Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts
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![Shir Tehilah, poem in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore. Jerusalem: [Nisan Bak], 1875.Twenty-stanza poem with the acrostic "](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/184_2.jpg "Shir Tehilah – Poem in Honor of Sir Moses Montefiore – Jerusalem, 1875")
![Shir Tehilah, poem in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore. Jerusalem: [Nisan Bak], 1875.Twenty-stanza poem with the acrostic "](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/184_3.jpg "Shir Tehilah – Poem in Honor of Sir Moses Montefiore – Jerusalem, 1875")
![Shir Tehilah, poem in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore. Jerusalem: [Nisan Bak], 1875.Twenty-stanza poem with the acrostic "](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/184_4.jpg "Shir Tehilah – Poem in Honor of Sir Moses Montefiore – Jerusalem, 1875")
![Shir Tehilah, poem in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore. Jerusalem: [Nisan Bak], 1875.Twenty-stanza poem with the acrostic "](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/184_5.jpg "Shir Tehilah – Poem in Honor of Sir Moses Montefiore – Jerusalem, 1875")
![Shir Tehilah, poem in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore. Jerusalem: [Nisan Bak], 1875.Twenty-stanza poem with the acrostic "](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/184_1.jpg "Shir Tehilah – Poem in Honor of Sir Moses Montefiore – Jerusalem, 1875")
Shir Tehilah, poem in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore. Jerusalem: [Nisan Bak], 1875.
Twenty-stanza poem with the acrostic "May Moses Montefiore live, Amen", printed in honor Montefiore's visit to Jerusalem. Montefiore arrived in Jerusalem on 22nd Tamuz, 1875, and the poem was recited in his honor on 25th Tamuz. The booklet was printed by the heads of the Chassidic kollels of Volhynia, Romania, Austria and Galicia, and two original stamps of theirs appear on leaf [7]. The poem was composed and edited by Yisrael Dov Frumkin, publisher of HaChavatzelet (his name appears in English on the verso of the title page).
Leather strip with gilt inscription of a brief description of the event in Hebrew on front binding, and corresponding inscription in English on leather strip on front binding.
Some words on title page printed in gilt ink.
On leaf [8] is a prayer recited in the Tiferet Yisrael and Tzion HaMetzuyenet synagogues when news of Montefiore's trip spread.
[8] leaves. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Marginal tears to several leaves. Old binding, damaged.
Ex libris labels of Moses Montefiore, with coat of arms, on both sides of endpaper (one damaged).
Sh. Halevy, no. 261.
Masei HaYareach, travelogue of R. Rachamim Yosef Chaim Oplatka in Eretz Israel. Jerusalem: Eliyahu and Moshe Chai Sason, 1876.
Travelogue detailing the trip of the author, R. Rachamim Yosef Chaim Oplatka, in Eretz Israel, from Jerusalem to Shechem, Tiberias, Safed, Meron, Acre, Haifa, Jaffa, Mikveh Yisrael and back to Jerusalem. The author notes the condition of the Jews he met in each place as well as the synagogues and Jewish public institutions, gravesites of righteous people (including a description of the celebration of R. Meir Baal HaNes), and more.
The author, R. Rachamim Yosef Oplatka (1847-1907), son of R. Yitzchak Oplatka-Prague, one of the last disciples of the Chatam Sofer. A Jerusalem Torah scholar, he traveled to Safed and additional cities in Eretz Israel, and published his journal in the present work.
8 leaves. 19 cm. Dry, somewhat brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears, repaired with paper and tape. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 274.
Matzav HaMelachah BiYerushalayim VeTikuno (The Position of Industry in Jerusalem and the Means for Ameliorating It), by Chaim Yaakov, manager of a factory for olive woodworking. Jerusalem: HaChavatzelet [Yisrael Dov Frumkin], 1878.
Additional title page in English on back cover.
The author recounts the events encountered by him and his partner as managers of their olive woodworking factory, and asks philanthropists and officials for loans for the factory and assistance in selling their products in Europe.
28 pages. With printed wrapper, front and back. Approx. 14 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears, including open tears affecting text, and open tears to front wrapper (wrapper mounted on paper). New leather binding.
Contains two additional pages (27-28) undocumented by Sh. Halevy and the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, and which do not appear in the copy in the NLI catalog, with a statement from the other partner (p. 27) and thanks and blessing to Emperor Franz Joseph I (p. 28).
Sh. Halevy, no. 309.
Minchah Chadashah, Passover Haggadah with commentary by Rebbe Naftali Chaim Horowitz of Dzikov. Jerusalem: [Eliyahu and Moshe Chai Sason, 1879].
[1], 20 leaves. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, including many open tears to title page and open tears to other leaves, affecting title frame and text (on title page, affecting text on both sides). Worming. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 324; Yaari 957; Otzar HaHaggadot 1521.
Order of study for Lag BaOmer. Jerusalem: Eliyahu and Moshe Chai Sason, 1879.
Order of study for Lag BaOmer, containing various passages from the Zohar (see also next lot; the present edition is shorter).
20 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Open tear to title page, affecting title frame and text on verso of leaf, repaired with paper filling. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 322.
![Hilula Raba, Tikun for Lag BaOmer. Jerusalem: Avraham Gagin by Shmuel Zuckerman, [1884].Order of study for Lag BaOmer, contai](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/189.jpg "Hilula Raba – Tikun for Lag BaOmer – Jerusalem, 1884")
Hilula Raba, Tikun for Lag BaOmer. Jerusalem: Avraham Gagin by Shmuel Zuckerman, [1884].
Order of study for Lag BaOmer, containing select passages from the Zohar, piyyutim and prayers (see also previous lot; the present edition is more expansive).
[1], 68 leaves. 19 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Some tears. Title page mostly detached, with marginal tears. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 449.
Toldot Yitzchak, commentary on Sefer Yetzirah, Part II, kabbalistic teachings on the sanctity of Jerusalem and the Temple service, by R. Yitzchak Kahana of Kolno A disciple of R. Isaac Chaver. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and Avraham Gagin, [1879]. Second edition, with expanded and revised supercommentary on the Vilna Gaon's commentary to Sefer Yetzirah.
R. Yitzchak Kahana of Kolno (Lithuania; present-day Poland) was a close disciple of R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver, and authored several books on the kabbalistic teachings of the Vilna Gaon. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Jerusalem, where he published (in 1874-1885) the three parts of his work Toldot Yitzchak, on the Vilna Gaon's commentary to Sefer Yetzirah and his other kabbalistic teachings.
[2], 64, 63-72, 71-96, 100-101 leaves. 20.5 cm. Dry paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Small marginal open tears to title page and several other leaves, repaired with paper filling. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 334; Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 685.
Amudei HaTorah, Maalot HaTorah by R. Avraham, brother of the Vilna Gaon, with Or Torah by the kabbalist R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver. Jerusalem: R. Yoel Moshe Salomon, 1880. First edition of Or Torah.
On verso of title page, approbations of R. Shmuel Salant and R. Moshe Yehoshua Yehudah Leib Diskin (interestingly, disclaiming knowledge of kabbalah).
The author of Or Torah, R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver (1787-1852), a transmitter of the kabbalistic teachings of the Vilna Gaon. At the young age of 14, R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow (disciple of the Vilna Gaon) deemed him suited to study Kabbalah. In Or Torah (p. 31a) he criticizes Chassidic devotional practices, a passage censored in later editions.
[2], 72 leaves. 20 cm. Dry paper. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Small open tears to margins of title page and several other leaves. Creases. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 352.
Ir David, ethics and proper conduct, and survey of graves of tzaddikim in Eretz Israel, by R. David HaKohen of Vilna. Jerusalem: Yoel Moshe Salomon, 1880. Bound with: Ir David (Part II), by R. David HaKohen of Vilna. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and partners, 1881.
In addition to the above topics, both books contain a special chapter with sentences with chronograms for the dates of printing (1880-1881).
On endpaper at the beginning of the volume, 13-line handwritten dedication by author, first day of Rosh Chodesh Adar 1880.
On the verso of the title pages of both parts, printed dedications, filled in by hand by the author, to "Dr. Levisohn", apparently R. Yehudah Leib Levisohn of Stockholm, who wrote book reviews for periodicals, with words added to the second dedication by the author.
Apparently, the lengthy dedication at the beginning of the volume, asking for a favorable review, is also addressed to him.
At the end of Part I appears a leaf with an estimate of the Ashkenazi Jewish population in Jerusalem, Safed, Tiberias and Hebron.
The book's purpose is clarified in the approbation of R. Yechiel Michel Pines to the 1886 part (not in the present volume). Sick and unable to work, the author would make a living from his book with chronograms for the current year, which he was able to produce effortlessly.
[1], 36 leaves; 40 leaves. 16 cm. Dry, somewhat brittle paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 350, 376.
Mishkenot LaAvir Yaakov, on the opening discussion of Tractate Tamid. Part I, by the Jerusalem kabbalist R. Hillel Moshe Meshel Gelbstein. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and partner, [1881].
R. Hillel Moshe Meshel Gelbstein (1832-1908), disciple of the Seraph of Kotzk and the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. In 1868, he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he concentrated on the study of topics related to the Temple, using his books to maintain the mitzvah of guarding the holy site. Mishkenot LaAvir Yaakov contains various novellae on Tractates Tamid, Yoma and Pesachim, guarding the Temple and kabbalistic homilies.
[4], 3-59 leaves. 33.5 cm. Dry, somewhat brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears, including open tears, affecting text at bottom margins of several leaves. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 373.
She'erit Yaakov, halachic commentary on Tractates Berachot, Shabbat, Ketubot and Bava Metzia, selections on the Rambam and Shulchan Aruch and more, by R. Yaakov Bibas. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and his partner Agan, [1881].
The date given on the title page is 1880; according to Sh. Halevy the true date of printing is 1881.
[4], 92 leaves. 17.5 cm. Dry paper. Good condition. Some stains. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 381.
Lot 195 Shenat HaSheva (by Rabbi Moshe Nechemiah Kahanov) – Hundred-Copy Print Run – Jerusalem, 1881
Shenat HaSheva, with Be'er Sheva, booklet on laws of the shemitah year by R. Moshe Nechemiah Kahanov. Jerusalem: Yoel Moshe Salomon, 1881.
In a note on p. 31a the author writes that due to the untimely death of his son during the printing of the book, he was compelled to publish it in brief with many omissions, in a limited print run of 100 copies (due to lack of funds).
32 leaves. Missing leaves 33-34. 18.5 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears, including open tears to margins of title page and several other leaves, slightly affecting title frame and text on verso (last leaf repaired with paper filling). New binding.
Does not contain leaves 33-34 of Zichron Yosef, with the author's eulogy for his son R. Yosef Chaim Eliyah and with a lament written by the son for another untimely death.
Sh. Halevy, no. 382.