, no. 266). With a nice dedication in the publisher's handwriting in Sephardic writing and with a Sephardic signature: "Shneur Zalman son of the Chacham R' Menachem".
· Avodat Hashem, Derushim, by Rabbi Shneur Zalman Mendelowitz. Printed on his 80th birthday. Jerusalem, 1884. Printed by Tennenbaum-Rokeach. (S. HaLevi, no. 464). Pasted on the binding is a leaf with New Year greetings and Shoshanta illustrations printed in gold, completed and signed by "Zalman Mendelowitz" [vowelized].
Rabbi Shneur Zalman son of R' Menachem Mendel Mendelowitz (1804-1885), emissary of the Hebron Chabad community to Europe and Kurdistan, Syria, Babylonia and India. [See: Ya'ari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael, pp. 695-696]. Outstanding Torah scholar and prolific author, he printed the books of his grandfather Rabbi Aryeh Leib Charif Av Beit Din of Gomel.
3 books, Size and condition vary. General condition: Good to good-fair.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
· Kol Aryeh, novellae of Talmudic tractates, by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Charif Av Beit Din of Gomel. Jerusalem, 1866. Printed by Yisrael Bak. Many illustartions. (S. HaLevi, no. 127). Attractive copy, on high-quality paper. With elegant leather binding, embossed with the publisher's dedication: "This is a gift to my beloved, the important person Reuven David Sassoon, from me Zalman Mendelowitz of Hebron, London".
· Em L'Masorot and Zichron Yerushalayim. Regarding the Masoret of the Torah and matters related to the history and geography of the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel. Jerusalem, [1876]. Printed by Nissan Bak. (S. HaLevi, no. 266). With a nice dedication in the publisher's handwriting in Sephardic writing and with a Sephardic signature: "Shneur Zalman son of the Chacham R' Menachem".
· Avodat Hashem, Derushim, by Rabbi Shneur Zalman Mendelowitz. Printed on his 80th birthday. Jerusalem, 1884. Printed by Tennenbaum-Rokeach. (S. HaLevi, no. 464). Pasted on the binding is a leaf with New Year greetings and Shoshanta illustrations printed in gold, completed and signed by "Zalman Mendelowitz" [vowelized].
Rabbi Shneur Zalman son of R' Menachem Mendel Mendelowitz (1804-1885), emissary of the Hebron Chabad community to Europe and Kurdistan, Syria, Babylonia and India. [See: Ya'ari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael, pp. 695-696]. Outstanding Torah scholar and prolific author, he printed the books of his grandfather Rabbi Aryeh Leib Charif Av Beit Din of Gomel.
3 books, Size and condition vary. General condition: Good to good-fair.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
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Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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Regulations of the Zichron Moshe Company for construction of homes in Jerusalem. Established in 1904 by the committee for "Commemoration of Sir Moses Montefiore" in London…by the efforts of his delegate Mr. David Yellin, Jerusalem, 1907.
A purchase agreement completed by hand in 1910 (1911?), with signatures of the buyer of the home Gittel Bardaky and the committee heads: Yochanan David Solomon, David Yellin, Yehoshua Meir Reichman, Menachem Mordechai Frankel, etc. At the end of contract are handwritten mortgage agreements, bills and receipts with various signatures.
The Zichron Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem was established by a group of Zionist-Maskilim and was originally considered one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Jerusalem. Throughout the years it evolved into the center of Charedi community life. Today, it throbs with yeshivot and batei midrash and the neighborhood synagogues have around-the-clock minyanim. The Lemel school became a Talmud Torah and all that remains of its founders are the names of the streets encompassing the neighborhood: David Yellin, Yeshayahu Press and R' Yechiel Michel Pines.
[1], 14 printed pages. 9 blank pages, 6 handwritten pages. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Worn Bristol cover.
Enclosed are papers connected to the Bardaky family: a contract from 1922 concerning the sale of "Nachlin" property on the Jerusalem-Hebron road [today, north of Kfar Etzion]; handwritten pamphlets, prayers and customs for a brit milah and for a pidyon haben; a poem for a bar-mitzvah "What will be when the Messiah arrives?" [a Hebrew translation of the known poem Se'udah'nyu]; etc.
A purchase agreement completed by hand in 1910 (1911?), with signatures of the buyer of the home Gittel Bardaky and the committee heads: Yochanan David Solomon, David Yellin, Yehoshua Meir Reichman, Menachem Mordechai Frankel, etc. At the end of contract are handwritten mortgage agreements, bills and receipts with various signatures.
The Zichron Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem was established by a group of Zionist-Maskilim and was originally considered one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Jerusalem. Throughout the years it evolved into the center of Charedi community life. Today, it throbs with yeshivot and batei midrash and the neighborhood synagogues have around-the-clock minyanim. The Lemel school became a Talmud Torah and all that remains of its founders are the names of the streets encompassing the neighborhood: David Yellin, Yeshayahu Press and R' Yechiel Michel Pines.
[1], 14 printed pages. 9 blank pages, 6 handwritten pages. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Worn Bristol cover.
Enclosed are papers connected to the Bardaky family: a contract from 1922 concerning the sale of "Nachlin" property on the Jerusalem-Hebron road [today, north of Kfar Etzion]; handwritten pamphlets, prayers and customs for a brit milah and for a pidyon haben; a poem for a bar-mitzvah "What will be when the Messiah arrives?" [a Hebrew translation of the known poem Se'udah'nyu]; etc.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
21 books printed in Jerusalem, including pocket editions and miniatures.
Among them are: · Toldot Ya'akov, novellae on Tractate Betzah, by Rabbi Ya'akov di Castro. Jerusalem, [1865]. Printed by Yisrael Bak. S. HaLevi, no. 118. · Ki M'Zion Tetze Torah U'Dvar Hashem M'Yerushalayim, by Rabbi Aharon Eliyahu Refael Chaim Firrere. Jerusalem, [1873]. Printed by Yitzchak Gashtzinani. S. HaLevi, no. 192. Without wrappers recorded ibid. · Chiddushei Maharam Chalava, on Tractate Pesachim. Jerusalem, 1873. S. HaLevi, no. 189. Signatures and ownership inscriptions. · Arsot HaChayim, prayers and pleas. Jerusalem, [1878]. Printed by Yitzchak Gashtzinani. S. HaLevi, no. 302. Pocket edition. · Chayei Moshe V'Yehudit, history of Moshe Montefiore. Jerusalem, 1886. S. HaLevi, no. 549. · Knesset Mordechai, laws compiled according to the order they appear in the Talmud, by Rabbi Mordechai Luria. Jerusalem, 1886. S. HaLevi, no. 552. · Bigdei HaSrad, commentary on the Passover Haggadah, by Rabbi Ya'akov Abuchtzira. Jerusalem, 1888. Otzar HaHaggadot 1745. S. HaLevi, no. 613. Ownership inscription on last leaf. · Trizoro dil Judaimo - M D'Avot, Ladino commentary on Pirkei Avot, by Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Shaki. Jerusalem, 1908. Bound with the front cover (title page).
21 books. Size and condition vary.
For a complete list, see Hebrew description.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
Among them are: · Toldot Ya'akov, novellae on Tractate Betzah, by Rabbi Ya'akov di Castro. Jerusalem, [1865]. Printed by Yisrael Bak. S. HaLevi, no. 118. · Ki M'Zion Tetze Torah U'Dvar Hashem M'Yerushalayim, by Rabbi Aharon Eliyahu Refael Chaim Firrere. Jerusalem, [1873]. Printed by Yitzchak Gashtzinani. S. HaLevi, no. 192. Without wrappers recorded ibid. · Chiddushei Maharam Chalava, on Tractate Pesachim. Jerusalem, 1873. S. HaLevi, no. 189. Signatures and ownership inscriptions. · Arsot HaChayim, prayers and pleas. Jerusalem, [1878]. Printed by Yitzchak Gashtzinani. S. HaLevi, no. 302. Pocket edition. · Chayei Moshe V'Yehudit, history of Moshe Montefiore. Jerusalem, 1886. S. HaLevi, no. 549. · Knesset Mordechai, laws compiled according to the order they appear in the Talmud, by Rabbi Mordechai Luria. Jerusalem, 1886. S. HaLevi, no. 552. · Bigdei HaSrad, commentary on the Passover Haggadah, by Rabbi Ya'akov Abuchtzira. Jerusalem, 1888. Otzar HaHaggadot 1745. S. HaLevi, no. 613. Ownership inscription on last leaf. · Trizoro dil Judaimo - M D'Avot, Ladino commentary on Pirkei Avot, by Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Shaki. Jerusalem, 1908. Bound with the front cover (title page).
21 books. Size and condition vary.
For a complete list, see Hebrew description.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
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![Varied collection of printed leaves - proclamations, letters, bills and documents. Jerusalem, [c. 1890-1950].
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Varied collection of printed leaves - proclamations, letters, bills and documents. Jerusalem, [c. 1890-1950].
· Kol Nehi Nishma M'Zion - Regarding the death of the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Refael Meir Panizel. Jerusalem, Tevet 1893. · Collection of Pruzbul bills of Sephardic batei din, shmitta years. 1896, 1903, 1910, 1924, 1931, 1938. · Trust deed, heirs of Rabbi Suliman Menachem Mani and Keren Shalom from India. [Jerusalem, 1911]. · Polemic proclamations and proclamations regarding shechita issues. · Various proclamations for reinforcing tenets of religion, modesty and Shabbat observance.
21 items, size and condition vary. Most are in good condition.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection. Some items are rare and bibliographically unknown.
· Kol Nehi Nishma M'Zion - Regarding the death of the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Refael Meir Panizel. Jerusalem, Tevet 1893. · Collection of Pruzbul bills of Sephardic batei din, shmitta years. 1896, 1903, 1910, 1924, 1931, 1938. · Trust deed, heirs of Rabbi Suliman Menachem Mani and Keren Shalom from India. [Jerusalem, 1911]. · Polemic proclamations and proclamations regarding shechita issues. · Various proclamations for reinforcing tenets of religion, modesty and Shabbat observance.
21 items, size and condition vary. Most are in good condition.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection. Some items are rare and bibliographically unknown.
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Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Huge diverse collection of letters and documents. From private people and public institutes, yeshivas and chesed organizations. Letters by rabbis and by donors. Signed agreements and receipts. Notebooks of loaning and public funds. Jerusalem and Eretz Israel, [c. 1900s-1950s].
Among the items: · Many letters sent to Rabbi Shmuel Salant and the Va'ad HaKlali from all over the world. Letters on halachic matters, charities and public issues. Letters by emissaries and signed agreements. · Documents with signatures of renowned rabbis: Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Charlap, Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, Rabbi Aryeh Levine, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tokachinsky, Rabbi Yeshaya Cheshin, Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horwitz, Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak Wachtfogel, and others. · Many documents from public institutes in Jerusalem: the Etz Chaim Yeshiva, Gamach Sha'arei Chessed, Misgav LaDach, Kollel Shomrei HaChomot, Kollel Minsk, Kollel Chabad, etc. · Early and interesting documents from the management of the Eda HaCharedit, and from the heads of Neturei Karta. · Signed documents from the "Holy Cities": Hebron, Safed, Tiberias and Jaffa. · Many more documents.
More than 250 items. Size and condition vary.
Among the items: · Many letters sent to Rabbi Shmuel Salant and the Va'ad HaKlali from all over the world. Letters on halachic matters, charities and public issues. Letters by emissaries and signed agreements. · Documents with signatures of renowned rabbis: Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Charlap, Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, Rabbi Aryeh Levine, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tokachinsky, Rabbi Yeshaya Cheshin, Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horwitz, Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak Wachtfogel, and others. · Many documents from public institutes in Jerusalem: the Etz Chaim Yeshiva, Gamach Sha'arei Chessed, Misgav LaDach, Kollel Shomrei HaChomot, Kollel Minsk, Kollel Chabad, etc. · Early and interesting documents from the management of the Eda HaCharedit, and from the heads of Neturei Karta. · Signed documents from the "Holy Cities": Hebron, Safed, Tiberias and Jaffa. · Many more documents.
More than 250 items. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $300
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Autograph letter signed by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Moshe Ferrera. Calligraphic handwriting, Rashi script and scribal writing. Jerusalem, 1902.
Letter of thanks and blessing on receiving 5 francs from a "close good neighbor" Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.
Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Moshe Ferrera (c. 1840-1917) son of renowned kabbalist Rabbi Aharon Refael Chaim Moshe Ferrera, [died in 1887, author of Toldot Aharon V'Moshe and Efer Moshe and Me'il Kodesh V'Bigdei Yesha on Etz Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital. See: "Bigdei Kodesh Asher L'Aharon, published by Ahavat Shalom, Jerusalem, 1994], in 1848, ascended with his father to Jerusalem from Salonika. He was a Jerusalem kabbalist and Torah sage and belonged to the Beit El community. He was raised by his great father and immersed in his great kabbalist knowledge, studying Torah and dedicating his life to G-d's service. He delivered a discourse every evening in a yeshiva for working men in the Old City. He was a scribe for the Bet El Kabbalist Yeshiva, wrote and copied Kabbalistic books of the Rashash as well as his father's books and earned his living by writing amulets. Wrote several mussar books in Ladino, published his father's book Me'il HaKodesh U'Bigdei Yesha (Jerusalem, 1888).
Leaf, 22 cm. Good condition. Filing holes.
Letter of thanks and blessing on receiving 5 francs from a "close good neighbor" Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.
Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Moshe Ferrera (c. 1840-1917) son of renowned kabbalist Rabbi Aharon Refael Chaim Moshe Ferrera, [died in 1887, author of Toldot Aharon V'Moshe and Efer Moshe and Me'il Kodesh V'Bigdei Yesha on Etz Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital. See: "Bigdei Kodesh Asher L'Aharon, published by Ahavat Shalom, Jerusalem, 1994], in 1848, ascended with his father to Jerusalem from Salonika. He was a Jerusalem kabbalist and Torah sage and belonged to the Beit El community. He was raised by his great father and immersed in his great kabbalist knowledge, studying Torah and dedicating his life to G-d's service. He delivered a discourse every evening in a yeshiva for working men in the Old City. He was a scribe for the Bet El Kabbalist Yeshiva, wrote and copied Kabbalistic books of the Rashash as well as his father's books and earned his living by writing amulets. Wrote several mussar books in Ladino, published his father's book Me'il HaKodesh U'Bigdei Yesha (Jerusalem, 1888).
Leaf, 22 cm. Good condition. Filing holes.
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