Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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![Torah scroll, Ashkenazi "Bet Yosef" scribal script. Breslau, [ca. 1840].
Rolled on carved "Atzei Chaim"](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/1_1.jpg "Small Format Torah Scroll - Breslau, 1840")
![Torah scroll, Ashkenazi "Bet Yosef" scribal script. Breslau, [ca. 1840].
Rolled on carved "Atzei Chaim"](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/1_2.jpg "Small Format Torah Scroll - Breslau, 1840")
![Torah scroll, Ashkenazi "Bet Yosef" scribal script. Breslau, [ca. 1840].
Rolled on carved "Atzei Chaim"](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/1_3.jpg "Small Format Torah Scroll - Breslau, 1840")
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $5,000
Unsold
Torah scroll, Ashkenazi "Bet Yosef" scribal script. Breslau, [ca. 1840].
Rolled on carved "Atzei Chaim". One is original from the period of writing; on it is a parchment strip with a deleted Hebrew inscription about the writing and the inauguration festivity: "written and done here in Breslau, during the Ten Days of Repentance... and inauguration was …." [Tishrei 5601, 1840?].
The Torah scroll was brought to Eretz Israel in the 1930s by a family that arrived from Breslau, Germany, and for many years this Torah was read in public.
Height of parchment: 15-15.5 cm. Maximum size, with "Atzei Chaim": 38.5 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains and wear. Some dampstains, corrections of deleted letters from a later period. Today the scroll is unfit for reading. Some deleted lettersand some original mistakes.
Enclosed is a computerized report about the words that require correction.
Rolled on carved "Atzei Chaim". One is original from the period of writing; on it is a parchment strip with a deleted Hebrew inscription about the writing and the inauguration festivity: "written and done here in Breslau, during the Ten Days of Repentance... and inauguration was …." [Tishrei 5601, 1840?].
The Torah scroll was brought to Eretz Israel in the 1930s by a family that arrived from Breslau, Germany, and for many years this Torah was read in public.
Height of parchment: 15-15.5 cm. Maximum size, with "Atzei Chaim": 38.5 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains and wear. Some dampstains, corrections of deleted letters from a later period. Today the scroll is unfit for reading. Some deleted lettersand some original mistakes.
Enclosed is a computerized report about the words that require correction.
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Vellum Manuscripts
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![Esther Scroll on vellum. [Late 19th or early 20th century].](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/2.jpg "\"HaMelech\" Esther Scroll")
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Esther Scroll on vellum. [Late 19th or early 20th century].
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Vellum Manuscripts
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![Esther Scroll on vellum. [Europe, probably Holland, 19th century].
Sephardi scribal script, 22 rows per column. Inscribed on](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/3_1.jpg "Esther Scroll and Leaf with the Scroll's Blessings")
![Esther Scroll on vellum. [Europe, probably Holland, 19th century].
Sephardi scribal script, 22 rows per column. Inscribed on](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/3_2.jpg "Esther Scroll and Leaf with the Scroll's Blessings")
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Esther Scroll on vellum. [Europe, probably Holland, 19th century].
Sephardi scribal script, 22 rows per column. Inscribed on thick vellum membranes. Part of the first membrane is sewn onto a brownish-gold fabric. Rolled on sculpted ivory roller and fastened with ribbons.
Enclosed is a parchment sheet with the Scroll's Blessings, ending with an instruction written in Spanish in Hebrew letters: "I Dire ["Say"] VeAtah Kadosh".
Vellum height: 30.5 cm, roller length: 40 cm. Length of blessings sheet: 35.5 cm. Good overall condition. Some stains and slight defects. Ink reinforcements in several places, and faded ink in other places. Decoration missing on one end of the roller and a broken decoration on the other end.
Sephardi scribal script, 22 rows per column. Inscribed on thick vellum membranes. Part of the first membrane is sewn onto a brownish-gold fabric. Rolled on sculpted ivory roller and fastened with ribbons.
Enclosed is a parchment sheet with the Scroll's Blessings, ending with an instruction written in Spanish in Hebrew letters: "I Dire ["Say"] VeAtah Kadosh".
Vellum height: 30.5 cm, roller length: 40 cm. Length of blessings sheet: 35.5 cm. Good overall condition. Some stains and slight defects. Ink reinforcements in several places, and faded ink in other places. Decoration missing on one end of the roller and a broken decoration on the other end.
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Vellum Manuscripts
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![Small Ashkenazi Torah scroll, for children. [Israel, ca. mid-20th century].
Printing on paper; wood; aluminum.
Torah scroll](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/4.jpg "Torah Scroll for Children - With a Mantle, Shield and Finials")
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Small Ashkenazi Torah scroll, for children. [Israel, ca. mid-20th century].
Printing on paper; wood; aluminum.
Torah scroll in a small format. Scrolled on two Atzei Chaim ending in pomegranate-shaped finials, wrapped in velvet "mantle" with embroidered ornaments and decorated with a tiny metal shield.
Paper height: 23.5 cm. Height of Atzei Chaim (with finials): 50 cm. Good condition.
Printing on paper; wood; aluminum.
Torah scroll in a small format. Scrolled on two Atzei Chaim ending in pomegranate-shaped finials, wrapped in velvet "mantle" with embroidered ornaments and decorated with a tiny metal shield.
Paper height: 23.5 cm. Height of Atzei Chaim (with finials): 50 cm. Good condition.
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Vellum Manuscripts
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $6,875
Including buyer's premium
Vellum manuscript, Sefer Mar'eh Cohen - The Priestly Blessing and various prayers for the Festivals and for the High Holidays. Written by the scribe "Ya'akov Shmuel son of R. Azriel Cohen Sofer of the Amsterdam community" who wrote it "In honor of R. Chaim son of R. Moshe Cohen Shuster of the Frankfurt am Main community". Frankfurt am Main, 1812.
Impressive manuscript - pocket edition. Colorful title page with floral illustrations of a Torah crown, and of hands (symbolizing priesthood). Square vowelized scribal script with artistic tagim (letter-crowns).
The manuscript was designed for a cohen's use at the time he approaches the duchan (platform) for Birkat Cohanim (the priestly blessings), so he need not carry his siddur with him.
It begins with the Birkat Cohanim and is followed by the Hallel for the Three Festivals (with the blessing upon swaying the lulav on Succot), Hosha'anot, the end of the repetitive prayer for the High Holidays including Hayom Harat Olam [at the end of Seder Shofrot], Areshet Sefatenu, Hayom Te'amtzenu, Avinu Malkenu and more. At the end of the manuscript is Birkat HaLevana which is recited on Motzei Yom Kippur. For comparison, see a similar manuscript (on paper) in Kedem Catalog, Auction 51, Item 391.
On the endpapers and flyleaves are ownership inscriptions of "Isaac son of R. Chaim Shuster Katz" and of "Louib [?] Frits" and a bookmark.
[1], 24, [5] pages. Approx. 13 cm. Good condition. Stains. Contemporary red leather binding, with gilt decorations and the title Mar'eh Cohen. Minor damages to binding.
Impressive manuscript - pocket edition. Colorful title page with floral illustrations of a Torah crown, and of hands (symbolizing priesthood). Square vowelized scribal script with artistic tagim (letter-crowns).
The manuscript was designed for a cohen's use at the time he approaches the duchan (platform) for Birkat Cohanim (the priestly blessings), so he need not carry his siddur with him.
It begins with the Birkat Cohanim and is followed by the Hallel for the Three Festivals (with the blessing upon swaying the lulav on Succot), Hosha'anot, the end of the repetitive prayer for the High Holidays including Hayom Harat Olam [at the end of Seder Shofrot], Areshet Sefatenu, Hayom Te'amtzenu, Avinu Malkenu and more. At the end of the manuscript is Birkat HaLevana which is recited on Motzei Yom Kippur. For comparison, see a similar manuscript (on paper) in Kedem Catalog, Auction 51, Item 391.
On the endpapers and flyleaves are ownership inscriptions of "Isaac son of R. Chaim Shuster Katz" and of "Louib [?] Frits" and a bookmark.
[1], 24, [5] pages. Approx. 13 cm. Good condition. Stains. Contemporary red leather binding, with gilt decorations and the title Mar'eh Cohen. Minor damages to binding.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Vellum Manuscripts
Catalogue
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Unsold
Genealogy of the Ellenberg family, by R. Chaim Yosef Ellenberg, rabbi in Lvov. Scribal writing on vellum. [Lvov (Lemberg), c. 1860s].
Detailed genealogy of the families of Frankel-Te'omim, Hollis, Luria, Wahl, HaCohen Rappaport. The writer also refers to the descendants of the following rabbis: the Maharshal and the Maharam of Lublin, the Turei Zahav and Kikayon D'Yonah, R. Shaul Wahl [King of Poland for a day] and his grandfather, the Maharam of Padua.
This family tree reveals hitherto unknown genealogical data: For example, the information that R. Zalman, Rabbi of Biale is the son of R. Ya'akov, Rabbi of Ludmir [see: M. Wunder, Elef Margaliot, p. 462 who wrote that: "Some say that R. Shlomo Zalman, Rabbi of Biale was the son of R. Yosef, Rabbi of Leshniv who was the son of R. Ya'akov of Ludmir"].
R. Chaim Yosef Ellenberg was a prominent Dayan in Lvov (1834-1878) and a member of the Beit Din of R. Yosef Shaul Natanson, Rabbi of Lvov, author of Sho'el U'Meshiv. He arranged the responsa and novellae of R. Y. S. Natanson for print. Many of the responses in the book Sho'el U'Meshiv were forwarded to R. Ellenberg and R. Natanson greatly esteemed his opinion.
Vellum sheet: 43X42 cm. Good condition. Stains and folding marks.
Detailed genealogy of the families of Frankel-Te'omim, Hollis, Luria, Wahl, HaCohen Rappaport. The writer also refers to the descendants of the following rabbis: the Maharshal and the Maharam of Lublin, the Turei Zahav and Kikayon D'Yonah, R. Shaul Wahl [King of Poland for a day] and his grandfather, the Maharam of Padua.
This family tree reveals hitherto unknown genealogical data: For example, the information that R. Zalman, Rabbi of Biale is the son of R. Ya'akov, Rabbi of Ludmir [see: M. Wunder, Elef Margaliot, p. 462 who wrote that: "Some say that R. Shlomo Zalman, Rabbi of Biale was the son of R. Yosef, Rabbi of Leshniv who was the son of R. Ya'akov of Ludmir"].
R. Chaim Yosef Ellenberg was a prominent Dayan in Lvov (1834-1878) and a member of the Beit Din of R. Yosef Shaul Natanson, Rabbi of Lvov, author of Sho'el U'Meshiv. He arranged the responsa and novellae of R. Y. S. Natanson for print. Many of the responses in the book Sho'el U'Meshiv were forwarded to R. Ellenberg and R. Natanson greatly esteemed his opinion.
Vellum sheet: 43X42 cm. Good condition. Stains and folding marks.
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Vellum Manuscripts
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![Vellum manuscript, prayers and pleas. [Italy, c. 17th century].
Small format booklet. Square Italian Hebrew script.
Contain](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/7.jpg "Vellum Manuscript - Prayers and Pleas for the High-Holidays - Italy, 1")
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Vellum manuscript, prayers and pleas. [Italy, c. 17th century].
Small format booklet. Square Italian Hebrew script.
Contains: Seder Teki'at Shofar [verses and plea according to rites of Italian communities]; Vidui (confession) for Yom Kippur by Rabbeinu Bechaye the Dayan [author of Chovat HaLevavot], (first printed in the Bolonya 1541 machzor at the end of the Yom Kippur prayers); "Yotzer for Hoshanah Rabba", verses to recite "at the end of Ne'ila Selichot"; "Yotzer of Hashanah Rabba" (Otzar HaShira V'hapiyyut, Vol. 3, p. 504, no. 2065, there cited as a Siene custom); piyyut, "Beyom ze Yechayeinu" (does not appear in Otzar HaShira V'Hapiyyut).
Censorship authorization, handwritten in Italian on the last page.
10 vellum leaves, [20] written pages. 15.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Apparently, on some leaves the writing was reinforced (at a later time) by writing over the letters in ink. On other leaves, the original writing remains (partially faded). New vellum binding.
Small format booklet. Square Italian Hebrew script.
Contains: Seder Teki'at Shofar [verses and plea according to rites of Italian communities]; Vidui (confession) for Yom Kippur by Rabbeinu Bechaye the Dayan [author of Chovat HaLevavot], (first printed in the Bolonya 1541 machzor at the end of the Yom Kippur prayers); "Yotzer for Hoshanah Rabba", verses to recite "at the end of Ne'ila Selichot"; "Yotzer of Hashanah Rabba" (Otzar HaShira V'hapiyyut, Vol. 3, p. 504, no. 2065, there cited as a Siene custom); piyyut, "Beyom ze Yechayeinu" (does not appear in Otzar HaShira V'Hapiyyut).
Censorship authorization, handwritten in Italian on the last page.
10 vellum leaves, [20] written pages. 15.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Apparently, on some leaves the writing was reinforced (at a later time) by writing over the letters in ink. On other leaves, the original writing remains (partially faded). New vellum binding.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Vellum Manuscripts
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $300
Unsold
Vellum sheet with the blessings recited before and after the reading of the Esther Scroll. L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Provence, France, [March 1767].
Ink on vellum.
The Scroll's blessings are inscribed in square script. At the bottom of the sheet is a dedicatory inscription with a colophon: "This scroll has been inscribed in honor of Yitzhak son of Tsemach Nakite, here in L'Ilse-sur-la-Sorgue on the second day of the week, 1 Adar Bet, 5527". L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is a town in the district of Provence and is one of four Kehilot Kodesh, alongside Avignon, Carpentras and Cavaillon.
Approx. 15.5X14.5 (unevenly cut margins). Good condition. Creases, with slight damage to text.
Ink on vellum.
The Scroll's blessings are inscribed in square script. At the bottom of the sheet is a dedicatory inscription with a colophon: "This scroll has been inscribed in honor of Yitzhak son of Tsemach Nakite, here in L'Ilse-sur-la-Sorgue on the second day of the week, 1 Adar Bet, 5527". L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is a town in the district of Provence and is one of four Kehilot Kodesh, alongside Avignon, Carpentras and Cavaillon.
Approx. 15.5X14.5 (unevenly cut margins). Good condition. Creases, with slight damage to text.
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Vellum Manuscripts
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $5,000
Unsold
Esther Scroll with references to current events, illustrated and inscribed on parchment. Design and production: Itzhak Luvaton. Scribe: Avital Goldner. Jerusalem, [2006-2007].
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Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls, Vellum Manuscripts
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