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Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $400
Unsold
Ratzuf Ahava, novellae on the Talmud and Tosafot, by R. Shlomo Algazi. Verona, 1649. First edition.
Several glosses in Sephardic script. One of them signed: "Shmuel Tovi—". Two signatures and ownership inscriptions in Sephardic script on the title page: "Mine… Shlomo son of R. Chaim Yehuda". "Mine for the service of my Creator, with my strength and wealth, Menachem HaLevi".
R. Shlomo son of R. Chaim son of R. Yehuda of Salonika (d. Purim 1769), grandson of R. Shlomo Amarilio. Novellae in his name are quoted by his colleague R. Elazar Nahmias who refers to him as "The complete scholar, R. Shlomo Chaim" (Hon Rav, leaf 158, 2). His epitaph in Salonica reads: "The complete scholar, pious and modest, R. Shlomo son of R. Chaim Yehuda" (Matzevot Saloniki p. 727; Beit HaAlmin shel Yehudei Saloniki, p. 463).
[1], 19, 25-32, 37-44, 41-152, [1] leaves. Mispagination. 19.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Some leaves in fair condition. Stains and extensive wear. Severe dampstains to some leaves. Worming. Marginal creases. Only back cover remains, damaged, with worming.
Several glosses in Sephardic script. One of them signed: "Shmuel Tovi—". Two signatures and ownership inscriptions in Sephardic script on the title page: "Mine… Shlomo son of R. Chaim Yehuda". "Mine for the service of my Creator, with my strength and wealth, Menachem HaLevi".
R. Shlomo son of R. Chaim son of R. Yehuda of Salonika (d. Purim 1769), grandson of R. Shlomo Amarilio. Novellae in his name are quoted by his colleague R. Elazar Nahmias who refers to him as "The complete scholar, R. Shlomo Chaim" (Hon Rav, leaf 158, 2). His epitaph in Salonica reads: "The complete scholar, pious and modest, R. Shlomo son of R. Chaim Yehuda" (Matzevot Saloniki p. 727; Beit HaAlmin shel Yehudei Saloniki, p. 463).
[1], 19, 25-32, 37-44, 41-152, [1] leaves. Mispagination. 19.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Some leaves in fair condition. Stains and extensive wear. Severe dampstains to some leaves. Worming. Marginal creases. Only back cover remains, damaged, with worming.
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Manuscripts and Glosses - Oriental Rabbis
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Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $500
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Two (incomplete) books printed in Venice in 1589-1600 with glosses in Sephardic script (typical of Greece and the Balkans, ca. 18th and early 19th century].
• Tur Orach Chaim, with Beit Yosef. Venice: [Zuan de Gara, 1589]. Scholarly glosses in Sephardic script. Most glosses open with the writer's signature: "A.A." (Amar Avraham - So said Avraham) - the distinctive signature of R. Avraham Alkalai, author of Zechor LeAvraham (1749-1811), an outstanding Torah scholar renowned for his diligence. Born in Salonika, he was a disciple of R. Yosef ibn Ya'ish. In 1780, he was invited to serve as dayan and posek in Dupnitsa (Bulgaria), and following the passing of the rabbi of the city, R. Avraham Sid, he succeeded him. In 1810, he immigrated to Eretz Israel, to the holy city of Safed. He authored: Responsa Chesed LeAvraham, and his renowned composition Zechor LeAvraham, which became a basic book for study of Halacha, and is mentioned extensively in Halachic literature.
Most of the book lacking. [1], 2-24, 96 leaves (originally: [1], 2-24, 460 leaves). 35.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Marginal creases. Damage. Detached leaves and gatherings. Worming. Signatures and ownership inscriptions of "Chacham… Yitzchak Liggi" and of "Yosef Chananel Liggi". Front board detached.
• Midrash Shmuel, commentary to Tractate Avot, by R. Shmuel di Uceda. [Venice: Daniel Zanetti, 1600. Fourth edition. The title page states "Third printing", and this is indeed the third edition printed in Venice, not accounting for the third edition printed earlier in Krakow, 1594].
With many brief and lengthy glosses in Oriental script, from various writers.
Lacking title page. 2-251, [1] leaves. 20 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains and wear. Severe dampstains to many leaves. Tears affecting text, with some loss. Leaf 2 torn and partially lacking. Without binding.
• Tur Orach Chaim, with Beit Yosef. Venice: [Zuan de Gara, 1589]. Scholarly glosses in Sephardic script. Most glosses open with the writer's signature: "A.A." (Amar Avraham - So said Avraham) - the distinctive signature of R. Avraham Alkalai, author of Zechor LeAvraham (1749-1811), an outstanding Torah scholar renowned for his diligence. Born in Salonika, he was a disciple of R. Yosef ibn Ya'ish. In 1780, he was invited to serve as dayan and posek in Dupnitsa (Bulgaria), and following the passing of the rabbi of the city, R. Avraham Sid, he succeeded him. In 1810, he immigrated to Eretz Israel, to the holy city of Safed. He authored: Responsa Chesed LeAvraham, and his renowned composition Zechor LeAvraham, which became a basic book for study of Halacha, and is mentioned extensively in Halachic literature.
Most of the book lacking. [1], 2-24, 96 leaves (originally: [1], 2-24, 460 leaves). 35.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Marginal creases. Damage. Detached leaves and gatherings. Worming. Signatures and ownership inscriptions of "Chacham… Yitzchak Liggi" and of "Yosef Chananel Liggi". Front board detached.
• Midrash Shmuel, commentary to Tractate Avot, by R. Shmuel di Uceda. [Venice: Daniel Zanetti, 1600. Fourth edition. The title page states "Third printing", and this is indeed the third edition printed in Venice, not accounting for the third edition printed earlier in Krakow, 1594].
With many brief and lengthy glosses in Oriental script, from various writers.
Lacking title page. 2-251, [1] leaves. 20 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains and wear. Severe dampstains to many leaves. Tears affecting text, with some loss. Leaf 2 torn and partially lacking. Without binding.
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Manuscripts and Glosses - Oriental Rabbis
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Lot 363 Tur Choshen Mishpat with Beit Yosef - First Edition - Sabbioneta, 1559 - Hundreds of Glosses
Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Tur Choshen Mishpat, with Beit Yosef, by R. Yosef Karo. Sabbioneta: Tobias son of Eliezer Foa, 1559. First edition of the Beit Yosef on Choshen Mishpat.
Hundreds of glosses in Oriental script. The writer, who was presumably a Torah scholar of Salonika, refers repeatedly to the books of the Maharshdam, the Maharshach, the Maharchash and of other Salonika Torah scholars. The writer also quotes the book Bedek HaBait by the Beit Yosef. On the title page, signature in early Italian script: "Avraham son of R. Binyamin".
Incomplete and damaged copy. 323 leaves. Lacking 9 leaves: 324-332. 37 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains and extensive wear. Dark dampstains and traces of past dampness to title page and in other places (with mold). Damage and numerous open tears to title page and in other places. Worming. Large tears, affecting text with some loss. Edges rough-cut. Detaches leaves and gatherings. Handwritten inscriptions on title page and in other places. Without binding.
Hundreds of glosses in Oriental script. The writer, who was presumably a Torah scholar of Salonika, refers repeatedly to the books of the Maharshdam, the Maharshach, the Maharchash and of other Salonika Torah scholars. The writer also quotes the book Bedek HaBait by the Beit Yosef. On the title page, signature in early Italian script: "Avraham son of R. Binyamin".
Incomplete and damaged copy. 323 leaves. Lacking 9 leaves: 324-332. 37 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains and extensive wear. Dark dampstains and traces of past dampness to title page and in other places (with mold). Damage and numerous open tears to title page and in other places. Worming. Large tears, affecting text with some loss. Edges rough-cut. Detaches leaves and gatherings. Handwritten inscriptions on title page and in other places. Without binding.
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Manuscripts and Glosses - Oriental Rabbis
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Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Tur Yoreh De'ah, with the Beit Yosef commentary, by R. Yosef Karo. Venice: Giovanni Griffio, 1564. Second edition of the Beit Yosef commentary to Yoreh De'ah, printed in the lifetime of the author R. Yosef Karo.
Two copies.
First copy: Approx. twenty glosses in very early Oriental script (from two or more writers), including some lengthy, scholarly glosses (trimmed). Several glosses conclude: "As it appears to me, in my humble opinion". One gloss is signed: "And one can resolve [---] de Vidas" (p. 296b; this may be the handwriting of the kabbalist R. Eliyahu de Vidas, author of Reshit Chochma, d. 1587). In one gloss (p. 25b), the writer mentions an early manuscript on the laws of Shechita and Bedika, which is "in the possession of the Chacham".
Second copy: Approx. ten glosses in very early Oriental script (presumably from two or three writers). On p. 161a, a lengthy gloss from one writer, followed by another lengthy gloss by a second writer, objecting to the first gloss. Inscription (in Ladino) from later periods; signature (on p. 215a) of "…Avraham Mani".
Copy 1:
[31], 377, 379-385, 387-398 leaves. Lacking 2 leaves: 378 and 386. 32 cm. Fair condition. Title page, first and final leaves in fair-poor condition, with dampstains, damage, tears and extensive wear. Stains. Severe dampstains and traces of past dampness to some leaves. Leaves trimmed close to text, affecting headings of several leaves. Worming in several places. Tears in several places, affecting text, repaired with paper. Tear to final leaf, affecting text significantly. Several detached leaves. Old binding.
Copy 2:
79-397 leaves. Lacking [30], 1-78 leaves at beginning and leaf 398 at end. 36 cm. Wide margins. Condition varies. Some leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains and wear. Traces of past dampness to some leaves, with mold. Large marginal tears to some leaves. Tears and damage. Leather back cover, without spine nor front cover.
Two copies.
First copy: Approx. twenty glosses in very early Oriental script (from two or more writers), including some lengthy, scholarly glosses (trimmed). Several glosses conclude: "As it appears to me, in my humble opinion". One gloss is signed: "And one can resolve [---] de Vidas" (p. 296b; this may be the handwriting of the kabbalist R. Eliyahu de Vidas, author of Reshit Chochma, d. 1587). In one gloss (p. 25b), the writer mentions an early manuscript on the laws of Shechita and Bedika, which is "in the possession of the Chacham".
Second copy: Approx. ten glosses in very early Oriental script (presumably from two or three writers). On p. 161a, a lengthy gloss from one writer, followed by another lengthy gloss by a second writer, objecting to the first gloss. Inscription (in Ladino) from later periods; signature (on p. 215a) of "…Avraham Mani".
Copy 1:
[31], 377, 379-385, 387-398 leaves. Lacking 2 leaves: 378 and 386. 32 cm. Fair condition. Title page, first and final leaves in fair-poor condition, with dampstains, damage, tears and extensive wear. Stains. Severe dampstains and traces of past dampness to some leaves. Leaves trimmed close to text, affecting headings of several leaves. Worming in several places. Tears in several places, affecting text, repaired with paper. Tear to final leaf, affecting text significantly. Several detached leaves. Old binding.
Copy 2:
79-397 leaves. Lacking [30], 1-78 leaves at beginning and leaf 398 at end. 36 cm. Wide margins. Condition varies. Some leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains and wear. Traces of past dampness to some leaves, with mold. Large marginal tears to some leaves. Tears and damage. Leather back cover, without spine nor front cover.
Category
Manuscripts and Glosses - Oriental Rabbis
Catalogue
Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $500
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Kehillat Yaakov, comprising three books: Tosefet DeRabbanan, Maaneh Lashon part II - Lashon Chachamim, and Maaneh Lashon part III - Lashon Bnei Adam, by R. Yisrael Yaakov Algazi. Salonika, [1786].
This copy was in the possession of several Turkish Torah scholars, who signed their names on it and annotated it. Only some of the writers have been identified: On p. 2a, a gloss handwritten by R. Chaim Palachi, with his signature: "And it is easy to understand, Chaim"; on p. 133b, a gloss signed with a calligraphic signature: "Ch.M.F.", presumably R. Chaim Frandji author of Yismach Lev; on the same page another gloss in a different handwriting, signed: "Sh.K."; on p. 4b, a gloss by a fourth writer, signed "Shabtai"; on pp. 45a, 136, 148, glosses (in pencil and pen), signed "L.Y."; and several other glosses in other handwritings.
On the front endpaper, lengthy Torah notes, from an unidentified writer (in a handwriting typical of 19th century Turkey).
A signature on the title page: "Avraham Palombo" (R. Avraham Palombo, a Constantinople rabbi and Torah scholar, son of R. Eliyahu Palombo author of Yad HaMelech). Another inscription: "This book belongs to the exalted wealthy man, Señor Avraham Foa" (R. Avraham Foa, one of wealthy members of the Constantinople community, maintained a study hall in his home frequented by several of the city's leading Torah scholars).
212 leaves. 30 cm. Condition varies. Most leaves in good condition. Stains and light wear. Title page and several subsequent leaves in fair condition, with tears and wear. Last leaf detached, with large tears affecting text. Old binding.
This copy was in the possession of several Turkish Torah scholars, who signed their names on it and annotated it. Only some of the writers have been identified: On p. 2a, a gloss handwritten by R. Chaim Palachi, with his signature: "And it is easy to understand, Chaim"; on p. 133b, a gloss signed with a calligraphic signature: "Ch.M.F.", presumably R. Chaim Frandji author of Yismach Lev; on the same page another gloss in a different handwriting, signed: "Sh.K."; on p. 4b, a gloss by a fourth writer, signed "Shabtai"; on pp. 45a, 136, 148, glosses (in pencil and pen), signed "L.Y."; and several other glosses in other handwritings.
On the front endpaper, lengthy Torah notes, from an unidentified writer (in a handwriting typical of 19th century Turkey).
A signature on the title page: "Avraham Palombo" (R. Avraham Palombo, a Constantinople rabbi and Torah scholar, son of R. Eliyahu Palombo author of Yad HaMelech). Another inscription: "This book belongs to the exalted wealthy man, Señor Avraham Foa" (R. Avraham Foa, one of wealthy members of the Constantinople community, maintained a study hall in his home frequented by several of the city's leading Torah scholars).
212 leaves. 30 cm. Condition varies. Most leaves in good condition. Stains and light wear. Title page and several subsequent leaves in fair condition, with tears and wear. Last leaf detached, with large tears affecting text. Old binding.
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Manuscripts and Glosses - Oriental Rabbis
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Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Collection of printed leaves, with lengthy glosses in Sephardic script, from various, unidentified Torah scholars.
The collection includes:
• Leaf from the book Rav Alfas, Tractate Sukkah. [Venice, 1521]. Several handwritten glosses, including a lengthy one. • Ten leaves from Responsa of the Rivash. [Constantinople, 1546-1547]. Signature at the top of one leaf: "Yosef Yakuel" (presumably R. Yosef Yakuel author of Mateh Yosef). On another leaf, a gloss opening with: "A.Sh.H.L see in the Tos[afot]…". A gloss on a different leaf (from another writer, beginning with: "From here it seems…". On one leaf, a gloss (from a third writer), signed: "Ana". Two more brief glosses on other leaves. • Leaf 92 of Tur Even HaEzer with Beit Yosef, [Venice, 1565], with a lengthy handwritten gloss. • Leaf 232 of Tur Even HaEzer, same edition, with a lengthy handwritten gloss. • Leaf from a binding's genizah, passage from Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, with Maggid Mishneh and Migdal Oz. [Venice, 1550]. Handwritten gloss. • Two leaves from Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, 1574-1576 edition (first edition of Kesef Mishneh). One leaf of laws of Chametz and Matzah, with a gloss beginning "I found written in a different book, and this is what it says, and I heard in the name of our teachers that the Maggid Mishneh did not understand the words of the Rambam…"; the second leaf is from the laws of stealing, with a lengthy gloss (slightly cropped and damaged). • Gathering of 13 leaves (leaves 292-297, [7] - from the end of the book Shoftim), of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, same edition. Brief marginal glosses. Signature on final leaf: "David son of R. Shmuel". • Leaf from Divrei Shalom, by R. Yitzchak son of Shmuel Adarbi. [Venice, 1586-1587]. Lengthy marginal gloss beginning with: "And it seems to me, the young one…". • Leaf from Tur Orach Chaim, with Beit Yosef. [Venice, 1566 or 1589]. With two lengthy glosses, and a brief gloss from a different writer. One of the lengthy glosses contains passages from the Zohar pertaining to man's duty to wear a head-covering.
[31] leaves. Size and condition vary.
The collection includes:
• Leaf from the book Rav Alfas, Tractate Sukkah. [Venice, 1521]. Several handwritten glosses, including a lengthy one. • Ten leaves from Responsa of the Rivash. [Constantinople, 1546-1547]. Signature at the top of one leaf: "Yosef Yakuel" (presumably R. Yosef Yakuel author of Mateh Yosef). On another leaf, a gloss opening with: "A.Sh.H.L see in the Tos[afot]…". A gloss on a different leaf (from another writer, beginning with: "From here it seems…". On one leaf, a gloss (from a third writer), signed: "Ana". Two more brief glosses on other leaves. • Leaf 92 of Tur Even HaEzer with Beit Yosef, [Venice, 1565], with a lengthy handwritten gloss. • Leaf 232 of Tur Even HaEzer, same edition, with a lengthy handwritten gloss. • Leaf from a binding's genizah, passage from Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, with Maggid Mishneh and Migdal Oz. [Venice, 1550]. Handwritten gloss. • Two leaves from Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, 1574-1576 edition (first edition of Kesef Mishneh). One leaf of laws of Chametz and Matzah, with a gloss beginning "I found written in a different book, and this is what it says, and I heard in the name of our teachers that the Maggid Mishneh did not understand the words of the Rambam…"; the second leaf is from the laws of stealing, with a lengthy gloss (slightly cropped and damaged). • Gathering of 13 leaves (leaves 292-297, [7] - from the end of the book Shoftim), of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, same edition. Brief marginal glosses. Signature on final leaf: "David son of R. Shmuel". • Leaf from Divrei Shalom, by R. Yitzchak son of Shmuel Adarbi. [Venice, 1586-1587]. Lengthy marginal gloss beginning with: "And it seems to me, the young one…". • Leaf from Tur Orach Chaim, with Beit Yosef. [Venice, 1566 or 1589]. With two lengthy glosses, and a brief gloss from a different writer. One of the lengthy glosses contains passages from the Zohar pertaining to man's duty to wear a head-covering.
[31] leaves. Size and condition vary.
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Manuscripts and Glosses - Oriental Rabbis
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Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $500
Unsold
Assorted collection of handwritten leaves, in various scripts and from various periods, some taken from bindings.
The collection contains leaves and gatherings from handwritten compositions, endpapers of books with ownership inscriptions and signatures, single handwritten leaves, and more.
Including: • Leaf from a binding (with remnants of the binding) - galley proof of an edition of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, printed on one side only. On the verso, early familial inscriptions in Ashkenazic script, from 1652-1659. Record of the birth of the writer's son in 1655: "BeSiman Tov, my son Shabtai was born… in 1655, 4th Cheshvan", and of the passing of two prominent rebbetzins, the daughter of R. Moshe R. Mendels of Posen and the granddaughter of the Maharal of Prague, in 1652-1653: "In the memory of the deceased Rebbetzin Elka daughter of R. Moshe son of R. Mendels… Nisan 1653" (R. Moshe R. Mendels, a leading Torah scholar in his times, rabbi of Posen and other cities, his signature appears alongside that of the Tosefot Yom Tov in 1639 at the Lublin fair); "In the memory of the passing of the righteous Rebbetzin Chava daughter of R. Yitzchak HaKohen of Prague… Tevet 1652" (R. Yitzchak HaKohen was the son-in-law of the Maharal of Prague). • Leaf taken from a binding, a draft letter (autograph, with deletions, emendations and additions). Sephardic-Balkanic script. The letter mentions: "R. Yitzchak Barsano". • Two handwritten leaves from the Avnei HaEfod composition, by R. David Pipano (possibly handwritten by the author). • Endpapers with calligraphic Sephardic signatures. • Leaf taken from a binding, with records of Torah thoughts and notes in Sephardic and Italian script, from unidentified writers. • Handwritten booklet (Sephardic-Balkanic script), segulot and cures (some in Ladino). • Handwritten leaf from the Rabbenu Bachya commentary on the Torah, in Yemenite script; handwritten leaf of the Rashi commentary on the Torah, in Yemenite script, with the writer's colophon dated 1781. • Leaves from a manuscript of piyyutim. • Notebook of Torah novellae. • Letter writing manual in Ashkenazic script. • And more.
Over 100 leaves and leaf fragments. Size and condition vary (tears affecting text to some leaves, due to binding).
The collection contains leaves and gatherings from handwritten compositions, endpapers of books with ownership inscriptions and signatures, single handwritten leaves, and more.
Including: • Leaf from a binding (with remnants of the binding) - galley proof of an edition of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, printed on one side only. On the verso, early familial inscriptions in Ashkenazic script, from 1652-1659. Record of the birth of the writer's son in 1655: "BeSiman Tov, my son Shabtai was born… in 1655, 4th Cheshvan", and of the passing of two prominent rebbetzins, the daughter of R. Moshe R. Mendels of Posen and the granddaughter of the Maharal of Prague, in 1652-1653: "In the memory of the deceased Rebbetzin Elka daughter of R. Moshe son of R. Mendels… Nisan 1653" (R. Moshe R. Mendels, a leading Torah scholar in his times, rabbi of Posen and other cities, his signature appears alongside that of the Tosefot Yom Tov in 1639 at the Lublin fair); "In the memory of the passing of the righteous Rebbetzin Chava daughter of R. Yitzchak HaKohen of Prague… Tevet 1652" (R. Yitzchak HaKohen was the son-in-law of the Maharal of Prague). • Leaf taken from a binding, a draft letter (autograph, with deletions, emendations and additions). Sephardic-Balkanic script. The letter mentions: "R. Yitzchak Barsano". • Two handwritten leaves from the Avnei HaEfod composition, by R. David Pipano (possibly handwritten by the author). • Endpapers with calligraphic Sephardic signatures. • Leaf taken from a binding, with records of Torah thoughts and notes in Sephardic and Italian script, from unidentified writers. • Handwritten booklet (Sephardic-Balkanic script), segulot and cures (some in Ladino). • Handwritten leaf from the Rabbenu Bachya commentary on the Torah, in Yemenite script; handwritten leaf of the Rashi commentary on the Torah, in Yemenite script, with the writer's colophon dated 1781. • Leaves from a manuscript of piyyutim. • Notebook of Torah novellae. • Letter writing manual in Ashkenazic script. • And more.
Over 100 leaves and leaf fragments. Size and condition vary (tears affecting text to some leaves, due to binding).
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Manuscripts and Glosses - Oriental Rabbis
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![Manuscript - novellae, homilies, piyyutim, lots, cures, segulot and hashbaot. [Oriental lands, 18th/19th century]. Volume com](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale67-public/368_1.jpg "Manuscript from Various Writers - Novellae, Homilies, Piyyutim, Lots,")
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Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript - novellae, homilies, piyyutim, lots, cures, segulot and hashbaot. [Oriental lands, 18th/19th century].
Volume comprising several handwritten gatherings bound together, from various writers and periods, in Sephardic and Oriental script.
The volume includes: Hashbaot, segulot and incantations for various times and situations, instructions for writing amulets and texts of amulets ("Hashbaa for malaria", "Incantation for an infant", "To speed up birth", and more), Pitum HaKetoret from Safed, zodiacs, signs for predicting the future according to weather conditions, an unknown composition "Tevel UMeloa" (the world and the fullness thereof - for teaching the Holy Tongue to youth?); "Goral Emet" (lots), "Refifat HaEvarim", commentaries and novellae on the Torah, Midrashim, Talmudic Aggadot and various topics; "Halatzot" (texts for writing letters), segulot ("for love", "for an epidemic", "to win over one's enemy", and more), Tikkun for a plague, text for exorcising a dybbuk, Hashbaa for asking a question in a dream, homilies and eulogies ("Homily for righteous women", "Homily on the virtues of Eretz Israel", "Homily for Shabbat Teshuva", and more), Midrashei Pelia, commentaries and novellae to the Passover Haggadah, Tikkun HaTevilah, "Tikkun for one who marries a widow", Moladot, and more.
[200] leaves. Approx. 15 cm. Condition varies. Overall fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to some leaves, affecting text. Detached gatherings and leaves. Old binding, detached.
Volume comprising several handwritten gatherings bound together, from various writers and periods, in Sephardic and Oriental script.
The volume includes: Hashbaot, segulot and incantations for various times and situations, instructions for writing amulets and texts of amulets ("Hashbaa for malaria", "Incantation for an infant", "To speed up birth", and more), Pitum HaKetoret from Safed, zodiacs, signs for predicting the future according to weather conditions, an unknown composition "Tevel UMeloa" (the world and the fullness thereof - for teaching the Holy Tongue to youth?); "Goral Emet" (lots), "Refifat HaEvarim", commentaries and novellae on the Torah, Midrashim, Talmudic Aggadot and various topics; "Halatzot" (texts for writing letters), segulot ("for love", "for an epidemic", "to win over one's enemy", and more), Tikkun for a plague, text for exorcising a dybbuk, Hashbaa for asking a question in a dream, homilies and eulogies ("Homily for righteous women", "Homily on the virtues of Eretz Israel", "Homily for Shabbat Teshuva", and more), Midrashei Pelia, commentaries and novellae to the Passover Haggadah, Tikkun HaTevilah, "Tikkun for one who marries a widow", Moladot, and more.
[200] leaves. Approx. 15 cm. Condition varies. Overall fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to some leaves, affecting text. Detached gatherings and leaves. Old binding, detached.
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Manuscripts and Glosses - Oriental Rabbis
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Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $10,000
Sold for: $23,750
Including buyer's premium
Leaf (two written pages - 72 lines) handwritten by R. Moshe Sofer, author of Chatam Sofer. Homily - Aggadic novellae on Purim, Megillat Esther and Pesach Sheni. [Mattersdorf (Mattersburg), 1805].
Small-format leaf, handwritten on both sides by the Chatam Sofer. A title features at the top of the first page: "Pekudei, Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar II".
The Chatam Sofer writes (on the first page): "Every Jewish person should realize during the Megillah reading, the extent of the downfall of Haman, and the prominence of Mordechai… and according to that should rejoice with G-d, thanking and praising Him… and he should also then rejoice physically with eating and drinking…".
These Torah thoughts were published in Chatam Sofer - Derashot, Klausenberg 1929, on pp. 124b-125a, under the title: "Pekudei, homily for Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar II, for the Burial Society, 1805".
[1] leaf (2 written pages, 72 autograph lines). 24 cm. Good condition. Stains.
Small-format leaf, handwritten on both sides by the Chatam Sofer. A title features at the top of the first page: "Pekudei, Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar II".
The Chatam Sofer writes (on the first page): "Every Jewish person should realize during the Megillah reading, the extent of the downfall of Haman, and the prominence of Mordechai… and according to that should rejoice with G-d, thanking and praising Him… and he should also then rejoice physically with eating and drinking…".
These Torah thoughts were published in Chatam Sofer - Derashot, Klausenberg 1929, on pp. 124b-125a, under the title: "Pekudei, homily for Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar II, for the Burial Society, 1805".
[1] leaf (2 written pages, 72 autograph lines). 24 cm. Good condition. Stains.
Category
Manuscripts and Glosses - Ashkenazi Rabbis
Catalogue
Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Handwritten booklet, novellae on Talmudic topics of tractate Ketubot and other topics. Autograph by an unidentified writer - a disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Pressburg (Bratislava), [written between 1807 and Tishrei 1839].
Handwritten booklet, with novellae on Talmudic topics from the beginning of the HaMadir chapter of Tractate Ketubot, and other topics. Autograph. We were unable to identify the author, yet the writings indicate that he was a disciple of the Chatam Sofer, and that these teachings were recorded during the lifetime of his teacher. This manuscript seems to have been recorded by a young student. The title page of the booklet features many inscriptions and quill trials, including the inscription: "This notebook… Pressburg…". His teacher, the Chatam Sofer, is mentioned repeatedly throughout the booklet: "And A.M.V.H.G (=Adoni, Mori VeRabbi HaGaon - my master and teacher, the outstanding Torah scholar) raised a difficulty"; "And one can say according to what my teacher explained"; "But my teacher raised doubts on this"; "And I heard from my teacher"…
Some of the novellae he quotes in the name of his teacher are equivalent to those printed in Chiddushei HaChatam Sofer. For instance, a large part of the contents of the first pages of this booklet, were printed in Chiddushei HaChatam Sofer on Tractate Ketubot at the beginning of the HaMadir chapter. Likewise, the difficulty raised on p. 24a also appears in Chiddushei HaChatam Sofer on tractate Ketubot folio 100b (section beginning "Ein La"), where the Chatam Sofer writes regarding this question "I found this very difficult". This booklet presents an additional resolution to the difficulty, which was not published in Chiddushei HaChatam Sofer.
Headings on some pages.
To the best of our knowledge, this manuscript was never published.
[24] leaves. 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear. One detached leaf, with marginal tears affecting text. New binding.
Handwritten booklet, with novellae on Talmudic topics from the beginning of the HaMadir chapter of Tractate Ketubot, and other topics. Autograph. We were unable to identify the author, yet the writings indicate that he was a disciple of the Chatam Sofer, and that these teachings were recorded during the lifetime of his teacher. This manuscript seems to have been recorded by a young student. The title page of the booklet features many inscriptions and quill trials, including the inscription: "This notebook… Pressburg…". His teacher, the Chatam Sofer, is mentioned repeatedly throughout the booklet: "And A.M.V.H.G (=Adoni, Mori VeRabbi HaGaon - my master and teacher, the outstanding Torah scholar) raised a difficulty"; "And one can say according to what my teacher explained"; "But my teacher raised doubts on this"; "And I heard from my teacher"…
Some of the novellae he quotes in the name of his teacher are equivalent to those printed in Chiddushei HaChatam Sofer. For instance, a large part of the contents of the first pages of this booklet, were printed in Chiddushei HaChatam Sofer on Tractate Ketubot at the beginning of the HaMadir chapter. Likewise, the difficulty raised on p. 24a also appears in Chiddushei HaChatam Sofer on tractate Ketubot folio 100b (section beginning "Ein La"), where the Chatam Sofer writes regarding this question "I found this very difficult". This booklet presents an additional resolution to the difficulty, which was not published in Chiddushei HaChatam Sofer.
Headings on some pages.
To the best of our knowledge, this manuscript was never published.
[24] leaves. 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear. One detached leaf, with marginal tears affecting text. New binding.
Category
Manuscripts and Glosses - Ashkenazi Rabbis
Catalogue
Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
Handwritten leaf (two written pages), novellae on topics of Choshen Mishpat, handwritten by R. Yaakov Baruch Frankel MiBach (=MiBeit Chalfan). 19th century.
This leaf is presumably part of a composition on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat. It contains a halachic study on the case of a loan accorded without any witnesses. At the top of the first page, and at the end of the second page, the writer's signature: "…Yaakov Baruch son of Uri Lipman Frankel MiBach". In this leaf, he quotes several times his manuscript composition, Birkat Yaakov on Choshen Mishpat, as well as Shemen Rokeach by R. Elazar Löw. Near the end of the leaf, he writes: "And if they would not ridicule me in the Beit Midrash, I would say that Rashi's intention is…". At the top of both pages, the acronym of "With the help of G-d, I have placed G-d before me constantly".
R. (Reuven) Yaakov Baruch Frankel MiBach (1792-1864), a brilliant and sharp Torah scholar. He studied in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer in 1813-1814, and exchanged halachic correspondence with him. Several of the responsa in Responsa Chatam Sofer are addressed to him. In one responsa, his teacher addresses him: "My beloved disciple, the outstanding rabbi… R. Baruch Frankel… may G-d be with him and elevate him to exalted levels…". From 1821, he resided in Kalov (Nagykálló), and gained prominence both in Torah and in material wealth (see Ishim BiTeshuvot HaChatam Sofer, pp. 193-194; HaChatam Sofer VeTalmidav, p. 230-232). He authored a few works, most of them remained in manuscript form and were never published. His works include: Chevel Yaakov - homily; Responsa Shufraya DeYaakov; Birkat Yaakov on the Torah and on Tractate Beitza. Based on this leaf, it appears that he authored a composition named Birkat Yaakov on Choshen Mishpat as well (see Tzefunot, 15-16, articles by R. Moshe A. Zusha Kinstlicher for R. Baruch's biography and regarding his relationship with his teacher, the Chatam Sofer).
This leaf was presumably never published.
[1] leaf (two written pages). 21 cm. Good condition. Stains.
This leaf is presumably part of a composition on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat. It contains a halachic study on the case of a loan accorded without any witnesses. At the top of the first page, and at the end of the second page, the writer's signature: "…Yaakov Baruch son of Uri Lipman Frankel MiBach". In this leaf, he quotes several times his manuscript composition, Birkat Yaakov on Choshen Mishpat, as well as Shemen Rokeach by R. Elazar Löw. Near the end of the leaf, he writes: "And if they would not ridicule me in the Beit Midrash, I would say that Rashi's intention is…". At the top of both pages, the acronym of "With the help of G-d, I have placed G-d before me constantly".
R. (Reuven) Yaakov Baruch Frankel MiBach (1792-1864), a brilliant and sharp Torah scholar. He studied in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer in 1813-1814, and exchanged halachic correspondence with him. Several of the responsa in Responsa Chatam Sofer are addressed to him. In one responsa, his teacher addresses him: "My beloved disciple, the outstanding rabbi… R. Baruch Frankel… may G-d be with him and elevate him to exalted levels…". From 1821, he resided in Kalov (Nagykálló), and gained prominence both in Torah and in material wealth (see Ishim BiTeshuvot HaChatam Sofer, pp. 193-194; HaChatam Sofer VeTalmidav, p. 230-232). He authored a few works, most of them remained in manuscript form and were never published. His works include: Chevel Yaakov - homily; Responsa Shufraya DeYaakov; Birkat Yaakov on the Torah and on Tractate Beitza. Based on this leaf, it appears that he authored a composition named Birkat Yaakov on Choshen Mishpat as well (see Tzefunot, 15-16, articles by R. Moshe A. Zusha Kinstlicher for R. Baruch's biography and regarding his relationship with his teacher, the Chatam Sofer).
This leaf was presumably never published.
[1] leaf (two written pages). 21 cm. Good condition. Stains.
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Manuscripts and Glosses - Ashkenazi Rabbis
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![Handwritten booklet (18 large pages), novellae to chapter 2 of Tractate Gittin. [Hungary?], Iyar 1830. Novellae from an unkno](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale67-public/372.jpg "Manuscript, Novellae on Tractate Gittin - Hungary, 1830")
Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 18, 2019
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Handwritten booklet (18 large pages), novellae to chapter 2 of Tractate Gittin. [Hungary?], Iyar 1830.
Novellae from an unknown author. The novellae are original, from a Torah scholar posing questions to the Talmudic commentaries and offering his own solutions. The first page is dated: "26th day of the Omer, 1830".
[10] leaves (18 written pages). 37.5 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Good condition. Stains. Marginal wear.
Novellae from an unknown author. The novellae are original, from a Torah scholar posing questions to the Talmudic commentaries and offering his own solutions. The first page is dated: "26th day of the Omer, 1830".
[10] leaves (18 written pages). 37.5 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Good condition. Stains. Marginal wear.
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Manuscripts and Glosses - Ashkenazi Rabbis
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