Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Jul 31, 2023
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Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Jul 31, 2023
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Handwritten booklet (three leaves) – emissary letter for R. Yehoshua Stampfer, leaving on a mission on behalf of Kollel Shomrei HaChomot, with many signatures of the trustees and notables of the Hungarian community in Jerusalem. Sivan 1893. Hebrew and German (2 pages written and signed in Hebrew, and 4 pages written and signed in German).
The booklet begins with a lengthy letter in Hebrew, in neat script. For the mission of R. Yehoshua Stampfer (1852–1908; a founder of Petach Tikva, accomplished activist who devoted himself to supporting Torah and building Eretz Israel), who was travelling to raise funds for the Hungarian Kollel in Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed and Tiberias. With the handwritten signatures of R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, R. Yitzchak Oplatka of Prague, R. Moshe Nachum Wallenstein, and many others (see Hebrew description).
The booklet also contains [4] written pages in German, with several stamps and signatures (in German) of the Kollel trustees.
Lengthy inscription by R. Yitzchak Oplatka–Prague (1820–1900), one of the last disciples of the Chatam Sofer, as he refers to himself in this letter.
[3] leaves (6 written pages). 29 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, wear and tears, slightly affecting text (repaired with paper).
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.012.
The booklet begins with a lengthy letter in Hebrew, in neat script. For the mission of R. Yehoshua Stampfer (1852–1908; a founder of Petach Tikva, accomplished activist who devoted himself to supporting Torah and building Eretz Israel), who was travelling to raise funds for the Hungarian Kollel in Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed and Tiberias. With the handwritten signatures of R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, R. Yitzchak Oplatka of Prague, R. Moshe Nachum Wallenstein, and many others (see Hebrew description).
The booklet also contains [4] written pages in German, with several stamps and signatures (in German) of the Kollel trustees.
Lengthy inscription by R. Yitzchak Oplatka–Prague (1820–1900), one of the last disciples of the Chatam Sofer, as he refers to himself in this letter.
[3] leaves (6 written pages). 29 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, wear and tears, slightly affecting text (repaired with paper).
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.012.
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Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Jul 31, 2023
Opening: $300
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
Large printed leaf – emissary letter from the Torah scholars and rabbis of the Chesed El yeshiva. Jerusalem, Nissan 1891. With handwritten additions: the name of the recipient – Sr. Eliyahu Ch. Suleiman, blessings for longevity, and changing the date of the letter to 1892.
Printed in gold ink. With ornamented border. Medallion at the top of the leaf depicting the Western Wall and Temple Mount. Printed for the emissary R. Faraj Chaim son of R. Shlomo Yechezkel Yehuda. The letter mentions the supporters of the yeshiva, the Rishon LeTzion R. Refael Meir Panigel and R. Eliyahu Suleiman Mani Rabbi of Hebron. With the printed signatures of Torah scholars of the yeshiva and an additional letter at the foot of the leaf with the printed signature of the emissary.
The emissary R. Faraj Chaim son of R. Shlomo Yechezkel Yehuda (1846–1895), born in Baghdad and immigrated to Jerusalem in his youth. He travelled to India on behalf the Sephardi Kollelot in 1882 and 1893, passing away in Baghdad on his way back. Founder of the Iraqi community in Jerusalem.
[1] leaf. 35 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears, affecting text (professionally repaired with paper). Folding marks.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.023.
Printed in gold ink. With ornamented border. Medallion at the top of the leaf depicting the Western Wall and Temple Mount. Printed for the emissary R. Faraj Chaim son of R. Shlomo Yechezkel Yehuda. The letter mentions the supporters of the yeshiva, the Rishon LeTzion R. Refael Meir Panigel and R. Eliyahu Suleiman Mani Rabbi of Hebron. With the printed signatures of Torah scholars of the yeshiva and an additional letter at the foot of the leaf with the printed signature of the emissary.
The emissary R. Faraj Chaim son of R. Shlomo Yechezkel Yehuda (1846–1895), born in Baghdad and immigrated to Jerusalem in his youth. He travelled to India on behalf the Sephardi Kollelot in 1882 and 1893, passing away in Baghdad on his way back. Founder of the Iraqi community in Jerusalem.
[1] leaf. 35 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears, affecting text (professionally repaired with paper). Folding marks.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.023.
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Emissary Letters and Documents in Manuscript and Print
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Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Jul 31, 2023
Opening: $300
Sold for: $450
Including buyer's premium
Large handwritten certificate, with letters of recommendation from the gabba'im and rabbis of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Tammuz 1889.
Neat semi–cursive script (Ashkenazic Rashi script), with headings and emphasized words in (calligraphic) square script. Fundraising recommendation for R. Ze'ev Wolf of Jerusalem, a descendant of R. Chaim of Volozhin, signed by the gabba'im.
Additional recommendations signed by the head of the Beit Din R. Yaakov Leib Levy, and by the dayanim of the Ashkenazi Beit Din. With various stamps (see Hebrew description for list of signatories).
On the verso, letter of recommendation in semi–cursive Oriental (Rashi) script, with the signature and stamp of R. Yissachar Assaraf, from the Maghrebi community.
[1] leaf. 40 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains. Wear and tears, slightly affecting text (professionally repaired with paper). Folding marks.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.030.
Neat semi–cursive script (Ashkenazic Rashi script), with headings and emphasized words in (calligraphic) square script. Fundraising recommendation for R. Ze'ev Wolf of Jerusalem, a descendant of R. Chaim of Volozhin, signed by the gabba'im.
Additional recommendations signed by the head of the Beit Din R. Yaakov Leib Levy, and by the dayanim of the Ashkenazi Beit Din. With various stamps (see Hebrew description for list of signatories).
On the verso, letter of recommendation in semi–cursive Oriental (Rashi) script, with the signature and stamp of R. Yissachar Assaraf, from the Maghrebi community.
[1] leaf. 40 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains. Wear and tears, slightly affecting text (professionally repaired with paper). Folding marks.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.030.
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Emissary Letters and Documents in Manuscript and Print
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![Large printed leaf, Nezer Gabba'ut, with illustrations of holy sites and various decorations. Jerusalem, [ca. 1890s]. With a](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/138.jpg "Nezer Gabba'ut Certificate of the Derishat Kavod Chachmei HaTorah Soci")
Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Jul 31, 2023
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Large printed leaf, Nezer Gabba'ut, with illustrations of holy sites and various decorations. Jerusalem, [ca. 1890s]. With a handwritten certificate from the Derishat Kavod Chachmei HaTorah society for locating the Ten Tribes, with 18 signatures and stamps. Jerusalem, [ca. 1898].
Printed in gilt ink. Printed illustrations of holy sites on both sides of the leaf. In the center of the leaf, handwritten certificate, concluding with signatures and stamps.
The society for locating the Ten Tribes was founded in 1898 by R. Shimon Tzvi Horowitz of Lida, R. Moshe Yaakov HaKimchi and R. Shlomo Wexler. That year, they published the booklet Derishat Kavod Chachmei HaTorah on the topic.
See Hebrew description for list of signatories.
[1] leaf. 48 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and wear. Folding marks. Open tears in several places along folds, affecting text (repaired with paper).
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.005.
Printed in gilt ink. Printed illustrations of holy sites on both sides of the leaf. In the center of the leaf, handwritten certificate, concluding with signatures and stamps.
The society for locating the Ten Tribes was founded in 1898 by R. Shimon Tzvi Horowitz of Lida, R. Moshe Yaakov HaKimchi and R. Shlomo Wexler. That year, they published the booklet Derishat Kavod Chachmei HaTorah on the topic.
See Hebrew description for list of signatories.
[1] leaf. 48 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and wear. Folding marks. Open tears in several places along folds, affecting text (repaired with paper).
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.005.
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Emissary Letters and Documents in Manuscript and Print
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