Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts
- book (199) Apply book filter
- print (117) Apply print filter
- letter (96) Apply letter filter
- earli (83) Apply earli filter
- manuscript (73) Apply manuscript filter
- broadsid (61) Apply broadsid filter
- hebrew (61) Apply hebrew filter
- jerusalem (61) Apply jerusalem filter
- rabbi (57) Apply rabbi filter
- th (43) Apply th filter
- document (40) Apply document filter
- manuscripts, (39) Apply manuscripts, filter
- chassid (38) Apply chassid filter
- kabbalist (38) Apply kabbalist filter
- poland (28) Apply poland filter
- gloss (26) Apply gloss filter
- import (26) Apply import filter
- jewri (26) Apply jewri filter
- ownership (26) Apply ownership filter
- signatur (26) Apply signatur filter
- stamp (26) Apply stamp filter
- chabad (24) Apply chabad filter
- item (24) Apply item filter
- rebb (24) Apply rebb filter
- 16 (22) Apply 16 filter
- 16th (22) Apply 16th filter
- 17 (22) Apply 17 filter
- 17th (22) Apply 17th filter
- centuri (22) Apply centuri filter
- 11 (21) Apply 11 filter
- 11th (21) Apply 11th filter
- chaluka (21) Apply chaluka filter
- countri (21) Apply countri filter
- lithuania (21) Apply lithuania filter
- lithuania, (21) Apply lithuania, filter
- nissan (21) Apply nissan filter
- other (21) Apply other filter
- dedic (19) Apply dedic filter
- stamps, (19) Apply stamps, filter
- chassidut (18) Apply chassidut filter
- italian (18) Apply italian filter
- classic (14) Apply classic filter
- miscellanea (14) Apply miscellanea filter
- environ (13) Apply environ filter
- hungari (13) Apply hungari filter
- it (13) Apply it filter
- eretz (12) Apply eretz filter
- israel (12) Apply israel filter
- books, (9) Apply books, filter
- jewish (9) Apply jewish filter
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.
Printed poster, Mashmia Shalom UModaah Rabah, letter regarding the Chalukah by the heads of the Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities in Jerusalem, to Italian communities, notifying them of a new agreement between the two communities regarding division of contributions. [Jerusalem: printer not indicated, 1868].
The poster requests that the donations gathered by collectors in Italy be handed over to six representatives of both communities together (three Ashkenazim and three Sephardim), donating to both communities without differentiation. The poster contains the printed signatures of eight Ashkenazi rabbis and twelve heads of Ashkenazi kollels.
[1] leaf. Approx. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains. New binding.
Rare. Not recorded by Sh. Halevy. Recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a photocopy from the Morgenstern collection (the record in the NLI catalog is also based on this photocopy).
Previously of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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, Hod Malchut Melech Yerushalayim, blessings for Emperor Franz Joseph on his visit to Jerusalem, with a personal request by R. Bentzion Shlez. [Jerusalem: printer not indicated, ca. 1869].
Blessings for Emperor Franz Joseph, with a special request from R. Bentzion Shlez for the emperor to grant him an audience and accept a poem he had printed in his honor and several books mentioning the emperor's name, after the poem was presented to the emperor on his previous visit to Jerusalem but no response was received.
[1] leaf. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Open tears, including marginal tear, repaired with paper filling. New binding.
Not recorded by Sh. Halevy or in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. In the NLI catalog this leaf appears as part of a three-leaf booklet.
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.
Printed leaf, Chevrat Tiferet Yerushalayim – aims and statutes of the Tiferet Yerushalayim society. [Jerusalem: Frumkin?, 1872].
The Tiferet Yerushalayim society was founded by R. Yisrael Dov Frumkin, as a joint organization of Ashkenazim and Sephardim, in order to support individuals who reach Jerusalem, orphans and the poor (especially those neglected by the Chalukah system of the Perushim community), in order to promote Haskalah ideas in the city.
The present leaf contains a short introduction, followed by a summary of the central aims of the society and 17 statutes, signed in print by the founders of the society, R. Yisrael Dov Frumkin, R. Avraham Zusman, R. Michel HaKohen, R. Bentzion Shlez and R. Eliezer of Volozhin, as well as the Rishon LeTzion R. Avraham Ashkenazi and R. David Ben-Shimon (Rav Devash). At the bottom of the leaf is an exemplar of the society's stamp and its address.
P. Grayevsky refers to the present leaf as a title page, but it is unclear if further leaves were printed.
[1] leaf (two text pages). 28.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and Creases. Open tear to upper corner, repaired with paper. Bound in a new binding.
Not recorded by Sh. Halevy or in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (the NLI catalog contains a photocopy of the present copy).
Previously of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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.
HaAriel – periodical edited by Michel HaKohen. Jerusalem, 1874-1877. Two volumes of issues.
The periodical was edited by Michel HaKohen, joined by Avraham Zusman starting in year 6 (the numbering of the first volume begins from year 4, counting after three years of the editor's work at HaChavatzelet). The booklet was originally printed by Yitzchak Gościnny and Michel HaKohen, and starting from year 6 (i.e. 3) by Michel HaKohen and Avraham Zusman.
Two volumes of issues.
• Volume I. Year 4, 1874: One issue (Elul 1874, the only issue printed that year). Year 5, 1874-1875: 9 issues (Elul-Sivan). Dedication of the publisher Michel HaKohen on the verso of the last page of the first issue in the volume, and another dedication (signed by him) on the last leaf of the volume (both addressed to R. "Chaim Yosef Pollak"; R. Chaim Yosef Pollak, 1799-1880, disciple of the Chatam Sofer; Rabbi of Třebíč). On the last page of the booklet from Cheshvan 1875, handwritten inscription by Michel HaKohen, addressed to "R. …".
• Volume II. Year 6, 1876: issues 1-3 (Tamuz-Elul). Year 7, 1876: issues 1-2 (Tishrei-Cheshvan). Especially lengthy handwritten glosses on two leaves.
Two volumes. Apparently missing final leaf of first issue of year 7. 22-23.5 cm. Dry paper in second volume. First volume in good-fair condition, second volume in fair condition. Stains. Tears, including several open tears, affecting text, repaired with paper. Some title pages and other leaves repaired with paper. New bindings.
Sh. Halevy, no. 205.
Previously of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Yismach Moshe, booklet containing legal ruling of the Rishon LeTzion R. Avraham Ashkenazi, together with short legal rulings from Ashkenazi and Sephardi rabbis of Eretz Israel, Constantinople, Izmir, Egypt and Russia, regarding the will of the caid Nassim Shamama. [Jerusalem: printer not indicated, 1874].
Printed without a title page. The booklet is named for Moshe Shamama, one of the heirs. At the beginning of the booklet is printed the main legal ruling of the Rishon LeTzion R. Avraham Ashkenazi, holding that Shamama's will is legally binding, despite absence of customary Jewish methods of acquisition.
Some rulings in the book are stamped by rabbis and Batei Din (in lithography).
Nassim Shamama (in French: Nessim Samama; 1805-1873), a Tunisian Jew who served as caid (head, leader) of the Jewish community in Tunis. Shamama worked in tandem for the Husainids, becoming extremely wealthy in the process. After an official trip to Paris, he left France for Italy due to the Franco-Prussian War, where he died childless, having left behind a will, which led to an extended conflict between the heirs and rabbis regarding its halachic validity.
Signature: "Yeshuah HaLevi", and stamp: "Yeshuah HaLevi, Lisbon" – R. Yeshuah HaLevi, Rabbi of Lisbon, author of Li LiYeshuah (Jerusalem 1883) and Otzar Chaim (Jerusalem 1908).
20 leaves. 22.5 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Light traces of former dampness to margin of some leaves. Small marginal tears to several leaves. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 208.
Shaar Ruach HaKodesh, seventh gate of Shemonah Shearim, by R. Chaim Vital. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and his partner Yaakov David, 1874.
Handwritten dedication by R. Yitzchak Shreim on title page (partially deleted) to yeshiva of Ovadiah Harari. R. Yitzchak Shreim (1860-1909), Syrian Torah scholar in Jerusalem and kabbalist in the Beit El yeshiva.
Handwritten gloss on p. 40b.
[2], 83 leaves. 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small marginal open tears to some leaves. Worming affecting text in several places. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 227.
![Tiv Gitin, formulas for Gitin arranged by R. Chaim Moda'I in Safed and Constantinople. Jerusalem: Yoel Moshe [Salomon], 1875.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/179.jpg "Tiv Gitin – Jerusalem, 1875")
Tiv Gitin, formulas for Gitin arranged by R. Chaim Moda'I in Safed and Constantinople. Jerusalem: Yoel Moshe [Salomon], 1875.
Inscription on title page: "Beit Hillel yeshiva" [in Izmir].
[2], 28 leaves. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains (many stains to title page). New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 237.
Yismach Yisrael, collection of Bakashot and songs, edited by R. Yaakov Chai Burla and R. Eliyahu Moshe Panigel. Jerusalem: Nisan Bak and his grandson Chaim Tzvi, [1875].
The Bakashot and songs in the book were meant for the Bakashot recitation held at the Istanbuli synagogue in Jerusalem. Many poems appearing in it were selected from Zemirot Yisrael by R. Yisrael Najara. Several poems are translated into Ladino.
For some songs, the maqam and melody are noted.
[4], 65, [3] leaves. 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Tear to one leaf, repaired with tape. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 241.