LOT 1:
Extremely rare! Mechilta DeRabbi Yishmael, first edition, Constantinople, 1515. Midrash Mechilta DeRabbi Yishmael (Mechilta) on Sefer Shemot, which served as the foundation for the Derashos of the Sages on Halachic matters pertaining to the Mitzvahs that appear in this Sefer. An extremely ...
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LOT 2:
Sefer HaAruch by Rabbi Nassan of Rome, Dictionary of Talmudic words, second edition, Pissarro, 1517. Sefer HaAruch authored by Rabbi Nassan ben Rabbi Yechiel of Rome, one of the basic Seforim for understanding difficult words of the Tamud and the Midrashim of the Sages. Rabbi Nassan, who was ...
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LOT 3:
Extremely rare, one of the first Seforim printed by the Bomberg press! Nevi'im Rishonim with a translation and the Radak commentary, Daniel Bomberg Press, Venice, 1517. According to the title page: "Nevi'im Rishonim with the translation and the Radak commentary printed with much scrutiny in ...
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LOT 4:
Extremely rare, Tikkunei HaZohar first edition! Printed by Emanuel ben Yekutiel Ish Benyonto Mantova, 1558. Ayin Tikkunim by the Divine Tana Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on the secrets of the Torah and exegesis on the word Bereshit. This first edition constituted the basis and foundation of all ...
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LOT 5:
Extremely rare, complete and beautiful! A volume of Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah, one of the first editions of the Shulchan Aruch with Hagahos HaRema! Krakow, 1607. Shulchan Aruch "in a small volume that can be easily carried and studied everywhere and at any time". One of the first editions ...
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LOT 6:
Extremely rare. The holy Sefer Megaleh Amukot first edition! Krakov 1637 The holy Sefer Megaleh Amukot contains 252 ways to explain the prayer of Moshe Rabbeinu "E'ebra Nah" in Parashas Vaetchanan to enter the Holy Land. Authored by the Holy Gaon Rabbi Natan Note Shapiro of Krakow ...
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LOT 7:
Sefer HaZohar, section 3, Sefer Vayikra, Slavuta (1815). rare. Sefer HaZohar on the Torah by the Divine Tana rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai with Sitrei Torah and Midrash Hane'elam and Ra'aya Meheimana and Tosefta and references to biblical verses and Derech Emes by the Ari abd Imrei Binah by the ...
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LOT 8:
Rare! Sefer Tzava'ah. The last will and testament of the Great Holy Rav Rabbi Aharon of Karlin, 'וגם זמר נאה לשבת מהרב הנ"ל [קה אכסוף], גם הנהגות טובות מבנו הרב המפורסם וכו' מוה' אשר ז"ל' which was printed as a special miniature pocket edition by the Shapiro Brothers in Zhitomir in 1856. 2 ...
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LOT 9:
Miniature, Sefer 'Choker U'Mekubal' by the holy 'RaMCHaL' Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Zhytomyr 1855. Miniature, Sefer 'Choker U'Mekubal', on the basis of Emunah and Kabbalah, authored by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto the 'RaMChaL'. By Partners grandsons of the Rav of Slavita Rabbi Chanina Lipa ...
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LOT 10:
Sefer Chassidut extremely rare! 'Likutei RaMal', by the Holy Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sassov. First print. Partners grandsons of the Rav of Slavita. Zhytomyr, 1856. 'Likutei RaMal' by the Holy Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sassov. First printed by the Partners grandsons of the Rav of Slavita Rabbi Chanina ...
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LOT 11:
Rare! Sefer 'Metzaref Ha'Avodah' with an exclusive letter from the Holy Baal HaTanya. Rabbi Arye Leib Shapiro Press. Zhytomyr 1855. Sefer 'Metzaref Ha'Avodah': "הוא ויכוח אשר היה זה כשמונים שנה בין שני גדולי הדור, האחד מעדת החסידים והשני מעת המנגדים, ושניהם לשם שמים נתכוונו... ונלחמו על שדה ...
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LOT 12:
Sefer 'HaRokeach' by Rabbi Eleazar of Worms, from the Baalei Tosefot. Shapiro Brothers Press, grandsons of Rav of Slavita in Zhytomyr 1847. Ownership signatures: 'שמואל שמריה היינה ירושלם' (Shamuel Shemaryah Heina, Jerusalem), Rabbi Shamuel was the eldest grandson of the Imrei Emes of Gur ...
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LOT 13:
A copy rare in its beauty! Tikkunei HaZohar by the Divine Tana Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai which was printed at the printery of the partners the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta, Zhitomir, 1865. A copy that is rare in its fine and well-preserved condition from the renowned printery of the ...
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LOT 14:
Lengthy letter by the Gaon Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis Rosh Av Beis Din of HaEdah HaCharedis handwritten entirely by him, Jerusalem, 1952. In the letter that was sent to the Gaon's friend, Dr. Hillman, the Rosh Av Beis Din aplogizes for his delayed reponse due to tremendous workload, "It is ...
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LOT 15:
"One cannot imagine how many hardships he had gone through". A letter handwritten entirely by Maran the Tshebiner Rav Rabbi Dov Berish Widenfeld about charity for an important Rav a refugee from Galicia. Jerusalem, 1951. Not many are the letters handwritten entirely by Maran Posek Hador Gaon ...
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LOT 16:
Letter by the Gaon Rabbi Yeshaya Asher Zelig Margaliyot, one of the leaders of the zealots of Jerusalem, to the Gaon Rabbi israel Meir Zacharish, a disciple of the Chazon Ish, Jerusalem, 1963. The letter that was sent to Rabbi Israel Meir Zacharish of Bnei Berak, one of the greatest ...
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LOT 17:
Letter of request and blessing by the Admor Rabbi Mordechai Goldman of Zvhil, to help him receive the support of aid organizations in the USA for the expenses of his daughter's wedding. With his handwritten signature and stamp. Jerusalem, [1965]. "A meritorious act is brought about by Heaven ...
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LOT 18:
Letter of blessings for the New Year by the Jerusalemite Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Chaim Brim while he was in the Diaspora. Spring Valley, 1974. In the letter, the Jerusalemite Gaon warmly blesses the activist Rabbi Menachem Porush for the New Year: "May Hashem Yisborach make that we merit to ...
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LOT 19:
Letter of gratitude for supporting Torah and Chassidus handwritten by Maran the Nesivos Sholom of Slonim. Jerusalem, 1978. In the letter the holy Admor expresses his gratitutde to the Jerusalemite activist Rabbi Menachem Porush for an amount of a thousand Lirot which he gave him to give to ...
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LOT 20:
Letter by the great Gaon Rabbi Menashe Klein author of Mishneh halachos Gaon Av Beis Din of Ungvar, about his plan for settling Jerusalem and establishing the Kiryas Ungvar in Ramot. Brooklyn, New York, Iyar 1979. The letter was sent to the renowned Jerusalemite activist Rabbi Menachem ...
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LOT 21:
Razin DeRazin handwritten by the Kabbalists and hidden Tzaddikim. The Kabbalist the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Moshe Yair Weinstock in a letter to the Kabbalist the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Ze'ev Leibowitz and his implied response, on matters of Teshuva and Emunah after the horrors of the Holocaust. ...
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LOT 22:
Wedding invitation, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau Shalita, the future Chief Rabbi of Israel, with Mrs. Chayuta the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Yedidya Frankel Rav in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv 1960. Invitation to the wedding of "The great Bachur Rabbi Yisroel Meir (the son of the Holy Gaon Ramach Av Beis ...
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LOT 23:
One of the first documents from the establishment of the Shas movement! - Signed by Chachmei HaTorah and some of its leading founders, negotiation with Agudas Yisroel. Jerusalem, Cheshvan 1983. The worldwide Shas movement was initially established as an organization and union of Sephardic ...
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LOT 24:
Recommendation by Rabbi Ovadya Yosef, handwritten and signed by him, to assist with the publishing of the Sefer of Rabbi Asher Chadad "Shmo Asher". Jerusalem, [1991]. "I hereby appeal to your Excellency, to help our brother ... who deals with Kodashim in publishing the Geonim of Tunisia ... to ...
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LOT 25:
Printed during the author's lifetime! Turei Even on Tractate Rosh Hashana, Chagiga and Megilah, by Rabbeinu author of the She'agas Aryeh, first edition, Metz, 1781. The personal copy of Rabbi Moshe Sethon. Sefer Turei Even authored by Rabbeinu Rabbi Aryeh Leib Ginzburg author of the ...
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LOT 26:
Kol Boh, Piskei Halacos by one of the Rishonim, early edition, Furth, 1782. Sefer Kol Boh is a Sefer of Piskei Halachos HaRishonim, the identity of its author unknown (some attributed it to the Rivash while others to Rabbi Aharon Hacohen of Lunel). This Sefer is one of the basic Seforim of ...
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LOT 27:
Printed in the author's lifetime! Binyan Ariel second section (titled Beis Talmud), innovations on several tractates of the Shas, authored by Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam, first edition, Amsterdam, 1778. Section A of the Sefer (titled 'Chadrei Torah Vebeis Moed' containing innovations and ...
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LOT 28:
Shechitot UBedikot, kitzur hilchos shechita by the Mahari Weill, Frankfurt am Main, 1723. Sefer Shechitot Ubedikot which was authored by Rabbeinu Yaakov Weill one of the greatest Poskim of all generations became a heritage asset and is mandatory reading for those entering the gates of ...
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LOT 29:
Reshit Chochma, Ma'marei Mussar by Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas of the Kabbalists of Safed, early edition (fifth), Amsterdam, 1708. Printed with approbations by the greatest rabbis of Amsterdam: Rabbi Shlomo de Oliveyra and Rabbi Shlomo Ayllon (the Bar Pelugta of Chacham Zvi and Rabbi Moshe ...
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LOT 30:
Shut Zera Avraham (on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat) authored by the Rishon LeZion Rabbi Avraham Yitzchaki, first edition, Constantinople, 1732. Ownership inscription in Solitreo (Chatzi Kulmus) on the title page: "חנני אלוקים..." The Rishon LeZion Rabbi Avraham Yitzchaki ...
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LOT 31:
Emes LeYaakov, elucidations on the writings of the Ari and Rabbi Chaim Vital alphabetically ordered, authored by Rabbi Yaakov She'altiel Ninio, single edition, Livorno, 1843. The author the Holy Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Shelatiel Ninio. One of the greatest rabbis of the Land of Israel. Was born in ...
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LOT 32:
Beis Lechem Yehuda, innovations and elucidations on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah, authored by the Gaon Rabbi Zvi Hirsch ben Rabbi Azriel of Vilna, third edition, Polonne, 1804. Printed with approbations by Gedolei Hador: Rabbi Avraham Dov Auerbach and Rabbi Bezalal Maragaliot of Ostroh. An ...
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LOT 33:
Extremely rare and pedigreed copy! Yedei Eliyahu, on matters of Talmudic Takanot which are Deorayta and which Derabbanan, authored by the Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Galipapa, one of the Geonim of Kushta, single edition, Constantinople, 1728. The author Rabbi Eliyahu Galipapa was one of the greatest ...
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LOT 34:
Yishrei Lev, alphabetically ordered Psakim and with a eulogy for the Rav the author, written by the Rishon LeZion Rabbi David Chazan, first edition, Izmir, 1870. The Rishon LeZion Rabbi Chaim David Chazan (1790-1869), Gedol Hador of his generation, the son of the Rishon LeZion Rabbi Yosef ...
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LOT 35:
Extremely rare and pedigreed! 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 Elyokim, one of the sages of Salonika, to Rabbi Avraham Mizrachi, the grandson of the Rashash and one ...
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LOT 36:
Three essays by the sons of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Palaggi bound together: * Sefer Yaffe Lalev VeSefer Yaffe Laenayim, elucidations on the Shulchan Aruch and several of the tractates of the Shas. Authored by the Gaon Rabbi Rachamim Yitzchak Palaggi, Izmir, apparently 1896. * Sefer Shmo ...
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LOT 37:
Torah Nevi'im and Ketuvim Biblia Hebraica, [A: Chamisha Chumshei Torah]. Leipzig, 1756. Chamisha Chumshei Torah from the Leipzig Bible. Bernh. Christ. Breitkopfium Press, Leipzig, 1756. [7], 274 pp. 15 cm. Printed line by line after the Leipzig edition 1725, without the dedication to the ...
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LOT 38:
Tiferes Shmuel, innovations and notations on Seder Piskei HaRosh, authored by the Gaon Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Kaidanover the father of the Holy Gaon author of Kav HaYashar, first edition, Frankfurt, 1696. This Sefer became a heritage asset among Torah scholars and students and it is printed ...
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LOT 39:
Rare and sanctified! "Megakeh Amukos" by the Gaon Rabbi Natan Note Shapiro the Rav of Krakow. Second edition. Furth, [1691]. A fine, complete copy. The holy Sefer 'Megaleh Amukos' authored by the Holy Gaon Rabbi Natan Note Shapiro the renowned Rav of Krakow. The Sefer was accepted lovingly ...
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LOT 40:
Kad HaKemach, by Rabbeinu Bechaye, important edition, Ostroh, 1804. Fourth edition. Ownership notation on the back flyleaf: "Belongs to the Rabbinic Naggid Sender Friedlander". Latin ownership notations. With approbations by the Gaon Rabbi Bezalel Margolis of Ostroh. The Gaon Rabbi Leib ...
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LOT 41:
Wonderful condition! Nodah BiYehuda Shut by Rabbi Yechezkel Segal Landau, first edition, Furth, 1811. Section A (on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah) of Mahadura Tanyana of the Nodah BiYehuda Shut, an elegant and very well preserved copy of one of the basic Shut Seforim in recent ...
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LOT 42:
Holy! Set Yerushalmi Zhytomyr print, from which the Eldest rIghteous of the generation Maran the Holy Rabbi Yisrael of Husiatyn had Studied. Holy! Set Yerushalmi, five volumes, on the entire Shas Zhytomyr print, from which the Sabba Kaddisha Eldest of Tzaddikei HaDor Maran the Holy Rabbi ...
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LOT 43:
A piece of straw on which Hrh"k the Mhry"d of Belz zye"a stood on during the Avodat Hakodesh on Yom Kippur in the city of Belz 1925. This piece of straw was given as a gift from Rebbetzin Chaya Devorah wife of the Mhry"d of Belz to the mother of HaRav HaChassid Yaakov Gutman of Bnei Brak, at ...
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LOT 44:
Precious Segulah! A piece of straw (Stroi) on which the Holy Rav Rabbi Aharon of Belz stood in the midst of the Holy Day during his awe-inspiring Avodah - [1954]. A piece of straw (Stroi) on which the Belzer Rav stood in Katamon on Yom Kippur of 1954 during his awe-inspiring Avodas HaKodesh. ...
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LOT 45:
A holy coin that has been blessed by the eldest of the Taddikim of our generation the Holy Rav of Skolen. A silver-plated coin for protection, blessing and success which was given by the institutions of the charity enterprise of Chasdei Eliezer D'Skolen and which was blessed by the Holy ...
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LOT 46:
Or Same'ach on the Rambam by Rabbeinu Meir Simcha Hacohen of Dvinsk, two sections, first editions bound in a single volume! Or Same'ach on the Rambam: Mada, Ahava and Zemanin. Riga, 1926. Or Same'ach on the Rambam: Nashim and Kedusha. Warsaw, 1902. The author Rabbeinu Meir Simcha Hacohen ...
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LOT 47:
Collection of [7] Seforim by Maran the Chofetz Chaim, first editions, well-preserved copies. * Ma'amar Toras Habayis , on the magnitude of the obligation to study Torah, Piotrkow, 1907. * Sefer Ahavas Chessed, Halachos and Midrashim and Tzeddakah matters , Warsaw, 1888. * Sefer Shem Olam ...
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LOT 48:
Ma'amar Ikveta DeMeshicha and Ma'amar on Emunah, by Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman. [New York], [1939]. Yiddish. First edition. Rare. Ma'amar Ikveta DeMeshicha and Ma'amar on Emunah, א בעלייכטונג פון דער ועצטיקער תקופה. By Rabbi Elchonon Bonem waaserman. [New York], [1939]. 51, [1] pp. 20 cm. ...
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