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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $18,000
Unsold
Collection of parshiot of tefillin written by the famed scribe R. Nachman Papirna. [Jerusalem, mid-20th century]. Tefillin, according to Rashi's tradition, ink on parchment, Chassidic script according to the Arizal and the Taz. The collection contains: Parshiot of three and one half sets of tefillin - three parshiot of tefillin shel Yad, and four parshiot of tefillin shel rosh (16 units) + one pair of batim for tefillin, including straps and matching boxes. R. Nachman Sofer Papirna (ca. 1895-Chanuka 1986), was a prominent Chassid and tsaddik in Jerusalem. Son of the famous R. Moshe Papirna of Pinsk, descendant of the Lachovitz Rebbe. In his wandering during WWI, he and his father reached the city of Siedlce, Poland, and they became close to R. Yehoshua Asher of Siedlce and R. Nachman became one of his closest disciples (many things cited in the name of the Siedlce Rebbe and other rebbes were heard from R. Nachman Papirna). He ascended to Eretz Israel in the 1920s and was renowned as one of the greatest scribes in Jerusalem. He was well known for his great expertise in meticulously writing parshiot of tefillin and mezuzot in holiness and purity. Some of the most illustrious rebbes ordered their tefillin from him. When the Rayatz of Lubavitch visited Eretz Israel (in 1929), he ordered mehudar tefillin from R. Nachman Papirna for himself and for his sons-in-law. His son-in-law, the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was careful to don these tefillin until the end of his life (see enclosed material). In 1955, R. Yochanan of Karlin dedicated a mehudar Torah scroll, partly written by the scribe R. Nachman Papirna (Beit Aharon V'Yisrael, Issue 15, p. 137). R. Ya'akov Yosef Twersky of Skvira used to purchase parshiot for his tefillin only from R. Nachman Sofer and he would recommend all who asked, to be careful to purchase parshiot written by R. Papirna, since he writes them with great meticulousness with all stringencies with pure fear of Heaven. Upon the aliya of the Brisker Rav, R. Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, to Eretz Israel, he ordered tefillin for himself and for his sons written by R. Nachman Papirna (in Brisk, the Griz donned tefillin written by R. Nachman's father, R. Moshe Papirna who also wrote the tefillin of his eldest son R. Yosef Dov in 1929. When the Griz arrived in Eretz Israel, he ordered new tefillin with parshiot written by R. Nachman). The Brisker Rav used to don these tefillin for the Shacharit prayers, calling them "Chassidishe tefillin" [written following the opinion of the Taz which was adopted by the Chassidim, which differs from the opinion of the Rambam]. See the article in the Beit Aharon V'Yisrael anthology (Issue 138, p. 154, note 10). In the book Orchot Rabbeinu (Part 4, pp. 292-293 of the Bnei Brak 2014 edition -this story also appears in Pe'er HaDor, Part 4, p. 109), a story is told that the Chazon Ish recommended as a segula for bearing a son, to purchase mezuzot which contain the verse "that your days and the days of your children should be multiplied", to fix on the doorposts. The Chazon Ish suggested purchasing the mezuzot from R. Nachman Papirna in Jerusalem, and indeed, that couple was blessed with a son after one year. Upon returning to the Chazon Ish with the happy tidings of the birth of their son, he told them that this was not in his merit, rather in the merit of the mezuzot. In the book Orchot Rabbeinu (ibid, p. 293), R. Chaim Kanievsky says that this segula for sons can be publicized in his name. These parshiot have been inspected and were definitely written by R. Nachman Papirna, in his beautiful mehudar scribal handwriting, when he was a young man and his writing most elegant. These parshiot have been proofread by hand and by computer. Enclosed are letters of confirmation for these parshiot, with a handwritten and signed statement by R. Shlomo HaCohen, an "authorized magiha" in the Lishkat Mehadrin V'Tashmishei Kedusha, under the inspection of the "Committee for inspection of Stam (Sifrei Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzot) of the Eda Ha'Charedit". He writes: "…I have carefully inspected the parshiot of Rashi Arizal-Taz whose images appear on the verso of this leaf and they are in the handwriting of R. Nachman Papirna from his prime years, and are in excellent condition, and look like they did on the day they were written. They are kosher, beautiful and very mehudar…". 3 parshiot shel yad, height of parchment: 33/35/42 mm. 16 parshiot shel rosh, height of parchment: 25/36 mm. Two batim of yad and of rosh. Dimensions of square: 40X40 mm. Size including titura (the wider base to which the straps are attached): approximately 55X76/75 mm. + straps connected (on the tefillin shel yad, the knot was made for a left-handed person) + matching plastic boxes (shaidelach).
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Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Esther Scrolls
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,800
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Torah, Ashkenazi-Chassidic scribal script. [Southern Poland, ca. mid-19th century].
Ink on parchment, 42 lines per column. Rolled on brass Atzei Chaim.
Two ornamentations: One appears at the beginning of Shirat HaYam above the opening words: Az Yashir, and the second is a slanting of the letter "chet" of "VaYachel Moshe". The travels in Parshat Mas'ei are written in a unique manner: most of the lines begin with the word "VaYis'u".
Enclosed is a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls who determined the place and date of writing: "The script follows the method of Chassidic leaders who followed the tradition of the Arizal. The name Havaya is also written according to Chassidic teachings and according to the Eshel Avraham of Buczacz (Buchach)". The expert also notes that the membranes were sewn with consecutive stitches.
Height of parchment: 30-32 cm. Maximum height including atzei chaim: approximately 49 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Faded ink, slightly browning. Holes with halachically valid patches. Parshat Pinchas opens with a new 3-column membrane [beginning of 20th century]. The scroll is rolled on a pair of cast and engraved brass atzei chaim, upper handles broken and damaged. Non-original mantle, red velvet with silver embroidery (on a cardboard lining). The mantle is larger than the book.
Ink on parchment, 42 lines per column. Rolled on brass Atzei Chaim.
Two ornamentations: One appears at the beginning of Shirat HaYam above the opening words: Az Yashir, and the second is a slanting of the letter "chet" of "VaYachel Moshe". The travels in Parshat Mas'ei are written in a unique manner: most of the lines begin with the word "VaYis'u".
Enclosed is a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls who determined the place and date of writing: "The script follows the method of Chassidic leaders who followed the tradition of the Arizal. The name Havaya is also written according to Chassidic teachings and according to the Eshel Avraham of Buczacz (Buchach)". The expert also notes that the membranes were sewn with consecutive stitches.
Height of parchment: 30-32 cm. Maximum height including atzei chaim: approximately 49 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Faded ink, slightly browning. Holes with halachically valid patches. Parshat Pinchas opens with a new 3-column membrane [beginning of 20th century]. The scroll is rolled on a pair of cast and engraved brass atzei chaim, upper handles broken and damaged. Non-original mantle, red velvet with silver embroidery (on a cardboard lining). The mantle is larger than the book.
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Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Esther Scrolls
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,800
Unsold
Miniature Sefer Torah, in Ashkenazi scribal writing. [Poland, first half of 19th century].
Ink on light-colored, thin parchment. Especially charming writing, 42 lines per column. Tagim ornamentation [artistic duplicates of the tagim adorn the letters of the top lines].
Enclosed is a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls, who determined the place and date of the writing. He also notes that the scroll was written with "vavei ha'amudim" [the letter "vav" opens each column], but this was not laid out according to the accepted custom of writing (tikun sofrim), consequently some letters were stretched out or written close together to justify the lines.
Height of parchment: 16 cm. Maximum height including atzei chaim: 29 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears to margins of several membranes. Scrolled on a pair of new wooden atzei chaim, unusually small, with ornamentation. New red velvet mantle, embroidered with a Torah crown.
Ink on light-colored, thin parchment. Especially charming writing, 42 lines per column. Tagim ornamentation [artistic duplicates of the tagim adorn the letters of the top lines].
Enclosed is a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls, who determined the place and date of the writing. He also notes that the scroll was written with "vavei ha'amudim" [the letter "vav" opens each column], but this was not laid out according to the accepted custom of writing (tikun sofrim), consequently some letters were stretched out or written close together to justify the lines.
Height of parchment: 16 cm. Maximum height including atzei chaim: 29 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears to margins of several membranes. Scrolled on a pair of new wooden atzei chaim, unusually small, with ornamentation. New red velvet mantle, embroidered with a Torah crown.
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Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Esther Scrolls
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Torah scroll, Ashkenazi scribal writing. [Western Hungary / Eastern Austria, ca. first half of 19th century].
About half of the scroll [from Parshat Ki Tisa until Parshat Korach, and other membranes] have been replaced at a later time, apparently from the time the mantle was dedicated [Western Hungary or Eastern Austria, ca. beginning of 20th century].
Ink on parchment, 42 lines per column. Clothed in a blue velvet mantle, with an embroidered dedication (silver thread embroidered on a cardboard lining) inside a floral bouquet pattern capped with a Torah crown: "This was donated by… Yuda Dreksler with his wife Hendel, and their dear son Gavriel. 1929".
Parchment height: approximately 55 cm. Maximum height including atzei chaim: 96 cm. Good-fair condition. Slightly faded ink. Holes with halachically valid patches. Wooden atzei chaim. Velvet mantle, worn (primarily the front), with unraveling.
Enclosed is a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls, who determined the place and date of the writing.
About half of the scroll [from Parshat Ki Tisa until Parshat Korach, and other membranes] have been replaced at a later time, apparently from the time the mantle was dedicated [Western Hungary or Eastern Austria, ca. beginning of 20th century].
Ink on parchment, 42 lines per column. Clothed in a blue velvet mantle, with an embroidered dedication (silver thread embroidered on a cardboard lining) inside a floral bouquet pattern capped with a Torah crown: "This was donated by… Yuda Dreksler with his wife Hendel, and their dear son Gavriel. 1929".
Parchment height: approximately 55 cm. Maximum height including atzei chaim: 96 cm. Good-fair condition. Slightly faded ink. Holes with halachically valid patches. Wooden atzei chaim. Velvet mantle, worn (primarily the front), with unraveling.
Enclosed is a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls, who determined the place and date of the writing.
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Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Esther Scrolls
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Torah, Yemenite scribal writing. [Yemen, mid-19th century].
Ink on soft thick gevil. Dark reddish-brown hue, several particularly dark sheets, 51 lines per column.
Written according to Yemenite tradition which follows the rulings of the Rambam: spacing between parshiot according to the Rambam's opinion; Shirat Ha'azinu in 67 lines [Rambam's opinion cited in Keter ben Asher, unlike the tradition of the Sephardim and the Ashkenazim who write Shirat Ha'azinu in 70 lines according to the tradition of the Rama Abulafia); space in Parshat Tzav, (section of "Kol chelev") [following the version of the books of the Rambam in Yemenite manuscripts]; the layout of Shirat Hayam is according to Yemenite tradition; in a number of places, the letter Peh is spiral adhering to Yemenite tradition; seven letters (shin, ayin, tet, nun, zayin, gimmel, tsaddik) have tagim.
Height of the membranes: 55-58 cm. Fair condition. Tears and uneven cutting of the margins. Corrections and erasures in various places (in Parshat Ki Tetze, three lines were erased and not corrected). Several membranes are partially detached. Scrolled on new poles, without a case.
Enclosed is a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls, who determined the place and date of the writing.
Ink on soft thick gevil. Dark reddish-brown hue, several particularly dark sheets, 51 lines per column.
Written according to Yemenite tradition which follows the rulings of the Rambam: spacing between parshiot according to the Rambam's opinion; Shirat Ha'azinu in 67 lines [Rambam's opinion cited in Keter ben Asher, unlike the tradition of the Sephardim and the Ashkenazim who write Shirat Ha'azinu in 70 lines according to the tradition of the Rama Abulafia); space in Parshat Tzav, (section of "Kol chelev") [following the version of the books of the Rambam in Yemenite manuscripts]; the layout of Shirat Hayam is according to Yemenite tradition; in a number of places, the letter Peh is spiral adhering to Yemenite tradition; seven letters (shin, ayin, tet, nun, zayin, gimmel, tsaddik) have tagim.
Height of the membranes: 55-58 cm. Fair condition. Tears and uneven cutting of the margins. Corrections and erasures in various places (in Parshat Ki Tetze, three lines were erased and not corrected). Several membranes are partially detached. Scrolled on new poles, without a case.
Enclosed is a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls, who determined the place and date of the writing.
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Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Esther Scrolls
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Torah, ink on gevil, in Sephardi scribal writing. [Morocco, 18th/19th century].
Ink on soft gevil. Light-brown hue. 52 lines per column.
Height of membranes: approximately 51 cm. Good-fair condition. Few stains. One membrane slightly detached. Housed in a new case, 85 cm, made of Formica-covered wood with a colorful print, framed with tin crown ornaments.
Enclosed is a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls, who determined the place and date of the writing.
Ink on soft gevil. Light-brown hue. 52 lines per column.
Height of membranes: approximately 51 cm. Good-fair condition. Few stains. One membrane slightly detached. Housed in a new case, 85 cm, made of Formica-covered wood with a colorful print, framed with tin crown ornaments.
Enclosed is a report by an expert on ancient Torah scrolls, who determined the place and date of the writing.
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Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Esther Scrolls
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Unsold
Esther Scroll. [Lithuania, first half of 19th century].
Ink on parchment.
Ashkenazi scribal script, decorated with tagim (Serifs), 45 lines per column.
Enclosed is an expert's report.
Height of parchment: 30 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, wear. Slight tears and creases at the beginning of the scroll and at the end.
Ink on parchment.
Ashkenazi scribal script, decorated with tagim (Serifs), 45 lines per column.
Enclosed is an expert's report.
Height of parchment: 30 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, wear. Slight tears and creases at the beginning of the scroll and at the end.
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Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Esther Scrolls
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
Esther Scroll. [Near East (most probably Eretz Israel), first half of 20th century].
Ink on parchment.
Sephardi scribal script decorated with serifs (tagim). "Hamelech" scroll (most columns open with the word "Hamelech"), 20 lines per column.
On the reverse of the first membrane appears an inscription in oriental script: "this scroll was… the estate of the deceased rabbi…" Rolled on a wooden roller. Parchment strip for binding (detached).
Enclosed is an expert's certificate.
Height of parchment: 32.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and creases. Some tears. Correction of ink in some places.
Ink on parchment.
Sephardi scribal script decorated with serifs (tagim). "Hamelech" scroll (most columns open with the word "Hamelech"), 20 lines per column.
On the reverse of the first membrane appears an inscription in oriental script: "this scroll was… the estate of the deceased rabbi…" Rolled on a wooden roller. Parchment strip for binding (detached).
Enclosed is an expert's certificate.
Height of parchment: 32.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and creases. Some tears. Correction of ink in some places.
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Torah Scrolls, Tefillin and Esther Scrolls
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Five Books of the Torah, "Printed by the behest of Robertus Stephanus and in his home". Paris, 1546. Five volumes in a miniature format of the Bible edition printed in Paris in 1543-1546.
Five volumes: Bereshit: [144] leaves. Originally: [146] leaves. Lacking 2 middle leaves. Shemot: [123] leaves. Vayikra: [88] leaves. Bamidbar: [122] leaves. Devarim: [107] leaves. 10.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor wear. Few tears, not affecting text. Ancient damaged leather bindings, some detached. Housed in a new cardboard case.
Five volumes: Bereshit: [144] leaves. Originally: [146] leaves. Lacking 2 middle leaves. Shemot: [123] leaves. Vayikra: [88] leaves. Bamidbar: [122] leaves. Devarim: [107] leaves. 10.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor wear. Few tears, not affecting text. Ancient damaged leather bindings, some detached. Housed in a new cardboard case.
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Bibles and Tehillim
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Three volumes of the miniature Bible printed by Christophe Plantin: The books of Joshua, Judges and Samuel; the Book of Kings; the books of Ezekiel and Trei Asar. Anversa (Antwerp): Plantin, [ca. 1565].
Christophe Plantin was one of the foremost printers in the 16th century. Shortly before printing the bible, Plantin established a partnership with the Italian Bomberg family that gave him access to the Hebrew typeface developed by Daniel Bomberg.
Three volumes. First volume: Joshua-Judges-Samuel. [285] leaves. Second volume: Kings. [160] leaves. Third volume: Ezekiel and Trei Asar. [227] leaves. 11 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original vellum bindings. Wear and minor defects to the bindings.
The Plantin edition of the bible was printed in several formats: 4° (quarto), 8° (octavo) and 16° (sextodecimo). These volumes are from the 16° miniature edition.
Christophe Plantin was one of the foremost printers in the 16th century. Shortly before printing the bible, Plantin established a partnership with the Italian Bomberg family that gave him access to the Hebrew typeface developed by Daniel Bomberg.
Three volumes. First volume: Joshua-Judges-Samuel. [285] leaves. Second volume: Kings. [160] leaves. Third volume: Ezekiel and Trei Asar. [227] leaves. 11 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original vellum bindings. Wear and minor defects to the bindings.
The Plantin edition of the bible was printed in several formats: 4° (quarto), 8° (octavo) and 16° (sextodecimo). These volumes are from the 16° miniature edition.
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Bibles and Tehillim
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Mikdash Hashem, Torah and Nevi'im Rishonim, with Latin translation and commentary, by Sebastian Münster. Basel, 1534. Printed by Sebastian Münster.
The first of the two volumes of the Bible printed by the Hebraist Sebastian Münster from 1534-1535, with Rabbinic commentaries printed alongside his own commentary. Münster's translation in this edition constituted the basis of later translations of the Bible to other languages.
[12], 365, [1] leaves. 32 cm. Condition varies, fair. Stains and wear. Worming and tears. Tear to title page affecting illustration. Ancient handwritten notations in Latin. Ancient wood and leather binding, partially detached, with clasp remnants. Damages and tears to binding. Damaged spine.
The first of the two volumes of the Bible printed by the Hebraist Sebastian Münster from 1534-1535, with Rabbinic commentaries printed alongside his own commentary. Münster's translation in this edition constituted the basis of later translations of the Bible to other languages.
[12], 365, [1] leaves. 32 cm. Condition varies, fair. Stains and wear. Worming and tears. Tear to title page affecting illustration. Ancient handwritten notations in Latin. Ancient wood and leather binding, partially detached, with clasp remnants. Damages and tears to binding. Damaged spine.
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Bibles and Tehillim
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Bible -Torah, Neviim Rishonim, Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim, each with a separate title page. Leiden: sons of Franciscus Raphelengius, [1610].
Pocket edition. Non-vowelized.
Several handwritten Latin inscriptions.
264; 227; 238 pages; [1] blank leaf, 287 leaves. Approximately 11 cm. Good condition. Stains and slight wear. Small tear to the corner of the title page. Colored endpapers. Original leather binding.
Pocket edition. Non-vowelized.
Several handwritten Latin inscriptions.
264; 227; 238 pages; [1] blank leaf, 287 leaves. Approximately 11 cm. Good condition. Stains and slight wear. Small tear to the corner of the title page. Colored endpapers. Original leather binding.
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