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: $4,000
Sold for: $6,875
Including buyer's premium
Sha'ar Shimon, prayers on behalf of the ill, laws of visiting the infirm, prayers and conduct of the Chevra Kaddisha, by R. Shimon Frankfurt. Amsterdam, [1749]. Printed by the author's son, R. Moshe Frankfurt [author of Be'er HaGolah].
A unique copy, with leather binding, elaborate silver clasps and ornamentation. At the beginning and end are neatly handwritten parchment leaves with interesting historical content. Leaves bound before the book with "The history of the sage…of the Sephardi Amsterdam community…R. Moshe Uri HaLevi…" - "Copy of a manuscript found inside the books of the To'elet company in the Amsterdam community", signed: "These are the words of David the copier… my surname is Chofshee (free), 1792" [R. David Franko Mendes - Chofshee, (acronym of Chacham and Meshorer [sage and poet)], a disciple of the Ramchal at the time he was in Amsterdam]. List of names of Ashkenazi rabbis in Amsterdam and the dates of their service: "These are the names of the amazing perfect great Torah scholars who served in the rabbinate of the Amsterdam Ashkenazi community". The leaves bound at the end of the book contain prayers from the book Ma'ane Lashon [prayers recited at ancestors' gravesites] and copies of tombstone inscriptions in the ancient Prague cemetery. At the end of the book is a paper leaf with "A copy of…memories of the Werheimer Kloiz in Frankfurt".
34 leaves (Part 1 only). 12 cm. Good condition. Stains. Several detached leaves. Leather binding, with clasps and elegant ornaments, (marked) silver, delicate and high-quality filigree and granulation. The spine of the leather binding has been restored, with minor damages.
A unique copy, with leather binding, elaborate silver clasps and ornamentation. At the beginning and end are neatly handwritten parchment leaves with interesting historical content. Leaves bound before the book with "The history of the sage…of the Sephardi Amsterdam community…R. Moshe Uri HaLevi…" - "Copy of a manuscript found inside the books of the To'elet company in the Amsterdam community", signed: "These are the words of David the copier… my surname is Chofshee (free), 1792" [R. David Franko Mendes - Chofshee, (acronym of Chacham and Meshorer [sage and poet)], a disciple of the Ramchal at the time he was in Amsterdam]. List of names of Ashkenazi rabbis in Amsterdam and the dates of their service: "These are the names of the amazing perfect great Torah scholars who served in the rabbinate of the Amsterdam Ashkenazi community". The leaves bound at the end of the book contain prayers from the book Ma'ane Lashon [prayers recited at ancestors' gravesites] and copies of tombstone inscriptions in the ancient Prague cemetery. At the end of the book is a paper leaf with "A copy of…memories of the Werheimer Kloiz in Frankfurt".
34 leaves (Part 1 only). 12 cm. Good condition. Stains. Several detached leaves. Leather binding, with clasps and elegant ornaments, (marked) silver, delicate and high-quality filigree and granulation. The spine of the leather binding has been restored, with minor damages.
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Historical Manuscripts and Community Notebooks
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,200
Unsold
Two manuscripts, historical chronicles and study of the decrees in German countries in the Middle Ages during the Crusades and the Black Death persecutions. [Germany, 19th century]. Probably handwritten by the famous researcher Elyakim Carmoly (1802-1875).
· Manuscript, Gezerot Tatnu, (the Rhineland massacres), a historical chronicle by R. Eliezer son of R. Natan [Ra'avan]; with a list of the "names of the Speyer martyrs killed in 1096" (in the Rhineland massacres) and "names of the bloody cities". At the end of the manuscript is a list of "R. Shimon son of Tzemach Duran and the Torah scholars of his times, as their names appear in the book Tashbetz". [31] leaves.
· Manuscript, studies and lists about the 1349 decrees [the massacres during the Black Death pandemic]. Contains a "list of the names of places of massacres sanctifying G-d's Name" - "Copied letter by letter from the ancient vellum book commemorating the Mainz community"; another notebook with a study of the names of cities (Hebrew and English); "A few of the Ashkenazi sages"; "Seder Yemot Olam"; more lists. [36] leaves.
2 manuscripts. Size and condition vary.
· Manuscript, Gezerot Tatnu, (the Rhineland massacres), a historical chronicle by R. Eliezer son of R. Natan [Ra'avan]; with a list of the "names of the Speyer martyrs killed in 1096" (in the Rhineland massacres) and "names of the bloody cities". At the end of the manuscript is a list of "R. Shimon son of Tzemach Duran and the Torah scholars of his times, as their names appear in the book Tashbetz". [31] leaves.
· Manuscript, studies and lists about the 1349 decrees [the massacres during the Black Death pandemic]. Contains a "list of the names of places of massacres sanctifying G-d's Name" - "Copied letter by letter from the ancient vellum book commemorating the Mainz community"; another notebook with a study of the names of cities (Hebrew and English); "A few of the Ashkenazi sages"; "Seder Yemot Olam"; more lists. [36] leaves.
2 manuscripts. Size and condition vary.
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Historical Manuscripts and Community Notebooks
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,200
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Thick handwritten ledger, recording income, expenditures and community matters, of the Debno (Neudamm) community, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Prussia (today in Poland), 1819-1840. Yiddish, with some Hebrew and German.
The ledger contains precise records of income and expenditures of the Jewish community of Debno (Neudamm). An exact documentation of donations, funds collected at funerals, sale of matzot, etc; and documentation of various expenditures: for "an ill woman", a ill needy person, for guests and emissaries, for traveling expenses, salary for the person responsible for "extinguishing the candles" and for "preparing the candles" [in the synagogue], for candlewax, for repairing a window, for a woman who gave birth, for a person to lead the prayers, for Shabbat, to fix a fence, etc.
Several leaves are dedicated to inscriptions of births, deaths and burial dates of community members, primarily from the 1820s and 30s.
Some community members are mentioned with their full names. The Meyer, Lowenberg, Heiman and Freidlander families are mentioned among others.
Approximately [170] written pages + approximately [170] blank leaves, volume 20.5 cm. Overall good condition. Two detached leaves. Stains. Dark stain to upper margins of some leaves. Minor creases to leaf corners. Contemporary binding, with leather spine and corners. Slightly worn.
The ledger contains precise records of income and expenditures of the Jewish community of Debno (Neudamm). An exact documentation of donations, funds collected at funerals, sale of matzot, etc; and documentation of various expenditures: for "an ill woman", a ill needy person, for guests and emissaries, for traveling expenses, salary for the person responsible for "extinguishing the candles" and for "preparing the candles" [in the synagogue], for candlewax, for repairing a window, for a woman who gave birth, for a person to lead the prayers, for Shabbat, to fix a fence, etc.
Several leaves are dedicated to inscriptions of births, deaths and burial dates of community members, primarily from the 1820s and 30s.
Some community members are mentioned with their full names. The Meyer, Lowenberg, Heiman and Freidlander families are mentioned among others.
Approximately [170] written pages + approximately [170] blank leaves, volume 20.5 cm. Overall good condition. Two detached leaves. Stains. Dark stain to upper margins of some leaves. Minor creases to leaf corners. Contemporary binding, with leather spine and corners. Slightly worn.
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Historical Manuscripts and Community Notebooks
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, copy of the notebook of the Chevrat Shas in the Senica (Semnitz) community (Slovakia), from 1783-1892.
The date of establishment of the society appears on the title page of the notebook: "…On Tuesday Parshat Vayera the 21st of the month of Marcheshvan 1783 here in our community of Senica in the great Beit Midrash". It is also written there that among the gaba'im who were chosen are "the Rabbi Av Beit Din" [R. Yissachar Ber author of Binat Yissachar (see: Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 231)], and R. Leib Stovovy (see: Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 237). On the following pages are the society regulations, names of its members, copies of protocols with the names of those who signed, etc. The notebook contains many names and details of the members of the Senica community.
Mentioned on a separate leaf which was enclosed with the notebook is the "testament of the author of the book Binat Yissachar by Yissachar Ber Bloch from Hamburg…", not to ask a non-Jew to light candles in the synagogue on Shabbat and on Festivals; the fire which erupted as a result of disobeying his testament and the visit of community members to his grave to request forgiveness.
[22] leaves. 24 cm. Fair condition. Detached and worn leaves, brittle paper, with tears.
The date of establishment of the society appears on the title page of the notebook: "…On Tuesday Parshat Vayera the 21st of the month of Marcheshvan 1783 here in our community of Senica in the great Beit Midrash". It is also written there that among the gaba'im who were chosen are "the Rabbi Av Beit Din" [R. Yissachar Ber author of Binat Yissachar (see: Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 231)], and R. Leib Stovovy (see: Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 237). On the following pages are the society regulations, names of its members, copies of protocols with the names of those who signed, etc. The notebook contains many names and details of the members of the Senica community.
Mentioned on a separate leaf which was enclosed with the notebook is the "testament of the author of the book Binat Yissachar by Yissachar Ber Bloch from Hamburg…", not to ask a non-Jew to light candles in the synagogue on Shabbat and on Festivals; the fire which erupted as a result of disobeying his testament and the visit of community members to his grave to request forgiveness.
[22] leaves. 24 cm. Fair condition. Detached and worn leaves, brittle paper, with tears.
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Historical Manuscripts and Community Notebooks
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
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Large collection of manuscripts and community documents, including a collection of leaves and documents of the Kezthely (Hungary) community, [early 19th century].
The collection contains various letters, protocols of meetings of community leaders and activists, documents and regulations with various signatures. Most in Yiddish.
Among the leaves: · Unsigned letter of R. Shimon Weiner Rabbi of Lovasberény [one of the first disciples of the Chatam Sofer], addressed to "The great rabbi Av Beit Din of the Maher community". · Copy of an interesting letter by R. Shabtai Sheftel, Rabbi of Keszthely, who declares that if any claim arises against him, he relinquishes his rabbinical position and his salary. (Regarding R. Shabtai Sheftel and the dispute with his community which compelled him to leave the rabbinate, see: Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 364). · Various community documents of the Keszthely community. Among them: a decision regarding the salary of the "poet", with many signatures of community leaders (1826); document regarding provisions for the yeshiva students in Keszthely (1835); etc. · Documents from other communities: Prague (1815), Oven-Yashan (Budapest) (tosefet ketuba, 1812), Leipnik (1815), and more.
31 items. Size and condition vary, overall good condition.
The collection contains various letters, protocols of meetings of community leaders and activists, documents and regulations with various signatures. Most in Yiddish.
Among the leaves: · Unsigned letter of R. Shimon Weiner Rabbi of Lovasberény [one of the first disciples of the Chatam Sofer], addressed to "The great rabbi Av Beit Din of the Maher community". · Copy of an interesting letter by R. Shabtai Sheftel, Rabbi of Keszthely, who declares that if any claim arises against him, he relinquishes his rabbinical position and his salary. (Regarding R. Shabtai Sheftel and the dispute with his community which compelled him to leave the rabbinate, see: Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 364). · Various community documents of the Keszthely community. Among them: a decision regarding the salary of the "poet", with many signatures of community leaders (1826); document regarding provisions for the yeshiva students in Keszthely (1835); etc. · Documents from other communities: Prague (1815), Oven-Yashan (Budapest) (tosefet ketuba, 1812), Leipnik (1815), and more.
31 items. Size and condition vary, overall good condition.
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