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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Huge diverse collection of hundreds of letters, lists and documents of R. Yehosef Ralbag - Rabbi of Kiryat HaYovel, one of the rabbis who headed the Chabad Chassidism in Eretz Israel. [c. 1960s-1990s].
The archive contains six large binders containing: · Letters and copies of letters of correspondence with the Lubavitch-Chabad Rebbe and with the office of Chabad Chassidism in the US. These include various questions, on medical and didactic issues, sent to the Rebbe by various people. · Internal correspondence related to the Chabad Chassidism in Eretz Israel and to institutes whose management involved R. Ralbag. · Documents and correspondence regarding the history of the Ralbag and Slonim families. · Letters about religious and rabbinical issues (conversion, Russian immigrants, Shabbat desecration, etc.). · Confirmation of various synagogues in Eretz Israel of receiving Torah scrolls mediated by R. Ralbag. · Letters of rabbis and rebbes and of various political figures. · Correspondences on medical matters, including letters about the medical state of the Lubavitch Rebbe. · Documents and letters regarding various polemics, such as the internal Chabad polemic regarding "Messianism". · and more.
Six binders, close to 1000 paper items. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
The archive contains six large binders containing: · Letters and copies of letters of correspondence with the Lubavitch-Chabad Rebbe and with the office of Chabad Chassidism in the US. These include various questions, on medical and didactic issues, sent to the Rebbe by various people. · Internal correspondence related to the Chabad Chassidism in Eretz Israel and to institutes whose management involved R. Ralbag. · Documents and correspondence regarding the history of the Ralbag and Slonim families. · Letters about religious and rabbinical issues (conversion, Russian immigrants, Shabbat desecration, etc.). · Confirmation of various synagogues in Eretz Israel of receiving Torah scrolls mediated by R. Ralbag. · Letters of rabbis and rebbes and of various political figures. · Correspondences on medical matters, including letters about the medical state of the Lubavitch Rebbe. · Documents and letters regarding various polemics, such as the internal Chabad polemic regarding "Messianism". · and more.
Six binders, close to 1000 paper items. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Chabad Chassidism - Books, Manuscripts and Letters
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![Zemir Aritzim, anti-Chassidic polemic, by R. David of Makov. [Königsberg, ca. 1860]. Second edition. On the title page i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/158.jpg "Zemir Aritzim, Second Edition - Königsberg, 1860")
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Zemir Aritzim, anti-Chassidic polemic, by R. David of Makov. [Königsberg, ca. 1860]. Second edition. On the title page is a false date - 1798, copied from the first 1798 Warsaw edition.
"The book Zemir Aritzim… a sect has risen among the Jews, called Chassidim... They are full of treachery and conspiracy… changed the version of prayer… abandoned the Torah…Therefore, I who subject myself to the authority of R. Eliyahu have printed this small book as a memoir for all generations".
The author writes anonymously, however according to many sources, he is known to be Rabbi David son of R. Ben Zion of Makov. The content is entirely different from that of Zemir Aritzim V'Chorvot Tzurim, first printed in Oleksinets in 1772 and attributed to R. Aryeh Yehuda Leib son of R. Mordechai Sofer of Brody.
16 leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Worn margins. New binding.
"The book Zemir Aritzim… a sect has risen among the Jews, called Chassidim... They are full of treachery and conspiracy… changed the version of prayer… abandoned the Torah…Therefore, I who subject myself to the authority of R. Eliyahu have printed this small book as a memoir for all generations".
The author writes anonymously, however according to many sources, he is known to be Rabbi David son of R. Ben Zion of Makov. The content is entirely different from that of Zemir Aritzim V'Chorvot Tzurim, first printed in Oleksinets in 1772 and attributed to R. Aryeh Yehuda Leib son of R. Mordechai Sofer of Brody.
16 leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Worn margins. New binding.
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Polemic
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
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Jerusalemite Talmud (forged), Seder Kodshim, Part 1: Zevachim-Arachin. With Cheshek Shlomo commentary by publisher, forger Shlomo Yehuda Friedländer. Seini, 1909.
This copy contains a sample facsimile of the manuscript on the verso of the second title page. This book contains the Jerusalemite Talmud on the entire Tractate Arachin while the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records that only the first page of this tractate was printed.
[8], 100 leaves. Uncut pages, 35.5-37.5 cm. Most of the sheets are of high-quality paper (with the exception of leaves 77-84). Good condition. Small tears.
This copy contains a sample facsimile of the manuscript on the verso of the second title page. This book contains the Jerusalemite Talmud on the entire Tractate Arachin while the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records that only the first page of this tractate was printed.
[8], 100 leaves. Uncut pages, 35.5-37.5 cm. Most of the sheets are of high-quality paper (with the exception of leaves 77-84). Good condition. Small tears.
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Polemic
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
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Orot, composed of two compositions: Orot MeOfel and Orot HaTechiya, by R. Avraham Yitzchak (Isaac) HaCohen Kook. Jerusalem, 1920. First edition, published by Degel Yerushalayim.
The book was bound [close to the time of printing] with the booklet Kol HaShofar - a trenchant polemic composition contesting the book Orot, with rabbinical letters containing prohibitions of reading the book. [Jerusalem, 1920]. Published by Akiva Porush.
The book Orot is one of the first books of Jewish philosophy written by R. Kook - edited and printed by his son R. Zvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook. After it was published, the book generated an uproar in Charedi circles due to its radical ideas and incited fierce opposition to R. Kook. The booklet Kol Shofar was published in the midst of this conflict containing letters by several rabbis from Jerusalem, who used very strong language in their opposition to R. Kook's book, marking it a book of heresy and prohibiting reading it.
The two books are bound together with: Darki BaKodesh, homilies, by R. Gedalya Silverstone. St. Louis, 1922.
3 books bound together. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains, few tears. The bottom margins of the booklet Kol HaShofar were cut to adjust the leaves to the binding, affecting the text. Old binding, with slight damages.
The book was bound [close to the time of printing] with the booklet Kol HaShofar - a trenchant polemic composition contesting the book Orot, with rabbinical letters containing prohibitions of reading the book. [Jerusalem, 1920]. Published by Akiva Porush.
The book Orot is one of the first books of Jewish philosophy written by R. Kook - edited and printed by his son R. Zvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook. After it was published, the book generated an uproar in Charedi circles due to its radical ideas and incited fierce opposition to R. Kook. The booklet Kol Shofar was published in the midst of this conflict containing letters by several rabbis from Jerusalem, who used very strong language in their opposition to R. Kook's book, marking it a book of heresy and prohibiting reading it.
The two books are bound together with: Darki BaKodesh, homilies, by R. Gedalya Silverstone. St. Louis, 1922.
3 books bound together. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains, few tears. The bottom margins of the booklet Kol HaShofar were cut to adjust the leaves to the binding, affecting the text. Old binding, with slight damages.
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Polemic
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
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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Kabbalah Books
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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
Including buyer's premium
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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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
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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].
Category
Kabbalah Books
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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
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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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
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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Kabbalah Books
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $7,500
Sold for: $9,375
Including buyer's premium
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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Kabbalah - Manuscripts and Books with Glosses
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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
Opening: $400
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
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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