LOT 193:
Handwritten & Autographed Letter by Rabbi Avraham Yoffin, Rosh Yeshivah of Novardok. Białystok, 1935. Recommendation letter on behalf of Rabbi Mordechau Goldin, the Rosh Yeshivah of Novardok in Białystok. Rabbi Goldin used this letter on his fundraising journey to support the yeshivah. ...
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LOT 194:
“Praise Hashem that we emerged alive!” Stirring Handwritten & Autographed Letter by Rabbi Aharon Kotler during the Throes of the Yeshivah’s Escape to Lithuania. Vilna, 1939 This letter was dispatched from Vilna at the end of 1939 to American patrons of Yeshivas Eitz Chayim. In his ...
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LOT 195:
Notebooks of Torah Novellae by Rosh Yeshivah of Chevron Rabbi Aharon Cohen Eight notebooks replete with handwritten Torah novellae on a wide range of subjects in Shas, including Seder Kodshim, by Harav Aharon Cohen, Rosh Yeshivah of Chevron. These novellae were authored over the course ...
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LOT 196:
Halachic pamphlet relevant to this year! Handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach. Kuntress Torah Novella “Regarding the Year of Shvi’is”. Long, handwritten pamphlet, written by Harav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt”l regarding whether it is permissible to plant seeds at the end of ...
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LOT 197:
3 books: Seah Soles/Marpe LaNefesh/Orach Chaim. Venice 1579 3 Books on morals and ethics to awaken and direct man to good character, Emuna and moral behavior. By Rabbi Refael Nurtzi 1st edition of the sefer "Orach Chaim" The books by Rabbi Refael Nurtzi (1520-1591), one of the great ...
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LOT 198:
Hebrew Classic. Beis Elokim by the Mabi”t with Perek Shira, First Edition. Venice, 1576 Beis Elokim by Rabbi Moshe ben Yosef M’Trani (the Mabit) is a work on fundamentals of basic Torah and religious concepts. It is divided into three sections: T'filah, Tesuvah and concepts in Emunah and ...
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LOT 199:
Igerres Dofi Hazman. Venice, 1598 A composition denouncing human vanity, as opposed to investing in meaningful pursuit, along with commentary on Midrashim and parables with letters written by Rabbi Yitzchak Ovadya. Published by the Venetian editor Rabbi Shmuel ben Deisus. The author was a ...
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LOT 200:
RARE! Maaseh Tzofer. Salonika, circa 1593 An amusing tale of a poor man named Tzofer who deceives people in order to earn a living. The story concludes with a parable attributed to Rabbi Shem Tov Arduital of Castile. The rabbi and poet Rabbi Shem Tov Arduital was born in north Castille ...
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LOT 201:
Derech Yesharah. Mantua, 1626 Rare historic pamphlet recording the history of Italian Jewry. This pamphlet encompasses a lengthy verdict by Rabbi Luliano Shalom Cassis regarding the system of taxation in Mantua, Italy. Throughout many long and divisive years in Mantua, there was a ...
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LOT 202:
Chanukas Habayis. Venice, 1696 Complete, beautiful copy with large folded map. Description and illustrations of the Beis Hamikdash and its sacred vessels by Rabbi Moshe Chefetz of Venice. The sefer contains numerous illustrations of the structure and design of the Beis Hamikdash and ...
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LOT 203:
Miniature Order of Prayer in Italian Rite. Mantua, 1866. Order of Prayers for the entire year according to the Italian rite, along with an abridged Order of Weekday Prayers for children. Edited and enhanced with a list of laws and customs by Rabbi Mordechai Halevi Mortara, Av Beis Din of ...
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LOT 204:
Sefer Maamados. 17th Century Manuscript with miniature Illustrations by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Catzigin of Casaly, Italy. This 17th century Italian manuscript by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Catzigin of Casaly includes the Weekday Maamados, Tefillas Haderech, and the special Tefillah for Erev Rosh ...
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LOT 205:
Ornamental Manuscript: Sefer Tefillah L’Hoshanah Rabba. Italy, 1830. Calligraphed & illustrated by the righteous Segri sisters. Order of Hakafos for Hoshanah Rabba with Songs for Simchas Torah — a unique manuscript with decorative letters and impressive borders by sisters Rianna ...
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LOT 206:
Magnificent Illustrated Manuscript Mikrah & Gemara Society Ledger. Chicago, 1915 Large ledger containing the membership rules and names of the members of the Mikrah and Gemara Society established in Chicago in the year 1915. This ledger, written in beautiful penmanship ...
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LOT 207:
Sifsei Tzaddikim. Philadelphia, 1837 First Siddur - Machzorim, Printed in America 6 volume Complete Set! Complete 6-volume set of siddur and machzorim for daily and year round use, according to the Minhag of Sefardic community with English translation on facing pages. ...
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LOT 208:
Letter by Sages of Jerusalem thanking the Jews of Sacramento, California for their Generous Donation. Jerusalem, 1852. This letter was dispatched to Sir Moses Montefoire regarding the generous contribution of the Jewish community in Sacramento, California to the destitute residents of ...
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LOT 209:
Letter by Ashkenazic & Sephardic Sages of Jerusalem to Lady Judith Montefoire. Jerusalem, 1853 Letter of blessing and thanks to Lady Judith Montefoire, wife of Sir Moses Montefoire, for her generous contribution to the Bikur Cholim and Hachnassas Kallah Societies in Jerusalem. The ...
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LOT 210:
Original Proclamation Signed by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld Protesting Public Desecration of Shabbos. Jerusalem, circa 1925 Public announcement protesting the “Public desecration of the Shabbos and consumption of nonkosher food [promoted] by the restaurant opened by a group of pioneers ...
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LOT 211:
The Rebbe’s Battle for Shabbos Important letter by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Chabad important letter in which the Rebbe proclaims the prohibition of traveling on ships of Jewish (Israeli) owned & operated companies In the 1950s-1960s traveling to ...
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LOT 212:
Letter to the Diaspora Jewry from the leading d isciples of Chasam Sofer Jerusalem, 1862 Sha’alu Shalom Yerushalayim. Letter and appeal to Diaspora Jewry in Hungary, Moravia, Bohemia, and Austria from the founders and directors of Kollel Shomrei Hachomos in Yerushalayim. In this ...
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LOT 213:
Certificate of Ordination Harav Moshe Eliezer Donat Hy”d to ...
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LOT 214:
Letter by Harav Baruch Avraham Weider, Av Beis Din of Odoreu ...
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LOT 215:
Letter by Harav Tzvi Yehudah Segal Horowitz, Av Beis Din of ...
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LOT 216:
Letter by Rabbi Yitzchak Frankel of Chust to His Grandfather the ...
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LOT 217:
Vyelipol Dynasty. Handwritten letter by the Admor Rabbi Yosef ...
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LOT 218:
Handwritten Halachic Responsum by Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Fried, Av ...
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LOT 219:
Handwritten & Autographed Letter by Harav Meir Greenwald, Av Beis Din of Tatch & Father-in-Law of the Pupa Rav. 1932 Handwritten and autographed letter by Harav Meir Greenwald, Av Beis Din of Tatch and grandson of the Arugas Habosem. In this letter he extends a heartfelt appeal to ...
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LOT 220:
Tzemach Hashem LaTzvi. First Edition. Berditchev, 1817 Chassidic and Kabblistic Commentary on the Torah portions written by the Holy Rebbe Harav Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna, disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and Maggid of Mezritch. In his childhood, young Tzvi Hirsh was playing near the Baal ...
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LOT 221:
Chassidus Ahavas Shalom. First Edition. Lemberg, 1833. Autographed by descendants of “Noam Elimelech” Kabbalistic and Chassidic commentary on the weekly Torah portions by the Admor Harav Menachem Mendel of Kossov, progenitor of the Kossov-Vizhnitz dynasty. On the title page there ...
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LOT 222:
Letter Signed by the Rebbe, Harav Chaim of Kossov Hy”d, 1934. Letter regarding Kollel Kossov in Tzfas and a blessing for New Year. Harav Chaim Hager of Kossov Hy”d (-1943) was the last scion of the Kossover dynasty. Like his father, Harav Moshe of Kossov — author of Leket Ani, he headed ...
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LOT 223:
Kossov-Vizhnitz Dynasty: Autographed Letter by Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Hager of Sighet. 1939. Handwritten and autographed letter by the Admor Harav Yitzchak Meir Hager of Sighet “There is no need to tell of the general [financial] circumstances of our Jewish brethren in our Land, for it is ...
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LOT 224:
The Damesek Eliezer of Vizhnitz’s personal chumashim set gifted by his father-in-law the holy Kapischnitzer. Lemberg, 1874 This Chamishah Chumshei Torah with Be'er Mayim Chaim and Or HaChaim scommentaries was the personal chumash of the Damesek Eliezer of Vizhnitz. He received the set as a ...
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LOT 225:
Handwritten & Autographed Letter of Blessing by the Admor ...
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LOT 226:
Letter of "Brochos" in the holy handwriting of the Admo"r Rabbi ...
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LOT 227:
Segulah for Protection $10 Bill from the Admor Rabbi ...
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LOT 228:
“Tidal Wave of Blood and Anti-Semitism Has Overtaken the Entire ...
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LOT 229:
Original Signed Proclamation Banning Participation in the First Israeli Elections. Jerusalem, 1949. “ We have determined based on the Torah’s view and the opinions of our holy forefathers and Rabbanim [who were like] heavenly angels, the founding fathers and progenitors of the Yishuv ...
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LOT 230:
Imposed endorsement of the communist regime signed by the Admor of Skulen Bucharest, Romania. 1954 The lives and circumstances of Jews in post-Holocaust Communist Romania were dire, yet the great Rabbanim and Chassidic Rebbes dwelling in the country continued upholding Torah and practicing ...
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LOT 231:
Special Satmar Beis Din for Holocaust Agunos Heter Nisuin (Marriage Permit) for Holocaust Widowers, 1946 This Heter Nisuin deed, issued to a Holocaust survivor from the city of Karoly, permitted his remarriage after witnesses testified in Beis Din that his wife had been taken to ...
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LOT 232:
Handwritten Discourse by the Stropkover Rebbe & Harav Hillel Lichtenstein of Krasna regarding Testimony on Auschwitz deportees Bamberg, Germany, 1948. Handwritten document by the Stropkover Rebbe Harav Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam regarding the testimony of a woman who was informed ...
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LOT 233:
A Special Collective Heter Meah Rabbanim , for ALL holocaust Agunim. Budapest 1945. Historic Original Halachic Ruling! [Heter Meah Rabbanim] Halachic verdict permitting the remarriage of Holocaust Agunim Remarkable and important document! Original collective Heter Meah Rabbanim - ...
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LOT 234:
Plea for rescue from surviving Bais Yaakov girls, Bergen Belsen, 1946. Collection of heartrending letters penned by Bais Yaakov alumni who had survived the Holocaust and were lingering in Bergen-Belsen and Ostia’s displaced person camps. The letters were written by young women who’d been ...
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LOT 235:
Letter & Invitation to the Wedding of Rabbi Leib Bakst in Shanghai, 1946. This letter opens with Rabbi Leib Bakst’s excusing himself for not writing until now because of the terrible wounds of the past.( His entire family perished in the Holocaust.) He then expresses his gratitude to ...
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LOT 236:
Letter by Rabbi Nochum Partzovitz of Mir Regarding His Immigration to Israel. New York, 1949. Letter by Rabbi Nochum Partzovitz, future Rosh Yeshivah of Mir in Yerushalayim. Rabbi Nochum Partzovitz was among the famous Mir Yeshivah students who fled to Shanghai and later moved to the ...
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LOT 237:
Letter by Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler Regarding the Welfare of His Wife & Daughter during the Holocaust. London, 1941. During the outbreak of World War Two, Harav Eliyahu Dessler was in London. However, his wife, Rebbetzin Bluma — a granddaughter of the Alter of Kelm, and his daughter had ...
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LOT 238:
Handwritten Letter by the Rosh Yeshivah of Telz, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch Hy”d, Regarding the Yeshivah. 1933. Handwritten letter by Hagaon Harav Avraham Yitzchak Bloch Hy”d, Rosh Yeshivah and Rav of Telz. Hagaon Harav Avraham Yitzchak Bloch Hy”d (1890-1941) was the son of Mahar”il ...
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LOT 239:
Long Handwritten Letter of Torah Novellae by Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch, Rosh Yeshivah of Telz. Cleveland, 1942. This letter was written on the stationery of the Telz Yeshivah in Cleveland, Ohio shortly after it opened. The Telz Yeshivah was officially founded on 7 Cheshvan, 5702 (October ...
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LOT 240:
Incunable! Mivchar Hapeninim. Soncino, 1484 . Incunable! Mivchar Hapeninim. Soncino, 1484 Essays on Jewish ethics and philosophy, parables and maxims regarding the conduct of a Jew and rectification of one’s character traits by Chacham Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Gabirol with commentary by Rabbi ...
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