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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Large collection of letters and manuscripts (Hebrew and German), from the archive of Rabbi Elchanan Herman Gumpertz, Ra'avad and leader of the Hamburg community, 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.
Letters written to Rabbi Gumpertz: Including long letters with Torah teachings by various rabbis. Among the letters: · Letter of Torah teachings and on the subject of serving in the Hamburg rabbinate, by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Shpitzer, Av Beit Din of Miskolc [at that time he was offered a position in the Hamburg rabbinate]. Miskolc, 1910. · Letter of Torah teachings, by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Shpitzer. Hamburg 1912. · Letter with halachic responsum on the laws of sefirat ha'omer, by Rabbi David Zvi Hoffman. 1916. · Three long letters of Torah thoughts and about community matters, by Rabbi Mordechai Amram Hirsh Rabbi of Hamburg. Hamburg, 1906-1907. · Two letters of Torah thoughts, by Rabbi Yosef son of R' Matityahu HaLevi [Stern]. London, 1906. · Letter of Torah teachings and wishes for the New Year. By Rabbi Ya'akov Freimanen Av Beit Din of Holleschau. Elul, 1906. · More.
Family letters and documents: · Handwritten ketubah on vellum. Mainz, 1842. · Yiddish Shtar Tena'im. Frankfurt am Main, 1802. · Document signed by Rabbi Hertz son of R' Michel Shlass, concerning the estate of Rabbi Michel Emrich. Frankfurt am Main, Tishrei 1819. · Letter with New Year wishes, by Rabbi Shmuel son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Wirmesh. Elul 1846. · Many more letters and documents in Hebrew and German [enclosed is an English list, with details of the content of the German documents and letters].
Manuscripts of Torah thoughts: · Bar-Mitzvah sermon, [Germany, c. 1800]. · Halachic and Aggadic sermons, delivered in 1931. · Novellae on Tractate Bava Kama. [ca. 1870-1900]. · Many (Hebrew and German) halachic rulings, novellae and homiletics, in the handwriting of Rabbi Gumpertz. (Including a bundle of German articles on Kabbalistic wisdom, philosophy, religion and history).
Rabbi Elchanan (Herman) Gumpertz (born in 1851 in Frankfurt am Main, died in Hamburg in 1938), disciple of the Wurzburg Rabbi and of Rabbi Yosef Altman of Karlsruhe (disciple of the Aruch LaNer), was an illustrious Torah scholar and community leader. Founder and teacher in the Hamburg Chevrat Shas. For decades, he headed the Hamburg Charedi Jewish community. Served as Dayan and at times as Ra'avad of the Hamburg Beit Din. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Orthodox Jewry in German and one of the heads of the Charedi Union in Germany [which later developed into the worldwide Agudat Yisrael movement] and for over 30 years, served as chairman of the Committee of the Beit Midrash L'Rabbanim in Berlin.
More than 50 letters and documents, and more than 100 other leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
Letters written to Rabbi Gumpertz: Including long letters with Torah teachings by various rabbis. Among the letters: · Letter of Torah teachings and on the subject of serving in the Hamburg rabbinate, by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Shpitzer, Av Beit Din of Miskolc [at that time he was offered a position in the Hamburg rabbinate]. Miskolc, 1910. · Letter of Torah teachings, by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Shpitzer. Hamburg 1912. · Letter with halachic responsum on the laws of sefirat ha'omer, by Rabbi David Zvi Hoffman. 1916. · Three long letters of Torah thoughts and about community matters, by Rabbi Mordechai Amram Hirsh Rabbi of Hamburg. Hamburg, 1906-1907. · Two letters of Torah thoughts, by Rabbi Yosef son of R' Matityahu HaLevi [Stern]. London, 1906. · Letter of Torah teachings and wishes for the New Year. By Rabbi Ya'akov Freimanen Av Beit Din of Holleschau. Elul, 1906. · More.
Family letters and documents: · Handwritten ketubah on vellum. Mainz, 1842. · Yiddish Shtar Tena'im. Frankfurt am Main, 1802. · Document signed by Rabbi Hertz son of R' Michel Shlass, concerning the estate of Rabbi Michel Emrich. Frankfurt am Main, Tishrei 1819. · Letter with New Year wishes, by Rabbi Shmuel son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Wirmesh. Elul 1846. · Many more letters and documents in Hebrew and German [enclosed is an English list, with details of the content of the German documents and letters].
Manuscripts of Torah thoughts: · Bar-Mitzvah sermon, [Germany, c. 1800]. · Halachic and Aggadic sermons, delivered in 1931. · Novellae on Tractate Bava Kama. [ca. 1870-1900]. · Many (Hebrew and German) halachic rulings, novellae and homiletics, in the handwriting of Rabbi Gumpertz. (Including a bundle of German articles on Kabbalistic wisdom, philosophy, religion and history).
Rabbi Elchanan (Herman) Gumpertz (born in 1851 in Frankfurt am Main, died in Hamburg in 1938), disciple of the Wurzburg Rabbi and of Rabbi Yosef Altman of Karlsruhe (disciple of the Aruch LaNer), was an illustrious Torah scholar and community leader. Founder and teacher in the Hamburg Chevrat Shas. For decades, he headed the Hamburg Charedi Jewish community. Served as Dayan and at times as Ra'avad of the Hamburg Beit Din. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Orthodox Jewry in German and one of the heads of the Charedi Union in Germany [which later developed into the worldwide Agudat Yisrael movement] and for over 30 years, served as chairman of the Committee of the Beit Midrash L'Rabbanim in Berlin.
More than 50 letters and documents, and more than 100 other leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
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Handwritten leaves, from the notebooks of societies of the city of Alytus (Lithuania), 1909-1914:
· "Notebook of the Linat Tzedek Chevra Kadisha, founded in Alytus, Russia…in the month of Tamuz 1909". Title page, with "introduction" [4 pages], regarding the importance of establishing the society and about the mitzvah of visiting the infirm, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Rosenberg Av Beit Din of the city. · "Notebook of the Mishnayot Society in Alytus Russia…and the notebook was written in…1914". Title page and "introduction" [3 pages], on the importance of the society's activities and Torah study, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Ya'akov Rosenberg Av Beit Din of the city. Another introduction in his handwriting "to explain practical benefits of societies for study of our holy Torah and its mitzvoth…" [4 pages. lacking at the end].
[13] written pages. Approximately 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Tears affecting text in several places. Detached leaves.
· "Notebook of the Linat Tzedek Chevra Kadisha, founded in Alytus, Russia…in the month of Tamuz 1909". Title page, with "introduction" [4 pages], regarding the importance of establishing the society and about the mitzvah of visiting the infirm, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Rosenberg Av Beit Din of the city. · "Notebook of the Mishnayot Society in Alytus Russia…and the notebook was written in…1914". Title page and "introduction" [3 pages], on the importance of the society's activities and Torah study, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Ya'akov Rosenberg Av Beit Din of the city. Another introduction in his handwriting "to explain practical benefits of societies for study of our holy Torah and its mitzvoth…" [4 pages. lacking at the end].
[13] written pages. Approximately 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Tears affecting text in several places. Detached leaves.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Personal handwritten notebook, of Nissim Mordechai Misistrano, containing lists of divorces, poetic phrases, tombstone epitaphs and inscriptions of "hekdesh" for various places, family inscriptions, versions of letters, etc. [Turkey], 1921-1926. Hebrew and Ladino.
Some pages have incantations and oaths (hashba'ot) for Ayin Hara. Several pages in Arabic.
[57] written pages (and more blank pages). 19 cm. Good condition. Slight wear.
Some pages have incantations and oaths (hashba'ot) for Ayin Hara. Several pages in Arabic.
[57] written pages (and more blank pages). 19 cm. Good condition. Slight wear.
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Lot 248 Collection of Letters - From the Archives of the Chief Rabbis Rabbi Uziel and Rabbi Unterman
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of letters (more than 90 letters), from the archives of the Chief Rabbis, Rabbi Ben Zion Chai Uziel and Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman.
Letters to Rabbi Uziel by various rabbis and persons - c. 1940s-1950s:
· Three letters by Rabbi Tuvia Yehuda Temyomi Av Beit Din of Sochocin, Poland and from Tel Aviv rabbis. · Responsum by Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Herzog. · Interesting letter by Rabbi Ya'akov Neiman, Head of the Or Yisrael Yeshiva in Petach Tikva, Tevet 1947. · Letter by Rabbi Matityahu Ze'ev Shteigel, Head of the Beit Yosef Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. · Letter by Rabbi Yosef Zvi HaLevi, Av Beit Din of Jaffa. · More letters by various rabbis and other people, and letters by Rabbi Uziel.
Letters to Rabbi Unterman and from him - England and Eretz Israel, c. 1920s-1960s:
· Letters in Hebrew and in English, from Rabbis from Eretz Israel, England and Europe, Knesset Members, public figures and judges, English communities and Jewish organizations. [Some letters are about Jewish refugees from Austria and Germany in the 1940s]. · Many letters in Hebrew and in English, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Unterman. · Torah novelae and drafts of letters handwritten by Rabbi Unterman.
More than 90 items, size and condition vary. Most in good condition.
Letters to Rabbi Uziel by various rabbis and persons - c. 1940s-1950s:
· Three letters by Rabbi Tuvia Yehuda Temyomi Av Beit Din of Sochocin, Poland and from Tel Aviv rabbis. · Responsum by Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Herzog. · Interesting letter by Rabbi Ya'akov Neiman, Head of the Or Yisrael Yeshiva in Petach Tikva, Tevet 1947. · Letter by Rabbi Matityahu Ze'ev Shteigel, Head of the Beit Yosef Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. · Letter by Rabbi Yosef Zvi HaLevi, Av Beit Din of Jaffa. · More letters by various rabbis and other people, and letters by Rabbi Uziel.
Letters to Rabbi Unterman and from him - England and Eretz Israel, c. 1920s-1960s:
· Letters in Hebrew and in English, from Rabbis from Eretz Israel, England and Europe, Knesset Members, public figures and judges, English communities and Jewish organizations. [Some letters are about Jewish refugees from Austria and Germany in the 1940s]. · Many letters in Hebrew and in English, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Unterman. · Torah novelae and drafts of letters handwritten by Rabbi Unterman.
More than 90 items, size and condition vary. Most in good condition.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
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· Collection of letters and several leaves by Rabbi Moshe Ya'akov Ravikov - "the Holy Shoemaker" of Tel Aviv, and his family. Most of the [Yiddish] letters were sent to his daughter Ruchama, between the years 1940-1945. Several leaves have Yiddish poems.
More than 50 leaves. Varied size, good condition. Folding marks, stains and wear.
· Likutei Moshe Ya'akov - Limited stencil edition of the Shoemaker's novellae on the Torah, published by his son. Tel Aviv, 1969. "Published in 100 copies...all rights reserved to Yosef Ravikov". A photograph of the Shoemaker appears on the introduction leaf. The printed edition of this book was first published in 2004.
[2], 460 pages, 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Several detached leaves.
Rabbi Moshe Ya'akov Ravikov (1873-1967) - the "Holy Shoemaker" from Shabazi Street in Tel Aviv-Jaffa was a hidden tsaddik, kabbalist and wonder-worker. Born in Lithuania, a disciple of Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv author of Leshem Shvo V'Achlama [the Leshem]. After his Aliya to Eretz Israel, he moved to Jaffa and opened a shoemaking workshop. Although he hid himself and his powers, the generation's leaders and kabbalists recognized his amazing righteousness, cleaved to him and became his disciples. Rabbi Kook's comment to Rabbi Aryeh Levine that the "shoemaker" is one of the 36 hidden tsaddikim of the generation became public. The Chazon Ish encouraged him to reveal himself and shower blessings on the Jewish people. Many stories of wonders and revelations are recounted about the "holy shoemaker" and he was known to merit the revelation of Eliyahu [this was published in the newspapers of that time]. Many flocked to his home every day to receive his blessings and they saw deliverance from their troubles.
More than 50 leaves. Varied size, good condition. Folding marks, stains and wear.
· Likutei Moshe Ya'akov - Limited stencil edition of the Shoemaker's novellae on the Torah, published by his son. Tel Aviv, 1969. "Published in 100 copies...all rights reserved to Yosef Ravikov". A photograph of the Shoemaker appears on the introduction leaf. The printed edition of this book was first published in 2004.
[2], 460 pages, 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Several detached leaves.
Rabbi Moshe Ya'akov Ravikov (1873-1967) - the "Holy Shoemaker" from Shabazi Street in Tel Aviv-Jaffa was a hidden tsaddik, kabbalist and wonder-worker. Born in Lithuania, a disciple of Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv author of Leshem Shvo V'Achlama [the Leshem]. After his Aliya to Eretz Israel, he moved to Jaffa and opened a shoemaking workshop. Although he hid himself and his powers, the generation's leaders and kabbalists recognized his amazing righteousness, cleaved to him and became his disciples. Rabbi Kook's comment to Rabbi Aryeh Levine that the "shoemaker" is one of the 36 hidden tsaddikim of the generation became public. The Chazon Ish encouraged him to reveal himself and shower blessings on the Jewish people. Many stories of wonders and revelations are recounted about the "holy shoemaker" and he was known to merit the revelation of Eliyahu [this was published in the newspapers of that time]. Many flocked to his home every day to receive his blessings and they saw deliverance from their troubles.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Letters, a picture and a handwritten notebooks of the laws of Shabbat and homilies, in the handwriting of Rabbi Zalman Natan HaCohen Kiselgof, a rabbi in Moscow. Ca. 1960-1970.
Sent to his friend Rabbi Elchanan Sorotzkin, and printed in the book BeMetzar - Birkat HaZan, published by Mossad HaRav Kook, Jerusalem, 1971.
Rabbi Zalman Natan Kiselgof was one of the last rabbis in Russia during the trying period of the Communist rule. He was born to a Chassidic family in Novo-Vitebsk, in the Kherson region. He dedicated his entire life to the study of Torah and served as Chief Rabbi of the Great Synagogue in Moscow. These writings were smuggled in several stages from Russia to Israel and printed in Jerusalem, with approbations and introductions by Rabbi Unterman, Rabbi Abramsky and Rabbi Zevin, who stand in awe of the author's solitary diligence in Torah study, alone and secluded, yet he wrote novellae and homiletics on the level of the greatest Torah scholars of his times.
Dozens of leaves, dry paper. Size and condition vary.
Sent to his friend Rabbi Elchanan Sorotzkin, and printed in the book BeMetzar - Birkat HaZan, published by Mossad HaRav Kook, Jerusalem, 1971.
Rabbi Zalman Natan Kiselgof was one of the last rabbis in Russia during the trying period of the Communist rule. He was born to a Chassidic family in Novo-Vitebsk, in the Kherson region. He dedicated his entire life to the study of Torah and served as Chief Rabbi of the Great Synagogue in Moscow. These writings were smuggled in several stages from Russia to Israel and printed in Jerusalem, with approbations and introductions by Rabbi Unterman, Rabbi Abramsky and Rabbi Zevin, who stand in awe of the author's solitary diligence in Torah study, alone and secluded, yet he wrote novellae and homiletics on the level of the greatest Torah scholars of his times.
Dozens of leaves, dry paper. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,500
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An extensive and interesting archive of thousands of items: haundreds of letters, drafts and copies of letters, notes of introspection and original prayers, drafts of compositions and ephemera - archive of the tsaddik Rabbi Shmuel Huminer [the Chafetz Chaim of Jerusalem]. Jerusalem, [c. 1930-1977].
· Hundreds of letters sent to Rabbi Shmuel Huminer from Israel and from abroad: from rabbis, musar figures, Torah students from throughout Israel; family members and various people.
· Dozens of letters and correspondence with his close disciple Rabbi Mordechai Rabinowitz of Bnei Brak: correspondence regarding books they printed together and several letters regarding the well-known polemic about the Steipler's letters in Kuntress Igrot Kodesh.
· Hundreds of letters, drafts and copies of letters written by Rabbi Shmuel Huminer to family and friends, to disciples and to various people who sent him questions from all over the world. The letters contain matters related to halacha, musar, faith, meticulous adherence to mitzvot, holiness and conduct of a Jewish home, printing books, etc. Dozens of these letters carry Rabbi Huminer's own signature: "Shmuel Huminer".
· Hundreds of various leaves handwritten by Rabbi Huminer: sections of journals and notes of introspection. Various prayers which he composed for serving G-d and for inspiration for Torah study and for fulfilling mitzvoth, drafts of compositions and various ephemera.
· Printed ephemera: a receipt book and stamp of Va'ad Shemirat HaLashon; forms and paperwork of the "Committee for Religious Observance in the Holy Land"; notices of the death of Rabbi Shmuel Huminer; various proclamations and receipts.
Rabbi Shmuel Huminer (1913-1977) - a holy man, Torah scholar and Kabbalist, served G-d and pursued mitzvoth, prolific author and activist, dubbed the Chafetz Chaim of Jerusalem. He wrote several works on Shemirat HaLashon (guarding the tongue). He also studied the Bible and wrote compositions on the Bible and its correct method of study [this archive contains amazing articles and letters on this topic]. In his lifetime, he authored and printed more than 10 compositions which became rudimentary books of Halacha and of G-d's service and mitzvah observance. He also provided guidance for conducting a holy Jewish home and printed several books on this topic: Sefer Kedusha, Kavanot Nifla'ot and the Igrot Kodesh pamphlet [which stirred a fierce polemic. This archive contains interesting letters and writings on this topic]. He also wrote Olat HaTamid on kavanot and explanation of the prayers and his book Mitzvat HaBitachon was printed in many editions, in tens of thousands of copies and until this day, it is given by tsaddikim as a segulah.
For further details about the contents of the archive, see Hebrew description.
Thousands of leaves, size and condition vary.
Many items in this archive have been printed in the book "M'Pinkaso shel Eved HaMelech (Jerusalem, 2013).
· Hundreds of letters sent to Rabbi Shmuel Huminer from Israel and from abroad: from rabbis, musar figures, Torah students from throughout Israel; family members and various people.
· Dozens of letters and correspondence with his close disciple Rabbi Mordechai Rabinowitz of Bnei Brak: correspondence regarding books they printed together and several letters regarding the well-known polemic about the Steipler's letters in Kuntress Igrot Kodesh.
· Hundreds of letters, drafts and copies of letters written by Rabbi Shmuel Huminer to family and friends, to disciples and to various people who sent him questions from all over the world. The letters contain matters related to halacha, musar, faith, meticulous adherence to mitzvot, holiness and conduct of a Jewish home, printing books, etc. Dozens of these letters carry Rabbi Huminer's own signature: "Shmuel Huminer".
· Hundreds of various leaves handwritten by Rabbi Huminer: sections of journals and notes of introspection. Various prayers which he composed for serving G-d and for inspiration for Torah study and for fulfilling mitzvoth, drafts of compositions and various ephemera.
· Printed ephemera: a receipt book and stamp of Va'ad Shemirat HaLashon; forms and paperwork of the "Committee for Religious Observance in the Holy Land"; notices of the death of Rabbi Shmuel Huminer; various proclamations and receipts.
Rabbi Shmuel Huminer (1913-1977) - a holy man, Torah scholar and Kabbalist, served G-d and pursued mitzvoth, prolific author and activist, dubbed the Chafetz Chaim of Jerusalem. He wrote several works on Shemirat HaLashon (guarding the tongue). He also studied the Bible and wrote compositions on the Bible and its correct method of study [this archive contains amazing articles and letters on this topic]. In his lifetime, he authored and printed more than 10 compositions which became rudimentary books of Halacha and of G-d's service and mitzvah observance. He also provided guidance for conducting a holy Jewish home and printed several books on this topic: Sefer Kedusha, Kavanot Nifla'ot and the Igrot Kodesh pamphlet [which stirred a fierce polemic. This archive contains interesting letters and writings on this topic]. He also wrote Olat HaTamid on kavanot and explanation of the prayers and his book Mitzvat HaBitachon was printed in many editions, in tens of thousands of copies and until this day, it is given by tsaddikim as a segulah.
For further details about the contents of the archive, see Hebrew description.
Thousands of leaves, size and condition vary.
Many items in this archive have been printed in the book "M'Pinkaso shel Eved HaMelech (Jerusalem, 2013).
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Sold for: $813
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Archive of Hebrew and English documents, of Eliyahu Eliezer Skolsky of London. Letters, lists and drafts of letters, dedications and songs, including many letters from rabbis, family members and friends from England and throughout the world. Ca. 1920-1960.
Eliyahu Eliezer Skolsky, one of the heads of the Adat Yisrael community of London was born in Vilna. He was a descendent of Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Grodnensky, a rabbi in Lithuania (son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael of Salant, and father-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky and Rabbi Reuven Dov Dessler). He dealt extensively in the research of Hebrew books and was in close contact with rabbis and learned scholars in England and throughout the world. A close friend of his famous cousin Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, author of Michtav M'Eliyahu, he assisted him in reaching London and in attaining a position in the Dalston rabbinate.
Approximately 130 paper items. Size and condition vary.
Eliyahu Eliezer Skolsky, one of the heads of the Adat Yisrael community of London was born in Vilna. He was a descendent of Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Grodnensky, a rabbi in Lithuania (son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael of Salant, and father-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky and Rabbi Reuven Dov Dessler). He dealt extensively in the research of Hebrew books and was in close contact with rabbis and learned scholars in England and throughout the world. A close friend of his famous cousin Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, author of Michtav M'Eliyahu, he assisted him in reaching London and in attaining a position in the Dalston rabbinate.
Approximately 130 paper items. Size and condition vary.
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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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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,250
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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
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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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