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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Zohar on the Torah – Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1863. Complete set in three volumes.
Three volumes. Vol. I: [4], 251, 17 leaves. Vol. II: [1], 9, 11-278 leaves. Vol. III: [1], 117-309, 9 leaves. 23 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Wear to some leaves. Hole through most leaves of vol. I, affecting text. Vols. I and II: old bindings with leather spine. Vol. III: early leather binding, damaged.
Three volumes. Vol. I: [4], 251, 17 leaves. Vol. II: [1], 9, 11-278 leaves. Vol. III: [1], 117-309, 9 leaves. 23 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Wear to some leaves. Hole through most leaves of vol. I, affecting text. Vols. I and II: old bindings with leather spine. Vol. III: early leather binding, damaged.
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Books Printed in Slavita, Józefów and Zhitomir
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Tikunei HaZohar. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1863.
With an approbation by R. Aharon of Chernobyl (mechutan of R. Yehoshua Heshel), in praise of the printers and this superior edition, in which mistakes that had crept into previous editions were corrected. The approbation concludes with blessings for "lengthy and good life, and may G-d shower you with goodness, both in material and spiritual matters, with sons, life and plentiful sustenance ".
Stamps of "R. Asher Anshel Waxman of Safed" and signatures of "Shmuel Seidel son of Yehudah Halevi, grandson of Falk Sofer".
[2], 182 pages. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tear to top title page, not affecting text. Minor worming to first and final leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
With an approbation by R. Aharon of Chernobyl (mechutan of R. Yehoshua Heshel), in praise of the printers and this superior edition, in which mistakes that had crept into previous editions were corrected. The approbation concludes with blessings for "lengthy and good life, and may G-d shower you with goodness, both in material and spiritual matters, with sons, life and plentiful sustenance ".
Stamps of "R. Asher Anshel Waxman of Safed" and signatures of "Shmuel Seidel son of Yehudah Halevi, grandson of Falk Sofer".
[2], 182 pages. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tear to top title page, not affecting text. Minor worming to first and final leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
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Books Printed in Slavita, Józefów and Zhitomir
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $7,500
Including buyer's premium
Babylonian Talmud, complete set of 20 volumes. With Piskei Tosfot, Rosh, Perush Mishnayot by the Rambam, Maharsha, Maharam Schiff, and Me'ir Nativ. Zhitomir: grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1858-1864.
20 volumes. Approx. 42 cm. Mostly high-quality paper. Wide margins. Good overall condition. Stains. Worming. Considerable worming to two volumes. Tears and wear to one title page. Ownership inscriptions and stamps. New matching leather bindings.
This edition includes Meir Nativ, a composition by R. Shabtai HaKohen (a relative of the Shach), omitted from later editions of the Talmud printed in Vilna, Warsaw and Lemberg. The Chazon Ish favored the Zhitomir edition of the Talmud and praised it for its meticulous editing and the publishers' reverence of the Talmud, but mainly for including the Meir Nativ.
20 volumes. Approx. 42 cm. Mostly high-quality paper. Wide margins. Good overall condition. Stains. Worming. Considerable worming to two volumes. Tears and wear to one title page. Ownership inscriptions and stamps. New matching leather bindings.
This edition includes Meir Nativ, a composition by R. Shabtai HaKohen (a relative of the Shach), omitted from later editions of the Talmud printed in Vilna, Warsaw and Lemberg. The Chazon Ish favored the Zhitomir edition of the Talmud and praised it for its meticulous editing and the publishers' reverence of the Talmud, but mainly for including the Meir Nativ.
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Books Printed in Slavita, Józefów and Zhitomir
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Jerusalem Talmud. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, 1860-1867. Five parts in four volumes.
Jerusalem Talmud, with the Pnei Moshe, Mar'eh HaPanim, Korban HaEda and Sheyarei Korban commentaries. This is the first edition of the Pnei Moshe and Mar'eh HaPanim commentaries to orders Zera'im-Moed.
A piece of paper with a handwritten dedication mounted on the front endpaper of vol. I: "To the rabbi and dayan, R. Yoel Yosef Fredenburg… who serves as dayan here in Amsterdam… a souvenir of love from his disciple, the honored and wealthy R. Shimon son of R. Yitzchak Selkele Munk… from me, the son-in-law of this wealthy man, Ze'ev Birnbaum, in Tevet 1910".
Vol. I (Order Zera'im): [5], 14, 14-60; 30; 31; 33; 42; 18; 24; 18; 24, 23-33; 14; 9 leaves. Tractate Kilayim was bound after Tractate Challah. Vol. II (Order Moed): [2], 52, 34; [1], 55; 61 leaves; 39; 2-31; 17, 17-23; 20; 21; 2-23; 5, 7-32; 20; 17 leaves. Lacking [1] title page of Tractate Yoma. Vol. III (Order Nashim): [2], 79; 45; 64; 34; 56; 51; 41 leaves. Vol IV (Order Nezikin and Tractate Niddah): [2], 33; 2-29; 2-26; 42; 31; 17, 17-26; 6; 15; 9 leaves. Tractate Makkot was bound after Tractate Avoda Zara, and not after Tractate Sanhedrin as listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Four volumes. 38 cm. Title pages printed in red and black. Good condition. Stains. Original leather bindings, some broken and detached. Wear and damage to bindings.
Jerusalem Talmud, with the Pnei Moshe, Mar'eh HaPanim, Korban HaEda and Sheyarei Korban commentaries. This is the first edition of the Pnei Moshe and Mar'eh HaPanim commentaries to orders Zera'im-Moed.
A piece of paper with a handwritten dedication mounted on the front endpaper of vol. I: "To the rabbi and dayan, R. Yoel Yosef Fredenburg… who serves as dayan here in Amsterdam… a souvenir of love from his disciple, the honored and wealthy R. Shimon son of R. Yitzchak Selkele Munk… from me, the son-in-law of this wealthy man, Ze'ev Birnbaum, in Tevet 1910".
Vol. I (Order Zera'im): [5], 14, 14-60; 30; 31; 33; 42; 18; 24; 18; 24, 23-33; 14; 9 leaves. Tractate Kilayim was bound after Tractate Challah. Vol. II (Order Moed): [2], 52, 34; [1], 55; 61 leaves; 39; 2-31; 17, 17-23; 20; 21; 2-23; 5, 7-32; 20; 17 leaves. Lacking [1] title page of Tractate Yoma. Vol. III (Order Nashim): [2], 79; 45; 64; 34; 56; 51; 41 leaves. Vol IV (Order Nezikin and Tractate Niddah): [2], 33; 2-29; 2-26; 42; 31; 17, 17-26; 6; 15; 9 leaves. Tractate Makkot was bound after Tractate Avoda Zara, and not after Tractate Sanhedrin as listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Four volumes. 38 cm. Title pages printed in red and black. Good condition. Stains. Original leather bindings, some broken and detached. Wear and damage to bindings.
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Books Printed in Slavita, Józefów and Zhitomir
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Miniature models of the furnishings of the Tabernacle. [Place not indicated, first half of 20th century?].
Cast brass.
Models of the Alter of Burnt Offerings, Altar of Incense, Candelabra, Ark of Covenant, Table of Showbread and Laver.
The models are placed in a custom-made, velvet-lined wooden box.
4X2X2.5 cm to 7X7X5 cm. Good condition. Minor damage and bends. Break to Altar of Burnt Offerings. Loaf of bread missing from Table. One carrying handle missing. Size of box: 22X13X9 cm. Good condition. Damage and wear to wood and velvet lining.
Cast brass.
Models of the Alter of Burnt Offerings, Altar of Incense, Candelabra, Ark of Covenant, Table of Showbread and Laver.
The models are placed in a custom-made, velvet-lined wooden box.
4X2X2.5 cm to 7X7X5 cm. Good condition. Minor damage and bends. Break to Altar of Burnt Offerings. Loaf of bread missing from Table. One carrying handle missing. Size of box: 22X13X9 cm. Good condition. Damage and wear to wood and velvet lining.
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The Tabernacle and Its Furnishings - Models and Prints
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $500
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Miniature model of the Tabernacle and its furnishings. Doorn, the Netherlands: Otto de Waal, [first half of the 20th century].
Wood, metal, wool, cotton and sand.
The model, which is an accurate and detailed miniature version of the Tabernacle structure, is built on a wooden base coated with sand. The Tabernacle structure is constructed from wood and covered with four wool and cotton curtains. The structure, which is built on hinges, opens up to reveal the inside of the Tabernacle, which is partitioned into the two sections - the Holy Place and Holy of Holies, and contains the various Tabernacle furnishings - the Ark of Covenant, the Candelabra, Altar of Incense and Table of Showbread. Pillars hung with curtains stand at the entrance of each section of the Tabernacle. The courtyard features the Altar of Burnt Offerings, the Laver and three human figures, one of them dressed in the High Priest vestments.
A plaque with the manufacturer's details is attached to the wooden base: "Otto de Waal uitgever Doorn". The model is fitted with a wooden lid.
61X36 cm. Good condition. Damage, stains and minor breaks. Head of one figure lacking. Breaks and chips to wooden base and lid.
Enclosed: • Four photographs of models of the Temple and Temple Mount built by Conrad Schick, presumably taken by photographers of the American Colony, [early 20th century]. On verso of one photograph, stamp of Ludwig Schoenecke (1847-1902), son-in-law of Conrad Schick, who also resided and operated in Jerusalem. 27X20 cm. Fair-poor condition. • Explanation of Baurath Dr. Schick's Models, booklet explaining the various models built by Schick. [Without title page and publisher's information, late 19th or early 20th century]. English. Two copies. IV pages, 22 cm. Not found in the National Library or OCLC.
Wood, metal, wool, cotton and sand.
The model, which is an accurate and detailed miniature version of the Tabernacle structure, is built on a wooden base coated with sand. The Tabernacle structure is constructed from wood and covered with four wool and cotton curtains. The structure, which is built on hinges, opens up to reveal the inside of the Tabernacle, which is partitioned into the two sections - the Holy Place and Holy of Holies, and contains the various Tabernacle furnishings - the Ark of Covenant, the Candelabra, Altar of Incense and Table of Showbread. Pillars hung with curtains stand at the entrance of each section of the Tabernacle. The courtyard features the Altar of Burnt Offerings, the Laver and three human figures, one of them dressed in the High Priest vestments.
A plaque with the manufacturer's details is attached to the wooden base: "Otto de Waal uitgever Doorn". The model is fitted with a wooden lid.
61X36 cm. Good condition. Damage, stains and minor breaks. Head of one figure lacking. Breaks and chips to wooden base and lid.
Enclosed: • Four photographs of models of the Temple and Temple Mount built by Conrad Schick, presumably taken by photographers of the American Colony, [early 20th century]. On verso of one photograph, stamp of Ludwig Schoenecke (1847-1902), son-in-law of Conrad Schick, who also resided and operated in Jerusalem. 27X20 cm. Fair-poor condition. • Explanation of Baurath Dr. Schick's Models, booklet explaining the various models built by Schick. [Without title page and publisher's information, late 19th or early 20th century]. English. Two copies. IV pages, 22 cm. Not found in the National Library or OCLC.
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The Tabernacle and Its Furnishings - Models and Prints
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $500
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Model of the Tabernacle by Maud A. Duthoit. London: Rudd & Co., [ca. 1903]. English.
Large assembly kit of a model of the Tabernacle, placed in a cardboard box. The kit includes the actual structure of the Tabernacle, made of golden cardboard, a roll of oil-painted fabric serving as the ground of the Tabernacle courtyard, sheets of colored paper representing the Tabernacle curtains, wire hooks symbolizing the ropes anchoring the courtyard hangings, a cardboard fence surrounding the Tabernacle, with debossed pillars, miniature metal and paper models of the Candelabra, Ark of the Covenant, Altar of Incense, Altar of Burnt-Offerings, Table of Showbread, Laver and High Priest wearing his vestments. The kit is accompanied by a booklet describing the structure of the Tabernacle and its utensils, "Handbook to accompany the Model of the Tabernacle", concluding with a folding plate of diagrams illustrating the supposed method of setting up the Tabernacle. The box containing the kit bears a label with an illustration of the Tabernacle and its furniture, in color.
Eretz Israel, its history and antiquities, was a source of wonder to 19th century Victorian England. As the cradle of the Bible and Christianity, as well as a political crossroad of interests whose significance became increasingly evident to the various powers, Eretz Israel became a religious and scientific focal point, and consequently, the focus of touristic and artistic interest as well. For those who could not visit the Holy Land, a privilege enjoyed by the wealthy class only, the Holy Land came to the British Isles; at first through drawings, maps, prints and even photographs, and later with models and panoramas exhibited in the main cities. In the middle of the century, smaller models, for display in private homes, became popular. Some represented present-day Jerusalem, while others attempted to portray the city as it appeared in the time of the Temple. This model, produced as an educational tool for imparting Biblical knowledge, well reflects the spirit of the times.
Box: 53X14.5 cm. Base: 86X50.5 cm. Booklet: 16 pages, [1] plate. 18 cm. Overall fair-good condition. Damage to assembly parts. Box in poor condition, worn and stained. Many tears to box.
Large assembly kit of a model of the Tabernacle, placed in a cardboard box. The kit includes the actual structure of the Tabernacle, made of golden cardboard, a roll of oil-painted fabric serving as the ground of the Tabernacle courtyard, sheets of colored paper representing the Tabernacle curtains, wire hooks symbolizing the ropes anchoring the courtyard hangings, a cardboard fence surrounding the Tabernacle, with debossed pillars, miniature metal and paper models of the Candelabra, Ark of the Covenant, Altar of Incense, Altar of Burnt-Offerings, Table of Showbread, Laver and High Priest wearing his vestments. The kit is accompanied by a booklet describing the structure of the Tabernacle and its utensils, "Handbook to accompany the Model of the Tabernacle", concluding with a folding plate of diagrams illustrating the supposed method of setting up the Tabernacle. The box containing the kit bears a label with an illustration of the Tabernacle and its furniture, in color.
Eretz Israel, its history and antiquities, was a source of wonder to 19th century Victorian England. As the cradle of the Bible and Christianity, as well as a political crossroad of interests whose significance became increasingly evident to the various powers, Eretz Israel became a religious and scientific focal point, and consequently, the focus of touristic and artistic interest as well. For those who could not visit the Holy Land, a privilege enjoyed by the wealthy class only, the Holy Land came to the British Isles; at first through drawings, maps, prints and even photographs, and later with models and panoramas exhibited in the main cities. In the middle of the century, smaller models, for display in private homes, became popular. Some represented present-day Jerusalem, while others attempted to portray the city as it appeared in the time of the Temple. This model, produced as an educational tool for imparting Biblical knowledge, well reflects the spirit of the times.
Box: 53X14.5 cm. Base: 86X50.5 cm. Booklet: 16 pages, [1] plate. 18 cm. Overall fair-good condition. Damage to assembly parts. Box in poor condition, worn and stained. Many tears to box.
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The Tabernacle and Its Furnishings - Models and Prints
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $300
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Collection of printed plans of the Temple, ranging from Solomon's Temple until the Third Temple depicted according to the prophecy of Yechezkel.
1. The Building of the Third Temple according to the Prophecy of Ezekiel, compiled by Rev. Dr. M. Edrehi. London, 1836.
Plan of the Third Temple according to the description in the Book of Yechezkel, chapters 40-46 - engraving based on a plan compiled by the scholar and kabbalist R. Moshe Edrehi (the second; 1775-1842). Wondrous figure of a Torah scholar and kabbalist, a revered man of science, explorer and translator. Born in Agadir, Morocco, he was one of the scholars of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash of the Shaar HaShamayim Sephardi community in London, and subsequently of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash of the Sephardi community in Amsterdam. He authored Yad Moshe - sermons, Torat Chaim - a Tikkun for the Thursday nights of the Shovavim period, according to the rite of Maghrebi Jewry, and Maaseh Nissim - regarding the Ten Tribes and the Sambatyon river. In 1837, he set out for Eretz Israel, travelling through France, Italy and Turkey. In Izmir, his writings were destroyed in a fire. He reached Eretz Israel only in 1841, and passed away in Jerusalem in 1842.
33X42.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Stains. Creases.
2. A Plan of the Temple of Jerusalem, Built by King Solomon. Engraving by Emanuel Bowen. [From An Universal History from Earliest Account of Time to the Present. London, ca. 1747].
Schematic plan of Solomon's Temple, with a legend listing the various sections of the temple.
45X43.5 cm. Good condition.
3. Two printed leaves from tractate Middot, Babylonian Talmud [Frankfurt am Main?, 1720?], with woodcut schematic plans: "Plans relating to the Rambam commentary on tractate Middot" and "Plan of the Second Temple" - drawn by R. Yehonatan son of Yosef of Ruzhany (this schematic plan was first printed in the Frankfurt am Main 1720-1722 edition of the Babylonian Talmud, and was incorporated in many subsequent Talmud editions).
32X20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor damage.
1. The Building of the Third Temple according to the Prophecy of Ezekiel, compiled by Rev. Dr. M. Edrehi. London, 1836.
Plan of the Third Temple according to the description in the Book of Yechezkel, chapters 40-46 - engraving based on a plan compiled by the scholar and kabbalist R. Moshe Edrehi (the second; 1775-1842). Wondrous figure of a Torah scholar and kabbalist, a revered man of science, explorer and translator. Born in Agadir, Morocco, he was one of the scholars of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash of the Shaar HaShamayim Sephardi community in London, and subsequently of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash of the Sephardi community in Amsterdam. He authored Yad Moshe - sermons, Torat Chaim - a Tikkun for the Thursday nights of the Shovavim period, according to the rite of Maghrebi Jewry, and Maaseh Nissim - regarding the Ten Tribes and the Sambatyon river. In 1837, he set out for Eretz Israel, travelling through France, Italy and Turkey. In Izmir, his writings were destroyed in a fire. He reached Eretz Israel only in 1841, and passed away in Jerusalem in 1842.
33X42.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Stains. Creases.
2. A Plan of the Temple of Jerusalem, Built by King Solomon. Engraving by Emanuel Bowen. [From An Universal History from Earliest Account of Time to the Present. London, ca. 1747].
Schematic plan of Solomon's Temple, with a legend listing the various sections of the temple.
45X43.5 cm. Good condition.
3. Two printed leaves from tractate Middot, Babylonian Talmud [Frankfurt am Main?, 1720?], with woodcut schematic plans: "Plans relating to the Rambam commentary on tractate Middot" and "Plan of the Second Temple" - drawn by R. Yehonatan son of Yosef of Ruzhany (this schematic plan was first printed in the Frankfurt am Main 1720-1722 edition of the Babylonian Talmud, and was incorporated in many subsequent Talmud editions).
32X20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor damage.
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Melechet Machashevet, on the Five Books of the Torah, based upon natural sciences and philosophy, by R. Moshe Chefetz. Venice: Bragadin, [1710]. First edition.
Complete wide-margined copy. Includes an elaborate, engraved title page, an engraved portrait of the author and a plate of geometric diagrams. Another diagram on leaf 57. The following caption appears beneath the portrait, alluding to the age of the author at the time of the printing: "Moshe Chefetz here in the picture, in 1710, at the age of me'ah" - at the age of 46 (numeric value of me'ah), though some misunderstood it to mean one hundred years of age (see below).
R. Moshe Chefetz (1664-1711), Italian rabbi, scholar and philosopher. Born in Trieste, he was raised in Venice, where he later disseminated Torah. He possessed wide ranging knowledge of Torah, G-d and nature, as is portrayed in this book - Melechet Machashevet. He composed this book to find solace for the untimely passing of his son R. Gershom, author of Yad Charuzim. R. Moshe died at the young age of 48 on 30th Cheshvan 1711 (R. Chananel Nepi in his book, printed as part of Toldot Gedolei Yisrael of R. M.Sh. Ghirondi, Trieste 1853, p. 239). Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal) quotes a tradition transmitted by Italian Torah scholars, which maintains that the sages of his generation, upon hearing of the text of the caption R. Moshe intended to place beneath his portrait in his book, tried to dissuade him from doing so, warning him that it is not something one can make jest of. He did not heed their warning, and passed away within that year (Igrot Shadal, VII, p. 1013).
[11], 98 leaves. 32.5 cm. Light-colored, high-quality paper. Fair-good condition. Stains, dampstains and wear. Repaired tears to second title page (slightly affecting text on verso) and a few other leaves. Stamps. New binding.
Complete wide-margined copy. Includes an elaborate, engraved title page, an engraved portrait of the author and a plate of geometric diagrams. Another diagram on leaf 57. The following caption appears beneath the portrait, alluding to the age of the author at the time of the printing: "Moshe Chefetz here in the picture, in 1710, at the age of me'ah" - at the age of 46 (numeric value of me'ah), though some misunderstood it to mean one hundred years of age (see below).
R. Moshe Chefetz (1664-1711), Italian rabbi, scholar and philosopher. Born in Trieste, he was raised in Venice, where he later disseminated Torah. He possessed wide ranging knowledge of Torah, G-d and nature, as is portrayed in this book - Melechet Machashevet. He composed this book to find solace for the untimely passing of his son R. Gershom, author of Yad Charuzim. R. Moshe died at the young age of 48 on 30th Cheshvan 1711 (R. Chananel Nepi in his book, printed as part of Toldot Gedolei Yisrael of R. M.Sh. Ghirondi, Trieste 1853, p. 239). Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal) quotes a tradition transmitted by Italian Torah scholars, which maintains that the sages of his generation, upon hearing of the text of the caption R. Moshe intended to place beneath his portrait in his book, tried to dissuade him from doing so, warning him that it is not something one can make jest of. He did not heed their warning, and passed away within that year (Igrot Shadal, VII, p. 1013).
[11], 98 leaves. 32.5 cm. Light-colored, high-quality paper. Fair-good condition. Stains, dampstains and wear. Repaired tears to second title page (slightly affecting text on verso) and a few other leaves. Stamps. New binding.
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Photographs and Prints
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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Portrait of R. Shmuel Eidels, the Maharsha, engraving by Sebastian Langer (1772-1841). [Out of the book Chiddushei Halachot by the Maharsha, Vienna: Georg Holzinger, 1814].
The engraving shows a Torah scholar sitting by his table, in front of an open Tractate Berachot, with a quill in his hand, starting to write his commentary. This portrait is attributed to the Maharsha. He is seen here with long locks of hair (reputedly, he grew his hair long in order to attach his locks to a nail in the ceiling, so that if his head nods in sleep while studying, the pulling of his hair will wake him).
Verses printed at the bottom of the engraving, one from Kohelet and two from the Book of Devarim. Signed in print: "Sebastian Langer fecit" (in Hebrew).
[1] leaf. 34X39 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal damage and tears, professionally restored.
The engraving shows a Torah scholar sitting by his table, in front of an open Tractate Berachot, with a quill in his hand, starting to write his commentary. This portrait is attributed to the Maharsha. He is seen here with long locks of hair (reputedly, he grew his hair long in order to attach his locks to a nail in the ceiling, so that if his head nods in sleep while studying, the pulling of his hair will wake him).
Verses printed at the bottom of the engraving, one from Kohelet and two from the Book of Devarim. Signed in print: "Sebastian Langer fecit" (in Hebrew).
[1] leaf. 34X39 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal damage and tears, professionally restored.
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Photographs and Prints
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $400
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"Gedolei Israel" [Jewish Leaders] - Composite photograph with captions. "Composed by Yisrael… Wiesen, sofer… prayer leader and posek from Hungary, here in Hamburg". [Hamburg, 1876].
Portraits of forty-four rabbis, public figures, maskilim, doctors and scholars; mostly from Germany, Holland, Poland, England and France. These include: Moses Montefiore, R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (the Ketav Sofer), R. Eliyahu Guttmacher, R. Wolf Heidenheim, R. Shimshon Refael Hirsch, R. Yaakov Ettlinger (the Aruch LaNer), Chacham Yitzchak Bernays of Hamburg, R. Akiva Lehren of Amsterdam, R. Elchanan Rosenstein of Berlin, Jonas Jeitteles of Prague, and many others (the names are written in Hebrew beneath the portraits).
The name and address of the publisher, with the year of publishing, are recorded at the foot of the leaf. The publisher included his portrait amongst those of the Torah leaders.
Photograph. 19.5X22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Mounted on thick paper.
Portraits of forty-four rabbis, public figures, maskilim, doctors and scholars; mostly from Germany, Holland, Poland, England and France. These include: Moses Montefiore, R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (the Ketav Sofer), R. Eliyahu Guttmacher, R. Wolf Heidenheim, R. Shimshon Refael Hirsch, R. Yaakov Ettlinger (the Aruch LaNer), Chacham Yitzchak Bernays of Hamburg, R. Akiva Lehren of Amsterdam, R. Elchanan Rosenstein of Berlin, Jonas Jeitteles of Prague, and many others (the names are written in Hebrew beneath the portraits).
The name and address of the publisher, with the year of publishing, are recorded at the foot of the leaf. The publisher included his portrait amongst those of the Torah leaders.
Photograph. 19.5X22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Mounted on thick paper.
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $500
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Famous Rabbis of Israel. Poster printed for the "Talmud Thora" School, Vienna, 1933. Hebrew and English.
Color portraits of eighteen leading Jewish rabbis throughout the generations, including the Rambam, Rashi, the Rif, R. Yosef Karo, R. Moshe Isserles, the Gaon of Vilna, the Chatam Sofer, and others. The portraits are numbered, and the names of the rabbis depicted are listed in the framed legends printed on each side of the poster. The portraits were painted by the Viennese artist Meir Kunstadt, and many of them, although intended as artist's renditions, became the accepted portraits of these rabbis, now widely taken for their actual likenesses.
The poster was printed for the Talmud Thora school in Vienna, and bears a printed dedication at the bottom, with a space for the name of the recipient of the poster, to be filled-in by hand: "To Mr ---, presented from the Board of the Talmud Thora Public School, Vienna".
The school, which was affiliated with the Orthodox community in Vienna, was founded in the 19th century, and was shut down only with the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany.
Approx. 70X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Marginal closed and open tears. Chips. Creases. Poster reinforced on verso with strips of paper to margins. Framed, 86.5X67 cm. Stains, damage and breaks to frame.
Color portraits of eighteen leading Jewish rabbis throughout the generations, including the Rambam, Rashi, the Rif, R. Yosef Karo, R. Moshe Isserles, the Gaon of Vilna, the Chatam Sofer, and others. The portraits are numbered, and the names of the rabbis depicted are listed in the framed legends printed on each side of the poster. The portraits were painted by the Viennese artist Meir Kunstadt, and many of them, although intended as artist's renditions, became the accepted portraits of these rabbis, now widely taken for their actual likenesses.
The poster was printed for the Talmud Thora school in Vienna, and bears a printed dedication at the bottom, with a space for the name of the recipient of the poster, to be filled-in by hand: "To Mr ---, presented from the Board of the Talmud Thora Public School, Vienna".
The school, which was affiliated with the Orthodox community in Vienna, was founded in the 19th century, and was shut down only with the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany.
Approx. 70X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Marginal closed and open tears. Chips. Creases. Poster reinforced on verso with strips of paper to margins. Framed, 86.5X67 cm. Stains, damage and breaks to frame.
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