Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Manuscript, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and for Yom Kippur, with Kabbalistic commentaries and kavanot. [Constantinople, 1740-1755]. Including an unknown piyyut by R. Chaim Benveniste and a fascinating historic documentation of events which took place in Constantinople.
Complete manuscript, in semi-cursive Oriental script. Contains Selichot for the month of Elul, prayers and piyyutim for the High Holidays with commentaries, kabbalistic custom and kavanot and other additions.
Apparently, the writer was a Torah scholar and kabbalist who prepared his own arrangement for the machzor with commentaries on the prayers and the piyyutim [which probably were never printed] and kabbalistic customs and kavanot. First, he wrote the text of the machzor leaving wide margins, later adding long notations and additions on the margins. Presumably, these explanations of the prayers and piyyutim are the writer's original work, unknown from any other source. Glosses written by another writer, a kabbalist as well, appear in several places.
On the margins of page 25b, the writer quotes a piyyut written by R. Aharon Alidi in 1742. This piyyut does not appear in Otzar HaShira V'Hapiyut by Davidson [R. Aharon Alidi, a Constantinople sage and poet, was a disciple of R. Moshe HaCohen, author of Kehunat Olam].
A piyyut appears before the Arvit prayer of Yom Kippur with the name of its composer at the bottom of the page: "Chaim Moda'i [R. Chaim Moda'i (1720-1794), a scholar of Constantinople who emigrated to Safed, disciple of R. Chaim Abulafia, author of the Chaim L'Olam responsa].
On the verso is another piyyut with the name of its composer at the top of the page: "By the Rabbi Knesset HaGedolah". Also this piyyut does not appear in the Otzar HaShira V'Hapiyyut by Davidson and we have not discovered a different source for this piyyut by R. Chaim Benveniste, Rabbi of Izmir and author of Knesset HaGedolah.
On the last leaf of the manuscript are inscriptions with an enthralling historical documentation of various events (including the coronation of the third Ottoman Sultan in December 1754), earthquakes and fires which took place in the city of Constantinople.
[1], 1-74, [1], 75-88, [6], 89-91, 5-29, [6] leaves (and several blank leaves). Slightly mispaginated. A leaf with Kabbalat Shabbat for Yom Kippur is bound between leaves 74 and 75 (the Musaf prayer for Rosh Hashanah). 20 cm. High-quality paper. Overall good condition. Stains, slight wear. Tears affecting text on the last leaf with the inscriptions. Contemporary leather binding.
Complete manuscript, in semi-cursive Oriental script. Contains Selichot for the month of Elul, prayers and piyyutim for the High Holidays with commentaries, kabbalistic custom and kavanot and other additions.
Apparently, the writer was a Torah scholar and kabbalist who prepared his own arrangement for the machzor with commentaries on the prayers and the piyyutim [which probably were never printed] and kabbalistic customs and kavanot. First, he wrote the text of the machzor leaving wide margins, later adding long notations and additions on the margins. Presumably, these explanations of the prayers and piyyutim are the writer's original work, unknown from any other source. Glosses written by another writer, a kabbalist as well, appear in several places.
On the margins of page 25b, the writer quotes a piyyut written by R. Aharon Alidi in 1742. This piyyut does not appear in Otzar HaShira V'Hapiyut by Davidson [R. Aharon Alidi, a Constantinople sage and poet, was a disciple of R. Moshe HaCohen, author of Kehunat Olam].
A piyyut appears before the Arvit prayer of Yom Kippur with the name of its composer at the bottom of the page: "Chaim Moda'i [R. Chaim Moda'i (1720-1794), a scholar of Constantinople who emigrated to Safed, disciple of R. Chaim Abulafia, author of the Chaim L'Olam responsa].
On the verso is another piyyut with the name of its composer at the top of the page: "By the Rabbi Knesset HaGedolah". Also this piyyut does not appear in the Otzar HaShira V'Hapiyyut by Davidson and we have not discovered a different source for this piyyut by R. Chaim Benveniste, Rabbi of Izmir and author of Knesset HaGedolah.
On the last leaf of the manuscript are inscriptions with an enthralling historical documentation of various events (including the coronation of the third Ottoman Sultan in December 1754), earthquakes and fires which took place in the city of Constantinople.
[1], 1-74, [1], 75-88, [6], 89-91, 5-29, [6] leaves (and several blank leaves). Slightly mispaginated. A leaf with Kabbalat Shabbat for Yom Kippur is bound between leaves 74 and 75 (the Musaf prayer for Rosh Hashanah). 20 cm. High-quality paper. Overall good condition. Stains, slight wear. Tears affecting text on the last leaf with the inscriptions. Contemporary leather binding.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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Asara Ma'amarot, by Rabbi Menahem Azariah da Fano, with the Yo'el Moshe commentary by R. Moshe son of R. Shlomo HaLevi of Frankfurt. Amsterdam, 1649. Printed by the partners R. Yehuda son of R. Mordechai and R. Shmuel son of R. Moshe HaLevi.
Five long Kabbalistic glosses [slightly cutoff], in Ashkenazi script [c. 18th/19th centuries]. Ancient signatures on title page: "Mendel son of R. David Tevil Wertheim"; "Moshe son of R. Meod [acronym]; "Yitzchak Aharon HaCohen [Schotten]".
158 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Non-contemporary binding.
Five long Kabbalistic glosses [slightly cutoff], in Ashkenazi script [c. 18th/19th centuries]. Ancient signatures on title page: "Mendel son of R. David Tevil Wertheim"; "Moshe son of R. Meod [acronym]; "Yitzchak Aharon HaCohen [Schotten]".
158 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Non-contemporary binding.
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Lot 168 Tikunei HaZohar, Constantinople 1719 - Many Handwritten Glosses by a Kabbalist from Tiberias
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Tikunei HaZohar. Constantinople, [1719]. Printed by Yonah ben Ya'akov.
On the endpapers are long inscriptions of kabbalistic Torah novellae in Ashkenazi handwriting [Tiberias? 19th century]. On the title page and on the leaves are ownership inscriptions and stamps of the Kloiz of the Chernobyl Chassidim in Tiberias and (unsigned) ownership inscriptions from 1872 of the person who bought the book from the Kloiz by exchanging it for a newer edition with the approval of the gaba'im of the kloiz. On the margins are many notations and corrections in Ashkenazi writing by several writers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Ancient signature in the center of the title page "Yitzchak of the Levi family".
[6], 160 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains. Worn binding.
On the endpapers are long inscriptions of kabbalistic Torah novellae in Ashkenazi handwriting [Tiberias? 19th century]. On the title page and on the leaves are ownership inscriptions and stamps of the Kloiz of the Chernobyl Chassidim in Tiberias and (unsigned) ownership inscriptions from 1872 of the person who bought the book from the Kloiz by exchanging it for a newer edition with the approval of the gaba'im of the kloiz. On the margins are many notations and corrections in Ashkenazi writing by several writers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Ancient signature in the center of the title page "Yitzchak of the Levi family".
[6], 160 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains. Worn binding.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
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Three Kabbalistic works, printed in Korets:
1-2 Shoshan Sodot. Korets, [1784]. Bound with: Ma'ayan HaChochmah, writings of R. Yitzchak Luria [the Arizal], with the book Shever Yosef, Kabbalat Mahari Srug, and Kitzur Olam HaTikun, Korets, [1784].
92 [2] leaves; 38 leaves (Ma'ayan HaChochmah, lacking title page - apparently originally bound without title page, common in Korets printings). 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor worming. Non-contemporary binding.
3. Sefer Tzioni, kabbalistic explanation on the Torah, by R. Menachem Tzioni son of R. Meir of Speyer. Korets, [1785].
More than 50 long kabbalistic glosses in pencil and pen [in Ashkenazi script. Hungary, 19th century]. On the title page are various ownership inscriptions: "Belongs to…R. Getz Oppenheim"; "This books was given to me as a gift by R. Meir [Tuvia?] of Unsdorf". Stamps of R. "Avraham Frankel - Budapest" [1860-1937. Leader of Charedi Jewry in Hungary, head of the Orthodox agency in Budapest].
92 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Old damaged binding.
Many of Rabbi Chaim Vital's kabbalistic books were initially printed in Korets in the 1780s at the time the Chassidic movement and kabbalistic study spread throughout Eastern Europe.
1-2 Shoshan Sodot. Korets, [1784]. Bound with: Ma'ayan HaChochmah, writings of R. Yitzchak Luria [the Arizal], with the book Shever Yosef, Kabbalat Mahari Srug, and Kitzur Olam HaTikun, Korets, [1784].
92 [2] leaves; 38 leaves (Ma'ayan HaChochmah, lacking title page - apparently originally bound without title page, common in Korets printings). 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor worming. Non-contemporary binding.
3. Sefer Tzioni, kabbalistic explanation on the Torah, by R. Menachem Tzioni son of R. Meir of Speyer. Korets, [1785].
More than 50 long kabbalistic glosses in pencil and pen [in Ashkenazi script. Hungary, 19th century]. On the title page are various ownership inscriptions: "Belongs to…R. Getz Oppenheim"; "This books was given to me as a gift by R. Meir [Tuvia?] of Unsdorf". Stamps of R. "Avraham Frankel - Budapest" [1860-1937. Leader of Charedi Jewry in Hungary, head of the Orthodox agency in Budapest].
92 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Old damaged binding.
Many of Rabbi Chaim Vital's kabbalistic books were initially printed in Korets in the 1780s at the time the Chassidic movement and kabbalistic study spread throughout Eastern Europe.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,875
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Kalach (138) Pitchei Chochma, kabbalistic topics, by R. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto - the Ramchal. Korets, 1785. First edition.
Approbation by R. Ya'akov Yosef son of R. Yehuda Leib of Ostroh, disciple of the Magid of Mezeritch.
On the title page are signatures of R. "Natan Koronil" and of R. "Yehuda Leib son of A. Mordechai of the family of Shalom Epstein of Grodno". On the leaves preceding the title page are long kabbalistic inscriptions in Rashi script [apparently in the handwriting of Rabbi Natan Koronil]. In the book are short corrections in Rashi script and in Ashkenazi handwriting.
Rabbi Nachman Natan Koronil (1810-1890), born in Amsterdam, was a Torah scholar and kabbalist. He authored books and published early manuscripts. He also studied kabbala together with his friends, R. Eliezer Bergman, R. Yehosef Schwarz and R. Binyamin Lilienthal.
116 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Heavy wear and slight worming. On leaf 18 some words are replaced by hand. Worn binding with leather spine.
Variant - In this copy, the introduction of the publisher (page 2/a) was not printed, and the page remained empty, bearing a censorship stamp and signature affirming that the book was inspected by the censor.
Approbation by R. Ya'akov Yosef son of R. Yehuda Leib of Ostroh, disciple of the Magid of Mezeritch.
On the title page are signatures of R. "Natan Koronil" and of R. "Yehuda Leib son of A. Mordechai of the family of Shalom Epstein of Grodno". On the leaves preceding the title page are long kabbalistic inscriptions in Rashi script [apparently in the handwriting of Rabbi Natan Koronil]. In the book are short corrections in Rashi script and in Ashkenazi handwriting.
Rabbi Nachman Natan Koronil (1810-1890), born in Amsterdam, was a Torah scholar and kabbalist. He authored books and published early manuscripts. He also studied kabbala together with his friends, R. Eliezer Bergman, R. Yehosef Schwarz and R. Binyamin Lilienthal.
116 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Heavy wear and slight worming. On leaf 18 some words are replaced by hand. Worn binding with leather spine.
Variant - In this copy, the introduction of the publisher (page 2/a) was not printed, and the page remained empty, bearing a censorship stamp and signature affirming that the book was inspected by the censor.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Hakdamot U'She'arim - "One branch of the book Leshem Shevo V'Achlama", by the kabbalist R. Shlomo Elyashiv. Piotrków, 1908. First edition of the first book authored by the author of the Leshem.
Several notations and revisions in the handwriting of the author, the kabbalist R. Shlomo Elyashiv of Šiauliai, author of the Leshem Shevo V'Achlama (1841-1926), leading Lithuanian kabbalist. Author of the glosses on Etz Chaim which were printed in the Warsaw 1891 edition which are known as the glosses of "Harav Shevach" [Shlomo ben Chaim Chaikel]. He was the chief editor of the kabbalistic writings of the Vilna Gaon which were printed by R. Shmuel Luria in the 1880s.
The series of the Leshem Shevo V'Achlama kabbalistic books was printed during 1909-1948; these books are basic books of kabbalistic wisdom, written in holiness, fear of Heaven and purity [reputedly, the author also used Hashba'at HaKulmus]. This first part is called Hakdamot V'She'arim [or as the author labels them HaSefer HaKadosh, which portrays its importance and holiness and also contains the acronym of Hakdamot U'She'arim]. Part 2 is called Sefer HaDe'ha and is printed in two volumes (Piotrków, 1912). Additional parts are Sefer HaKelalim and Sefer HaBe'urim which were printed in Jerusalem after the author's death by his son-in-law R. Avraham Elyashiv, the Rabbi of Gomel (Belarus), father of R. Y. S. Elyashiv.
212 pages + back wrapper with the author's address. 29.5 cm. Fair condition, dampstains and damages. Wear and detached leaves. Ancient leather binding, detached and torn.
Several notations and revisions in the handwriting of the author, the kabbalist R. Shlomo Elyashiv of Šiauliai, author of the Leshem Shevo V'Achlama (1841-1926), leading Lithuanian kabbalist. Author of the glosses on Etz Chaim which were printed in the Warsaw 1891 edition which are known as the glosses of "Harav Shevach" [Shlomo ben Chaim Chaikel]. He was the chief editor of the kabbalistic writings of the Vilna Gaon which were printed by R. Shmuel Luria in the 1880s.
The series of the Leshem Shevo V'Achlama kabbalistic books was printed during 1909-1948; these books are basic books of kabbalistic wisdom, written in holiness, fear of Heaven and purity [reputedly, the author also used Hashba'at HaKulmus]. This first part is called Hakdamot V'She'arim [or as the author labels them HaSefer HaKadosh, which portrays its importance and holiness and also contains the acronym of Hakdamot U'She'arim]. Part 2 is called Sefer HaDe'ha and is printed in two volumes (Piotrków, 1912). Additional parts are Sefer HaKelalim and Sefer HaBe'urim which were printed in Jerusalem after the author's death by his son-in-law R. Avraham Elyashiv, the Rabbi of Gomel (Belarus), father of R. Y. S. Elyashiv.
212 pages + back wrapper with the author's address. 29.5 cm. Fair condition, dampstains and damages. Wear and detached leaves. Ancient leather binding, detached and torn.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Archive of hundreds of leaves written by the Kabbalist Rabbi Shimon Englander. Letters and manuscripts of Kabbalistic Torah novellae, commentary on the Zohar and novellae on the Rambam.
· Bar-Mitzvah sermon, signed "Yosef Englander". Neumarkt (Nowy-Targ), 1911. · Much correspondence with commentaries on the Rambam and explanations of the Zohar, most of which R. Yosef exchanged with R. Yehuda Heilbrun from Haifa [1870-1958, immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1930. Authored a large composition of novellae on the Rambam. 10 large manuscript volumes of this composition appeared in Kedem Auction 10, Lot 501]. Several leaves handwritten by R. Yehuda Heilbrun. · Correspondence from Jerusalem, 1948, regarding the printing of the book Sha'ar Shimon during the Israeli War of Independence. Including letters by R. Efraim Gottlieb, by R. Zvi Hirsh Shapira, and others. · Hundreds of handwritten leaves from his composition Sha'ar Shimon, commentary on the kabbalistic book Brit Kehunat Olam. · Handwritten notebook, copy of the kabbalistic book V'Cherev Pifiyot, copied in 1916, during WWI, in Vienna. · Signed receipts and other items.
R. Shimon Englander (1874-1950), Hasid and Kabbalist. He lived in Neumarkt (Nowy-Targ) and in 1934 moved to Haifa. He founded the Ateret Zekenim institute for supporting the elderly. During 1948-1950 he printed the Chassidic-kabbalistic book Brit Kehunat Olam with his commentary Sha'ar Shimon, a commentary that portrays his vast kabbalistic knowledge. His name appears on the title page: "R. Shimon Englarder of Haifa, author of Pardess Shimon, grandson of the author of Semichat Chachamim". He died while still in the process of printing his book.
Hundreds of leaves, Size and condition vary. Most leaves are large, approximately 28 cm.
· Bar-Mitzvah sermon, signed "Yosef Englander". Neumarkt (Nowy-Targ), 1911. · Much correspondence with commentaries on the Rambam and explanations of the Zohar, most of which R. Yosef exchanged with R. Yehuda Heilbrun from Haifa [1870-1958, immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1930. Authored a large composition of novellae on the Rambam. 10 large manuscript volumes of this composition appeared in Kedem Auction 10, Lot 501]. Several leaves handwritten by R. Yehuda Heilbrun. · Correspondence from Jerusalem, 1948, regarding the printing of the book Sha'ar Shimon during the Israeli War of Independence. Including letters by R. Efraim Gottlieb, by R. Zvi Hirsh Shapira, and others. · Hundreds of handwritten leaves from his composition Sha'ar Shimon, commentary on the kabbalistic book Brit Kehunat Olam. · Handwritten notebook, copy of the kabbalistic book V'Cherev Pifiyot, copied in 1916, during WWI, in Vienna. · Signed receipts and other items.
R. Shimon Englander (1874-1950), Hasid and Kabbalist. He lived in Neumarkt (Nowy-Targ) and in 1934 moved to Haifa. He founded the Ateret Zekenim institute for supporting the elderly. During 1948-1950 he printed the Chassidic-kabbalistic book Brit Kehunat Olam with his commentary Sha'ar Shimon, a commentary that portrays his vast kabbalistic knowledge. His name appears on the title page: "R. Shimon Englarder of Haifa, author of Pardess Shimon, grandson of the author of Semichat Chachamim". He died while still in the process of printing his book.
Hundreds of leaves, Size and condition vary. Most leaves are large, approximately 28 cm.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Sold for: $625
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Ohel David, novellae on the Talmud, by R. David Deutsch, Rabbi of Ir Chadash (Nowe Miasto). [Vienna, 1820].
Printed booklet; printed without title-page, in continuation to a booklet of novellae by R. Deutsch published a year earlier (1819) in Vienna. The paginations of this booklet continues the pagination of the booklet printed in 1819.
In several places appear corrections handwritten by the author - additions of omitted words [one of the glosses is slightly cut-off] and crossed out lines of text.
R. David Deutsch (1756-1831, Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 113) Rabbi of Ir Chadash (Nowe Miasto), author of Ohel David. Renowned Torah scholar, disciple of the Nodah B'Yehuda in Prague and of the Maharam Barabi in Pressburg. He served as Rabbi of Jamnitz, Frauenkirchen and Dunajská Streda. From 1810 until his death, he served as Rabbi of Nowe Miasto. Some of his Talmudic novellae were printed in his Ohel David books. He exchanged a prolific halachic correspondence with the leading Torah figures of his times, such as the Nodah B'Yehuda, the Chatam Sofer and the author of Yismach Moshe. The Chatam Sofer wrote an approbation on his book: "That tsaddik, holy Jew, genius… I have seen in it (the book) wonderful things…We are privileged to merit his words and his light…his merit should protect us from all harm".
[13]-26 leaves. 23 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Two detached leaves. Old binding. Library stamps.
Printed booklet; printed without title-page, in continuation to a booklet of novellae by R. Deutsch published a year earlier (1819) in Vienna. The paginations of this booklet continues the pagination of the booklet printed in 1819.
In several places appear corrections handwritten by the author - additions of omitted words [one of the glosses is slightly cut-off] and crossed out lines of text.
R. David Deutsch (1756-1831, Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 113) Rabbi of Ir Chadash (Nowe Miasto), author of Ohel David. Renowned Torah scholar, disciple of the Nodah B'Yehuda in Prague and of the Maharam Barabi in Pressburg. He served as Rabbi of Jamnitz, Frauenkirchen and Dunajská Streda. From 1810 until his death, he served as Rabbi of Nowe Miasto. Some of his Talmudic novellae were printed in his Ohel David books. He exchanged a prolific halachic correspondence with the leading Torah figures of his times, such as the Nodah B'Yehuda, the Chatam Sofer and the author of Yismach Moshe. The Chatam Sofer wrote an approbation on his book: "That tsaddik, holy Jew, genius… I have seen in it (the book) wonderful things…We are privileged to merit his words and his light…his merit should protect us from all harm".
[13]-26 leaves. 23 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Two detached leaves. Old binding. Library stamps.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $2,000
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Responsa of Rabbeinu Asher (the Rosh). Venice, 1552. Bragadin printing press. Second edition.
Glosses and comments by several writers, in Ashkenazi and Oriental handwriting, 16th and 17th centuries. Most of the long glosses were written by the author of Ein Yehosef, who signed three of the glosses: "Yosef Chazan" (see pages 101/a, 112/a, 136/b).
The title page is inscribed with an interesting dedication to the Beit Midrash in Nikolsburg, from the estate of R. Gershon Chayut, Rabbi of Nikolsburg and its district, who died on Shushan Purim 1789. More Ashkenazi signatures, from 1769 and other dates.
R. Yosef son of R. Eliyahu Chazan, author of Ein Yehosef (1615-1698), leading Rabbi of Izmir, disciple of the Maharit in the Constantinople Yeshiva and teacher of R. Avraham Yisrael Ze'evi, author of Orim Gedolim. Reputedly, his sight weakened due to the many hours he pored over the holy books but a miracle occurred restoring his sight. To commemorate this event, he named his books Ein (eye of) Yehosef. In 1690, he moved to Jerusalem and served as Rishon L'Zion (Chief Rabbi). From his compositions were printed: Ein Yehosef on Bava Metzi'ah (Izmir, 1635), on Bava Kama and on Shevu'ot (Dyhernfurth, c. 1708 - this edition was entirely consumed by fire during printing), Ein Yehosef sermons (Izmir, 1675). The Chida notes that he saw a manuscript of responsa authored by R. Yosef Chazan and a large commentary on Ein Ya'akov. Torah thoughts from the book Ein Yehosef are cited extensively in later Torah literature. For example: In the commentary of the Vilna Gaon on the Shulchan Aruch (Choshen Mishpat, end of Siman 268) and in the books of R. Akiva Eiger. [R. (Refael) Yosef Chazan the second, author of Chikrei Lev (1741-1820), leading rabbi in Izmir who also served as Rishon L'Zion in Jerusalem in his senior years, was a fourth-generation descendant of R. Yosef Chazan the first].
Rabbi Gershon Chayut (Otzar HaRabbanim 4410, died in 1789), eminent Torah scholar, famous pious Kabbalist. Rabbi of Hotzenplotz. Between 1770-1778 served as rabbi in Mattersdorf and following the demise of Rabbi Shmuel [Shmelke] Horowitz of Nikolsburg, was summoned to succeed him as Rabbi of Nikolsburg and of the Moravian region. He died on Shushan Purim 1789 and was succeeded by the Maharam Bennet who was a member of his Beit Din.
125, 128-155 leaves + [4] handwritten leaves. Variant. Page 121/2 was accidently omitted during printing, and page 126/2 was printed in its palce. Leaves 126 and 127 are missing. Between pages 121-122 and pages 125-128 are four handwritten leaves, replacing the missing pages (each page was restored twice - once in square script and once in Ashkenazi cursive script). Leaf 127 is replaced by a facsimile.
29 cm. Condition varies. Most leaves are in very good condition. Wear to many leaves, restored with paper (primarily to first and last leaves). New elaborate leather binding, with gilt embossments.
Glosses and comments by several writers, in Ashkenazi and Oriental handwriting, 16th and 17th centuries. Most of the long glosses were written by the author of Ein Yehosef, who signed three of the glosses: "Yosef Chazan" (see pages 101/a, 112/a, 136/b).
The title page is inscribed with an interesting dedication to the Beit Midrash in Nikolsburg, from the estate of R. Gershon Chayut, Rabbi of Nikolsburg and its district, who died on Shushan Purim 1789. More Ashkenazi signatures, from 1769 and other dates.
R. Yosef son of R. Eliyahu Chazan, author of Ein Yehosef (1615-1698), leading Rabbi of Izmir, disciple of the Maharit in the Constantinople Yeshiva and teacher of R. Avraham Yisrael Ze'evi, author of Orim Gedolim. Reputedly, his sight weakened due to the many hours he pored over the holy books but a miracle occurred restoring his sight. To commemorate this event, he named his books Ein (eye of) Yehosef. In 1690, he moved to Jerusalem and served as Rishon L'Zion (Chief Rabbi). From his compositions were printed: Ein Yehosef on Bava Metzi'ah (Izmir, 1635), on Bava Kama and on Shevu'ot (Dyhernfurth, c. 1708 - this edition was entirely consumed by fire during printing), Ein Yehosef sermons (Izmir, 1675). The Chida notes that he saw a manuscript of responsa authored by R. Yosef Chazan and a large commentary on Ein Ya'akov. Torah thoughts from the book Ein Yehosef are cited extensively in later Torah literature. For example: In the commentary of the Vilna Gaon on the Shulchan Aruch (Choshen Mishpat, end of Siman 268) and in the books of R. Akiva Eiger. [R. (Refael) Yosef Chazan the second, author of Chikrei Lev (1741-1820), leading rabbi in Izmir who also served as Rishon L'Zion in Jerusalem in his senior years, was a fourth-generation descendant of R. Yosef Chazan the first].
Rabbi Gershon Chayut (Otzar HaRabbanim 4410, died in 1789), eminent Torah scholar, famous pious Kabbalist. Rabbi of Hotzenplotz. Between 1770-1778 served as rabbi in Mattersdorf and following the demise of Rabbi Shmuel [Shmelke] Horowitz of Nikolsburg, was summoned to succeed him as Rabbi of Nikolsburg and of the Moravian region. He died on Shushan Purim 1789 and was succeeded by the Maharam Bennet who was a member of his Beit Din.
125, 128-155 leaves + [4] handwritten leaves. Variant. Page 121/2 was accidently omitted during printing, and page 126/2 was printed in its palce. Leaves 126 and 127 are missing. Between pages 121-122 and pages 125-128 are four handwritten leaves, replacing the missing pages (each page was restored twice - once in square script and once in Ashkenazi cursive script). Leaf 127 is replaced by a facsimile.
29 cm. Condition varies. Most leaves are in very good condition. Wear to many leaves, restored with paper (primarily to first and last leaves). New elaborate leather binding, with gilt embossments.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,625
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The Five Books of the Torah and the five Megillot, with commentaries of Rashi, Ramban and the Mahari Abuhav. [Venice, 1548. Printed by Daniel Bomberg]. Colophon at the end of Devarim (page 343/2): "The work was completed at the end of Adar 1548 by… Cornelio Adil Kind from the HaLevi family". Abbreviated illustrated title page for the "Haftarot for the entire year according to the Sephardi and Ashkenazi tradition".
On the Chumash leaves are hundreds of short and long marginalia in cursive Italian script, from the time of printing, with variations, mostly of the Ramban commentary [some of these corrections do not appear in the proofread editions of the Ramban commentary]. The Mizrachi commentary on the Torah is mentioned in one gloss.
Lacking and damaged copy. 150-343; 345-381; [2], 2-16 leaves (originally; 343; [1 blank leaf], 345-381; [2], 2-26 leaves). 33.5 cm. High quality paper. Fair condition. Worn and detached leaves. Worming and stains. Unbound.
This edition includes a vowelized Targum Onkelos, with trope symbols (cantillation marks).
On the Chumash leaves are hundreds of short and long marginalia in cursive Italian script, from the time of printing, with variations, mostly of the Ramban commentary [some of these corrections do not appear in the proofread editions of the Ramban commentary]. The Mizrachi commentary on the Torah is mentioned in one gloss.
Lacking and damaged copy. 150-343; 345-381; [2], 2-16 leaves (originally; 343; [1 blank leaf], 345-381; [2], 2-26 leaves). 33.5 cm. High quality paper. Fair condition. Worn and detached leaves. Worming and stains. Unbound.
This edition includes a vowelized Targum Onkelos, with trope symbols (cantillation marks).
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Hilchot Rav Alfas, with commentaries. Part 3, Seder Nezikin. [Sabbionetta, 1555. Printed by Tuvia Foa]. At the end of the Tosefta (page 398/a) is a colophon: "Completed in the month of Iyar 1555". The printer's mark of the printer Tuvia Foa (lions grasping a palm tree, with a Star of David in its center), and the rhyming phrases engraved on the tombstone of the Rif appear on the leaf.
Approximately 20 scholarly marginalia in Oriental handwriting [by two or three writers].
Damaged lacking copy: 161-398; [44] leaves. (Originally: 398; 54 leaves). 38 cm. Wide margins. Poor condition. Worn corners. Stains and moisture damages. Worming. Most of the glosses are partly cutoff. Detached leaves. Unbound.
Approximately 20 scholarly marginalia in Oriental handwriting [by two or three writers].
Damaged lacking copy: 161-398; [44] leaves. (Originally: 398; 54 leaves). 38 cm. Wide margins. Poor condition. Worn corners. Stains and moisture damages. Worming. Most of the glosses are partly cutoff. Detached leaves. Unbound.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $350
Sold for: $438
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Chavot Ya'ir responsa, by R. Ya'ir Chaim Bacharach. Frankfurt am Main, [1699]. First edition.
Many scholarly glosses in ancient Ashkenazi handwriting [beginning of the 18th century]. Four with signatures: "Gershon of Dubna ---" (pages 41/a; 95/b; 126/a; 134/a) - possibly the famous R. Gershon Krakover of Dubna, who lived at the time of printing and is mentioned in the Divrei Rabbeinu Meshulam responsa (Part 2, p. 254 of the 1994 NY edition). Handwritten ownership inscription: "Belongs to the Beit Midrash of R. Berish of Sde-Lavan" [perhaps, R. Berish of Sde-Lavan (Bila Tserkva), father-in-law of Rebbe Yerachmiel of Przysucha].
Lacking and damaged copy: 3-271 leaves (originally: [4], 276 leaves). Fair-poor condition. Heavy wear with lacking text. Dampstains. The leaves were trimmed cutting off some glosses. Torn binding; missing front cover.
Many scholarly glosses in ancient Ashkenazi handwriting [beginning of the 18th century]. Four with signatures: "Gershon of Dubna ---" (pages 41/a; 95/b; 126/a; 134/a) - possibly the famous R. Gershon Krakover of Dubna, who lived at the time of printing and is mentioned in the Divrei Rabbeinu Meshulam responsa (Part 2, p. 254 of the 1994 NY edition). Handwritten ownership inscription: "Belongs to the Beit Midrash of R. Berish of Sde-Lavan" [perhaps, R. Berish of Sde-Lavan (Bila Tserkva), father-in-law of Rebbe Yerachmiel of Przysucha].
Lacking and damaged copy: 3-271 leaves (originally: [4], 276 leaves). Fair-poor condition. Heavy wear with lacking text. Dampstains. The leaves were trimmed cutting off some glosses. Torn binding; missing front cover.
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