Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters
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Lettered in gilt on the front board: "This Pinkas belongs to the holy society of Lomdei Mishnayot, founded here in Dubetsk in 1891".
The Pinkas opens with a lengthy introduction (first five leaves, on one side only), followed by the names of the founders of the society, including "R. Shalom, posek", "R. Benzion Friedman (presumably a posek in Dubetsk), "R. Pinchas Hasenfeld, writer of this Pinkas". Further in the Pinkas (after several blank leaves), names of the society members – one name per leaf. Signatures of the society founders under some of the names; some records include the date of the member's passing. Most of the rest of the Pinkas is blank.
The writer, R. Pinchas Hasenfeld, a Chassid of R. Elazar Reisher. Immigrated to Switzerland in 1932, and to Eretz Israel in 1936, where he passed away in 1942.
In a few places, stamps of Yosef Hasenfeld (son of the writer), who added on a blank leaf the names of his family members and their dates of death, in 1934-1956, including the date of passing of his father R. Pinchas – 9th Adar 1942.
[8]; 35, [10] written leaves, + over 250 blank leaves. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming. Marginal tears to some leaves, repaired in part with tape. Front board and several leaves detached. Original binding, damaged.
![Leaf from a diwan of poems by R. Avraham Ibn Ezra. [Oriental script, ca. 12th/13th century].Written on both sides. See Hebrew](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/551_1.jpg "Leaf from a Diwan of Poems by the Ibn Ezra – Oriental Script, 12th/13t")
![Leaf from a diwan of poems by R. Avraham Ibn Ezra. [Oriental script, ca. 12th/13th century].Written on both sides. See Hebrew](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/551_2.jpg "Leaf from a Diwan of Poems by the Ibn Ezra – Oriental Script, 12th/13t")
Leaf from a diwan of poems by R. Avraham Ibn Ezra. [Oriental script, ca. 12th/13th century].
Written on both sides. See Hebrew description for contents of the leaf.
[1] leaf. 23 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Open tears, affecting text, professionally restored with paper.
Collection of leaf fragments, mostly on parchment, from early manuscripts, which were used as bindings or from a "bindings genizah".
• Parchment leaf, Taj and Tafsir R. Saadiah Gaon, Vayetze-Vayishlach, Yemenite script with supralinear vocalization. [Yemen, ca. 1400].
• Parchment leaf, Parashat Nasso, Oriental script, with vocalization, cantillation marks and Masoretic notes. [Yemen?, 14th/15th century].
• Parchment leaf, Yeshayahu 39-41, Sephardic script, with vocalization, cantillation notes and Masorah Gedolah and Ketanah. [Spain, 14th century].
• Two parchment leaves, section of Melachim I, Sephardic script with vocalization and cantillation notes. [Spain, 14th century].
• Parchment leaf, section of Yechezkel, Sephardic script. [Spain, 15th century].
• Two paper leaves, Psalms 34-36, 46-39, in Oriental script, unvocalized. [Middle East? Yemen?, 13th/14th century].
8 leaves (including 7 parchment leaves). Size and condition vary.
Enclosed: report by Shlomo Zucker, expert on Hebrew manuscripts.
Two manuscripts – commentaries on the Torah portions, early copyings in Oriental script, possibly by the same writer:
• Midrash Lekach Tov (Pesikta Zutrata) by R. Tuviah son of R. Eliezer, on the Book of Bereshit. [Sephardic lands, 16th/17th century].
Semi-cursive Oriental script. Comprises a large part of the book of Bereshit, from the middle of Parashat Vayera until the middle of Parashat Vayechi; lacking several leaves in the middle.
[33] leaves. 31.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains and dark stains, affecting text. Wear. Marginal tears and open tears, affecting text.
• Remazim LeRabbenu Yoel. [Sephardic lands, 16th/17th century].
Oriental script. Comprises the major part of the commentary, from the middle of Parashat Noach until the middle of Parashat Ki Tetze; lacking leaves in the middle.
Lengthy marginal glosses in a different hand (Oriental, Persian), presumably not part of the original work. Many glosses are signed at the end: "David son of Yitzchak".
Sefer HaRemazim is an anthology of allusions and commentaries from early Ashkenazic Torah scholars, compiled by R. Yoel, a Torah scholar from the Beit Midrash of R. Yehuda HaChassid in Germany. The only known manuscripts of this work are from Yemen, where it was extensively copied and used. The work was only first published in 2001.
[72] leaves. 30 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Tears and open tears, affecting text. Unbound.
![Volume comprising handwritten copyings of several works. [Yemen], 1872.The volume comprises: • Three Megillot – Shir HaShirim](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/554_1.jpg "Manuscript Volume – Three Megillot / Kav HaYashar / Ibur Shanim / Sefe")
![Volume comprising handwritten copyings of several works. [Yemen], 1872.The volume comprises: • Three Megillot – Shir HaShirim](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/554_2.jpg "Manuscript Volume – Three Megillot / Kav HaYashar / Ibur Shanim / Sefe")
![Volume comprising handwritten copyings of several works. [Yemen], 1872.The volume comprises: • Three Megillot – Shir HaShirim](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/554_3.jpg "Manuscript Volume – Three Megillot / Kav HaYashar / Ibur Shanim / Sefe")
Volume comprising handwritten copyings of several works. [Yemen], 1872.
The volume comprises: • Three Megillot – Shir HaShirim, Ruth and Kohelet, with Targum and Rashi. • Kav HaYashar. • Ibur HaShanim, with tables of year cycles. • Sefer HaBal'i – on zodiacs and eclipses. • Pitron Chalomot and Sefer HaGoralot L'Achitofel. • Other additions.
Semi-cursive script. A colorful, decorated title page precedes the Three Megillot (with the date of writing); ornaments in red ink to titles of several works. Diagrams and tables in several places.
Marginal glosses and additions. Birth records and ownership inscriptions from various periods on the endpapers and in several places in the volume.
[1], 37, [1] leaves; 66 leaves; 39-88 leaves; [2] leaves. 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Worming, affecting text. Original leather binding, worn and slightly damaged.
![Manuscript, sermons and eulogies, by an unidentified author. [Aleppo, 19th century].Oriental script.Inscription in later hand](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/555.jpg "Manuscript, Sermons and Eulogies – Aleppo, 19th Century")
Manuscript, sermons and eulogies, by an unidentified author. [Aleppo, 19th century].
Oriental script.
Inscription in later hand on endpaper, attributing the book to the rabbi of Aleppo, and requesting that it be published.
[14] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears. Leaves trimmed close to text in some places, with damage to text. Old binding, damaged.
![Four leaves (6 pages) handwritten by R. Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, the Ben Ish Chai. [Baghdad, ca. second half of 19th century].](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/556.jpg "Four Leaves Handwritten by the Ben Ish Chai – With Blessings \"May G-d")
Four leaves (6 pages) handwritten by R. Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, the Ben Ish Chai. [Baghdad, ca. second half of 19th century].
Notes for a homily composed by the Ben Ish Chai, presumably a eulogy for the passing of a young boy, with commentaries on the saying of the sages comparing the passing of young boys to the destruction of the Temple, and more.
On the last page, several lines before the end, the Ben Ish Chai blesses: "May G-d come to our assistance".
[4] leaves (two written on both sides, two written on one side; altogether 6 autograph pages). Approx. 13 cm. Good condition. Some stains. New, elegant leather binding.
Leaf (two written pages, some 37 lines) handwritten by R. Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, the Ben Ish Chai. [Baghdad, ca. second half of 19th century].
Handwritten by the author, with emendations and deletions. Section of a sermon; with kabbalistic allusions on the verse "So shall you bless the children of Israel".
[1] leaf (2 pages). 13 cm. Good condition. New, elegant binding.
Collection of leaves handwritten by R. Rafael Chaim Moshe Benaim (HaRav HaRachman):
1. Letter on postcard in Ladino in his handwriting and with his signature. 1911.
2. Polemic draft letter in his handwriting (see enclosed material).
3. Draft in his handwriting, poetic section regarding Shabbat.
4. Three leaves with outlines of sermons (one dated Shemini 1908).
R. Rafael Chaim Moshe Benaim (1845-1920), leading rabbi in his times. Raised in Eretz Israel, he later moved to Gibraltar, where he served as rabbi for forty years.
[7] leaves + postcard. Size varies. Overall fair-good condition. Stains, tears and wear.
Handwritten leaf, elegy upon the passing of R. Shimshon Chaim Nachmani, author of Zera Shimshon, written the year of his passing. [Italy, 1779].
Elegy comprising 15 stanzas. This elegy is not known from any other source, and to the best of our knowledge has never been published.
R. Shimshon Chaim Nachmani (1706-1779), Italian kabbalist and Torah scholar. Author of Zera Shimshon and Toldot Shimshon. In the prefaces to his books, the author extends many blessings to those who study his works. In recent years, considerable interest has been raised surrounding the book Zera Shimshon, and many accounts have been publicized of couples who were blessed with children in the merit of this book.
[1] leaf. Approx. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and wear, slightly affecting text. Folding marks.
Provenance: Estate of Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach.
Three leaves printed in Italy, including two leaves of Seder HaPragmatika printed in Mantua, and a printed leaf with the text of the ban against whoever transgresses the community regulations:
• Printed leaf, Seder HaPragmatika – regulations, standards of conduct for the members of the Mantua community. [Mantua, 1747].
Single leaf, particularly large format.
Signed in print by the rabbis of Mantua.
53X39.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Large dampstains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Folding marks. Minor marginal open tears.
• Printed leaf, Seder HaPragmatika – regulations, standards of conduct for the members of the Mantua community. [Mantua, 1715].
Single leaf, particularly large format.
Signed in print by the rabbis of Mantua.
Approx. 56X40 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, some dark. Many folds. Marginal tears to leaf and folds, affecting text.
• Printed leaf, Nusach HaCherem – ban and excommunication, signed (in print) by R. Yosef David Bassan. [Ferrara? ca. 1800].
33.5X22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal worming, tears and creases. Folding mark.
Zichron Yosef, responsa and homilies by R. Yosef of Steinhart, rabbi of Fürth. Fürth: Itzek son of Leib B.B [Buchbinder], [1773]. First edition.
The author's preface contains sharp criticism of the Chassidic movement. Chassidim would often tear out these leaves; in the present copy however, these leaves are present.
On the title page, signatures and stamps of R. "Eliyahu son of R. Yosef Yoske Shapira rabbi of Kórnik". R. Eliyahu Shapira (1805-1855), author of Leket Eliyahu on Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam. Served as rabbi of Czarnków (near Posen) for many years, and exchanged halachic correspondence with R. Akiva Eger.
Earlier ownership inscription.
[3], 24, [1], 25-46, 46-67, 67-119, [2] leaves. 29.5 cm. Some leaves browned. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Tears, including marginal open tears to title page and several other leaves, slightly affecting text on one leaf, with paper repair to title page. Leaves trimmed with damage to lower part of title page border. New leather binding.