Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,250
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Ma'avar Yabok, laws concerning death and bereavement, Viduim (confessions) and prayers, mussar and kabbalistic matters, by the kabbalist R. Aaron Berechiah of Modena. Mantova, [1626]. Printed by Judah Samuel of Perugia.
Divided into four Ma'amarim: Siftei Tzedek, Sefat Emet, Siftei Renanot and Anan HaKetoret (the fourth ma'amar includes three parts: Seder Pitum Haketoret, Korban Ta'anit and Minchat Aharon).
A dedication on the inside of the back board, in ancient Yiddish handwriting from 1679, signed by R. "Zeligman". On the title page is an ownership inscription of R. Zeligman and another erased inscription.
40 leaves; 41-55 pages; 57-84 leaves; 1-146, 149-162 leaves; 155-172 leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains and wear. Candle-wax stains. Tears on leaves 149-160, restored with glued paper strips; some tears affecting text (the text was replaced in an ancient handwriting). Leather-covered wooden binding, worn, torn and damaged (front cover is detached), with clasps.
Divided into four Ma'amarim: Siftei Tzedek, Sefat Emet, Siftei Renanot and Anan HaKetoret (the fourth ma'amar includes three parts: Seder Pitum Haketoret, Korban Ta'anit and Minchat Aharon).
A dedication on the inside of the back board, in ancient Yiddish handwriting from 1679, signed by R. "Zeligman". On the title page is an ownership inscription of R. Zeligman and another erased inscription.
40 leaves; 41-55 pages; 57-84 leaves; 1-146, 149-162 leaves; 155-172 leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains and wear. Candle-wax stains. Tears on leaves 149-160, restored with glued paper strips; some tears affecting text (the text was replaced in an ancient handwriting). Leather-covered wooden binding, worn, torn and damaged (front cover is detached), with clasps.
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![Ben Zion, prayers and kabbalistic matters, piyyutim and poems, by R. Yosef son of R. Elimelech of Turobin. Amsterdam, [1690].](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/162.jpg "Ben Zion - Amsterdam, 1690 - Interleaved Copy - Ownership Inscriptions")
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $875
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Ben Zion, prayers and kabbalistic matters, piyyutim and poems, by R. Yosef son of R. Elimelech of Turobin. Amsterdam, [1690]. Printed by "R. Moshe son of Avraham Avinu". Title page with decorative frames and illustrations of figures.
The book contains versions of "LeShem Yichud" for many mitzvoth, flowery opening phrases for letters, and dialogs between Yetzer HaTov (inclination for good) and Yetzer HaRa (inclination for evil).
The title on page 2 introduces the approbations of three Sephardic and Ashkenazic Rabbis, however only one person, R. Moshe Yehuda son of R. Klonimus HaCohen, Rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Amsterdam signed the approbation, highly praising the author.
Interleaved copy (the printed leaves are alternately bound with blank leaves for adding notes). The added leaves remain blank.
Various ownership inscriptions from the 18th century: an ownership inscription stating that the book belonged to R. Aharon Rabbi of Schwabach, Ansbach [R. Aharon, a descendant of the author of Minchat Aharon, served in the Dessau rabbinate and was Ra'avad of Berlin. From 1772, he served as Rabbi of Schwabach and the Ansbach district until his death in 1781. He was a renowned head of yeshiva and R. Bezalel Ransburg was among his disciples]; ownership inscription of R. Leiber with the writer's signature dated 1781: "Shimon Segal of Hildeshei[m]"; more inscriptions and ink stains.
[1], 35 leaves (total of 64 leaves, including the blank ones. All leaves are numbered by hand). 16.5 cm. Good condition. Wear and stains. Paper glued to the margins of the printed leaves, enlarging the margins. New binding.
The book contains versions of "LeShem Yichud" for many mitzvoth, flowery opening phrases for letters, and dialogs between Yetzer HaTov (inclination for good) and Yetzer HaRa (inclination for evil).
The title on page 2 introduces the approbations of three Sephardic and Ashkenazic Rabbis, however only one person, R. Moshe Yehuda son of R. Klonimus HaCohen, Rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Amsterdam signed the approbation, highly praising the author.
Interleaved copy (the printed leaves are alternately bound with blank leaves for adding notes). The added leaves remain blank.
Various ownership inscriptions from the 18th century: an ownership inscription stating that the book belonged to R. Aharon Rabbi of Schwabach, Ansbach [R. Aharon, a descendant of the author of Minchat Aharon, served in the Dessau rabbinate and was Ra'avad of Berlin. From 1772, he served as Rabbi of Schwabach and the Ansbach district until his death in 1781. He was a renowned head of yeshiva and R. Bezalel Ransburg was among his disciples]; ownership inscription of R. Leiber with the writer's signature dated 1781: "Shimon Segal of Hildeshei[m]"; more inscriptions and ink stains.
[1], 35 leaves (total of 64 leaves, including the blank ones. All leaves are numbered by hand). 16.5 cm. Good condition. Wear and stains. Paper glued to the margins of the printed leaves, enlarging the margins. New binding.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Unsold
Two damaged copies of the book Semichat Chachamim on Tractate Berachot, by the Kabbalist R. Naftali HaCohen Katz, Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main. [The entire book is titled Semichat Chachamim, The first part - a long kabbalistic "introduction" - is titled Birkat Hashem on the title page, and the second part of the novellae on Tractate Berachot is name Kedusha U'Vracha].
· Birkat Hashem, Part 1, "Introduction to Semichat Chachamim". Frankfurt am Main, [1704]. Illustrated title page. Ancient signatures "Ya'akov son of R. [Peretz?]"; "Itzik Wolf ---".
79 leaves. 33 cm. Fair-poor condition. Heavily worn, damages affecting text to title page and first leaves. Unbound.
· Part 1 Birkat Hashem - "Introduction to Semichat Chachamim", and Part 2 "Kedusha U'Vracha", novellae on Tractate Berachot. Frankfurt am Main, [1704-1706]. Illustrated title page to Part 2.
Copy lacking 4 leaves (title page of Part 1 and leaves 2, 7-8): 3-6, 9-79 leaves; [1] 140 leaves. 34 cm. Condition varies. Most leaves are in good condition, with wide margins. Few stains and wear. leaves 3-6 and leaves 139-140 are detached and worn. Unbound.
Printed in the lifetime of the author - the celebrated kabbalist R. Naftali Katz (1650-1719), a renowned Ashkenazi kabbalist. Rabbi of Ostroh, Posen and Frankfurt am Main. From his youth, he already conducted himself with awesome holiness and outstanding diligence and knew the entire Talmud by heart. Immediately after his marriage, he was appointed head of the Ostroh Yeshiva and at the age of 30, was appointed Rabbi of the eminent city of Ostroh and all the Ukrainian districts. In 1689, he relocated to Posen to serve in its rabbinate. At that time, at the young age of 40, he was appointed leader of Va'ad Arba Aratzot, the highest Torah position in all Ashkenazi countries and in Poland. In 1704, he was appointed Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main, the center of Torah study in Germany. After the great fire which broke out in Frankfurt am Main in 1711, he was forced to flee the city (due to a libel that the fire broke out because of his dealing in practical kabbalah, hashba'ot and writing amulets). After various wanderings, he planned to settle in Eretz Israel, however upon arriving in Constantinople he became ill and died from his illness. His gravesite in Constantinople is until today a place of pilgrimage for prayer and salvation. [Reputedly, at the time the Ba'al Shem Tov reached Constantinople on his way to Eretz Israel, R. Naftali Katz appeared to him in a dream and revealed to him that he will not merit ascending to Eretz Israel just as he himself did not merit reaching Eretz Israel and died in Constantinople. This was the reason that the Ba'al Shem Tov turned back to his city of Medzhybizh].
· Birkat Hashem, Part 1, "Introduction to Semichat Chachamim". Frankfurt am Main, [1704]. Illustrated title page. Ancient signatures "Ya'akov son of R. [Peretz?]"; "Itzik Wolf ---".
79 leaves. 33 cm. Fair-poor condition. Heavily worn, damages affecting text to title page and first leaves. Unbound.
· Part 1 Birkat Hashem - "Introduction to Semichat Chachamim", and Part 2 "Kedusha U'Vracha", novellae on Tractate Berachot. Frankfurt am Main, [1704-1706]. Illustrated title page to Part 2.
Copy lacking 4 leaves (title page of Part 1 and leaves 2, 7-8): 3-6, 9-79 leaves; [1] 140 leaves. 34 cm. Condition varies. Most leaves are in good condition, with wide margins. Few stains and wear. leaves 3-6 and leaves 139-140 are detached and worn. Unbound.
Printed in the lifetime of the author - the celebrated kabbalist R. Naftali Katz (1650-1719), a renowned Ashkenazi kabbalist. Rabbi of Ostroh, Posen and Frankfurt am Main. From his youth, he already conducted himself with awesome holiness and outstanding diligence and knew the entire Talmud by heart. Immediately after his marriage, he was appointed head of the Ostroh Yeshiva and at the age of 30, was appointed Rabbi of the eminent city of Ostroh and all the Ukrainian districts. In 1689, he relocated to Posen to serve in its rabbinate. At that time, at the young age of 40, he was appointed leader of Va'ad Arba Aratzot, the highest Torah position in all Ashkenazi countries and in Poland. In 1704, he was appointed Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main, the center of Torah study in Germany. After the great fire which broke out in Frankfurt am Main in 1711, he was forced to flee the city (due to a libel that the fire broke out because of his dealing in practical kabbalah, hashba'ot and writing amulets). After various wanderings, he planned to settle in Eretz Israel, however upon arriving in Constantinople he became ill and died from his illness. His gravesite in Constantinople is until today a place of pilgrimage for prayer and salvation. [Reputedly, at the time the Ba'al Shem Tov reached Constantinople on his way to Eretz Israel, R. Naftali Katz appeared to him in a dream and revealed to him that he will not merit ascending to Eretz Israel just as he himself did not merit reaching Eretz Israel and died in Constantinople. This was the reason that the Ba'al Shem Tov turned back to his city of Medzhybizh].
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Sha'ar Efraim, segulot and cures (Yiddish), homilies and novellae on Tehillim, by R. Efraim, Rabbi of Wertheim. Altona, [1736].
Expanded edition, with many additions to the chapter of segulot and cures and additional letters of responsa from 1728, containing a halachic correspondence with R. Ya'akov Bechofen, Rabbi of Metz [R Jacob Reischer, author of Shevut Ya'akov], from the time R. Efraim served in the Wertheim rabbinate. Torah novellae in the name of the famous "Ber Calif of Hamburg".
On page 23/a, the author tells of a "dybbuk" which he removed from a youth. In the long approbation by R. Aharon Katz, Rabbi of Warburg, he tells of the expertise and experience of the author, R. Efraim Wertheim in removing dybbuks and of his success in his struggles against impure forces.
A handwritten leaf is bound among the leaves, containing a formula for mixing a potion for gynecological treatment.
[22] leaves. (Mispagination, ending at leaf 23). 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Old binding.
Expanded edition, with many additions to the chapter of segulot and cures and additional letters of responsa from 1728, containing a halachic correspondence with R. Ya'akov Bechofen, Rabbi of Metz [R Jacob Reischer, author of Shevut Ya'akov], from the time R. Efraim served in the Wertheim rabbinate. Torah novellae in the name of the famous "Ber Calif of Hamburg".
On page 23/a, the author tells of a "dybbuk" which he removed from a youth. In the long approbation by R. Aharon Katz, Rabbi of Warburg, he tells of the expertise and experience of the author, R. Efraim Wertheim in removing dybbuks and of his success in his struggles against impure forces.
A handwritten leaf is bound among the leaves, containing a formula for mixing a potion for gynecological treatment.
[22] leaves. (Mispagination, ending at leaf 23). 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Old binding.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
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Sefer HaPli'ah - Sefer HaKaneh, kabbalistic matters. By Rabbi Avigdor Kara of Prague. Przemyśl, 1883.
The approbations of this edition are the source of the Chassidic tradition regarding the powerful segula of owning this book. R. Aharon of Sanz, son of the Divrei Chaim, writes in his approbation "The tradition is accepted among us that it has the segula of bringing blessing into the home". Another approbation by the Husiatyn Rebbe describes the great protection that this book gives to a person's home. Especially interesting is the approbation of R. Uri HaCohen of Sambir who humbly writes: "Although I do not understand anything in this holy book, it is worthwhile to take Sefer HaPli'ah and see its holy letters… to light our eyes with the Torah, to understand even a little of the book".
[4], 85; 74, [4] leaves. (Leaf 85 is not bound in its place). 23 cm. Brittle paper, good condition. Few tears and slight worming. Old binding.
The approbations of this edition are the source of the Chassidic tradition regarding the powerful segula of owning this book. R. Aharon of Sanz, son of the Divrei Chaim, writes in his approbation "The tradition is accepted among us that it has the segula of bringing blessing into the home". Another approbation by the Husiatyn Rebbe describes the great protection that this book gives to a person's home. Especially interesting is the approbation of R. Uri HaCohen of Sambir who humbly writes: "Although I do not understand anything in this holy book, it is worthwhile to take Sefer HaPli'ah and see its holy letters… to light our eyes with the Torah, to understand even a little of the book".
[4], 85; 74, [4] leaves. (Leaf 85 is not bound in its place). 23 cm. Brittle paper, good condition. Few tears and slight worming. Old binding.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $7,500
Sold for: $9,375
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Manuscript, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and for Yom Kippur, with Kabbalistic commentaries and kavanot. [Constantinople, 1740-1755]. Including an unknown piyyut by R. Chaim Benveniste and a fascinating historic documentation of events which took place in Constantinople.
Complete manuscript, in semi-cursive Oriental script. Contains Selichot for the month of Elul, prayers and piyyutim for the High Holidays with commentaries, kabbalistic custom and kavanot and other additions.
Apparently, the writer was a Torah scholar and kabbalist who prepared his own arrangement for the machzor with commentaries on the prayers and the piyyutim [which probably were never printed] and kabbalistic customs and kavanot. First, he wrote the text of the machzor leaving wide margins, later adding long notations and additions on the margins. Presumably, these explanations of the prayers and piyyutim are the writer's original work, unknown from any other source. Glosses written by another writer, a kabbalist as well, appear in several places.
On the margins of page 25b, the writer quotes a piyyut written by R. Aharon Alidi in 1742. This piyyut does not appear in Otzar HaShira V'Hapiyut by Davidson [R. Aharon Alidi, a Constantinople sage and poet, was a disciple of R. Moshe HaCohen, author of Kehunat Olam].
A piyyut appears before the Arvit prayer of Yom Kippur with the name of its composer at the bottom of the page: "Chaim Moda'i [R. Chaim Moda'i (1720-1794), a scholar of Constantinople who emigrated to Safed, disciple of R. Chaim Abulafia, author of the Chaim L'Olam responsa].
On the verso is another piyyut with the name of its composer at the top of the page: "By the Rabbi Knesset HaGedolah". Also this piyyut does not appear in the Otzar HaShira V'Hapiyyut by Davidson and we have not discovered a different source for this piyyut by R. Chaim Benveniste, Rabbi of Izmir and author of Knesset HaGedolah.
On the last leaf of the manuscript are inscriptions with an enthralling historical documentation of various events (including the coronation of the third Ottoman Sultan in December 1754), earthquakes and fires which took place in the city of Constantinople.
[1], 1-74, [1], 75-88, [6], 89-91, 5-29, [6] leaves (and several blank leaves). Slightly mispaginated. A leaf with Kabbalat Shabbat for Yom Kippur is bound between leaves 74 and 75 (the Musaf prayer for Rosh Hashanah). 20 cm. High-quality paper. Overall good condition. Stains, slight wear. Tears affecting text on the last leaf with the inscriptions. Contemporary leather binding.
Complete manuscript, in semi-cursive Oriental script. Contains Selichot for the month of Elul, prayers and piyyutim for the High Holidays with commentaries, kabbalistic custom and kavanot and other additions.
Apparently, the writer was a Torah scholar and kabbalist who prepared his own arrangement for the machzor with commentaries on the prayers and the piyyutim [which probably were never printed] and kabbalistic customs and kavanot. First, he wrote the text of the machzor leaving wide margins, later adding long notations and additions on the margins. Presumably, these explanations of the prayers and piyyutim are the writer's original work, unknown from any other source. Glosses written by another writer, a kabbalist as well, appear in several places.
On the margins of page 25b, the writer quotes a piyyut written by R. Aharon Alidi in 1742. This piyyut does not appear in Otzar HaShira V'Hapiyut by Davidson [R. Aharon Alidi, a Constantinople sage and poet, was a disciple of R. Moshe HaCohen, author of Kehunat Olam].
A piyyut appears before the Arvit prayer of Yom Kippur with the name of its composer at the bottom of the page: "Chaim Moda'i [R. Chaim Moda'i (1720-1794), a scholar of Constantinople who emigrated to Safed, disciple of R. Chaim Abulafia, author of the Chaim L'Olam responsa].
On the verso is another piyyut with the name of its composer at the top of the page: "By the Rabbi Knesset HaGedolah". Also this piyyut does not appear in the Otzar HaShira V'Hapiyyut by Davidson and we have not discovered a different source for this piyyut by R. Chaim Benveniste, Rabbi of Izmir and author of Knesset HaGedolah.
On the last leaf of the manuscript are inscriptions with an enthralling historical documentation of various events (including the coronation of the third Ottoman Sultan in December 1754), earthquakes and fires which took place in the city of Constantinople.
[1], 1-74, [1], 75-88, [6], 89-91, 5-29, [6] leaves (and several blank leaves). Slightly mispaginated. A leaf with Kabbalat Shabbat for Yom Kippur is bound between leaves 74 and 75 (the Musaf prayer for Rosh Hashanah). 20 cm. High-quality paper. Overall good condition. Stains, slight wear. Tears affecting text on the last leaf with the inscriptions. Contemporary leather binding.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Asara Ma'amarot, by Rabbi Menahem Azariah da Fano, with the Yo'el Moshe commentary by R. Moshe son of R. Shlomo HaLevi of Frankfurt. Amsterdam, 1649. Printed by the partners R. Yehuda son of R. Mordechai and R. Shmuel son of R. Moshe HaLevi.
Five long Kabbalistic glosses [slightly cutoff], in Ashkenazi script [c. 18th/19th centuries]. Ancient signatures on title page: "Mendel son of R. David Tevil Wertheim"; "Moshe son of R. Meod [acronym]; "Yitzchak Aharon HaCohen [Schotten]".
158 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Non-contemporary binding.
Five long Kabbalistic glosses [slightly cutoff], in Ashkenazi script [c. 18th/19th centuries]. Ancient signatures on title page: "Mendel son of R. David Tevil Wertheim"; "Moshe son of R. Meod [acronym]; "Yitzchak Aharon HaCohen [Schotten]".
158 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Non-contemporary binding.
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Lot 168 Tikunei HaZohar, Constantinople 1719 - Many Handwritten Glosses by a Kabbalist from Tiberias
![Tikunei HaZohar. Constantinople, [1719]. Printed by Yonah ben Ya'akov.
On the endpapers are long inscriptions of kabbalistic](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/168.jpg "Tikunei HaZohar, Constantinople 1719 - Many Handwritten Glosses by a K")
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Sold for: $550
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Tikunei HaZohar. Constantinople, [1719]. Printed by Yonah ben Ya'akov.
On the endpapers are long inscriptions of kabbalistic Torah novellae in Ashkenazi handwriting [Tiberias? 19th century]. On the title page and on the leaves are ownership inscriptions and stamps of the Kloiz of the Chernobyl Chassidim in Tiberias and (unsigned) ownership inscriptions from 1872 of the person who bought the book from the Kloiz by exchanging it for a newer edition with the approval of the gaba'im of the kloiz. On the margins are many notations and corrections in Ashkenazi writing by several writers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Ancient signature in the center of the title page "Yitzchak of the Levi family".
[6], 160 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains. Worn binding.
On the endpapers are long inscriptions of kabbalistic Torah novellae in Ashkenazi handwriting [Tiberias? 19th century]. On the title page and on the leaves are ownership inscriptions and stamps of the Kloiz of the Chernobyl Chassidim in Tiberias and (unsigned) ownership inscriptions from 1872 of the person who bought the book from the Kloiz by exchanging it for a newer edition with the approval of the gaba'im of the kloiz. On the margins are many notations and corrections in Ashkenazi writing by several writers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Ancient signature in the center of the title page "Yitzchak of the Levi family".
[6], 160 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains. Worn binding.
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![Three Kabbalistic works, printed in Korets:
1-2 Shoshan Sodot. Korets, [1784]. Bound with: Ma'ayan HaChochmah, writings of](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/169_1.jpg "Shoshan Sodot / Tzioni / Ma'ayan HaChochmah - Printed in Korets - Hand")
![Three Kabbalistic works, printed in Korets:
1-2 Shoshan Sodot. Korets, [1784]. Bound with: Ma'ayan HaChochmah, writings of](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/169_2.jpg "Shoshan Sodot / Tzioni / Ma'ayan HaChochmah - Printed in Korets - Hand")
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
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Three Kabbalistic works, printed in Korets:
1-2 Shoshan Sodot. Korets, [1784]. Bound with: Ma'ayan HaChochmah, writings of R. Yitzchak Luria [the Arizal], with the book Shever Yosef, Kabbalat Mahari Srug, and Kitzur Olam HaTikun, Korets, [1784].
92 [2] leaves; 38 leaves (Ma'ayan HaChochmah, lacking title page - apparently originally bound without title page, common in Korets printings). 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor worming. Non-contemporary binding.
3. Sefer Tzioni, kabbalistic explanation on the Torah, by R. Menachem Tzioni son of R. Meir of Speyer. Korets, [1785].
More than 50 long kabbalistic glosses in pencil and pen [in Ashkenazi script. Hungary, 19th century]. On the title page are various ownership inscriptions: "Belongs to…R. Getz Oppenheim"; "This books was given to me as a gift by R. Meir [Tuvia?] of Unsdorf". Stamps of R. "Avraham Frankel - Budapest" [1860-1937. Leader of Charedi Jewry in Hungary, head of the Orthodox agency in Budapest].
92 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Old damaged binding.
Many of Rabbi Chaim Vital's kabbalistic books were initially printed in Korets in the 1780s at the time the Chassidic movement and kabbalistic study spread throughout Eastern Europe.
1-2 Shoshan Sodot. Korets, [1784]. Bound with: Ma'ayan HaChochmah, writings of R. Yitzchak Luria [the Arizal], with the book Shever Yosef, Kabbalat Mahari Srug, and Kitzur Olam HaTikun, Korets, [1784].
92 [2] leaves; 38 leaves (Ma'ayan HaChochmah, lacking title page - apparently originally bound without title page, common in Korets printings). 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor worming. Non-contemporary binding.
3. Sefer Tzioni, kabbalistic explanation on the Torah, by R. Menachem Tzioni son of R. Meir of Speyer. Korets, [1785].
More than 50 long kabbalistic glosses in pencil and pen [in Ashkenazi script. Hungary, 19th century]. On the title page are various ownership inscriptions: "Belongs to…R. Getz Oppenheim"; "This books was given to me as a gift by R. Meir [Tuvia?] of Unsdorf". Stamps of R. "Avraham Frankel - Budapest" [1860-1937. Leader of Charedi Jewry in Hungary, head of the Orthodox agency in Budapest].
92 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Old damaged binding.
Many of Rabbi Chaim Vital's kabbalistic books were initially printed in Korets in the 1780s at the time the Chassidic movement and kabbalistic study spread throughout Eastern Europe.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,875
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Kalach (138) Pitchei Chochma, kabbalistic topics, by R. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto - the Ramchal. Korets, 1785. First edition.
Approbation by R. Ya'akov Yosef son of R. Yehuda Leib of Ostroh, disciple of the Magid of Mezeritch.
On the title page are signatures of R. "Natan Koronil" and of R. "Yehuda Leib son of A. Mordechai of the family of Shalom Epstein of Grodno". On the leaves preceding the title page are long kabbalistic inscriptions in Rashi script [apparently in the handwriting of Rabbi Natan Koronil]. In the book are short corrections in Rashi script and in Ashkenazi handwriting.
Rabbi Nachman Natan Koronil (1810-1890), born in Amsterdam, was a Torah scholar and kabbalist. He authored books and published early manuscripts. He also studied kabbala together with his friends, R. Eliezer Bergman, R. Yehosef Schwarz and R. Binyamin Lilienthal.
116 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Heavy wear and slight worming. On leaf 18 some words are replaced by hand. Worn binding with leather spine.
Variant - In this copy, the introduction of the publisher (page 2/a) was not printed, and the page remained empty, bearing a censorship stamp and signature affirming that the book was inspected by the censor.
Approbation by R. Ya'akov Yosef son of R. Yehuda Leib of Ostroh, disciple of the Magid of Mezeritch.
On the title page are signatures of R. "Natan Koronil" and of R. "Yehuda Leib son of A. Mordechai of the family of Shalom Epstein of Grodno". On the leaves preceding the title page are long kabbalistic inscriptions in Rashi script [apparently in the handwriting of Rabbi Natan Koronil]. In the book are short corrections in Rashi script and in Ashkenazi handwriting.
Rabbi Nachman Natan Koronil (1810-1890), born in Amsterdam, was a Torah scholar and kabbalist. He authored books and published early manuscripts. He also studied kabbala together with his friends, R. Eliezer Bergman, R. Yehosef Schwarz and R. Binyamin Lilienthal.
116 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Heavy wear and slight worming. On leaf 18 some words are replaced by hand. Worn binding with leather spine.
Variant - In this copy, the introduction of the publisher (page 2/a) was not printed, and the page remained empty, bearing a censorship stamp and signature affirming that the book was inspected by the censor.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Hakdamot U'She'arim - "One branch of the book Leshem Shevo V'Achlama", by the kabbalist R. Shlomo Elyashiv. Piotrków, 1908. First edition of the first book authored by the author of the Leshem.
Several notations and revisions in the handwriting of the author, the kabbalist R. Shlomo Elyashiv of Šiauliai, author of the Leshem Shevo V'Achlama (1841-1926), leading Lithuanian kabbalist. Author of the glosses on Etz Chaim which were printed in the Warsaw 1891 edition which are known as the glosses of "Harav Shevach" [Shlomo ben Chaim Chaikel]. He was the chief editor of the kabbalistic writings of the Vilna Gaon which were printed by R. Shmuel Luria in the 1880s.
The series of the Leshem Shevo V'Achlama kabbalistic books was printed during 1909-1948; these books are basic books of kabbalistic wisdom, written in holiness, fear of Heaven and purity [reputedly, the author also used Hashba'at HaKulmus]. This first part is called Hakdamot V'She'arim [or as the author labels them HaSefer HaKadosh, which portrays its importance and holiness and also contains the acronym of Hakdamot U'She'arim]. Part 2 is called Sefer HaDe'ha and is printed in two volumes (Piotrków, 1912). Additional parts are Sefer HaKelalim and Sefer HaBe'urim which were printed in Jerusalem after the author's death by his son-in-law R. Avraham Elyashiv, the Rabbi of Gomel (Belarus), father of R. Y. S. Elyashiv.
212 pages + back wrapper with the author's address. 29.5 cm. Fair condition, dampstains and damages. Wear and detached leaves. Ancient leather binding, detached and torn.
Several notations and revisions in the handwriting of the author, the kabbalist R. Shlomo Elyashiv of Šiauliai, author of the Leshem Shevo V'Achlama (1841-1926), leading Lithuanian kabbalist. Author of the glosses on Etz Chaim which were printed in the Warsaw 1891 edition which are known as the glosses of "Harav Shevach" [Shlomo ben Chaim Chaikel]. He was the chief editor of the kabbalistic writings of the Vilna Gaon which were printed by R. Shmuel Luria in the 1880s.
The series of the Leshem Shevo V'Achlama kabbalistic books was printed during 1909-1948; these books are basic books of kabbalistic wisdom, written in holiness, fear of Heaven and purity [reputedly, the author also used Hashba'at HaKulmus]. This first part is called Hakdamot V'She'arim [or as the author labels them HaSefer HaKadosh, which portrays its importance and holiness and also contains the acronym of Hakdamot U'She'arim]. Part 2 is called Sefer HaDe'ha and is printed in two volumes (Piotrków, 1912). Additional parts are Sefer HaKelalim and Sefer HaBe'urim which were printed in Jerusalem after the author's death by his son-in-law R. Avraham Elyashiv, the Rabbi of Gomel (Belarus), father of R. Y. S. Elyashiv.
212 pages + back wrapper with the author's address. 29.5 cm. Fair condition, dampstains and damages. Wear and detached leaves. Ancient leather binding, detached and torn.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Archive of hundreds of leaves written by the Kabbalist Rabbi Shimon Englander. Letters and manuscripts of Kabbalistic Torah novellae, commentary on the Zohar and novellae on the Rambam.
· Bar-Mitzvah sermon, signed "Yosef Englander". Neumarkt (Nowy-Targ), 1911. · Much correspondence with commentaries on the Rambam and explanations of the Zohar, most of which R. Yosef exchanged with R. Yehuda Heilbrun from Haifa [1870-1958, immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1930. Authored a large composition of novellae on the Rambam. 10 large manuscript volumes of this composition appeared in Kedem Auction 10, Lot 501]. Several leaves handwritten by R. Yehuda Heilbrun. · Correspondence from Jerusalem, 1948, regarding the printing of the book Sha'ar Shimon during the Israeli War of Independence. Including letters by R. Efraim Gottlieb, by R. Zvi Hirsh Shapira, and others. · Hundreds of handwritten leaves from his composition Sha'ar Shimon, commentary on the kabbalistic book Brit Kehunat Olam. · Handwritten notebook, copy of the kabbalistic book V'Cherev Pifiyot, copied in 1916, during WWI, in Vienna. · Signed receipts and other items.
R. Shimon Englander (1874-1950), Hasid and Kabbalist. He lived in Neumarkt (Nowy-Targ) and in 1934 moved to Haifa. He founded the Ateret Zekenim institute for supporting the elderly. During 1948-1950 he printed the Chassidic-kabbalistic book Brit Kehunat Olam with his commentary Sha'ar Shimon, a commentary that portrays his vast kabbalistic knowledge. His name appears on the title page: "R. Shimon Englarder of Haifa, author of Pardess Shimon, grandson of the author of Semichat Chachamim". He died while still in the process of printing his book.
Hundreds of leaves, Size and condition vary. Most leaves are large, approximately 28 cm.
· Bar-Mitzvah sermon, signed "Yosef Englander". Neumarkt (Nowy-Targ), 1911. · Much correspondence with commentaries on the Rambam and explanations of the Zohar, most of which R. Yosef exchanged with R. Yehuda Heilbrun from Haifa [1870-1958, immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1930. Authored a large composition of novellae on the Rambam. 10 large manuscript volumes of this composition appeared in Kedem Auction 10, Lot 501]. Several leaves handwritten by R. Yehuda Heilbrun. · Correspondence from Jerusalem, 1948, regarding the printing of the book Sha'ar Shimon during the Israeli War of Independence. Including letters by R. Efraim Gottlieb, by R. Zvi Hirsh Shapira, and others. · Hundreds of handwritten leaves from his composition Sha'ar Shimon, commentary on the kabbalistic book Brit Kehunat Olam. · Handwritten notebook, copy of the kabbalistic book V'Cherev Pifiyot, copied in 1916, during WWI, in Vienna. · Signed receipts and other items.
R. Shimon Englander (1874-1950), Hasid and Kabbalist. He lived in Neumarkt (Nowy-Targ) and in 1934 moved to Haifa. He founded the Ateret Zekenim institute for supporting the elderly. During 1948-1950 he printed the Chassidic-kabbalistic book Brit Kehunat Olam with his commentary Sha'ar Shimon, a commentary that portrays his vast kabbalistic knowledge. His name appears on the title page: "R. Shimon Englarder of Haifa, author of Pardess Shimon, grandson of the author of Semichat Chachamim". He died while still in the process of printing his book.
Hundreds of leaves, Size and condition vary. Most leaves are large, approximately 28 cm.
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