Luach Yerushalmi, calendar for the year 5649, with Boneh Yerushalayim, a survey of the Jewish settlers in Eretz Israel and their number, edited by R. Alexander Feivish son of R. David HaKohen of Vilna. Jerusalem: R. Avraham Moshe Luncz, [1888].

On verso of title page, printed Shanah Tovah blessing followed by an introduction by the editor, in Hebrew and German.

Contains a detailed calendar for the year 5649 (1888-1889), followed by Boneh Yerushalayim, a survey of the number of Jewish settlers in Eretz Israel in various cities, communities and kollels. The end of the book contains a chapter dedicated to ethics and current events in Jerusalem, composed of sentences with the numerical value of the year 5649.

[20], 21-32 pages. 11.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to title page and several other leaves. New leather binding.

Rare. Not documented by Sh. Halevy, the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book or the NLI catalog.

Kedushat HaAretz, selections from the Bible, Talmud, Midrash and Zohar, about the sanctity of the Land of Israel, by R. Moshe Wortmann (author of Romemut Nishmat Yisrael). Jerusalem: Yitzchak son of Tzvi [Gościnny], [1885].

Title page printed in gilt ink.

On verso of title page, signature of R. Shmuel Eliezer Wortman, grandson of the author, R. Moshe Wortman.

Signature on title page: "Eliyahu Moshe Maaravi". R. Eliyahu Moshe Maaravi (1873-1919), a leading kabbalist of Aleppo and Jerusalem, a disciple of HaRav HaSadeh who put his teachings down in writing, along with R. Yehudah Fetaya.

Another ownership inscription on title page of "Shlomo son of R. Meir HaKohen".

Stamp of author Alter Droyanov on title page.

The author,
R. Moshe Wortman of Kozhnitz (d. 1874), was renowned throughout Poland as a righteous scholar immersed in Torah day and night. He would frequent the courts of the great tzaddikim, including his teacher and mentor R. Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapiro, the Seraph of Mogielnica, his brother-in-law, R. Ze'ev of Józefów, and R. Yerachmiel of Peshischa. He would fast from one Shabbat to another for many years and would distribute all his wealth and possessions to widows and orphans. He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1860 and continued his lofty conduct. His other books include: Romemut Nishmat Yisrael, Tzedah LaDerech, Sefer HaChaim, Divrei Torah, Shivchei HaAretz HaKedoshah, and more.

[2], 1-43, 45-51 leaves. 15 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small tears to margins of title page and other leaves (slightly affecting title frame). Uneven trimming, affecting headers of one leaf, and short margins on last leaf. Light worming. New binding.

Variant title page, in gilt ink. See Kedem, Auction 98, Lot 158, for a copy with the title page in black ink.

Sh. Halevy, No. 527.

Azharot Sharh, Azharot for the first day of Shavuot by R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol, with a translation and commentary in Judeo-Arabic by R. Meir Sason (based on the commentary of the Rashbatz). Jerusalem: Shmuel HaLevi Zuckerman and partners, [1886].

The present book contains only the Azharot for the first day of Shavuot; Azharot for the second day were printed in Aleppo, 1888.

At beginning of volume, Reshut by R. David son of R. Elazar Bakuda.

8 leaves. 16.5 cm. Dry, somewhat brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small marginal tears. Light worming. Margins of several leaves repaired with paper. Close trimming, affecting text. New binding.

Sh. Halevy, No. 542.

Miniature siddur, Zichron Yerushalayim, year-round prayers (weekdays, Shabbat, festivals and high holidays) according to the Ashkenazic rite, based on the siddur of R. Wolf Heidenheim, by R. Mordechai Adelman. Jerusalem: A. M. Lunz, 1885.

Miniature travel edition.

Original olive wood binding on both sides, original gilt-decorated leather spine, and color endpaper. The Hebrew word "Jerusalem" appears on front of binding in black ink.

15, 17-144 leaves. Lacking leaf 16. Approx. 6 cm. Good condition. Stains. Title page loose and mostly detached. Original binding. Light damage to binding.

Recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a copy from the collection of R. David Kamenetzky.

Ahavat HaKadmonim – year-round siddur, according to the original rite of the community of Fez (Morocco). Jerusalem: Shmuel HaLevi Zuckerman, 1889. Rare first edition. Two title pages, the first colored. Illustrations of holy sites on verso of second title page and last leaf.

Weekday, Shabbat and festival prayers, according to the original Fez rite before the arrival of Spanish exiles with the Sephardic rite. According to the introduction by the proofreader, this siddur, the first printed edition of this rite, is based on a manuscript from the one synagogue in Fez that preserved the original rite.

On leaves 79-83, halachic ruling (dated 1715) on ownership and division of income from that synagogue.

Inscriptions and stamps of "Refael Aharon Sason".

[9], 84 leaves. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Light wear. Worming. Old leather binding with leather spine. Wear and damage to binding.

Sh. Halevy, No. 636 (recorded based on a copy held in the Ben-Zvi Institute).