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LOT 1:
Tzir Neeman, Jerusalem 1897 – A Journey Around the World: A Man of Suwałki, One of the Founders of Yesod HaMa‘alah, Confidant of the Maharil Diskin – and a Vast List of Donors from Across America and the Diaspora in 1898… Including the Endorsements of the Chief Rabbi of NY Rabbeynu Yaakov Josef ...
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LOT 2:
Tov LeYisrael - passed from hand to hand as a gift among the great men of Jerusalem a hundred and fifty years ago! Printed by R. Yisrael Bak. “Tov LeYisrael” A segulah-book that passed from hand to hand as a derashah-gift among the great men of Jerusalem a hundred and fifty years ago! Tov ...
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Responsa Simḥah le-Ish By R. Yaakov Shaul Elyashar, “Rishon le-Tzion” First Edition — Jerusalem 1893 With the author’s dedication and a correction in his own holy handwriting. She’elot u-Teshuvot Simḥah le-Ish By Rabbi Yaakov Shaul Elyashar, the Rishon le-Tzion and chief judge of Jerusalem ...
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Pekudat Elazar, by R. Rafael Elazar Ben Tovo, disciple and successor of the Tzuf Devash, two parts, Jerusalem 1887 — copy of the Av Beit Din of Benghazi, Libya. Sefer Pekudat Elazar, two parts By the disciple and successor of Rabbi David Ben Shimon, known as the Devash, Rabbi Rafael Elazar ...
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Kol Aryeh, First edition, printed by the famed Jerusalem printer R. Yisrael Bak – bearing the signature of R. Yaakov Bibas. Kol Aryeh “The book Kol Aryeh, a work of sharp and intricate pilpul on various sugyot of the Babylonian Talmud, authored by the rabbi, our teacher Rabbi Aryeh Leib Ḥarif ...
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Sefer Sha‘ar ha-Pesuqim with Sefer ha-Liqquṭin, Jerusalem — the press of Yisrael Bak. 1863. Sha‘ar ha-Pesuqim, hidden discourses and mysteries of Torah on all of Scripture, composed by our teacher the holy Rabbi Ḥayyim Vital, as received from the divine Tanna… the Ari… and this is the fourth ...
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Benei Yitzḥak - Jerusalem 1884. Sefer Benei Yitzḥak By the great rabbi, our teacher Rabbi Yitzḥak ben Ḥayyim Akshuti, of blessed memory, dayyan in Constantinople Homilies interwoven with Scripture, novellae on the Talmud and on the Torah; at the end, responsa and collected passages. ...
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LOT 8:
A significant and desirable copy of the first edition of Or Zarua Part III, with major haskamot and important provenance. Or Zarua, Part III — Jerusalem 1887 (תרמ״ז) — First Edition Printed by Ḥayyim Hirschensohn A rare and important printing history milestone. Description: Sefer Or Zarua ...
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LOT 9:
Makor Yisrael ve-Naḥalat Yehudah — Responsa, Jerusalem 1882 — first edition. Makor Yisrael and Naḥalat Yehudah, Responsa by R. Yisrael Yaakov Bourla, and the work Naḥalat Yehudah by his son R. Yehudah (known as Bekhor Bourla). Jerusalem 1882 — first edition. Published by their grandson Yosef ...
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LOT 10:
Yalkut Ephraim – Sam Ḥayyim, Jerusalem 1877 — unique edition. Yalkut Ephraim on the Torah and Five Megillot. “Collected from the earlier authors, old and new sayings and midrashim, and I composed this work in the city of Akhizka, I, Ephraim son of my father my master Jacob Ha-Levi Kukia. “And ...
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Jerusalem - Chasdei David, Ch. 3, on the Tosefta, Jerusalem 1859 – first edition - copy of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin, son of the Netziv of Volozhin!. Sefer Ḥasdei David Third Part: Tosefet Kedushah, being a commentary on the Toseftot of Seder Kodashim, The work of the kabbalist, the godly ...
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LOT 12:
Sefer HaAgudah on Seder Nezikin. Brought to print and edited by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld. Jerusalem, 1899. Copy of R. David Yehuda Freind, Av Beit Din of Sassregen. Sefer HaAgudah R. Alexandri Zusslin HaKohen (Razach), one of the great Ashkenazic decisors, studied under the disciples of the ...
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Shem Yosef - 2 parts, Rabbi Yosef Muati, Jerusalem 1879. Shem Yosef Including Part I and Part II Sefer Shem Yosef, Part I — responsa [not exclusively, but rather novellae] on Orach Chayim, Yoreh De‘ah, and Even ha-Ezer, and halachic novellae arranged according to the alphabet… by the rabbi ...
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Sefer “Nivchar MiKesef”, By R. Yeshayahu Pinto (known as “HaRif”), Aram Zovah – Sasson Press, 1869 – first edition. A dedication by the publisher to R. Yosef Uziel. Responsa by the ordained rabbi Rabbi Yeshayahu Pinto, one of the great sages in the time of Rav Chaim Vital, author of the ...
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LOT 15:
A gift from the author himself to the Polish gaon – the Kaf HaChaim, Volume I and Volume VI, first editions. The sefer Kaf HaChaim on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Volume I and Volume VI By Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer Jerusalem – first edition They were received by the gaon Rabbi Moshe Yehudah ...
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LOT 16:
מכתב בכ"י לגאון ישראל ר' אלי' קלאצקין זצ"ל מאת הגאון חריף ובקי רמ"י קרשנבוים הי"ד על דפי הגליון הראשון של 'דגל הרבנים' - וורשה תרפ"ו . חוברת 'דגל הרבנים' – חוברת א' שנה א' וורשה ניסן תרפ"ו בפורזץ: חותמת המו"ל: משה יהודה קערשענבוים העורך ומו"ל קובץ דגל הצעירים בוורשה. מעבר לפורזץ: חותמת "מערכת ...
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LOT 17:
המלבי"ם: "כמעט יחיד בדור בקי בכל הש"ס ונושאי כליהם כאחד הגאונים התמדתו פלאית והוא פלאי אין עט בידי לבאר מה יקר הכלי הזה". ספר אהל יעקב - עם חותמותיו וכתב-ידו של הגאון המופלא רבי אלי' קלאצקין זצ"ל. אהל יעקב על חמישה חומשי תורה להמגיד מדובנא, בכרך אחד - שער חדש לכל חומש נכתב ע"י תלמידו של המגיד ...
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LOT 18:
Addenda to the book “Devar Halachah” Lublin 1923, a gift from the author the Gaon R. A. Klatskin of Lublin. The wondrous Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Klatskin, Av Beit Din of Lublin (1852 – 17 Iyyar 1932), was renowned for his astonishing memory and was regarded as one of the great halachic authorities ...
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LOT 19:
Haggadat ha-Meva’er — Piotrków 1914, with the author’s dedication. Haggadat ha-Meva’er, an important Haggadah with extensive commentaries and many additions, by the gaon Rabbi Menachem Mendel Weingort, dayan of Radom. Piotrków, 1914. Beyond the title page appears a heading entitled “ה' ניסי ...
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LOT 20:
Volume of Responsa “Chatam Sofer”, first printing – copy of the Gaon of Vádkert! With his handwritten marginalia. The fourth volume in the series of Responsa Chatam Sofer, Even HaEzer, second part. Printed in Pressburg, 1859 Owners: On the title page: “I purchased it from my funds, Shmuel?” ...
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LOT 21:
Only edition! Turei Zahav on Shir HaShirim By the Av Beit Din of Mainz, Rabbi Hirz Avraham Naftali Shayer, "a gaon of Israel, wonder of the generation” (the Ḥatam Sofer). Sefer Turei Zahav on Shir HaShirim By the Av Beit Din of Mainz, Rabbi Hirz Avraham Naftali Shayer. Mainz 1875 Published by ...
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LOT 22:
Sefer “HaMikneh”, laws of acquisitions and principles, three parts in one volume, by the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Zusman Sofer, Av Beit Din of Paks, Pressburg/Paks 1877/1884 – first edition, copy of R. Aharon David Hartstein of Khust. Sefer “HaMikneh”, Principles in the laws of acquisition, Three ...
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LOT 23:
דברי אברהם - תלמיד מרן החתם סופר. ספר דברי אברהם על התורה מאת רבי חיים אברהם ארנשטיין, אב"ד טיסא-בוא ובארטפעלד, תלמיד מרן החתם סופר בארטפעלד תרס"ז הסכמות: רבי משה משינאווא, האהבת ישראל מויז'ניץ, בעל ערוגת הבושם ועוד. הגה"ק רבי חיים אברהם ארנשטיין היה מגדולי תלמידי מרנא החתם סופר. נכד המחבר ...
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LOT 24:
Pa’amonei Zahav — commentary on Psalms By R. David Katz, dayan of Kratzin - Fürth 1769 - Unique edition. Pa’amonei Zahav, a commentary on Tehillim. By Rabbi David Katz, dayan in Kratzin, descendant of the Sema and the Bach. Fürth 1769. Unique edition. An important and rare work. The ...
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LOT 25:
Two Seforim of Rav Yeshayah Pick bound together – copies of the Radiner Rav of Jerusalem. Sefer HaChinukh – and Sefer Minei Terguma Sefer HaChinukh With the glosses of the author of Mishneh LaMelekh and the glosses of the Gaon Rabbi Yeshayah Pick (Berlin), author of the additions to “Masoret ...
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LOT 26:
The Blind Sage Who Saw Only Words of Torah: Chidushei Maharam Tzvi – bound together with Ne’hamat Aryeh. This Sefer is the work of a brilliant and righteous sage, a mitnaged whom the great leaders of Chassidus held in awe – a blind Gaon who saw only words of Torah. Chidushim on Chullin, sermons ...
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LOT 27:
She’elot u-Teshuvot u-Sugyot “Kedushat Yom Tov”, including responsa exchanged with R. Ḥayim of Volozhin. Vilna 1865 — first edition - autograph of the Tzuf Devash. Kedushat Yom Tov On Zevachim and Menachot, together with a series of responsa the author exchanged with the great sages of his ...
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LOT 28:
Or Hadash by R. Elazar Kalir – rabbinic copy. Or Hadash on Tractate Pesachim by Rabbi Elazar Kalir Josefov, 1858 First edition. The great gaon Rabbi Elazar Kalir (1738 – 1802), a close disciple of the Noda BiYehuda, head of yeshiva, rabbi of Zabludova, Rechnitz, and Kelin. The dayan in ...
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LOT 29:
Birkat Avraham on Kohelet – first edition Warsaw 1815, with the approbations of the Nesivos and Rabbi Akiva Eiger!. Birkat Avraham, A commentary on Megillat Kohelet, By Rabbi Avraham son of Tzvi Hirsch Katzenellenbogen of Łask, Warsaw 1815 – first edition. At the head of the book appear the ...
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LOT 30:
Yaarot Devash with the handwritten signature of Rabbi Yaakov Sukkari, who testified to the profound impact the book had upon him. Sefer Yaarot Devash Josefov 1866 The renowned homiletic work Yaarot Devash by Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz – two parts in one volume, a preserved copy printed on fine ...
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She’elot u-Teshuvot R. Ḥayim ha-Kohen Rapoport, Av Beit Din of Lemberg. Lemberg 1861 — first edition. Copy belonging to the famed Tzuf Devash!. Responsa on the four sections of the Shulḥan Arukh, by Rabbi Ḥayim son of Rabbi Simḥah ha-Kohen Rapoport, Av Beit Din of Lemberg. Lemberg 1861, first ...
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LOT 32:
Mayim Chayim, novellae on the Talmud and on the Rambam, and responsa, by Rabbi Chizkiyah de Silva, author of the “Pri Chadash”. Amsterdam, printing of R. Moshe Frankfurt, 1730. First edition.
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LOT 33:
First edition of Turei Zahav, the commentary of the Taz on the entire Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat - Copy of R. Moshe, Av Beit Din of Samtur. First edition of the commentary of the Taz on the entire Choshen Mishpat. Sefer Turei Zahav on Choshen Mishpat, by Rabbi David Halevi, which had ...
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LOT 34:
Mikhtav le-Ḥizkiyahu, first publication by the author of the Sdei Ḥemed — Izmir 1866 (תרכ"ו) — first edition, Chassidic provenance linking it to the circle of the Makarover dynasty. Mikhtav le-Ḥizkiyahu, by the author of the Sdei Ḥemed — Izmir 1866 (תרכ"ו) — first edition. With ownership ...
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LOT 35:
Prayer for drought, printed especially for the community of Livorno in 1783. Prayer printed for the community of Livorno, due to the drought that occurred in 1783 Livorno 1783. It should be noted that the Chida, who lived in Livorno at that time, recounts the fasts and mortifications he ...
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LOT 36:
Responsa Shemesh Tzedakah, by Rabbi Shimshon Morpurgo, Venice 1743 Sole edition. Two parts. A separate title page for each part. The title pages are illustrated with figures of Moshe and Aharon, and a scene of the youth David subduing Goliath the Philistine. The author, the Gaon Rabbi ...
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LOT 37:
Beirech Yitzchak, by R. Yitzchak Beracha of Aleppo – Venice, 1763. First edition – copy of distinguished provenance. Beirech Yitzchak Venice, 1763 Unique edition Copy with the signature and stamp of Rabbi Aharon Barazani, one of the sages of Iraq, with additional signatures. The sefer ...
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LOT 38:
סגולות אבני החושן - Sefer Goralot Urim VeTumim – manuscript. A handwritten copy of segulot and a book of goral copied from various sources. Manuscript of unknown origin. Opens with “אמר הצעיר יצחק קארו המחבר”. This is a transcription of the segulah of the stones of the Choshen from Toldot ...
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LOT 39:
Lev Aharon on the books of Yehoshua and Shoftim Venice 1609 – A surprise: a book from the Jewish community of Afghanistan from approximately three hundred years ago!!. A surprising greeting from the Jewish community of Afghanistan from about three hundred years ago!! An important scholarly work ...
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A Wondrous Discovery: a Copy of First Edition of the Responsa of the Mabit, seemingly signed by the ex-Converso, Son of the Duke, Who Became a talmudic Sage, the Friend of the Maharit!!! . Responsa of the Mabit Halachic responsa by Rabbi Moshe Trani, the close disciple of Rabbi Yaakov Beirav ...
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Chaim VeShalom by R. Chayim Palaggi, First Edition, Rabbinic Copy, Bound with Mi-yagon LeSimchah by the Teacher of R. Chayim Palaggi – with inscription in his own handwriting. Sefer MiYagon LeSimchah, Salonika 1795, by R. Yitzchak Gatenyo, with an inscription in the actual handwriting of his ...
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LOT 42:
Mikraot Gedolot Tanach – Venice 5368 (1608) – Printed by Zuan Di Gara – Large Format. A complete set: Torah, Prophets, and Writings – Mikraot Gedolot – with the Targumim, the commentaries of Rashi, Ralbag, Ibn Ezra, Baal HaTurim, Radak, R. Saadia Gaon, and the Masorah. Printed by Zuan Di Gara ...
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LOT 43:
Fundamental work – first editions! Sefer Paḥad Yitzḥak by the Italian gaon Rabbi Yitzḥak Lampronti – 11 volumes. Complete set. Sefer Paḥad Yitzḥak The first Talmudic encyclopedia – by the Italian gaon Rabbi Yitzḥak Lampronti! Complete set, 11 volumes First editions! Paḥad Yitzḥak ...
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LOT 44:
A special promise by the author – Mikra’ei Kodesh by R. Yosef Samiga – first edition, Venice, 1586, rare!. Sefer Mikra’ei Kodesh, First part on the commandments of awe and love and their roots, and the second part on the secrets and reasons for the commandments of the festivals. By the perfect ...
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LOT 45:
Shoresh Yesha, 1768 – first edition, cited frequently in the writings of the Tzemach Tzedek . Sefer Shoresh Yesha Frankfurt an der Oder 1768 – first edition. By Rabbi Yitzchak Itzik of Zeldin. It is an abridgement of the work “Meir Netiv”, known as the “Concordance”, composed by Rabbi ...
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LOT 46:
Sefer Kerem Shlomo, sermons on the Torah, by R. Shlomo Zalman Geiger, Dayan of Frankfurt am Main. Homburg 1738. First edition. Kerem Shlomo, on the Torah, By the gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman son of Rabbi Avraham Geiger of Frankfurt am Main, Homburg 1738 – first edition. With the approbation of ...
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LOT 47:
Ha-Ketav Ve-ha-Kabbalah, Frankfurt am Main 1880 – First Edition, Complete. Ha-Ketav Ve-ha-Kabbalah, elucidations arranged according to the weekly Torah readings, in two volumes covering the entirety of the Torah, By Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi ben R. Gamliel Mecklenburg. Frankfurt am Main 1880 – First ...
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LOT 48:
A Fundamental Work – HaTorah VeHaMitzvah – The Malbim – First Edition, Published in the Author’s Lifetime – With All Three Title Pages, Rare. A magnificent copy of a fundamental work: HaTorah VeHaMitzvah by the Malbim. Bucharest 1860 First edition With all three title pages. A commentary ...
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LOT 49:
Sefer Ohalei Yehudah – Only edition – Copy owned by the Malbim!! Bearing His Personal Stamp. Sefer Ohalei Yehudah, concerning the vocabulary found in the Holy Scriptures. Authored by Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh of Carpentras. Yasnits 1719 – Only edition. Magnificent new leather binding!! Ownership: ...
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LOT 50:
“וּדְבָרָיו שָׁמַעְתָּ מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ”... Akedat Yitzchak — Five Volumes — the Copy of the Saintly Rabbi Nachum’ka of Horodna, the Rebbe of the Chafetz Chaim! — Rare. Akedat Yitzchak on the Torah – Pressburg 1849 The work Akedat Yitzchak on the Five Books of the Torah and the Five Megillot ...
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