Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $150
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Printed Ketuba with names, amounts of money, and signatures filled in. Bombay, 1944. Printed before 1940.
Lithographic print of ritual calligraphy. Green frame with pictures of angels playing trumpets.
On verso appears English translation of the Ketuba. Printed and filled in by hand.
33.3 cm. Very good condition. Folding marks, slightly worn.
Lithographic print of ritual calligraphy. Green frame with pictures of angels playing trumpets.
On verso appears English translation of the Ketuba. Printed and filled in by hand.
33.3 cm. Very good condition. Folding marks, slightly worn.
Category
Ketubot and Divorce Documents
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![Cast plate for Ketubah, with illuminated frame. Eretz Israel, [1930-1940].
The original date, "in the year –six hundred&](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale6-public/38.jpg "Plate for Ketubah – Eretz Israel, 20th Century")
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
Cast plate for Ketubah, with illuminated frame. Eretz Israel, [1930-1940].
The original date, "in the year –six hundred" was cut off, and replaced by words "seven hundred".
21.5x33.5 cm.
Very good condition.
The original date, "in the year –six hundred" was cut off, and replaced by words "seven hundred".
21.5x33.5 cm.
Very good condition.
Category
Ketubot and Divorce Documents
Catalogue
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $120
Sold for: $150
Including buyer's premium
Copyings of Gittin and acts of rabbinic court. Torino, Italy. 1854-1858.
Copyings of Gittin, licenses, testimonials and court rulings, with names of judges, litigants and witnesses.
Italian writing.
4 leaves, 24 cm. 4 written pages. Good condition, slight damage to margins
Copyings of Gittin, licenses, testimonials and court rulings, with names of judges, litigants and witnesses.
Italian writing.
4 leaves, 24 cm. 4 written pages. Good condition, slight damage to margins
Category
Ketubot and Divorce Documents
Catalogue
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $120
Unsold
Handwritten will of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Stern of Nadvorna. Safed, 1903. Includes appointment of attorneys, attention to place of apartment and neighbors, cistern, and more. With signature of Rabbi Stern and witnesses, as well as stamps of Ashkenazic rabbinic court of Safed, and signature of Av Beit Din.
[1] page, 25.5x33.5 cm. Very good condition, folding marks, edges re-enforced by professional tape, preserved in paper dust-jacket.
[1] page, 25.5x33.5 cm. Very good condition, folding marks, edges re-enforced by professional tape, preserved in paper dust-jacket.
Category
Ketubot and Divorce Documents
Catalogue
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $2,900
Unsold
Shulchan Aruch, laws and kabalistic practices, of the Arizal's disciples. Slavita, 1793.
One of the first kabalistic works printed in Rabbi Moshe Shapira of Slavita's printing house. Title-page mentions only name of person who brought manuscript to print – R' Yosef Yoska son of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Segal of Zaslav (Av Beit Din of Voltshisk), who also wrote letter of approbation for the book.
Regarding identification of the printer, see Chaim Lieberman's article, "The History of Hebrew Print in Slavita", Kiryat Sefer, 27, 1951, pages 118-117. MB CD, Listing no. 0143732.
Owners' signature, censor ink-stamps.
[1], 59 leaves. 15 cm. Fair condition. Restored damages, stains, headings of some pages are cut off. Leaf 57 is missing, but its photocopy is present. New cloth and leather binding.
Very rare!
One of the first kabalistic works printed in Rabbi Moshe Shapira of Slavita's printing house. Title-page mentions only name of person who brought manuscript to print – R' Yosef Yoska son of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Segal of Zaslav (Av Beit Din of Voltshisk), who also wrote letter of approbation for the book.
Regarding identification of the printer, see Chaim Lieberman's article, "The History of Hebrew Print in Slavita", Kiryat Sefer, 27, 1951, pages 118-117. MB CD, Listing no. 0143732.
Owners' signature, censor ink-stamps.
[1], 59 leaves. 15 cm. Fair condition. Restored damages, stains, headings of some pages are cut off. Leaf 57 is missing, but its photocopy is present. New cloth and leather binding.
Very rare!
Category
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Catalogue
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $650
Unsold
Tractate Eruvin of Babylonian Talmud, Slavita, 1836, published in Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Abba Shapira's publishing house.
Two title pages, including additional cover-page, reading "Volume Three of Slavita Talmud".
This edition of the Shas, published in Slavita, was printed during the period of the dispute with Vilna publishers – a dispute which shook the Jewish world at the time. Letters from rabbis from that period are printed at the beginning of this volume.
Only tractates Brachot, Shabbat and Eruvin were printed in this edition.
Signatures, ink-stamps and inscription before title-page, signed "Reuven ben Eliezer"; also at the end of the volume.
[3], 132; 18 leaves, 39.5 cm. Good condition. Bound with the original paper cover in a leather binding (original with new spine). Some of the leaves are bluish. There are moth holes through all the leaves and the binding, mostly not damaging text. Moisture stain on bottom left corner and foxing.
Two title pages, including additional cover-page, reading "Volume Three of Slavita Talmud".
This edition of the Shas, published in Slavita, was printed during the period of the dispute with Vilna publishers – a dispute which shook the Jewish world at the time. Letters from rabbis from that period are printed at the beginning of this volume.
Only tractates Brachot, Shabbat and Eruvin were printed in this edition.
Signatures, ink-stamps and inscription before title-page, signed "Reuven ben Eliezer"; also at the end of the volume.
[3], 132; 18 leaves, 39.5 cm. Good condition. Bound with the original paper cover in a leather binding (original with new spine). Some of the leaves are bluish. There are moth holes through all the leaves and the binding, mostly not damaging text. Moisture stain on bottom left corner and foxing.
Category
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Catalogue
![Tikunei HaZohar. Slavita, [1821] Rabbi Moshe Shapira Print.
With approbations of Rabbis of Sadilkov, Zaslav and Berdichov.
B](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale6-public/43.jpg "Tikunei HaZohar – Slavita, 1821")
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $2,000
Unsold
Tikunei HaZohar. Slavita, [1821] Rabbi Moshe Shapira Print.
With approbations of Rabbis of Sadilkov, Zaslav and Berdichov.
Book's name and place of print are in red ink.
50, 49-144 leaves, 21.5 cm. Bluish paper with wide margins. Very good condition, restored moth-damages, causing damage to text on several pages. Modern half-leather binding.
With approbations of Rabbis of Sadilkov, Zaslav and Berdichov.
Book's name and place of print are in red ink.
50, 49-144 leaves, 21.5 cm. Bluish paper with wide margins. Very good condition, restored moth-damages, causing damage to text on several pages. Modern half-leather binding.
Category
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Catalogue
![Sefer HaZohar, Part One – Bereshit. Slavita, [1799], printed by Dov Ber ben Yisrael HaLevi and Ya'akov ben Moshe (partners of](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale6-public/44.jpg "Sefer HaZohar – Slavita, 1799 – Signatures")
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $200
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
Sefer HaZohar, Part One – Bereshit. Slavita, [1799], printed by Dov Ber ben Yisrael HaLevi and Ya'akov ben Moshe (partners of Rabbi Moshe Shapira).
Before the title-page there is a signature of Rabbi Chaim Berlin of Volozhin. The title-page is signed by Moshe of Bershad. Last leaf is missing.
Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Rabbi of Moscow (1832-1813, Otzar 5925) was the eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin, and a well-known Torah giant in his own right. He maintained halachic correspondence with many great rabbis from around the world. He served as Rabbi in Moscow and in other places. For a short period, he stood at the head of the Volozhin yeshiva – until its closure by the Russian authorities in 1892. Toward the end of his life he made aliya to Jerusalem and was one of its leading rabbis. His wide and varied library contained thousands of books, and the one we see before us was purchased in his youth, when his ink-stamp still read Chaim Berlin of Volozhin.
[3], 251; 13 leaves (should be 14), 20 cm. Blue paper. Fair condition. Some pages have moth-damages. Title-page and last leaves are heavily damaged; some have been professionally restored. Last leaf is missing. Worn half-leather binding.
Before the title-page there is a signature of Rabbi Chaim Berlin of Volozhin. The title-page is signed by Moshe of Bershad. Last leaf is missing.
Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Rabbi of Moscow (1832-1813, Otzar 5925) was the eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin, and a well-known Torah giant in his own right. He maintained halachic correspondence with many great rabbis from around the world. He served as Rabbi in Moscow and in other places. For a short period, he stood at the head of the Volozhin yeshiva – until its closure by the Russian authorities in 1892. Toward the end of his life he made aliya to Jerusalem and was one of its leading rabbis. His wide and varied library contained thousands of books, and the one we see before us was purchased in his youth, when his ink-stamp still read Chaim Berlin of Volozhin.
[3], 251; 13 leaves (should be 14), 20 cm. Blue paper. Fair condition. Some pages have moth-damages. Title-page and last leaves are heavily damaged; some have been professionally restored. Last leaf is missing. Worn half-leather binding.
Category
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Catalogue
![Five Books of Moses, Slavita [1816 or 1818]. Moshe Shapira Print.
Damaged and incomplete volumes, all unbound and with moth d](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale6-public/45.jpg "Five Books of Moses – Slavita – Damaged")
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Five Books of Moses, Slavita [1816 or 1818]. Moshe Shapira Print.
Damaged and incomplete volumes, all unbound and with moth damages, pages and title pages torn and missing.
1. Bereshit – title-page is missing, leaves 9-242 are present.
2. Shmot – title-page is missing, leaves 3-228, and after them 1-29 are present.
3. Vayikra – 1-167 leaves.
4. Bamidbar – Title-page is missing, leaves [9]-173 are present.
5. Devarim – 1-170, after them: 1-7 leaves.
Damaged and incomplete volumes, all unbound and with moth damages, pages and title pages torn and missing.
1. Bereshit – title-page is missing, leaves 9-242 are present.
2. Shmot – title-page is missing, leaves 3-228, and after them 1-29 are present.
3. Vayikra – 1-167 leaves.
4. Bamidbar – Title-page is missing, leaves [9]-173 are present.
5. Devarim – 1-170, after them: 1-7 leaves.
Category
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Catalogue
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $1,250
Unsold
Four volumes of Mishnayot, Slavita printings – two volumes from 1822 and two from 1830 (altogether four from the six orders of Mishnayot). All printed by the Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Shapira, the Rabbi of Slavita. Incudes Bartenura and Tosfot Yom Tov commentaries.
Some volumes contain inscriptions and ink-stamps.
1. Part Two: Seder Mo'ed, [1830]. Poor condition, tears, holes, stains. No binding.
2. Part Three: Seder Nashim, [1822]. Fair condition. Stains, restored damages, detached leaves. Worn binding.
3. Part Four: Seder Nezikin, [1830]. Fair condition. Many moth damages to text, some stains. Detached binding, title-page is attached to binding.
4. Part Five: Seder Kodashim, [1822]. Poor condition. Moisture stains. Leaves 153-160 are detached. There is a large tear on leaf 160, damaging text. Three leaves are missing. No binding.
Some volumes contain inscriptions and ink-stamps.
1. Part Two: Seder Mo'ed, [1830]. Poor condition, tears, holes, stains. No binding.
2. Part Three: Seder Nashim, [1822]. Fair condition. Stains, restored damages, detached leaves. Worn binding.
3. Part Four: Seder Nezikin, [1830]. Fair condition. Many moth damages to text, some stains. Detached binding, title-page is attached to binding.
4. Part Five: Seder Kodashim, [1822]. Poor condition. Moisture stains. Leaves 153-160 are detached. There is a large tear on leaf 160, damaging text. Three leaves are missing. No binding.
Category
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Catalogue
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $1,200
Unsold
Sefer HaMaggid, Ktuvim, Part Five, Tehilim Mishlei. Includes Targum Yonatan, Rashi, Metzudos, and Ivri Teitsh. Slavita, [1808]. Printed by Dov Ber ben Israel Segal and Dov Ber ben Pesach [partner of Rebbe Moshe Shapira].
Includes many short handwritten glosses.
Ink-stamps: "Ya'akov Mabat---" (leaf 53 page 2) "Mordechai Ze'ev --- Safed". Also signatures: "Naftali Em---" (leaf 30 and leaf 50). Dedication "to Reb Heshil". Censor stamps.
199 leaves. 21 cm. Bluish-green paper. Fair condition. Restored damage on first and last pages. New fine cover.
Includes many short handwritten glosses.
Ink-stamps: "Ya'akov Mabat---" (leaf 53 page 2) "Mordechai Ze'ev --- Safed". Also signatures: "Naftali Em---" (leaf 30 and leaf 50). Dedication "to Reb Heshil". Censor stamps.
199 leaves. 21 cm. Bluish-green paper. Fair condition. Restored damage on first and last pages. New fine cover.
Category
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Catalogue
Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $4,000
Unsold
Siddur Tikunei Shabbat with Derech Chaim. Zhitomir, 1857. Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapira Print. Includes Derech Chaim, in holding with custom of Sephard. Additional title-page from year 1859.
[2], 15-248; [2], 431-670, 22 cm. Few pages from beginning and end are missing (not from text of prayers). Fair condition. Stains. Many professionally-restored tears, many places are re-enforced by scotch-tape.
This edition does not appear on MB CD nor on Winograd Rosenfeld CD.
[2], 15-248; [2], 431-670, 22 cm. Few pages from beginning and end are missing (not from text of prayers). Fair condition. Stains. Many professionally-restored tears, many places are re-enforced by scotch-tape.
This edition does not appear on MB CD nor on Winograd Rosenfeld CD.
Category
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Catalogue