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Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $12,000
Estimate: $20,000 - $40,000
Sold for: $35,000
Including buyer's premium
Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov, part I, weekday prayers, with homilies and the Kavanot of the Arizal, by the Kabbalist R. Yaakov Koppel Lifshitz of Mezeritch (Mezhirichi). Part I, for weekdays. [Slavita]: R. Dov Ber Segal and R. Dov Ber son of R. Pesach, [1804]. First edition.
Copy of Rebbe Elazar Menachem Mendel Biderman of Lelov (Lelów) and of his son the Rebbe of Sosnowitz (Sosnowiec). The title page and leaf 89 bear stamps of Rebbe "Elazar Menachem son of R. Moshe, in the holy city of Jerusalem". Several leaves contain stamps of his son R. Alter Avraham Betzalel Natan Notte Biderman, the Rebbe from Eretz Israel in Sosnowitz, Poland.
Siddur with commentaries, Kavanot, laws and customs, according to Kabbalistic teachings.
Many of the foremost Chassidic leaders prayed regularly from this siddur, retaining it continually on their table, including the Maggid of Kozhnitz (Kozienice), the maggid R. Mordechai of Chernobyl, the Arvei Nachal and R. Avraham of Tshechnov (Ciechanów). Some of them even wrote glosses in the margins of the siddur. R. Asher Tzvi of Ostraha writes in his approbation to the siddur: "I have heard that the holy Baal Shem Tov saw this siddur and deemed it fit".
The Kabbalist R. Yaakov Koppel of Mezeritch also composed the Kabbalistic work Shaarei Gan Eden (Korets, 1803). The title page of the latter states that a reliable source related how this siddur was brought before the Baal Shem Tov, he read a few verses from it, hugged and kissed it, expressing great reverence for it. The scholars of Mezeritch likewise write in their approbations of the veneration the Baal Shem Tov displayed for this siddur. R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (Berdychiv) praises the author in his approbation: "He is already renowned amongst the Jewish people as a reliable Kabbalist, who's words all emanate from Divine Inspiration".
R. Yaakov Koppel's books are adapted and edited compilations of the writings of the Remak, R. Chaim Vital and R. Yisrael Sarug, with the addition of his own novellae.
R. Elazar Menachem Mendel Biderman of Lelov (1827-1883), the third Rebbe of Lelov, was the son of R. Moshe of Lelov. He headed the Chassidic population of Jerusalem, where he was reputed as a wonder-worker and holy man endowed with Holy Spirit. He was revered by the righteous men of his times, both Chassidim and Mitnagdim. The Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsk sent him kvitlach, and the Divrei Chaim of Sanz on one Passover eve stated that "the seder now being conducted by R. Elazar Mendel in Jerusalem surpasses all the sedarim of all righteous men".
R. Elazar was the first Jerusalemite Rebbe, and was a Jerusalemite with all his being. He was renowned for his lengthy daily prayers at the Western Wall. Reputedly, he designed the first Jerusalem gold-colored kaftan, which was purposefully different from the Turkish-Sephardi kaftan (which was more similar to the Arab robe), and from that time on, this type of kaftan became the typical attire of the Jerusalem Old Yishuv (see: Tiferet Beit David by his grandson R. Moshe Yair Weinstock, Jerusalem, 1968).
His son, Rebbe Avraham Betzalel Natan Notte, known as R. Alter (d. 1933), emigrated to Poland at the outbreak of WWI and settled in Sosnowitz, where he held his court. He was known in Poland as the Rebbe from Eretz Israel.
Complete copy. [6], 156; 134, 146-153, 155-188 leaves. 21 cm. Some light-blueish leaves. Good-fair condition. Stains, dampstains and signs of past dampness. Tears and wear. Large tears to the title page, affecting text, repaired with paper. Tears to several more leaves, affecting text in two places, partially repaired with paper. Worming to several leaves. New, elaborate leather binding.
Copy of Rebbe Elazar Menachem Mendel Biderman of Lelov (Lelów) and of his son the Rebbe of Sosnowitz (Sosnowiec). The title page and leaf 89 bear stamps of Rebbe "Elazar Menachem son of R. Moshe, in the holy city of Jerusalem". Several leaves contain stamps of his son R. Alter Avraham Betzalel Natan Notte Biderman, the Rebbe from Eretz Israel in Sosnowitz, Poland.
Siddur with commentaries, Kavanot, laws and customs, according to Kabbalistic teachings.
Many of the foremost Chassidic leaders prayed regularly from this siddur, retaining it continually on their table, including the Maggid of Kozhnitz (Kozienice), the maggid R. Mordechai of Chernobyl, the Arvei Nachal and R. Avraham of Tshechnov (Ciechanów). Some of them even wrote glosses in the margins of the siddur. R. Asher Tzvi of Ostraha writes in his approbation to the siddur: "I have heard that the holy Baal Shem Tov saw this siddur and deemed it fit".
The Kabbalist R. Yaakov Koppel of Mezeritch also composed the Kabbalistic work Shaarei Gan Eden (Korets, 1803). The title page of the latter states that a reliable source related how this siddur was brought before the Baal Shem Tov, he read a few verses from it, hugged and kissed it, expressing great reverence for it. The scholars of Mezeritch likewise write in their approbations of the veneration the Baal Shem Tov displayed for this siddur. R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (Berdychiv) praises the author in his approbation: "He is already renowned amongst the Jewish people as a reliable Kabbalist, who's words all emanate from Divine Inspiration".
R. Yaakov Koppel's books are adapted and edited compilations of the writings of the Remak, R. Chaim Vital and R. Yisrael Sarug, with the addition of his own novellae.
R. Elazar Menachem Mendel Biderman of Lelov (1827-1883), the third Rebbe of Lelov, was the son of R. Moshe of Lelov. He headed the Chassidic population of Jerusalem, where he was reputed as a wonder-worker and holy man endowed with Holy Spirit. He was revered by the righteous men of his times, both Chassidim and Mitnagdim. The Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsk sent him kvitlach, and the Divrei Chaim of Sanz on one Passover eve stated that "the seder now being conducted by R. Elazar Mendel in Jerusalem surpasses all the sedarim of all righteous men".
R. Elazar was the first Jerusalemite Rebbe, and was a Jerusalemite with all his being. He was renowned for his lengthy daily prayers at the Western Wall. Reputedly, he designed the first Jerusalem gold-colored kaftan, which was purposefully different from the Turkish-Sephardi kaftan (which was more similar to the Arab robe), and from that time on, this type of kaftan became the typical attire of the Jerusalem Old Yishuv (see: Tiferet Beit David by his grandson R. Moshe Yair Weinstock, Jerusalem, 1968).
His son, Rebbe Avraham Betzalel Natan Notte, known as R. Alter (d. 1933), emigrated to Poland at the outbreak of WWI and settled in Sosnowitz, where he held his court. He was known in Poland as the Rebbe from Eretz Israel.
Complete copy. [6], 156; 134, 146-153, 155-188 leaves. 21 cm. Some light-blueish leaves. Good-fair condition. Stains, dampstains and signs of past dampness. Tears and wear. Large tears to the title page, affecting text, repaired with paper. Tears to several more leaves, affecting text in two places, partially repaired with paper. Worming to several leaves. New, elaborate leather binding.
Category
Books and Siddurim Printed in Russia and Poland, Slavita and Zhitomir
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $10,000
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
Sold for: $22,500
Including buyer's premium
Tehillim, in large letters, with the Metzudot commentary. [Slavita: R. Shmuel Avraham Shapira, son of R. Moshe Shapira, 1835].
Copy lacking title page and other leaves, and without Seder Maamadot. This copy was previously owned by Rebbe Yaakov Yosef Twersky of Skver (Skvyra) in the United States, who used it to recite Psalms.
When his close friend R. David Moshkowitz, Rabbi of Bonyhád presented him with a complete copy of a Slavita Tehillim, the Rebbe gave him in return as a gift his old Tehillim, which was lacking the title page and foreword leaves. In the endpaper, a letter handwritten and signed by the son of the rabbi of Bonyhád is pasted, dated Nisan 1997, testifying that "I heard from my father that he gave Rebbe Y.Y. of Skver a Slavita Tehillim, and in exchange received his old Tehillim which was lacking several leaves at the beginning of the book, and I am hereby signing on this [Yaakov Moshe?] Moshkovitz".
Rebbe Yaakov Yosef Twersky of Skver (1899-1968) was a leading Rebbe in the United States. Born in Skvyra, he served as Rebbe in Kalarash (Călăraşi, Romania). After the Holocaust, he reached New York, where he established his community in a distinctive neighborhood – New-Square, community reputed until this day for its conservative character, preserving authentic Chassidic Judaism like it was in the European Shtetls before the Holocaust.
R. David Moshkovitz (1909-1985) was born in Kerestir (Bodrogkeresztúr). After the Holocaust, he served as rabbi of Bonyhád and Miskolc. In the 1950s, he immigrated to Jerusalem, serving as posek in the Eda HaCharedit. Reputed as a holy, pious and ascetic man, wondrous stories of his holiness and fiery fear of G-d abound. He adopted special conducts regarding holiness, one of which was that he would not touch anyone who hadn't immersed in a ritual bath, wearing a glove when needing to pay on the bus or in similar situations. A leading Belzer chassid, he was also close to the Skver, Dushinsky and Satmar Chassidic courts (in the period between the passing of Rebbe Aaron of Belz and the appointment of the current Rebbe, Belz chassidim would gather to pray during the High Holidays in the Belz yeshiva in Jerusalem, and would honor the rabbi of Bonyhád with conducting the Mussaf prayers – prayer usually led by the Rebbe).
1-3, 5-166 leaves (originally: [2], 166 leaves. Lacking 3 leaves). 17.5 cm. White and blueish paper. Fair condition. Many handling marks. Various stains. Tears and extensive wear. Repairs from various periods. Tears and damage to leaves 1-3 with significant loss of text (repaired, with professional photocopy replacements of the missing passages). Several glosses handwritten in blue pen. New, elegant leather binding.
Reciting Tehillim from the Slavita edition, printed in holiness and purity by the pious Rebbe Moshe Shapira of Slavita, son of R. Pinchas of Korets, and by his son Rebbe Shmuel Avraham Shapira, is a reputed Segula.
Copy lacking title page and other leaves, and without Seder Maamadot. This copy was previously owned by Rebbe Yaakov Yosef Twersky of Skver (Skvyra) in the United States, who used it to recite Psalms.
When his close friend R. David Moshkowitz, Rabbi of Bonyhád presented him with a complete copy of a Slavita Tehillim, the Rebbe gave him in return as a gift his old Tehillim, which was lacking the title page and foreword leaves. In the endpaper, a letter handwritten and signed by the son of the rabbi of Bonyhád is pasted, dated Nisan 1997, testifying that "I heard from my father that he gave Rebbe Y.Y. of Skver a Slavita Tehillim, and in exchange received his old Tehillim which was lacking several leaves at the beginning of the book, and I am hereby signing on this [Yaakov Moshe?] Moshkovitz".
Rebbe Yaakov Yosef Twersky of Skver (1899-1968) was a leading Rebbe in the United States. Born in Skvyra, he served as Rebbe in Kalarash (Călăraşi, Romania). After the Holocaust, he reached New York, where he established his community in a distinctive neighborhood – New-Square, community reputed until this day for its conservative character, preserving authentic Chassidic Judaism like it was in the European Shtetls before the Holocaust.
R. David Moshkovitz (1909-1985) was born in Kerestir (Bodrogkeresztúr). After the Holocaust, he served as rabbi of Bonyhád and Miskolc. In the 1950s, he immigrated to Jerusalem, serving as posek in the Eda HaCharedit. Reputed as a holy, pious and ascetic man, wondrous stories of his holiness and fiery fear of G-d abound. He adopted special conducts regarding holiness, one of which was that he would not touch anyone who hadn't immersed in a ritual bath, wearing a glove when needing to pay on the bus or in similar situations. A leading Belzer chassid, he was also close to the Skver, Dushinsky and Satmar Chassidic courts (in the period between the passing of Rebbe Aaron of Belz and the appointment of the current Rebbe, Belz chassidim would gather to pray during the High Holidays in the Belz yeshiva in Jerusalem, and would honor the rabbi of Bonyhád with conducting the Mussaf prayers – prayer usually led by the Rebbe).
1-3, 5-166 leaves (originally: [2], 166 leaves. Lacking 3 leaves). 17.5 cm. White and blueish paper. Fair condition. Many handling marks. Various stains. Tears and extensive wear. Repairs from various periods. Tears and damage to leaves 1-3 with significant loss of text (repaired, with professional photocopy replacements of the missing passages). Several glosses handwritten in blue pen. New, elegant leather binding.
Reciting Tehillim from the Slavita edition, printed in holiness and purity by the pious Rebbe Moshe Shapira of Slavita, son of R. Pinchas of Korets, and by his son Rebbe Shmuel Avraham Shapira, is a reputed Segula.
Category
Books and Siddurim Printed in Russia and Poland, Slavita and Zhitomir
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $4,000
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $11,250
Including buyer's premium
Tehillim, Diglei Hodaya VeHaMitzva. Seder Maamadot by the holy Rabbi of Apta (Opatów) and order of year-round prayers according to Nusach Sefard (Nusach HaAri). Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira, grandson of the rabbi of Slavita, 1866. Two title pages. On the first title page, the word Jerusalem is emphasized in red ink.
Many approbations from rabbis of Eretz Israel. Large pre-subscribers list from Eretz Israel and Russia (including names of many prominent rabbis and rebbes). An additional list of pre-subscribers (the four sons of the Rebbe of Skver and others) appears at the beginning of Seder Maamadot, which is followed by the siddur of R. Zalman of Liadi. Before the book of Tehillim, the order of handwashing replacing a ritual bath appears, compiled by the maggid R. Mordechai of Chernobyl, from the Baal Shem Tov.
Ownership inscription of R. Yudel Rosenberg, posek in Warsaw (R. Yehuda Yudel Rosenberg, 1860-1935, a leading Torah scholar in Poland and Canada. Author of Niflaot Maharal, Zohar Torah, Refael HaMalach and other books on Halacha, Kabbalah, Protections and Segulot, Biography of the Maharal and the Golem, and history of Chassidism). Stamps of his son, R. Avraham Yitzchak Rosenberg of Montreal. Handwritten inscriptions, of Kabbalistic Kavanot and Segulot (at the beginning of the Hallel prayer, an interesting acronymic allusion appears in handwriting).
[4], 5-440, 221-225, [12] pages; [4], 112, 57-64, 61-64, 28 pages. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and stains. Worming to a few leaves. Marginal paper repairs to first leaf and last three leaves. New, elaborate leather binding.
Many approbations from rabbis of Eretz Israel. Large pre-subscribers list from Eretz Israel and Russia (including names of many prominent rabbis and rebbes). An additional list of pre-subscribers (the four sons of the Rebbe of Skver and others) appears at the beginning of Seder Maamadot, which is followed by the siddur of R. Zalman of Liadi. Before the book of Tehillim, the order of handwashing replacing a ritual bath appears, compiled by the maggid R. Mordechai of Chernobyl, from the Baal Shem Tov.
Ownership inscription of R. Yudel Rosenberg, posek in Warsaw (R. Yehuda Yudel Rosenberg, 1860-1935, a leading Torah scholar in Poland and Canada. Author of Niflaot Maharal, Zohar Torah, Refael HaMalach and other books on Halacha, Kabbalah, Protections and Segulot, Biography of the Maharal and the Golem, and history of Chassidism). Stamps of his son, R. Avraham Yitzchak Rosenberg of Montreal. Handwritten inscriptions, of Kabbalistic Kavanot and Segulot (at the beginning of the Hallel prayer, an interesting acronymic allusion appears in handwriting).
[4], 5-440, 221-225, [12] pages; [4], 112, 57-64, 61-64, 28 pages. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and stains. Worming to a few leaves. Marginal paper repairs to first leaf and last three leaves. New, elaborate leather binding.
Category
Books and Siddurim Printed in Russia and Poland, Slavita and Zhitomir
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $4,000
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $10,000
Including buyer's premium
Tehillim, with Rashi and the Amarot Tehorot commentary by R. Eliezer Horowitz Rabbi of Tarnogród, disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov (Zolochiv) and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk (Leżajsk). Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, 1857. Two title pages.
Bound with: Seder Maamadot and Seder Ketoret according to the Rabbi of Apta (Opatów). Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, 1857. A LaMenatze'ach Menorah appears on the last leaf, with sections of prayers and Segulot.
The Amarot Tehorot commentary is the first Chassidic commentary to be printed on Tehillim (first published in Warsaw, 1839), authored by R. Eliezer of Horowitz (Hořovice, d. 1806, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, 257-259), Rabbi of Tarnogród. A descendant of the Shelah, he was the disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, and disciple-colleague of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. He also authored Noam Megadim UKavod HaTorah.
A signature extends over leaves 2-11: "This Tehillim belongs to… Yisrael Aharon son of R. Moshe Zaris Villover".
[3], 4-438 pages; [3], 64 pages. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor tears. Wear and mold stains, with paper repairs to the first leaves. Worming to the leaves of Seder Maamadot. New, elaborate leather binding.
This 1857 edition is not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. Listing 0305437 records a preceding edition of this book printed in Zhitomir in 1855. This listing does not mention leaves 214-219, indexes to the book Amarot Tehorot included in this copy (see Kedem Auction 49, item 13).
Bound with: Seder Maamadot and Seder Ketoret according to the Rabbi of Apta (Opatów). Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, 1857. A LaMenatze'ach Menorah appears on the last leaf, with sections of prayers and Segulot.
The Amarot Tehorot commentary is the first Chassidic commentary to be printed on Tehillim (first published in Warsaw, 1839), authored by R. Eliezer of Horowitz (Hořovice, d. 1806, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, 257-259), Rabbi of Tarnogród. A descendant of the Shelah, he was the disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, and disciple-colleague of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. He also authored Noam Megadim UKavod HaTorah.
A signature extends over leaves 2-11: "This Tehillim belongs to… Yisrael Aharon son of R. Moshe Zaris Villover".
[3], 4-438 pages; [3], 64 pages. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor tears. Wear and mold stains, with paper repairs to the first leaves. Worming to the leaves of Seder Maamadot. New, elaborate leather binding.
This 1857 edition is not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. Listing 0305437 records a preceding edition of this book printed in Zhitomir in 1855. This listing does not mention leaves 214-219, indexes to the book Amarot Tehorot included in this copy (see Kedem Auction 49, item 13).
Category
Books and Siddurim Printed in Russia and Poland, Slavita and Zhitomir
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $15,000
Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000
Unsold
Crown for a small Torah scroll. [Eastern Europe – Russia or Poland, 18th century].
Silver (marked), cut and soldered, repoussé and embossed; rivets; gemstones; gilding.
A small-sized crown intended for a small Torah scroll. The crown's base is made of silver openwork attached with rivets to a silver loop and decorated with vegetal and geometric patterns and three pairs of heraldic animals [a pair of lions, langued, a pair of oxen (?) and a pair of wolves (?)]. Six arms extend upwards from the crown's base, topped by another, small and gilt crown decorated with tiny flowers, precious stones, globular silver beads of various sizes and silver threads. The crown's arms are decorated with vegetal patterns and rocaille. Between the arms are six (identical) decorations that combine rocaille and large birds (each of the decorations has two holes, apparently intended for bells or other missing decorations).
Height: 19 cm, base diameter: 13 cm. Good overall condition. Slightly bent. Some of the bells are marked with English stamps. Missing bells. Decorations missing from upper crown and from the rocaille-and-bird pattern.
Silver (marked), cut and soldered, repoussé and embossed; rivets; gemstones; gilding.
A small-sized crown intended for a small Torah scroll. The crown's base is made of silver openwork attached with rivets to a silver loop and decorated with vegetal and geometric patterns and three pairs of heraldic animals [a pair of lions, langued, a pair of oxen (?) and a pair of wolves (?)]. Six arms extend upwards from the crown's base, topped by another, small and gilt crown decorated with tiny flowers, precious stones, globular silver beads of various sizes and silver threads. The crown's arms are decorated with vegetal patterns and rocaille. Between the arms are six (identical) decorations that combine rocaille and large birds (each of the decorations has two holes, apparently intended for bells or other missing decorations).
Height: 19 cm, base diameter: 13 cm. Good overall condition. Slightly bent. Some of the bells are marked with English stamps. Missing bells. Decorations missing from upper crown and from the rocaille-and-bird pattern.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
A pair of Torah finials ("Apples") with horseshoe-arched windows. Morocco (Probably Fez or Meknes), [late 19th century].
Cast silver, cut, sawn and engraved; chiseled; remnants of velvet; sheet copper.
The body of the Torah finials is cylindrical, widening towards the leg, with decorations on most of the surface in vegetal arabesque patterns and six sawn rectangles, in the center of each one is a small horseshoe-arched window. Seen behind the sawn rectangles are remnants of colorful velvet and a strip of reddish sheet copper, attached to the inside of the finial. On top of each finial is a pointed decoration and rings made of bent silver strips. The legs also widen towards the base and are decorated with plain stripes and with arabesques in a vegetal pattern.
Height: 32 cm. Many soldering repairs to one finial. Defects and bends. Velvet is very worn. Lacking chains and ornaments. Lacking rings.
Cast silver, cut, sawn and engraved; chiseled; remnants of velvet; sheet copper.
The body of the Torah finials is cylindrical, widening towards the leg, with decorations on most of the surface in vegetal arabesque patterns and six sawn rectangles, in the center of each one is a small horseshoe-arched window. Seen behind the sawn rectangles are remnants of colorful velvet and a strip of reddish sheet copper, attached to the inside of the finial. On top of each finial is a pointed decoration and rings made of bent silver strips. The legs also widen towards the base and are decorated with plain stripes and with arabesques in a vegetal pattern.
Height: 32 cm. Many soldering repairs to one finial. Defects and bends. Velvet is very worn. Lacking chains and ornaments. Lacking rings.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $14,000
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000
Unsold
A pair of Torah finials. [Holland or Germany, second half of 19th century?].
Silver (not marked), repouseé, spun and screwed, traced of gilding.
Two-tier "tower finials", each tier with four arches on columns. The base of the first tier is surrounded by a low fence-like border designed as Fleur-de-lis; the roofs of both tiers are surrounded by a cornice in an identical design. The openings of the first tier arches are ornamented with acanthus leaves. The first tier is topped by a roof designed with overlapping repouseé tiles, and above the second tier, the finials are surmounted by a gadrooned onion dome and topped with a silver ball. A bell is hanging in each of the arches.
Height: approx. 41 cm. Good-fair condition. Bends. Fractures. Soldering repairs. Corrosion. Stains. Lacking bell. One loose stave.
Silver (not marked), repouseé, spun and screwed, traced of gilding.
Two-tier "tower finials", each tier with four arches on columns. The base of the first tier is surrounded by a low fence-like border designed as Fleur-de-lis; the roofs of both tiers are surrounded by a cornice in an identical design. The openings of the first tier arches are ornamented with acanthus leaves. The first tier is topped by a roof designed with overlapping repouseé tiles, and above the second tier, the finials are surmounted by a gadrooned onion dome and topped with a silver ball. A bell is hanging in each of the arches.
Height: approx. 41 cm. Good-fair condition. Bends. Fractures. Soldering repairs. Corrosion. Stains. Lacking bell. One loose stave.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $25,000
Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000
Sold for: $42,500
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp. Russia or Ukraine, [first half of the 19th century].
Silver (marked, "12" and "BD" in Cyrillic letters), cast, repoussé and engraved; parcel-gilt.
Heavy Hanukkah lamp in an impressive architectonic design.
The back plate is covered in decorations in vegetal patterns. In its center is a small shield held by a pair of griffons – winged eagle-lions. Engraved on the shield is the Hebrew inscription "Blessed art Thou, Lord, to kindle the Chanukah light, Amen", surmounted by an eagle. On the plate's edges, left and right, appear graceful decorations in vegetal patterns, with flowers and grape clusters.
Positioned on a balcony before the back plate are four Corinthian columns. In front of them, on both sides, are a pair of oil containers (with lids), and on the edge is the Shamash (removable)
Above the plate is an additional balcony supported by the four columns and surmounted by a pair of large griffons holding, with their front paws, a round plaque decorated with leaves and flowers and surmounted by a large crown.
Attached to the front part of the lower balcony is a third balcony. Its façade is decorated with vegetal patterns and it is surmounted by eight lions serving as oil fonts. This balcony stands on two bird legs, with claws holding knobs.
Length: 36 cm. Width: 28 cm. Depth: 16 cm.
Compare: Catalogue of the Permanent and Loan Collections of the Jewish Museum, London, R. D. Barnett. London, 1974, item 235, plate LXXXVI.
Provenance: Sotheby's, Tel Aviv, sale no. LN4201, April 1994, lot no. 145 (photographed; appears on the front cover of the catalogue).
Silver (marked, "12" and "BD" in Cyrillic letters), cast, repoussé and engraved; parcel-gilt.
Heavy Hanukkah lamp in an impressive architectonic design.
The back plate is covered in decorations in vegetal patterns. In its center is a small shield held by a pair of griffons – winged eagle-lions. Engraved on the shield is the Hebrew inscription "Blessed art Thou, Lord, to kindle the Chanukah light, Amen", surmounted by an eagle. On the plate's edges, left and right, appear graceful decorations in vegetal patterns, with flowers and grape clusters.
Positioned on a balcony before the back plate are four Corinthian columns. In front of them, on both sides, are a pair of oil containers (with lids), and on the edge is the Shamash (removable)
Above the plate is an additional balcony supported by the four columns and surmounted by a pair of large griffons holding, with their front paws, a round plaque decorated with leaves and flowers and surmounted by a large crown.
Attached to the front part of the lower balcony is a third balcony. Its façade is decorated with vegetal patterns and it is surmounted by eight lions serving as oil fonts. This balcony stands on two bird legs, with claws holding knobs.
Length: 36 cm. Width: 28 cm. Depth: 16 cm.
Compare: Catalogue of the Permanent and Loan Collections of the Jewish Museum, London, R. D. Barnett. London, 1974, item 235, plate LXXXVI.
Provenance: Sotheby's, Tel Aviv, sale no. LN4201, April 1994, lot no. 145 (photographed; appears on the front cover of the catalogue).
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah Lamp. Morocco [Fez? Essaouira - Mogador?], [after 1925].
Silver (marked), cut and sawn; chiseled; rivets.
Backplate shaped as a spiked arch, delicately decorated with dense vegetal patterns, with three large flowers (rosettes). The Shamash is positioned in the center of the top flower (attached with rivets) and a stylized loop appears on top of the arch. Two sawn side panels, decorated with vegetal patterns, opening towards the sides with hinges; removable. A row of rectangular oil fonts with pinched spouts is attached with screws and nuts. The base of the bottom panel is attached with rivets to a rectangular silver plaque, with a wide oil basin whose two front corners are pinched, attached with a hinge.
Length: 29 cm, width: 19-20 cm. Apertures to bottom of side panels and edges of oil basin (for clasps; lacking). Slight bends and small fractures to some of the spikes.
Silver (marked), cut and sawn; chiseled; rivets.
Backplate shaped as a spiked arch, delicately decorated with dense vegetal patterns, with three large flowers (rosettes). The Shamash is positioned in the center of the top flower (attached with rivets) and a stylized loop appears on top of the arch. Two sawn side panels, decorated with vegetal patterns, opening towards the sides with hinges; removable. A row of rectangular oil fonts with pinched spouts is attached with screws and nuts. The base of the bottom panel is attached with rivets to a rectangular silver plaque, with a wide oil basin whose two front corners are pinched, attached with a hinge.
Length: 29 cm, width: 19-20 cm. Apertures to bottom of side panels and edges of oil basin (for clasps; lacking). Slight bends and small fractures to some of the spikes.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $20,000
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Sold for: $25,000
Including buyer's premium
A monumental synagogue lamp created by Ludwig Yehudah Wolpert (1900-1981). [New-York, ca. 1945-1970].
Cast brass, bent and sawn; wiring. Signed: Wolpert.
A monumental seven-branched lamp. A long legend, in sawn letters, appears on front of the lamp, in a style characteristic of Wolpert's works, with verses of consolation from the Haftara to the Parasha "BeHa'alotcha" and Shabat-Chanukkah, from Zechariah's vision (in which appears a depiction of the seven-branched lamp): "Roni vesimchi bat Zion…" (Zechariah 2; 14 and 16).
A sketch for the design of this lamp is held in the New-York Jewish Museum, along with an early photograph of the lamp, showing two additional oil-fonts on both sides (apparently over the years the oil fonts were removed and the lamp was converted from a Hanukkah lamp to a seven-branched lamp), both items were donated to the Jewish Museum by Wolpert's widow (see enclosed material). Enclosed is a photograph of the lamp side by side with other ceremonial objects in "Beth-El" synagogue in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Height: 195 cm. Width of branches: 70 cm, width of base: 49 cm. Good overall condition. Loose screw to one of the oil fonts. A number of screws are missing. Some stains. Electric wire is cut, with no plug.
Provenance: purchased from "Beth-El" synagogue in Quincy, Massachusetts, upon its closure, February 2013.
Cast brass, bent and sawn; wiring. Signed: Wolpert.
A monumental seven-branched lamp. A long legend, in sawn letters, appears on front of the lamp, in a style characteristic of Wolpert's works, with verses of consolation from the Haftara to the Parasha "BeHa'alotcha" and Shabat-Chanukkah, from Zechariah's vision (in which appears a depiction of the seven-branched lamp): "Roni vesimchi bat Zion…" (Zechariah 2; 14 and 16).
A sketch for the design of this lamp is held in the New-York Jewish Museum, along with an early photograph of the lamp, showing two additional oil-fonts on both sides (apparently over the years the oil fonts were removed and the lamp was converted from a Hanukkah lamp to a seven-branched lamp), both items were donated to the Jewish Museum by Wolpert's widow (see enclosed material). Enclosed is a photograph of the lamp side by side with other ceremonial objects in "Beth-El" synagogue in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Height: 195 cm. Width of branches: 70 cm, width of base: 49 cm. Good overall condition. Loose screw to one of the oil fonts. A number of screws are missing. Some stains. Electric wire is cut, with no plug.
Provenance: purchased from "Beth-El" synagogue in Quincy, Massachusetts, upon its closure, February 2013.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Sold for: $9,375
Including buyer's premium
A very large papercut, with verses and symbols for blessing and protection, for the home or for the synagogue. Morocco, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Papercut; colorful aluminum foils; ink on paper.
Papercut, in a symmetric composition, decorated with a large seven-branched Menorah, with architectural and vegetal motifs, with arcades within which are Menorahs decorated with crescents and stars, Hamsas and large birds (peacocks or swans). The background of the papercut, which is made of white paper, consists of purple, pink, green and red shiny aluminum foils.
Above the Menorah in the central panel, appears the tetragrammaton; in the right and left panels appear text-frames with verses for protection and blessing, blessing of Esau and Jacob: "So God give thee…" (Genesis 27, 28-29, Genesis 28, 3-4).
Among hundreds of known Jewish papercuts, there are only a few from Morocco. This papercut belongs to a very small group of almost-identical large papercuts, decorated with shiny colorful papers and bearing verses of blessings, Menorahs and similar decorations. Dr. Giza Frenkel mentions in the introduction to the chapter "Jewish papercuts in North Africa" that this group of papercuts, "of large dimensions – similar to the 'Mizrah' of Jews in East Europe – decorated the walls of homes and synagogues. Sometimes it was presented… to a young couple, and then the inscriptions matched the occasion… often these 'Menorahs' were donated to a synagogue by people who could not afford donating a Torah scroll". Yehudit and Joseph Shadur mention in their book "Traditional Jewish Papercuts", that undoubtedly, all of these papercuts (about three), were created by one person. The papercut offered here is part of this group, examples of which are found in the collections of the Wolfson Museum Of Jewish Art (Heichal Shlomo) and the New-York Jewish Museum.
Approx. 75 X 92 cm. Framed, unexamined out of frame. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and lacking pieces.
Literature:
1. Jews of Morocco, Aviva Moler-Lanzet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983), p. 58.
2. Traditional Jewish Papercuts, by Joseph and Yehudit Shadur, Hanover & England, 2002, pp. 174, Ill. No. 5.27
3. Jewish Papercuts, a History and Guide, Joseph and Yehudit Shadur. Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California & Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1994, Plate 28.
4. Morocco, Jews and Art in a Muslim Land, Vivian B. Mann (ed.), Merrell, New York, 2000, Item no. 100, pp. 14-15.
5. Bemahzor Hayamim, Religious and Secular Customs in Jewish Ceremonial Art and Folklore, by Heshil Golnitzki, Friends of Jewish Folklore, Haifa, 1963, plate no 73; p. 66.
Provenance: Collection of Heshil Golnitzky, Haifa.
Papercut; colorful aluminum foils; ink on paper.
Papercut, in a symmetric composition, decorated with a large seven-branched Menorah, with architectural and vegetal motifs, with arcades within which are Menorahs decorated with crescents and stars, Hamsas and large birds (peacocks or swans). The background of the papercut, which is made of white paper, consists of purple, pink, green and red shiny aluminum foils.
Above the Menorah in the central panel, appears the tetragrammaton; in the right and left panels appear text-frames with verses for protection and blessing, blessing of Esau and Jacob: "So God give thee…" (Genesis 27, 28-29, Genesis 28, 3-4).
Among hundreds of known Jewish papercuts, there are only a few from Morocco. This papercut belongs to a very small group of almost-identical large papercuts, decorated with shiny colorful papers and bearing verses of blessings, Menorahs and similar decorations. Dr. Giza Frenkel mentions in the introduction to the chapter "Jewish papercuts in North Africa" that this group of papercuts, "of large dimensions – similar to the 'Mizrah' of Jews in East Europe – decorated the walls of homes and synagogues. Sometimes it was presented… to a young couple, and then the inscriptions matched the occasion… often these 'Menorahs' were donated to a synagogue by people who could not afford donating a Torah scroll". Yehudit and Joseph Shadur mention in their book "Traditional Jewish Papercuts", that undoubtedly, all of these papercuts (about three), were created by one person. The papercut offered here is part of this group, examples of which are found in the collections of the Wolfson Museum Of Jewish Art (Heichal Shlomo) and the New-York Jewish Museum.
Approx. 75 X 92 cm. Framed, unexamined out of frame. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and lacking pieces.
Literature:
1. Jews of Morocco, Aviva Moler-Lanzet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983), p. 58.
2. Traditional Jewish Papercuts, by Joseph and Yehudit Shadur, Hanover & England, 2002, pp. 174, Ill. No. 5.27
3. Jewish Papercuts, a History and Guide, Joseph and Yehudit Shadur. Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California & Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1994, Plate 28.
4. Morocco, Jews and Art in a Muslim Land, Vivian B. Mann (ed.), Merrell, New York, 2000, Item no. 100, pp. 14-15.
5. Bemahzor Hayamim, Religious and Secular Customs in Jewish Ceremonial Art and Folklore, by Heshil Golnitzki, Friends of Jewish Folklore, Haifa, 1963, plate no 73; p. 66.
Provenance: Collection of Heshil Golnitzky, Haifa.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $2,500
Estimate: $6,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Two amulets printed on paper, with woodcut illustrations. [Sulzbach? Germany, 18th century].
· Amulet for the protection of a woman who gave birth to a boy and of the newborn.
Printed amulet depicting an encounter between Elijah and Lilith. A circumcision is portrayed at the top. On the right and left margins are the figures of Adam (right) and Chava (left), each standing on a balcony with a canopy. Beneath the title "LeZachar" ("For a Male") is a German text in Hebrew letters. Printed at the bottom is the inscription: "Brit Kodesh" ("Holy Covenant").
Length: 17.5 cm, width: 21.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Creases, folding marks and wear. Left margin trimmed. Mounted on black cardboard and framed.
· Amulet for the protection of a woman who gave birth to a girl and of the newborn.
Printed amulet depicting an encounter between Elijah and Lilith. A woman kindling Shabbat lights in a hanging lamp ("Judenstern") is portrayed at the top. On the right and left margins are the figures of Adam (right) and Chava (left), each standing on a balcony with a canopy. Beneath the title "LiNekeva" ("For a Female") is a German text in Hebrew letters. Printed at the bottom in Hebrew is the inscription: "Family purity, dough tithing, candle lighting" (the three commandments applying specifically to the Jewish woman).
Length: 15-15.5 cm, width: 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Creases and wear. Margins trimmed. Small holes to upper part. Small tear (repaired). Two small pieces of paper attached to top of verso.
See: Jewish Tradition in Art - The Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica, by Dr. Isaiah Shachar (Israel Museum, 1981), Items 2-3.
· Amulet for the protection of a woman who gave birth to a boy and of the newborn.
Printed amulet depicting an encounter between Elijah and Lilith. A circumcision is portrayed at the top. On the right and left margins are the figures of Adam (right) and Chava (left), each standing on a balcony with a canopy. Beneath the title "LeZachar" ("For a Male") is a German text in Hebrew letters. Printed at the bottom is the inscription: "Brit Kodesh" ("Holy Covenant").
Length: 17.5 cm, width: 21.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Creases, folding marks and wear. Left margin trimmed. Mounted on black cardboard and framed.
· Amulet for the protection of a woman who gave birth to a girl and of the newborn.
Printed amulet depicting an encounter between Elijah and Lilith. A woman kindling Shabbat lights in a hanging lamp ("Judenstern") is portrayed at the top. On the right and left margins are the figures of Adam (right) and Chava (left), each standing on a balcony with a canopy. Beneath the title "LiNekeva" ("For a Female") is a German text in Hebrew letters. Printed at the bottom in Hebrew is the inscription: "Family purity, dough tithing, candle lighting" (the three commandments applying specifically to the Jewish woman).
Length: 15-15.5 cm, width: 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Creases and wear. Margins trimmed. Small holes to upper part. Small tear (repaired). Two small pieces of paper attached to top of verso.
See: Jewish Tradition in Art - The Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica, by Dr. Isaiah Shachar (Israel Museum, 1981), Items 2-3.
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Jewish Ceremonial Art
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