“Gedolei Yisrael” / “Gallerie Berühmter Männer in Israel, Tableau II. Rabbiner des XVIII.–XIX Jahrhunderts.” Lithograph by C. Fischer. Published by M. Poppelauer, Berlin, in collaboration with A. M. Bleichrode, New York; printed by J. Hesse, Berlin, ca. 1869.
Large, high–quality lithograph featuring portraits of 22 renowned rabbis from Central Europe from the 18th and 19th centuries, including the “Ketav Sofer” (Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer), Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher, Rabbi Yisrael Lifschitz, Rabbi Solomon Eger, Rabbi Dov Berush Meisels, the “Maharatz” (Zvi Hirsch) Chajes, and others. A legend giving the names of all the rabbis, along with the cities over which they presided, appears in Hebrew in the lower margin.
This lithograph represents Print No. 2 in a series created as a cooperative effort between publishers and booksellers in Berlin and New York, as indicated by the print information which appears in the margins (see previous item). The lithograph is dedicated (in print) to the erudite academic and scholar Dr. Albert Cohn of Paris, who served as director of the Baron James Mayer de Rothschild’s charitable foundation.

Sheet 78X62.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains and creases. Tears, most mended professionally and artfully.

• Great Jewish Treasures, by Moshe Bamberger. New York, 2015, p. 274-275.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, No. 112.011.051.

Gedolei Yisrael, poster featuring portraits of Torah leaders. Warsaw: Lit. Moses Danzigerkrohn, [ca. late 19th century].
Portraits of forty–three rabbis, public figures, maskilim, physicians and scholars; mostly from Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, England and France. Including: Moses Montefiore, R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer the Ktav Sofer, R. Samson Raphael Hirsch, R. Yaakov Ettlinger the Aruch LaNer, R. Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg Rabbi of Königsberg, R. Nachum of Horodna, R. Eliyahu Guttmacher of Greiditz, R. Nathan Adler Rabbi of London, R. Dov Ber Meisels Rabbi of Warsaw, Wolf Heidenheim, R. Yitzchak Bernays of Hamburg, R. Akiva Lehren of Amsterdam, R. Elchanan Rosenstein of Berlin, Jonas Jeitteles of Prague, and many more (Hebrew name beneath each portrait).
Printer's details in Hebrew and Russian at the foot of the leaf, with censorship authorization (lacking date).

23.5X22.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains and wear. Tears, professionally restored. Four corners lacking and repaired (with damage to text in one corner). Inscriptions on verso (faded).

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 112.011.073.

Two large portraits. Oil on canvas. Signed: "B. Mordchin", dated 1915 and 1916.
Presumably, these portraits portray Rabbi Nathan Ehrenfeld (1843–1912), chief Rabbi of Prague for over 20 years, and his wife, Ida (1852–1926) [the portrait of Rabbi Ehrenfeld is dated 1916 – some four years after his passing, and was presumably made after a photograph]
There exist in the Jewish Museum in Prague several portraits bearing identical signatures to those in the present lot – "B. Mordchin" – dated 1914–1919. Possibly, the artist is Boris Mordchin, a native of Russia (1865), who was also active in New York, who signed his works "B. Mordkhin" (a signature almost identical to the signatures in the present lot, except for the slightly different spelling).

Two portraits. Oil on stretched canvas (without frame). 96.5X86. Fine Condition. Blemishes, abrasions and tears.

Provenance: Archive of Rabbi Dr. Heinrich Brody, son–in–law of Rabbi Ehrenfeld, and successor as chief Rabbi of Prague.
See:
• The Jewish Museum in Prague, item no. 082332, and additional portraits by the same artist.
• William J. Jenack Auctioneers, New York, January 2018, item no. 292.

Provenance: Private collection.

Parchment manuscript, prayers against plagues. [Italy, 18th/19th century].
Miniature format. Square script. Instructions in semi–cursive (Rashi) script.
The manuscript comprises Psalms 91, 28, 38; other verses; Pitum HaKetoret and a prayer for ceasing the plague in the merit of the Ketoret.
The final page states: "In the merit of the young man Yosef Tzemach Gavriel Donati".

[12] parchment leaves. 9 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original parchment binding, damaged.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IT.012.003.

Manuscript, siddur for Shacharit following the Italian rite, with kabbalistic kavanot. [Italy, 18th century].
Cursive and square Italian script. Kavanot, halachot and practices written in smaller script. Kavanot occasionally scribed in in–text "windows". Tailpiece on final page, depicting two figures. Marginal glosses (some trimmed) by other writers.
In one of the glosses, the writer mentions the kabbalist R. Yitzchak Berechiah of Fano, referring to him as his teacher.
The writer notes his name "Binyamin" at the end of the Amidah prayer. This is followed by a prayer recited during a draught in Casale.
Inscriptions in a different hand of "Benayah son of R. Michael of Moncalvo", including an inscription from 1839 regarding the miracle which happened to his son on the way to Casale.

[43] leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Tears and open tears, affecting text, repaired in part with tape. Inscriptions. New binding.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IT.011.005.