Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Chok Yosef on Shulchan Aruch Hilchot Pesach (with the text of the Shulchan Aruch), by R. Yosef of Breslau. Amsterdam: Moses Frankfurt, [1730]. Only edition.
Ownership inscriptions on the title page, including that of R. Yaakov Chaim Sofer, author of Kaf HaChaim.
Additional inscription on the title page from Chaim Madpis (presumably R. Chaim Madpis of Fürth, possibly one of the print workers who participated in the printing of this book).
Another handwritten inscription (trimmed) in margin of title page.
[1], 33, 38-49, 34-37, 50-52, [1] leaves. Leaves 34-37 bound out of sequence. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Stamps. New binding.
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9 books from the 17th-19th centuries, with signatures, ownership inscription and glosses.
• Knesset HaGedolah, on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, by R. Chaim Benveniste. Fürth, [1692]. Second edition. Ownership inscriptions on last leaf: "This book belongs to… Naftali Hertz…"; "R. Nachman Halperin Dobrovitz".
• Torat Moshe, novellae on the Torah, by R. Moshe Alshech. Amsterdam, [1710]. Stamps: "Shlomo Kornberg – SK".
• Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah, novellae on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by R. Chaim Benveniste. Salonika, [1729]. Signature on title page: "Yitzchak Moshe Abulafia" [R. Yitzchak Abulafia, Torah scholar of Tiberias and Damascus, author of Pnei Yitzchak]. Long inscription on inside binding. Several glosses.
• Parashat Derachim, 26 homilies, and Derech Mitzvotecha on the 613 commandments, by R. Yehuda Rosanes, author of Mishne LaMelech. Venice, 1743. Second edition. Inscriptions on endpapers. Glosses on pp. 9a, 26a and 32b.
• Minchat Yaakov – Torat Chatat, on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, by R. Yaakov Reisher. Fürth, [1763]. Inscriptions on endpaper.
• Sefer HaAruch MiShach, Part I on Tur Yoreh De'ah, by R. Shabtai Katz, the Shach. Berlin, [1767]. Ownership inscriptions, including: "Chaim son of… of Ravitch…"; "Eliezer Lipman of Mezeritch…". Signed gloss on p. 33a: "I have written in my novellae… Chaim of Ravitch".
• Responsa Maharam Lublin. Metz, [1769]. Signature on title page: "Meir Shneur Zalman". Ownership inscription on second leaf: "…Avraham Ash of Poznań…" [R. Avraham Ash, author of Mareh Esh]. Russian stamps of Sh.B. Schneerson of Sirotino. Open tears to title page.
• Yad Yosef and Yad Shaul – Yadot Nedarim, on the laws of nedarim and shevuot, by R. Yosef Shaul Natansohn. Lviv, 1851. Signature on title page (partially deleted).
• Responsa Bar Sheshet – Responsa HaRivash. Vilna, 1878. Signatures on title page of Rabbi "Menachem Mendel… Kofeld of Warta".
9 books. Size and condition vary.
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Tehillim HaMeforash – Kavanat HaLev, with Shir HaShirim, Perek Shira and prayers. Petach Tikvah, 2014.
On the front flyleaf, a blessing handwritten and signed by R. Shimon Galai: "May he who prays from this book of Tehillim be blessed by the Almighty, may He fulfill all his wishes, spiritual and material, may his enterprises be successful and may he merit good health. Shimon Galai".
R. Shimon Galai, a rabbi in Bnei Brak, is known as a holy wonder-worker with thousands of followers who benefit from his blessings and good counsel.
R. Shimon Galai was born in 1949, to R. Shalom – a close disciple of the Chafetz Chaim. He studied at the Or Yisrael yeshiva in Petach Tikvah and later studied and taught at the Beit Meir yeshiva. In his youth, he was a Chassid of Rebbe Yechiel Yehoshua of Biala. Member of the Beit Din of R. Nissim Karelitz and rabbi in Bnei Brak.
512 pages. 23.5 cm. New condition. Leather binding. Placed in card slipcase.
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![Manuscript – leaves from Sefer HaAruch, by R. Nathan ben Yechiel of Rome. [Italy, ca. 17th century?]. Eight leaves, in Italia](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/214.jpg "Manuscript – Sefer HaAruch – Italy, 17th Century")
Manuscript – leaves from Sefer HaAruch, by R. Nathan ben Yechiel of Rome. [Italy, ca. 17th century?].
Eight leaves, in Italian cursive script (with initials in square letters). Small section of the work – entries "Ach" to "Antler" (manuscript lacking beginning). Several glosses.
[8] leaves. 28 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Open tear to first leaf, slightly affecting text. Repaired with paper. Inscriptions. New binding.
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Handwritten leaf, removed from a "binding genizah" – Sifra, on the weekly portion of Bechukotai. Sephardic script, [ca. 13th/14th century].
An almost complete leaf (damaged, with some loss of text) – beginning of the midrash on Bechukotai.
[1] leaf. Approx. 30 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Damage and open tears affecting text (mostly to margins). Worming affecting text.
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Fragments of parchment manuscript – Sefer HaEshkol, by R. Avraham ben Yitzchak of Narbonne. Semi-cursive Sephardic script, [ca. 13th century].
Sections of Hilchot Tzitzit and Hilchot Pidyon HaBen. Fragments of two double spreads – the bottom third of each spread (approx. ten last lines), damaged.
Sefer HaEshkol is an important early halachic work, written by R. Avraham ben Yitzchak (ca. 1080-1158), a leading Torah scholar in Provence, father-in-law of the Raavad Baal HaHasagot. He was a disciple of R. Yehuda ben Barzillai of Barcelona (a prominent Spanish Torah scholar). Sefer HaEshkol is quoted extensively in the books of the Rishonim and in later halachic literature.
[2] leaves. Size varies. Various degrees of damage due to use in binding.
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Manuscript leaf on parchment, fragment of an early prayer book, removed from a "binding genizah", bearing a unique, expanded version of the Baruch SheAmar blessing. [Yemen, 13th century].
Early Yemenite script. Supralinear vocalization.
This unique version of the Baruch SheAmar blessing does not appear in the extant Tiklal prayer books, however, it is similar in part to the early Persian version.
[1] parchment leaf (written on one side). 21 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains. Tears, holes and extensive worming, affecting text. Some of the text faded and is hardly legible.
Description based on a report (enclosed) by Mr. Shlomo Zucker, expert on Hebrew manuscripts.
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![Fragment of a manuscript on parchment, Sefer Rossino on the Torah. Oriental script, [14th/15th century?]. Section of Sefer Ro](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/218.jpg "Fragments of an Early Manuscript on Parchment – Sefer Rossino – 14th/1")
Fragment of a manuscript on parchment, Sefer Rossino on the Torah. Oriental script, [14th/15th century?].
Section of Sefer Rossino – commentary on the Torah by Rabbi Samuel of Rossino, a Torah scholar active in South Italy and the Byzantine Empire in the 11th and 12th centuries. The book survived in several early manuscripts and was first published only after some 850 years (Sefer Rushino, Jerusalem: Mossad HaRav Kook, 1977; edited by Rabbi Dr. Moshe Weiss).
R. Shmuel of Rossino was a leading Torah commentator, a contemporary of Rashi.
5 manuscript fragments. Size varies. Various degrees of damage. Part of the text is faded and illegible.
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Two manuscript parchment leaves, apparently from a "binding genizah" – Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (Smag). [Germany? ca. 14th century].
Ashkenazi square script. Some decorated letters (twice in the name Yaakov). Two columns per page.
Two leaves (four pages) from the section Negative Commandment 111.
[2] leaves (written on both sides). Approx. 24-25 cm. Fair condition. Stains and damage. Worming and open tears, affecting text.
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Collection of fragments of early manuscripts, with fragments of printed leaves, removed from a "binding genizah":
• Section of a composition on the 13 Principles of Jewish Faith. Oriental (Byzantine) script, [ca. 15th century]. [1] leaf.
• Sections of a commentary on Talmudic Aggadot, Tractate Pesachim (fol. 87). Oriental script, [ca. 15th century]. Including an essay on the subject of prophecy. Unknown author. [6] leaves.
• Section of the Radak commentary on Prophets, commentary to the Book of Yechezkel (3:12-4:3). Sephardic script, [ca. 15 century]. [1] leaf.
• Fragments of printed leaves removed from bindings. Including sections from the book Sodot Gedolim MiChachmei HaEmet, Constantinople, 1515 (first printing of the writings of Kabbalist R. Moshe de Leon); Five Books of the Torah, with Ladino translation, Constantinople, 1547; and more.
[9] handwritten leaf fragments + [5] printed leaf fragments. Size varies. Various degrees of damage due to use in binding.
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