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LOT 1:
Beautiful Miniature Tanach. Leiden, 1610 * A beautiful and complete miniature Tanach - the entire Tanach in a single compact volume, printed in Leiden, Holland in the early 17th century. The sefer is printed in a single-column layout without vowelization. There are additional title pages ...
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LOT 2:
Tanach Goral HaGra Amsterdam, 1701 * Torah, Nevi’im and Kesuvim meticulously proofread, with charts of kri and ksiv, chaseiros and yeseiros, and calendar of haftaros. Fine copy with gilded leaves. There are three title pages: The first title page is copperplate engraved; the second ...
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LOT 3:
Chamishah Chumshei Torah with the Commentary Devek Tov Wide Margins! Amsterdam, 1749 * Chamishah Chumshei Torah with Targum Onkelos and Rashi's commentary, and Haftaros with Radak's commentary. The commentary 'Devek Tov' is printed at the bottom of each page. It is a commentary on ...
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LOT 4:
Chumashim Amsterdam, 1767 * Precise Ezras HaSofer Chumashim The special Chumash that the Chida recommended for scribes to use! A particularly accurate set of the five Chumshei Torah, without vowelization, intended for use by Ba'alei Kriah and sofrim. The Chumash was compiled and ...
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LOT 5:
Large and Impressive Volume with Four Sifrei Yesod: Pesikta Zutra, Mechilta, HaMichlol and HaShorashim. Daniel Bomberg Press. Venice, 1545-1546 * An antique and thick volume in large format, containing no less than four (!) important works, all printed by the famous printer ...
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LOT 6:
Sifra Toras Kohanim Filled with Handwritten Glosses by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Wolk, Av Beis Din of Pinsk * Sifra, which is Toras Kohanim, one of the most important foundational texts, "the source of all Mishnayos and Beraisos" (in the words of the Chofetz Chaim), with the commentary of Rabbeinu ...
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LOT 7:
Famous Sefer Segulah: Tanna D'vei Eliyahu Rare Master Edition. Prague, 1676 * Sefer ‘Tanna D'vei Eliyahu’, an ancient Midrash Aggadah which Eliyahu HaNavi taught to his student Rav Anan. It is divided into two parts: Seder Eliyahu Rabbah and Seder Eliyahu Zuta. The sefer contains ...
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LOT 8:
Olas Shabbos Commentary on the Torah by Rabbi Yoel Ibn Shuaib First Edition. Venice, 1577 * "Powerful lectures, based on Chamisha Chumshei Torah, for each Shabbos" (as stated on the title page), by Rabbi Yoel Ibn Shuaib, one of the greatest orators in the generation of the Spanish ...
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LOT 9:
Sefer Biurim on Rashi. With a Map of Eretz Yisrael and Illustration of Menorah First Edition Venice, 1593 * ‘Sefer Biurim’ is a deep and fundamental commentary on Rashi on Chamisha Chumshei Torah, attributed to Rav Nosson Shapira of Horodna. The sefer contains a map of Eretz ...
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LOT 10:
Urim VeTumim by Rabbi Meir Arama. First Edition. Venice, 1602 * Commentary on the Sifrei Nevi'im of Yeshayahu and Yirmiyahu, by the Gaon Rabbi Meir Arama, son of the 'Baal HaAkeida' Rabbi Yitzchak Arama. First printing of the commentary. It was later reprinted within the famous large ...
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LOT 11:
Rosh Mor Dror on the Torah First Edition. Venice, 1615 * Sefer ‘Rosh Mor Dror’ containing 56 drashos on the Chamisha Chumshei Torah. Authored by Rabbi Mordechai HaKohen Ashkenazi of Tzfas and Damascus, son-in-law of the 'Ba'al HaKeilim' Rabbi Shmuel Laniado. At the beginning of each ...
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LOT 12:
Rare Valuable Find! Hamon Rabbah by Rabbi Shlomo Algazi Constantinople, 1644. Singular Edition * Sefer ‘Hamon Rabbah’ contains references to pesukim from Tanach that have a drasha in Midrash Rabbah or Jerusalem Talmud. At its end is a drasha of three pages on a Gemara in Brachos. ...
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LOT 13:
Illustrated Chanukas Habayis Venice, 1696. First Edition. * Description and illustrations of the Beis Hamikdash and its sacred vessels by Rabbi Moshe Chefetz of Venice. Throughout the sefer are many illustrations of the Beis Hamikdash structure and its vessels, made in fine copper ...
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LOT 14:
Sefer Afros Tevel by Rabbi Avraham Belais Including Rare Portrait of Author London, 1850 * A commentary on the Book of Koheles in Hebrew and English (side-by-side columns), by the renowned scholar Rabbi Avraham Belais of London, including a rare portrait of the author at the age ...
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800
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LOT 15:
Sefer Leshon Limudim with Shekel Hakodesh Kushta, 1542 Rare Remnant of Spanish Poetry from Time of Expulsion * ‘Leshon Limudim’ deals with Hebrew grammar, by Rabbi David Ibn Yachya, who was exiled from Portugal during the expulsion. Printed at the end of the sefer is: 'Shekel ...
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LOT 16:
Large Collection of 'Post-Incunabula' Leaves from Rare Seforim First Half of 16th Century * Extensive collection of single leaves from sefarim printed over a period of approximately 40 years from shortly after the Incunabula period (which ended in 1500), until the mid-16th century. ...
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LOT 17:
400 Years Old! The traveler’s spiritual treasure! Pocket-Size Traveler’s Siddur. Hanau, 1628 * Order of prayers according to German and Polish customs including prayers for weekday, Shabbos and the Three Festivals (without piyutim). This siddur was printed especially for wayfarers ...
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12,000
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LOT 18:
Fundamental Ashkenazi Siddur: Avodas Boreh Mahadura Basra. Sulzbach, 1707. First Edition * Year-round siddur according to both simplistic and kabbalistic teachings, with commentaries and kavanos, composed and arranged by the holy kabbalist Rabbi Shimon Akiva Baer of Vienna, one of the ...
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4,000
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LOT 19:
Seder Tefillah for the Five Fast Days Impressive Leather Binding with Imprints and Clasps Amsterdam, 1726 * Tefillos according to the Sephardi custom for the five fast days: Tzom Gedalya, Asarah Be’Teves, Ta'anis Esther, Shivah Asar B’Tammuz and Tishah B’Av. The haftarah for Tishah ...
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LOT 20:
First Siddur in the World with Rulings from the Chida! Siddur Tefillah Zakah First Edition. Livorno 1789 Exceptionally Important and Rare! * Siddur Tefillah Zakah for the entire year - weekdays, Shabbos, Yomim Tovim and Moadim, with practical tefillos and brachos and Birkas ...
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LOT 21:
Tikkun Leil Shavuos Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira Press Slavita, 1827 * Tikkun Leil Shavuos and Hoshanah Rabbah based on the order of the Shl”a Hakadosh with the kavanos of the Holy Names as taught by the Arizal. This Tikkun was printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira, son of Rabbi ...
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2,000
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LOT 22:
Chazan's Prayers Parchment Manuscript By the Famous Scribe Rabbi Yaakov of Berlin Hamburg, 1726 * A notebook with prayers and blessings for the chazan's use in the synagogue, including prayers that the chazan would traditionally recite at the synagogue bimah. Handwritten on ...
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LOT 23:
"And You, Hashem, are my Protector": Prayers of Protection for Travelers - Handwritten on Parchment Germany, 18th Century * A small handwritten notebook on parchment containing prayers and Torah readings to provide protection for a traveler, concluding with Kiddush Levanah. With holy ...
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LOT 24:
Miniature Manuscript on Parchment Birkas Kohanim for Rosh Hashanah Germany, 1843 * "So shall you bless the Children of Israel" Miniature manuscript on parchment, written for a Kohen ascending the duchan (platform), containing the prayers recited when the Kohen ascends the ...
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LOT 25:
Pesach Haggadah with Kabbalistic Commentary and Abarbanel Attractive Illustrations Fürth, 1746 * Pesach Haggadah in large letters, with the Abarbanel’s commentary (next to the text and below it), and a kabbalistic commentary (at the bottom of the page). The instructions are in ...
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LOT 26:
Pesach Haggadah by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman London Charming Illustrations! Amsterdam, 1765 * Pesach Haggadah with a translation to Yiddish, with the commentary ‘Tzli Aish’ (an abridged version of ‘Zevach Pesach’ by the Abarbanel) by Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh of Modena. The Haggadah, with its ...
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LOT 27:
Pesach Haggadah: Ma'aleh Beis Chorin With Magnificent Illustrations Vienna, 1813 * Ma'aleh Beis Chorin Haggadah featuring commentaries by the Alshich, Maharal of Prague, the Kli Yakar and select insights from the Abarbanel. Featured throughout the Haggadah are eleven beautiful ...
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LOT 28:
First Haggadah in the World with French Translation! Metz, 1818 * Pesach Haggadah according to Ashkenazi and Sephardic customs translated entirely into French, by David Derach, with the Hebrew text on one side of the page and the French translation on the other. This is the first ...
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LOT 29:
Unknown Variant! Illustrated Passover Haggadah Trieste, 1864 * Haggadah with Italian translation by Rabbi Avraham Chai Morforgo with 58 copperplate illustrations and music notes. The Trieste Haggadah is renowned as one of the most elaborate Haggadahs ever printed! The Haggadah ...
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LOT 30:
Unpublished Manuscript by Rabbi Yaakov Abukara Pesach Haggadah with Commentary Maggid Devarav LeYaakov Tunisia, 19th Century * 100-page manuscript of a Pesach Haggadah and its halachos, surrounded by a new and beautiful commentary, with parables and gematrias, titled 'Maggid Devarav ...
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LOT 31:
Magnificent Haggadah on Parchment Facsimile of the Famous 1526 Prague Haggadah New York, 1979 * A large and beautiful facsimile on parchment of the 1526 Prague Haggadah. The Prague Haggadah is the earliest printed illustrated Haggadah to have survived in its entirety and is ...
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LOT 32:
Sefer Yesod: Autographed Copy of Rabbi Wolf Loewe, Author of Shaarei Torah Tur Choshen Mishpat Part II, Derishah U'Perishah Frankfurt am Main, 1716 * Tur Choshen Mishpat Part II – Sections 186-620 – with the commentaries: Beis Chadash; Perishah (the short commentary) and Derishah ...
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LOT 33:
Rare Miniature Booklet Tikun Shtaros. Amsterdam, 1697 * Collection of financial and nuptial deeds and contracts, including tena’im, kesubos and heter iska, etc. The writing of deeds and contracts, both for financial and nuptial purposes, is exceedingly complex and intricate and ...
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LOT 34:
Kresi Uplesi Special Copy, Personally Given by the Author Rav Yehonasan Eibeshitz to His Talmid! Sefer Yesod. First Edition. Metz, 1763 * A fundamental work on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah Chiddushim and elucidations on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah by Rav Yehonasan Eibeshitz, Av ...
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LOT 35:
Sefer Yesod: Birkei Yosef by the Chida First Edition. Livorno, 1774. * The sefer 'Birkei Yosef' is a two-part work on the four sections of the Shulchan Aruch, containing thousands of rulings, notes, and references that were written and compiled by Rabbi Yosef Chaim David Azulai, the ...
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LOT 36:
Eight Sides in the Holy Handwriting of Ben Ish Chai On Tzaddikim and Their Reward Baghdad, 1902 * In his holy words, the Ben Ish Chai distinguishes between a tzaddik who fulfills his obligations, and a chassid who fulfills acts of piety: A tzaddik's reward comes to him through ...
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LOT 37:
A Unique Letter from the Kaf HaChaim to a Rav in Munkatch Written in Ashkenazi Script!! * A halachic ruling on matters of cleanliness sent by the Gaon of Iraqi Jewry, the renowned kabbalist and halachic authority Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer, author of 'Kaf HaChaim'. This letter was sent ...
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LOT 38:
Beautiful Original Document with the Signature of the Baba Sali Erfoud, 1948 * A monetary document regarding rights to a courtyard in the city of Erfoud, Morocco, belonging to Rabbi Eliyahu Sitrit, a trusted associate of the Baba Sali. Two witnesses from the city's chachamim signed the ...
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LOT 39:
A Segulah for Children! Chiddushei Torah in the Holy Handwriting of the Chasam Sofer Dresnitz, 1797 * Chiddushei Torah in the holy handwriting of the venerable Rabbi Moshe Sofer, Av Beis Din of Pressburg and author of 'Chasam Sofer'. It includes a complete chiddush on Parshas Vayechi ...
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20,000
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LOT 40:
Fascinating Rare Document with Signatures of the Torah Giants of Warsaw - Rabbi Shlomo Eiger, Rabbi Moshe Lifshitz (Father-in-law of the Ger and Kotzk Dynasty), Rabbi Chaim Davidson and Others Warsaw, 1811 * A paper containing signatures of approximately twenty Rabbanim, confirming ...
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LOT 41:
Eulogy in the Holy Handwriting of the Tiferes Yisrael Rabbi Yisrael Lifschitz, Av Beis Din of Danzig Danzig, 1841 * A eulogy delivered by Rabbi Yisrael Lifschitz on Taanis Esther 1841, written in his holy handwriting. Rabbi Yisrael Lifschitz (1782-1860), Av Beis Din of Danzig ...
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LOT 42:
Extremely Rare!! A Complete Letter from Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, Author of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch! To the Holy Rav of Daash, Author of Ma'aglei Tzedek * A complete and beautiful letter, autographed and in the holy handwriting of Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried of Ungvar, author of the 'Kitzur ...
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LOT 43:
Teshuvah by Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz Av Beis Din of Stanislav * Teshuvah, handwritten by Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz, Av Beis Din of Stanislav and author of ‘Meah Shearim’. Rabbi Yitzchak was the son of the famous Bar Levai, and the father of the Harei Besamim. The long letter ...
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LOT 44:
Handwritten Letter by Rabbi Yosef Klein-Tchaba Raavad of Serdahel. 1873 * Letter of greetings written and autographed by Rabbi Yosef Klein-Tchaba, Raavad of Serdahel and author of ‘Ahavas Tzion’. Rabbi Yosef Klein-Tchaba, Raavad of Serdahel (d.1897), was a dayan in Serdahel during the ...
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LOT 45:
"May Hashem be with you and open your heart to Torah" Halachic Rulings for Pesach in the holy handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld Jerusalem, 1887 * A beautiful letter containing responsa with complete questions and answers. On the first page are questions in halacha in the ...
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LOT 46:
"And Aharon was Silent": Awe-Inspiring Letter from Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg of Unsdorf Following His Son's Passing to Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, Author of 'Lev HaIvri' * An autographed and handwritten letter by Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg, Av Beis Din and Rosh Yeshiva of the Unsdorf Yeshiva ...
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LOT 47:
Autographed Letter of Blessings for Healing by Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov. Only Thirty Days Before His Passing! 1905 * Autographed letter by the first Admor of Bobov Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam. It was sent to Rabbi Mordechai Friedman, Av Beis Din of Tete, and is replete with ...
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8,000
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LOT 48:
“Our livelihood should come through permitted means, with dignity.” An Interesting and Rare Letter in the Holy Handwriting of the Miracle Worker Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hoffman, the Dayan of Papa * A complete letter, handwritten and signed by the holy and extraordinary Gaon Rabbi Moshe Yosef ...
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LOT 49:
Letter of Zealous Protest by Rabbi Yeshaya Zilberstein Against Zionism and the Mizrachi Party Weitzen, 1904 * A sharp and emphatic handwritten and autographed postcard by Rabbi Yeshaya Zilberstein, Av Beis Din of Weitzen and one of the leading poskim in Hungary for decades. The letter ...
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LOT 50:
Halachic Response from Rabbi Eliezer David Greenwald of Satmar Obervisha, 1912 * A letter containing Torah insights regarding the laws of mikvaos according to the approach of the Chasam Sofer and his grandson, the Shevet Sofer. It was handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer David Greenwald ...
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