Bidspirit auctions | BRAND AUCTIONS Auction Sep 14, 2025
BRAND AUCTIONS, Sep 14, 2025. 131 lots.
BRAND AUCTIONS -
Kabbalah - Hassidic - Chabad - Judaica and silverware -
machzorim and prayer books - Passover Haggadot -
Harav Akiva Eiger, the Chasam Sofer and their families -
Harav Kook - Books and pamphlets - Sifrei Yesod -
Signatures and stamps - Dedications and Glosses -
Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes - Manuscripts
Lots in this catalog (131)
- Lot 1: Zohar Hakadosh , Amsterdam, Vol. I: 1728 - Vols. II and III: 1715.
- Lot 2: Very rare, Tehillim Sifsei Renanos - Maftechos Erkei Hakinuyim - Luach Ha'ibur (ten-year calendar).
- Lot 3: Bris Kehunas Olam , first printing of the Chassidic commentary Shaar Shimon by Kabbalist Harav Shimon Englard of Haifa.
- Lot 4: Harav Yitzchak Alfasi, Hayachid Bedoros , biography of the founder of Chassidus,
- Lot 5: Niflaos HaTiferes Shlomo , First Edition. Dedication by Harav Avraham Shmuel Zvi Zilbershtein,
- Lot 6: Igros Shapirin – letters of the Bnei Yisaschar and the Munkatch dynasty, First Edition – Toldos Rabbeinu ,
- Lot 7: First Edition, Ateres Chachamim - 2 parts, by the author of Baruch Taam ,
- Lot 8: Approbations of the Rebbes, sons of the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova. Menoras Betzalel Toras Betzalel, Sole edition,
- Lot 9: Tzidkas Hatzaddik - Resisei Laylah by the Kohen of Lublin, Harav Tzadok HaKohen. First Editions,
- Lot 10: Pamphlet entitled Beis Avraham, Slonim, discourses on the Yamim Noraim and Sukkos.
- Lot 11: Pamphlet entitled Beis Avraham Yalkut HaShabbos , distinguished dedication by the Rebbe the Nesivos Shalom.
- Lot 12: Siddur Lev Sameiach compiled by the saintly Rav of Alesk, 3 volumes (including the Haggadah shel Pesach ).
- Lot 13: Kedushas Aharon, Sadigura, copy of his son the Rebbe Harav Mordechai Sholom Yosef of Sadigura, the Knesses Mordechai.
- Lot 14: Shkias Hachamah , memorial book on Harav Yoel of Satmar. Numerous photos. Pgs 227-228 are missing.
- Lot 15: The Rebbe Harav Yoel of Satmar entering the Dushinsky shul on his visit to Eretz Yisrael in 1965. Original photo.
- Lot 16: The Ribnitzer Rebbe, Harav Chaim Zanvil, lot of 2 photos in Shabbos attire.
- Lot 17: Very rare. Uncut sheets. Yom Leshanah , yahrtzeits of 550 geonim and tzaddikim . Stamp of the author.
- Lot 18: " Brachah Ufarnassah , " " Birkas Hamazon un Krias Shema , " laws and customs in Yiddish,
- Lot 19: First edition of the set Sdei Chemed , published by Kehot, edited and annotated by the Lubavitcher Rebbe,
- Lot 20: Likutei Amarim Tanya , Vilna 1930. Good paper. Detached binding, slightly worn. Good paper. Handsome margins.
- Lot 21: Tanach, silver binding with clasp, designed by artist I.M. Fain. Torah, Neviim, Kesuvim, published by Sinai Tel Aviv.
- Lot 22: Miniature Torah case for Children?, high-quality metal (possibly alpaca), North Africa, turn of the 19th-20th century?
- Lot 23: Antique Torah finial ( rimmon ), tall silver rimmon . Holland? North African in Dutch style? 19th century?
- Lot 24: Large silver besamim tower, marked "12." Poland, late 19th century.
- Lot 25: Silver besamim tower, marked. Germany, turn of the 19th/20th century. The tower has been vigorously cleaned,
- Lot 26: Lot of 2 antique silver Judaica items.
- Lot 27: Collection of 2 cups and 6 small wine cups, made of Persian silver and incorporating silver coins. Persia,
- Lot 28: Lazarus Posen, silver serving piece, marked. Germany, turn of the 19th-20th century? Handsome embellishments.
- Lot 29: Wine cup, marked silver, Poland at the turn of the 19/20th centuries - 4 small silver wine goblets, Soviet Union,
- Lot 30: Collection of three antique shofars, 19/20th centuries Various sizes and shapes. Kashrus has not been checked.
- Lot 31: Zochreinu Lechaim, a decorative rug for the month of Elul and the holidays of Tishrei. Handmade rug.
- Lot 32: Unlisted and unknown. Single page, Kel Melech - Atah Hu Elokeinu. Basel 1904, printed by Wilhelm Haas.
- Lot 33: Machzor with Hadras Kodesh commentary, Vol. I – Yamim Nora’im.
- Lot 34: Machzor, Part I, according to Ashkenazic custom. Giant format. Fine copy, leather binding.
- Lot 35: Machzor according to Ashkenazic custom, Vol II, Shalosh Regalim. Approbation by the Chacham Zvi. Amsterdam 1713.
- Lot 36: Collection of seven machzorim and selichos printed in Livorno, some of them Distinguished Editions.
- Lot 37: Seder Tefillos Mikol Hashanah Keminhag Ashkenaz with Tehillim and Maamados. Sulzbach 1797? Later than 1797?
- Lot 38: Minchas Levonah , siddur in Hebrew and French, line by line. Very rare! Signed by the author.
- Lot 39: Unlisted and unknown, Tefilah Vesachanunim , miniature siddur for around the year, Hebrew and German. Rö
- Lot 40: Kitzur Maavar Yabok, the only edition edited by Rabbi Wolf Heidenheim, the Revah. Wood binding. Rödelheim 1825.
- Lot 41: Printers' notice, printed on blue paper! Mishlei with translation and commentary. Offenbach 1805. Leather binding.
- Lot 42: Rare. Chamishah Chumshei Torah, in Yiddish only! London? 1829 Antique half-leather binding, worn. A few stains.
- Lot 43: Megillas Esther with Ivri-Teitch and Kol Yaakov , miniature,
- Lot 44: Wedding Song (Eschwege–Oppenheimer families) – Megillas Esther. Rödelheim–Frankfurt am Main, circa 1911. Rö
- Lot 45: Memento from the wedding of Fraulein Ida Lang of Zurich to Jacob Ettlinger of Karlsruhe. Cheshvan 5665/1904.
- Lot 46: The author's approbation to hiw own book!! Haggadah shel Pesach with Marbeh Lesaper commentary by Rav Yedidya Tia Weil.
- Lot 47: Haggadah shel Pesach , Offenbach 1800,
- Lot 48: The notable Basel Haggadah. Haggadah shel Pesach, with woodcut illustrations and Ashkenazic translation. Basel, 1816.
- Lot 49: Haggadah shel Pesach with two commentaries by Harav Reuven Margulies with his handwritten dedication. Tel Aviv.
- Lot 50: Haggadah shel Pesach with illustration of the geonim Harav Akiva Eiger, the Chasam Sofer, and the latter's sons.
- Lot 51: Haggadah shel Pesach , commentaries of the Chasam Sofer and the Chasan Sofer that were never printed. Vienna 1884.
- Lot 52: The Teshuvos Chasam Sofer , Orach Chaim and Yoreh Dei’a h of Harav Yaakov Yechezkiyah Greenwald,
- Lot 53: Toras Moshe on Torah Mahadura Riviai , First Edition of these chiddushim — Teshuvos Ksav Sofer Choshen Mishpat ,
- Lot 54: Toras Moshe Chasam Sofer, on Torah, First Edition, copy of his great-grandson Harav Avraham Chaim David,
- Lot 55: Sofer Mahir by Harav Yitzchak Leib Sofer of Drohobych, dedication by his grandson, Harav Shmuel Binyamin,
- Lot 56: Teshuvos Rabbeinu Rashkebeha"g Rabbi Akiva Eiger, First Edition, classic work.
- Lot 57: The Atzmos Yosef of Harav Akiva Eiger, with an antique correction that is possibly in his own holy handwriting.
- Lot 58: The Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat of Harav Wolf ben Harav Yaakov Eiger, cousin of Harav Akiva Eiger. Amsterdam 1764.
- Lot 59: Be'er Sheva , matters of mussar and avodas Hashem by Harav Matisyahu ben Harav Matisyahu Nigerschel.
- Lot 60: Classic work, First Edition, Shu"t Noda B'Yehudah, 2 parts. Prague 1776. Antique signatures. Fine copy,
- Lot 61: Rare photo of Harav Kook. Memento of Harav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook of Jaffa's stay in the city of St. Gallen,
- Lot 62: Collection of five books by Harav Kook, First Editions, and the sefer Chevesh Pe'er , second edition,
- Lot 63: Controversy. Oros by Harav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook. First Edition - Tovim Me'oros by Harav Yaakov Moshe Charlap.
- Lot 64: Nechamas Yisrael by Harav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, dedication by his son, Harav Zvi Yehudah HaKohen Kook.
- Lot 65: Printed in stencil only. Parashas Mordechai , Kemecse 1930. One of only two books ever printed in Kemecse.
- Lot 66: Kitzur Shela"h with Mahadura Basra . First edition of the Mahadura Basra . Furth, 1696 Sans binding.
- Lot 67: Hachashmah and the Arabic Language in Hebrew Schools ,
- Lot 68: Learning Hebrew - Hebrew Grammar - Teachers, collection of 6 booklets and books. 1862/1937. Total 6 booklets.
- Lot 69: Lot of two booklets from Riga prints, Tamar Devorah ,
- Lot 70: Collection of eight rare pamphlets and books printed in Kovno - Keidan, or with a connection to Kovno.
- Lot 71: Halichos Am Olam - Gerem Hamaalos - Midor Ledor - Entire set of Zichron Yaakov - Chut Hameshulash Hechadash .
- Lot 72: Lemaan Zion , the establishment of the Sanhedrin in Yerushalayim. Sole Edition. New York, 1911. Five copies.
- Lot 73: Eis Milchamah V'eis Shalom , poems in Hebrew and French on World War I. Algier, 1929. Soft cover.
- Lot 74: Rav of Sennheim, Harav Shlomo Bamberger, son of Harav Yitzchak Dov. A booklet in his memory,
- Lot 75: Registry of people buried in the Jewish cemetery near Rosenwiller, France, with a few photos and diagrams. French.
- Lot 76: Several Centuries of the History of the Jewish Community in Metz and Its Glorious Past , by Nathan Netter. With photos.
- Lot 77: Collection of five colored pamphlets, Jews and Judaica in various locations.
- Lot 78: Mishpat HaChavurah Gemach Probizhna – Zikaron LaRishonim, Gemach Kalamiya – Korot Beseinu Shtampi (Stomfa),
- Lot 79: Moreinu Harav Reb Raphael Ris Z tvk"l, Av Beis Din of the Endigen - Lengnau communities,
- Lot 80: Beis Avraham , family history of Harav Avraham Erlanger and the Jewish communities of Gailingen - Lucerne. Rare book,
- Lot 81: Hayotzer Veyetziraso , rare booklet on Harav Meir Shapira, Rosh Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin,
- Lot 82: Shtei Batei Avos B'Yisrael B'Eretz Yisrael , the Chervinsky - Barzilai families, with portraits. Dedication. Jerusalem,
- Lot 83: Rare! Der Amerikaner , the Orthodox newspaper in America. Thick volume,
- Lot 84: The Family and Disciples of the Gr"a, Sole Editions, Shir Hashirim Avodas HaGershoni , unlisted title page!
- Lot 85: Brisk, Shu"t Beis Halevi Vol. I, with responsa by Harav Chaim Volozhiner. First Edition,
- Lot 86: Teshuvos Zecher Yehosef Parts III- IV by Harav Yosef Zecharyah Stern - Pnei Ha'aryeh Hachai, 2 parts,
- Lot 87: Classic work. First Edition, set of Ohr Sameach on Rambam, 4 parts in one volume. Riga - Warsaw, 1902/26. 34 cm.
- Lot 88: First Edition of Arbaah Turim with Darkei Moshe , complete set. Interesting antique inscriptions.
- Lot 89: Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim , small format. Antique inscriptions and signatures. Homburg 1734.
- Lot 90: Shulchan Aruch Even Ha'ezer , small format. Signatures of Harav Sholom Horowitz, antique corrections and glosses.
- Lot 91: Kisvei Shmuel by Harav Shmuel Waldberg, with a photo of the author - Divrei Shalom Vol. I,
- Lot 92: Exceptionally Rare! Variant Edition. Tiferes Yehonasan – Chiddushim of the Harav Yonasan Eibeschutz on Torah.
- Lot 93: Ahavas Chesed by the Chafetz Chaim, First Edition, rare wrapper title. Warsaw 1888. 56 pgs; 22.5 cm. Antique binding,
- Lot 94: Mishnah Berurah Vol. I. "Mugah" in the Chafetz Chaim's handwriting. Worn binding,
- Lot 95: The word “ mugah ” appears twice, in ink, in the handwriting of the Chafetz Chaim.
- Lot 96: The Siddur for Around the Year with Tehillim, used by Harav Chaim Friedlander, Mashgiach of Ponovezh. Incomplete copy.
- Lot 97: Otzar Aggados MiTalmud Bavli VeYerushalmi , dedication by the author, Harav Gavriel Miller, Dayan of Mattersdorf.
- Lot 98: Rare, handwritten corrections by the author, Harav Ovdiah Yosef ztvk"l , in Sephardic writing. Chazon Ovadiah Vol.
- Lot 99: Ein Yaakov , Parts V - VI, of the hidden tzaddik Harav Shlomo Frishtik,
- Lot 100: Chumash Oznayim LaTorah Bamidbar, dedication by the author, Harav Zalman Sorotzkin. Jerusalem 1959. Jerusalem 1959.
- Lot 101: Harav Shlomo Zalman Pines of Zurich, two booklets of his essays with his dedications,
- Lot 102: Gift of the Rebbe, the Pnei Menachem of Gur, to the legendary mayor of Ashdod, Mr.
- Lot 103: Very rare. Kol Bochim , eulogy on Harav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, with his photo,
- Lot 104: Author's dedication to Reb Zvi son of Reb Meir Weil. Imrei Yoel by Harav Yoel Herzog,
- Lot 105: Shu"t Besamim Rosh , which sparked controversy and was suspected of being a forgery.
- Lot 106: Gadlus Ha'adam , Vol. I, Shanghai. Dedication by the author,
- Lot 107: Ish Emunim , dedication by the author (printed in gold ink), the Yisa brachah. Jerusalem 1888. Damaged binding,
- Lot 108: Signature of Harav Aryeh Leib Frumkin, son of Harav Yisrael Salanter. Nachlas David Part II - Rosh Pinah.
- Lot 109: "One who said ' Mashiv haruach umorid hageshem ' during the summer and realized his mistake toch kedei dibbur ,
- Lot 110: Signatures (3) of the Mashgiach Harav Chaim Friedlander, grade sheet - graduation certificate - award of excellence.
- Lot 111: Lengthy and interesting letter handwritten and signed by Harav Moshe Kahlenberg, Av Beis Din of Metz, France. 1928.
- Lot 112: Agunah - yibum - divorce. Lot of two lengthy letters by "Father of the Agunos" Harav Shlomo Dovid Kahana,
- Lot 113: Interesting letter regarding the publishing of manuscripts by great Sephardic Acharonim, signed by Harav Ovadya Yosef.
- Lot 114: The first rally protesting the enlistment decree of yeshivah students!
- Lot 115: Collection of 13 recommendations by the Gedolim of Yerushalayim,
- Lot 116: Here I will copy what I wrote in my youth regarding chalitzah , to Harav Yosef Rosen (the Rogatchover).
- Lot 117: "I hope, G-d willing, to do the will of the community. ..
- Lot 118: Regarding partners who were exempted by tax officials, three pages handwritten by Harav Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss,
- Lot 119: On the halachos of corporations, 13 pages handwritten by Harav Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss, the Minchas Yitzchak.
- Lot 120: "Received from Harav Shmuel Salant, " collection of 11 receipts. The Rebbetzin of the Aderes, zt"l ,
- Lot 121: Musical notation for the cantor on a passage from Hallel, Hashem Zecharanu . Ivrea community? Italian manuscript,
- Lot 122: The Ivrea Community (Italy),
- Lot 123: Group photo of the Telz yeshivah, large photo. 1932, Telz Size: 29/38 cm. Size including frame: 49.5/40 cm.
- Lot 124: Shiurei Da‘as by Maran Admor Hagaon Hatzaddik Rabi Yosef Yehuda Leib [Bloch] ztvk"l ,
- Lot 125: Shiurei Da‘as by Maran Admor Hagaon Hatzaddik Rabi Yosef Yehuda Leib [Bloch] ztvk"l ,
- Lot 126: Shiurei Bava Metzia by Hagaon Moreinu Harav Y. L. and Hagaon Moreinu C. ztvk"l , Telz 1931.
- Lot 127: Minchas Shimon , manuscript by Harav Shimon Asher, discourses in mussar and aggadah in the Telz style.
- Lot 128: Seder HaSelichos for Chodesh Elul as per the custom of the Jews of Ashkenaz, handwritten leaf. Provence? The 1740s.
- Lot 129: Manuscript copy of Sha’ar HaMayim by the Raavad, with Hasagos HaRaz"eh. Tuesday, 18 Marcheshvan 5620 (1859),
- Lot 130: Bris Avraham , with a handwritten mohel's record book, towns in southern Germany? 1882/1902 Antique binding,
- Lot 131: Manuscript on Vellum – Prayers for the Chazzan - Shul Gabbai,