Printed leaf, Ribono Shel Olam prayer in Yiddish to be recited at candle-lighting for Shabbat and festivals, with blessings for candle-lighting and illustration of the menorah. Jerusalem: Shmelke Yosef and Yitzchak [Gościnny], [ca. 1872].
Leaf printed in gilt ink. On its right side appears the Temple menorah, and below it the candle-lighting blessings for Shabbat and festivals. On the left side of the poster appears the Ribono Shel Olam prayer in Yiddish, to be recited at candle-lighting.
On bottom margins, printing details and names of printers, with an additional printed dedicatory caption: "Gift from me, Shimon Deutsch, to ---" (word missing due to tear).

43.5X35.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many stains, including dark stains. Folding marks. Tears to folds, including small open tear, affecting text. On margins of leaves, tears and open tears, affecting text, partially repaired with tape to verso of leaf.

The press of Yitzchak Gościnny, Shmelke Yosef Schmer and Yaakov David Slotky was active during the years 1872-1874.

R. Shimon Deutsch (d. 1878), a founder of Kollel Shomrei HaChomot and a disciple of the Chatam Sofer, immigrated to Jerusalem in 1842. A lengthy appeal by him for a poor bride and groom appears in a Mizrach poster printed in Jerusalem, ca. the same years as the present poster (see: Kedem catalog, auction 35, lot 6).

Rare, unknown leaf. Undocumented by Sh. Halevy and the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, and does not appear in the NLI catalog.

Dimat HaAshukim, on the courtyard dispute and ownership of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, by R. Shmuel Shlomo Boyarski. Jerusalem: [Yisrael Bak, 1864].
Published in response to the booklet Emet UMishpat (Jerusalem, 1863) published by Jerusalem rabbis, attacking R. Shmuel Shlomo Boyarsky and others, including R. Shaul Binyamin HaKohen Karelitz of Radashkovichy, officials of the Warsaw Kollel, and the Ashkenazi rabbis in Jerusalem, R. Shmuel Salant, R. Moshe Yehudah Leib Silberberg, R. Meir Auerbach and others.

R. Shaul Binyamin HaKohen Karelitz of Radashkovichy established the innovative Etz Chaim yeshia and Talmud Torah in Jerusalem. R. Shmuel Binyamin greatly endeavored to support the Etz Chaim yeshiva financially, and even acquired a courtyard as an asset to benefit the Talmud Torah. In 1863, a fierce dispute arose against him, when he registered the courtyard under his own name (as was customary in those days, due to the Ottoman law which did not allow land to be registered under the ownership of new public institutions), yet refused to give the rabbis of the city a document confirming that the courtyard was not his private property. The contemporary press published many articles for and against R. Shaul Binyamin. The rabbis of Jerusalem publicized their views in the booklet Emet UMishpat (Jerusalem, 1863) and the rival party responded in Dimat HaAshukim (Jerusalem, 1864). This dispute evolved to a demand for rabbinic supervision of the money raised for the Etz Chaim yeshiva and of the debts from the purchase of the courtyard.

[1], 15 leaves. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear. Open tears to bottom margins of leaves, affecting text on several leaves. New leather binding.

Sh. Halevy, no. 95.

HaPinkas Patuach, statutes and directives of the Etz Chaim Torah school and yeshiva. Jerusalem: Yoel Moshe Salomon, 1870s.

Booklet with various statutes relative to the yeshiva institutions, including choosing money collectors and officials for the yeshiva's institutions, regulations for gathering funds and contributions, the role of the dean and mashgiach of the yeshiva, stipends for students of the yeshiva, and more. On the last leaf, under the title Eleh HaChukim, several financial regulations relating to money collectors and contributions, with the print signature of the yeshiva dean R. Moshe Nechemiah Kahanov and other rabbis; with original stamps of the Etz Chaim Torah school and of the yeshiva.

8 pages. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of former dampness. Folding marks across the width of the leaves. Small marginal tears and open tears, partially repaired with paper filling. New leather binding.

Rare booklet. Not recorded in Sh. Halevy, the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book or the NLI catalog.

Printed leaf, poem in praise of Prince Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, recited by Jewish children in Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Salomon, Adar II 1881.

Poem in honor of Crown Prince Rudolf, son of Emperor Franz Joseph I, on the occasion of his visit to Jerusalem in 1881. The author of the poem is R. Yaakov Elyashar, Rabbi of the Sephardic community in Jerusalem at the time, and his name forms the acrostic of the poem.

Approx. 34X52 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Creases. Tears and open tears to margins and folds, affecting text.

Undocumented by Sh. Halevy. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and the NLI catalog contain a leaf with identical content, but in contrast to the present leaf, name the printer as Yitzchak Gościnny.

Minhagei Mitzrayim, customs and laws from Egyptian Torah scholars, according to the order of the Shulchan Aruch, by R. Yom Tov Yisrael. Jerusalem: Yoel Moshe son of R. M. [Salomon], 1873.
Illustration of the tomb of Rachel on verso of title page, followed by illustration of the site of the Temple and the Western Wall, and on the last page an illustration of the Machpelah cave.

[3], 17 leaves. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Light worming. New binding.

According to Friedberg, this book was printed in a limited print run of 100 copies.

Sh. Halevy, no. 194.