Auction 57 - June 2024 | בית המכירות תפארת

His Home is Like That of Avraham Avinu! Picture of the Holy Tzaddik of Kerestir.

His Home is Like That of Avraham Avinu! Picture of the Holy Tzaddik of Kerestir. His home is exactly like that of Avraham Avinu! A photograph of the holy and immense Tzaddik Rabbi Yeshaya of Kerestir, which had been printed in Hungary not long after his passing –a Segula for ultimate protection.

Start price:

100

Lot 2:

Tikkun Chatzot in Italian Handwriting. 200 Years Old

Tikkun Chatzot in Italian Handwriting. 200 Years Old Handwritten pamphlet, Tikkun Chatzot for the Three Weeks. Italy, circa early 19th century.

Start price:

100

Lot 3:

Deed from the Greatest of the Sephardic Sages in Yerushalayim – 1854

Deed from the Greatest of the Sephardic Sages in Yerushalayim – 1854 Deed, signed by the Av Beis Din of Yerushalayim, Rabbi Michoel Yaakov Yisrael, Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi – who later became Rishon LeTzion and Chacham Bashi, and the collector Rabbi Menachem Alsheich. The deed forbids infringing on the property rights of Rabbi Yosef Ibn Ruby, who had given a deposit on two stores in the Jewish market in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 1854.

Start price:

400

Lot 4:

Letter from the Gedolim of Jaffa, 1903

Letter from the Gedolim of Jaffa, 1903 Letter from the great Gaon Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Halevi, with the Rabbonim of Jaffa, calling on philanthropists to support a precious “poor man, full of piety and worship, who has two aging daughters dependent on him”. Jaffa, 1903.

Start price:

250

Lot 5:

Controversy Between the Kollelim of Yerushalayim and Tveriah. 1910

Controversy Between the Kollelim of Yerushalayim and Tveriah. 1910 “And peace everlasting!” Letter from the Rabbis of the Central committee of the Sephardic community in Tveria, Rabbi Machluf Hakohen, Rabbi Shmuel ibn Kiki, and Rabbi David Reina, requesting to receive their share of the donations that were received from North America. 1910.

Start price:

300

Lot 6:

Letter of Blessings from Rabbi Ben Tzion Koinka, Rosh Av Beis Din of the Sephardic Community in Yerushalayim. 1921

Letter of Blessings from Rabbi Ben Tzion Koinka, Rosh Av Beis Din of the Sephardic Community in Yerushalayim. 1921 Letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ben-Tzion Koinka, Raavad of the Sephardic community in Yerushalayim. Jerusalem, 1921.

Start price:

300

Lot 7:

Actions of Beis Din from the Greatest of the Sephardic Sages in Yerushalayim – the Rishonim Letzion

Actions of Beis Din from the Greatest of the Sephardic Sages in Yerushalayim – the Rishonim Letzion Certificate of actions of the Beis Din, signed by the leading sages of Yerushalayim, the Rishon LeTziyon Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Suzin, and the future Rishonim LeTziyon, Rabbi Avraham Chaim Gagin and Rabbi Yona Moshe Navon. Jerusalem, 1835.

Start price:

1000

Lot 8:

Manuscript of the Immense Gaon Author of ‘Ikarei Hada”T’, Florence 1791 – Partially Unprinted

Manuscript of the Immense Gaon Author of ‘Ikarei Hada”T’, Florence 1791 – Partially Unprinted Manuscript. Preface to the Sefer “Se’udat Mitzvah’, in the holy handwriting of the author, the Gaon Rabbi Daniel Tirani, Av Beis Din of Florence, author of ‘Ikarei Hada”T’, from the leading Rabbis and Poskim of Italy. – Florence, 1791 – Different version that the printed one.

Start price:

300

Lot 9:

To Be Saved from the Holocaust! a Letter of Tzedakah from Rabbi David Sabah, Rabbi of Rabat, Morocco

To Be Saved from the Holocaust! a Letter of Tzedakah from Rabbi David Sabah, Rabbi of Rabat, Morocco A letter calling on the public to increasecharity so as to escape bad and harsh decrees, by Rabbi David Sabah, Rabbi of Rabbat, and the elders of the community. Rabbat, Morocco, early 19440’s during WWII.

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200

Lot 10:

Beis Din Deed, from the Gaon Rabbi Shaul Sutton – Buenos Aires, 1913

Beis Din Deed, from the Gaon Rabbi Shaul Sutton – Buenos Aires, 1913 Deed of a Beis Din, signed by Rabbi Shaul David Sutton and his Beis Din. Buenos Aires, 1913.

Start price:

100

Lot 11:

Ketubah, Signed by the Rishon Le’Tzion and the Sephardic Sages of Jerusalem, 1844

Ketubah, Signed by the Rishon Le’Tzion and the Sephardic Sages of Jerusalem, 1844 Ketubah written for the marriage of the Rav Hakollel, Rabbi Yitzchak ben R’ Moshe Uziel, signed by the Rishon LeTziyon Rabbi Yitzchak Kobo and by Rabbi Binyamin Mordechai Navon. Jerusalem, 1844.

Start price:

500

Lot 12:

Deed of Absolution of a Will. Baghdad, 1847

Deed of Absolution of a Will. Baghdad, 1847 Manuscript. Deed of witness and abdication from all rights in the estate of his aunt and uncle. Baghdad, 1847.

Start price:

250

Lot 13:

Yemenite Manuscript: Sefer Heichal Hakodesh Copy of the First Edition, 1653

Yemenite Manuscript: Sefer Heichal Hakodesh Copy of the First Edition, 1653 Manuscript Sefer Heichal Hakodesh, to elucidate the prayers for all year round, their secret and Kavanah [by Rabbi Moshe ben Rabbi Maimon Albas], with a foreword by the Kabbalist Rav Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas and glosses based on the Ari by the Kabbalist Rav Rabbi Aharon Hasivoni. Copy of the first edition Amsterdam 1653. [Yemen, early 19th century].

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200

Lot 14:

Old Moroccan Manuscript. Haftarah With Translation to Judeo-Arabic

Old Moroccan Manuscript. Haftarah With Translation to Judeo-Arabic Ancient manuscript, Haftarah for Parshat Ha’azinu – II Samuel, §22, with Targum Yonatan and translation in Judeo-Arabic.

Start price:

160

Lot 15:

Manuscript of Rabbi Yehuda Even Tzor – of the Leading Sages of Morocco.

Manuscript of Rabbi Yehuda Even Tzor – of the Leading Sages of Morocco. Manuscript. Copy of the title page of Sefer “Et Sofer U’melitzat VeShe’erit Yosef”, by Rabbi Yehuda, son of Rabbi Yosef, son of Rabbi Yaakov Even Tzor. Morocco, 18th century.

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500

Lot 16:

Chacham Bashi Cahi Nachum Effendi to Maran Rabbi Shmuel Salant. Kollel Controversy in Yerushalayim.

Chacham Bashi Cahi Nachum Effendi to Maran Rabbi Shmuel Salant. Kollel Controversy in Yerushalayim. The ‘Kollel America’ controversy. A letter from the Chacham Bashi, Chaim Nachum Effendi, to the Master of Yerushalayim, the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Salant, asking that he assist in transferring the funds to the members of Kollel America “Tiferes Yerushalayim”. Constantinople, 1908.

Start price:

200

Lot 17:

Manuscript of the Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Nachum of Izmir – 1797

Manuscript of the Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Nachum of Izmir – 1797 Manuscript, receipt for a payment and a blessing, by Rabbi Mordechai Nachum. Izmir, 1797.

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200

Lot 18:

Dedication by the Author to the “Toras Chesed” of Lublin. Responsa Ma’aseh Ish. First Edition

Dedication by the Author to the “Toras Chesed” of Lublin. Responsa Ma’aseh Ish. First Edition Responsa “Ma’aseh Ish” by the Rishon LeTzion Rabbi Yaakov Shaul Elyashar – Jerusalem 1892 – first edition – author’s dedication to the immense Gaon Rabbi Shneur Zalman Pradkin, Av Beis Din of Lublin, author of “Toras Chesed”.

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200

Lot 19:

Collection of Letters Regarding Wills. Tunisia and Jerusalem, 1920-1940

Collection of Letters Regarding Wills. Tunisia and Jerusalem, 1920-1940 Collection of [5] documents and letters regarding inheritances, a declaration, a waiver, and a repayment of debt to the Mamo family. With signatures of Rabbis, Notaries Public , and consulates. Tunisia, Jerusalem, and Buenos Aires. 1922-1938.

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350

Lot 20:

Letter of Blessing from the Great Sages and Mekubalim of Bet-El, 1920-30

Letter of Blessing from the Great Sages and Mekubalim of Bet-El, 1920-30 “May it be that the will of Hashem will succeed in your hands, and everywhere you turn you will succeed and have wisdom, and the merit of the holy Rabbis which stood in this holy place will protect you and all that is iin your house” – a letter from the greatest of the sages of the Yeshiva of the Mekubalim “Beit El” in Yerushalayim (ca. 1820-30).

Start price:

1000

Lot 21:

Secrets of Secrets! Handwritten Manuscript of the Holy Mekubal Rabbi Yehuda Petaya

Secrets of Secrets! Handwritten Manuscript of the Holy Mekubal Rabbi Yehuda Petaya Depth of the Secrets of the Torah, in the handwriting of the famous and holy Mekubal Rabbi Yehuda Petaya.

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600

Lot 22:

Segulot and An Amulet With Holy Names Written by the Holy Elder Mekubal Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri

Segulot and An Amulet With Holy Names Written by the Holy Elder Mekubal Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri Page of mentions, written on both sides in the holy handwriting of the elder Mekubal, the holy and G-Dly Gaon Maran Rabbi Yizhak Kaduri.

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300

Lot 23:

Important Letter from Maran the Rishon LeTzion Rabbi Ovadiya Yosef

Important Letter from Maran the Rishon LeTzion Rabbi Ovadiya Yosef Important letter regarding the “Chazon Ovadiya” seminary for Rabbonim and Dayanim, headed by Maran the immense Gaon Rabbi Ovadiya Yosef – entirely in his handwriting. 1979.

Start price:

600

Lot 24:

Sefer Or Hashem By Rabbi Chisdai KarshKash – Ferrara, 1555 – First Edition

Sefer Or Hashem By Rabbi Chisdai KarshKash – Ferrara, 1555 – First Edition Sefer Or Hashem by Rabbi Chisdai Karshkash – Ferrara, 1555 – first edition.

Start price:

250

Lot 25:

Bar Sheshet. Riva Del Trento, 1559 – Rare and Important Sefer

Bar Sheshet. Riva Del Trento, 1559 – Rare and Important Sefer Sefer Bar Sheshes, by Rabbeinu Rabbi Yitzchak Bar Sheshes. Riva del Ttrento, [1559]. Rare.

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300

Lot 26:

Bar Sheshet. Riva Del Trento, 1559 – Exemplar of Rabbi Moshe Katznelboigen

Bar Sheshet. Riva Del Trento, 1559 – Exemplar of Rabbi Moshe Katznelboigen Sefer Bar Sheshet by Rabbeinu Rabbi Yitzchak Bar Sheshet. Riva del Trento, [1559]. Rare. Pedigreed copy.

Start price:

1000

Lot 27:

Rare Kabbalistic Sefer! Mar’os Elohim. First Edition, Venice 1567

Rare Kabbalistic Sefer! Mar’os Elohim. First Edition, Venice 1567 Mar'os Elohim, [Avodash Hakodesh], by the Kabbalist Rabbi Meir icn Gabai, one of the Spanish exiles. Venice, [1567]. First edition. Rare.

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1000

Lot 28:

Peirush Hamilot, on the Targum. Krakow, 1580. Rare

Peirush Hamilot, on the Targum. Krakow, 1580. Rare Peirush Hamilot, elucidation of words of the Targum of Chamesh megillot, Daniel and Ezra, by Rabbi Mordechai Luria. The press of Yitzchak ben Rabbi Aharon of Prostitz, Krakow, 1580. Rare.

Start price:

600

Lot 29:

First Edition – Holy Shlah, Amsterdam 1648-49. Elegant Exemplar

First Edition – Holy Shlah, Amsterdam 1648-49. Elegant Exemplar Sefer Shnei Luchos Habris (the holy Shlah) – Amsterdam 1648-49 – first edition – ancient signatures and notations – Handwritten title page.

Start price:

6000

Lot 30:

Zohar Chadash and Medrash Hane’elam. Venice, 1663. Kabbalistic Glosses

Zohar Chadash and Medrash Hane’elam. Venice, 1663. Kabbalistic Glosses Zohar Chadash and Medrash Hane’elam, Venice, 1663. Many glosses in Solitreo handwriting.

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200

Lot 31:

Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat With Commentary by the Sefer Me’iras Einayim – Krakow, 1672

Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat With Commentary by the Sefer Me’iras Einayim – Krakow, 1672 Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat with Commentary by the Sefer Me’iras Einayim – Krakow, 1672

Start price:

400

Lot 32:

Beis Aharon. Sermons. First Edition. Constantinople, 1678 – 350 Years Old! – Very Preserved

Beis Aharon. Sermons. First Edition. Constantinople, 1678 – 350 Years Old! – Very Preserved Sefer “Beis Aharon” by Rabbi Aharon Tzorigon. Sixty discourses on the Torah and the Agaddos in shas. Constantinople, 1678. First edition. Very well preserved.

Start price:

120

Lot 33:

Responsa HaBach, Frankfurt am Main 1697. First Edition

Responsa HaBach, Frankfurt am Main 1697. First Edition Responsa HaBach. Frankfurt am Main, [1697]. First edition. Rare.

Start price:

180

Lot 34:

Mateh Yosef First Edition, Constantinople 1717. Exemplar of the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Silber

Mateh Yosef First Edition, Constantinople 1717. Exemplar of the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Silber Responsa Mateh Yosef Vol. I. First edition. Constantinople, 1717. Exemplar stamped with the seal of the famous Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Silber, Gaavad of Cincinnati and from the leading American Rabbis.

Start price:

120

Lot 35:

Shvut Yaakov, First and Rare Edition! Halle, 1709

Shvut Yaakov, First and Rare Edition! Halle, 1709 Sefer Shvut Yaakov, responsa on all 4 parts of Shulchan Aruch. By the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Reisher, Av Beis Din of Reisha and Prague. With chiddushim on the Shas named “Pe’er Yaakov”. Vol. I, first edition. Halle, 1709.

Start price:

150

Lot 36:

Sefer of Kabbalistic Sermons “Hamefo’ar” – Amsterdam, 1709

Sefer of Kabbalistic Sermons “Hamefo’ar” – Amsterdam, 1709 “Hamefo’ar”, by the holy Mekubal Rabbi Shlomo Molcho. Sermons on the Agaddos in Shas based on the hidden wisdom. Amsterdam 1709.

Start price:

100

Lot 37:

Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah Vol. I – Fiorda 1725

Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah Vol. I – Fiorda 1725 Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah Vol I – Fürth 1725 – scores of ancient learned glosses.

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100

Lot 38:

Tur Even Ha’ezer Belonging to the Holy Ggaon Rabbi Avigdor of Kaminka and His Son the Holy Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Shimshon Horowitz

Tur Even Ha’ezer Belonging to the Holy Ggaon Rabbi Avigdor of Kaminka and His Son the Holy Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Shimshon Horowitz Tur Even Ha’ezer – Wilhelmsdorf, 1727 ed. – exemplar of the Gaon Rabbi Avigdor Horowitz Av Beis Din of Kaminka – signatures of his son, the Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Shimshon Horowitz Meizels, Av Beis Din of Zolkiew and Czernowitz.

Start price:

150

Lot 39:

First Edition Bearing This Name: “Ma’alos Hamidos”, Offenbach 1716

First Edition Bearing This Name: “Ma’alos Hamidos”, Offenbach 1716 Sefer ‘Ma’alos HaMidos’ by Rabbi Yechiel ben Rav Yekutiel ben Rav Yechiel the Doctor of the humble family. Offenbach, 1716. Second edition – first time this fundamental Mussar Sefer was printed bearing its well-known name.

Start price:

250

Lot 40:

Yemin Moshe. Amsterdam, 1718 Rare Pocket Edition

Yemin Moshe. Amsterdam, 1718 Rare Pocket Edition Yemin Moshe (second edition), Zikaron Lvnei Yisrael and Shochatei Hayeladim (first editions). Amsterdam, [1718]. Rare.

Start price:

100

Lot 41:

Rare! Rei’ach Sadeh. First Edition. Constantinople 1738.

Rare! Rei’ach Sadeh. First Edition. Constantinople 1738. Sefer Rei’ach Sadeh, Chiddushim and responsa by Rabbi Shimon Dwek, from the great sages of Aleppo. Constantinople, print house of Yonah ben Yaakov Ashkenazi, 1738. First edition.

Start price:

200

Lot 42:

Parshat Derachim, Venice, 1743. Noble Rabbinical Exemplar

Parshat Derachim, Venice, 1743. Noble Rabbinical Exemplar Parashat Derachim, 26 Drushim, followed by ‘Derech Mitzvoteicha’ on the count of the Mitzvot. By Rabbi Yehuda Rozanis, author of the ‘Mishne Lamelech’. Venice, 1743. Exemplar of important Rabbinical personages.

Start price:

1800

Lot 43:

Praise and Song For the Salvation of the Community of Fossano, Italy During the Napoleonic War. Rare!

Praise and Song For the Salvation of the Community of Fossano, Italy During the Napoleonic War. Rare! Song of praise for the salvation of the Jewish community in Fossano during Pesach of 1796, during Napoleon’s war in Italy. Rare.

Start price:

380

Lot 44:

Kehilat Shlomo - Commentary On The Haggadah - Dihrenport 1818

Kehilat Shlomo - Commentary On The Haggadah - Dihrenport 1818 Kehilat Shelomo, commentary on the Haggadah in German an Yiddish, by Rabbi Shlomo Zalmen Londen. Printed in Dihrenport, and the printing house of the famous Chassid Rabbi Yosef Maya, 1818.

Start price:

350

Lot 45:

Responsa ‘Tzemach Tzedek HaKadmon’ - Sudylkiv 1834 Many Important Glosses

Responsa ‘Tzemach Tzedek HaKadmon’ - Sudylkiv 1834 Many Important Glosses Responsa ‘Tzemach Tzedek’ (the Ancient) - Sudylkiv 1834 - Many glosses at the beginning.

Start price:

100

Lot 46:

Rare and Noble! Yad Rama, First Edition. Author’s Dedication to the Mekubal Rabbi Avraham Mizrahi

Rare and Noble! Yad Rama, First Edition. Author’s Dedication to the Mekubal Rabbi Avraham Mizrahi Extremely rare and noble! Sefer Yad Rama on Tractate Sanhedrin by Rabbi Meir Abulafia one of the greatest Rishonim. First edition, Salonika, 1798. Dedication by the publisher Rabbi Yechiel Elyakim, one of the sages of Salonika, to Rabbi Avraham Mizrahi, the grandson of the Rashash and one of the greatest Kabbalists of Jerusalem.

Start price:

850

Lot 47:

Rare Sefer! First Edition – Noble Exemplar! Mishcha D’Revusa – Livorno 1805

Rare Sefer! First Edition – Noble Exemplar! Mishcha D’Revusa – Livorno 1805 The personal copy of Rabbi Shmuel Konki: Mishcha DeRevuta, by the Kabbalist Rav Rabbi Massud Raphael Alfasi and his sons. Livorno, [1805]. First edition. Rare.

Start price:

250

Lot 48:

Ahavat Yehonatan, First Edition. Hamburg, 1765-1766

Ahavat Yehonatan, First Edition. Hamburg, 1765-1766 Ahavat Yehonatan, First Edition. Hamburg, 1765-1766. Rare.

Start price:

200

Lot 49:

Rosh Amanah, Printed in Altona, 1770

Rosh Amanah, Printed in Altona, 1770 Rosh Amanah, by Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abarbanel. Moshe Bon Segal Press, Altona, [1770].

Start price:

200

Lot 50:

Beis Middot, Dihrenport, 1778. Rare First Edition.

Beis Middot, Dihrenport, 1778. Rare First Edition. Beis Middot, by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Margolis. Dihrenport, 1778. Rare first edition.

Start price:

100