Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
1. Long and narrow parchment amulet, with unusual content, unusual illustrations and style, [1898]. At the end appears the inscription "guard me as an eye pupil; hide me under your wings… Shimon Yitzchak" (Hebrew). 44X5 cm.
2-3. Two long and narrow parchment amulets, for protection of a woman, against evil eye, for good health and success. One is signed at the end "Holy City of Jerusalem, may it be built and established soon in our days, Amen"; it is possible that the other one is from Iran or from Jerusalem. 54X4.5 cm; 47X4.5 cm.
Condition varies. Folding and rolling marks, stains, creases and small tears.
2-3. Two long and narrow parchment amulets, for protection of a woman, against evil eye, for good health and success. One is signed at the end "Holy City of Jerusalem, may it be built and established soon in our days, Amen"; it is possible that the other one is from Iran or from Jerusalem. 54X4.5 cm; 47X4.5 cm.
Condition varies. Folding and rolling marks, stains, creases and small tears.
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Collection of handwritten amulets on paper and parchment. Size varies. [Oriental countries].
Includes: Amulet for protection of the home, written on a brown gevil, "Shiviti" amulets, and others.
Eight amulets on parchment and four on paper. Altogether 12 amulets. Size and condition vary.
Includes: Amulet for protection of the home, written on a brown gevil, "Shiviti" amulets, and others.
Eight amulets on parchment and four on paper. Altogether 12 amulets. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Collection of handwritten amulets for protection, healing and segula.
The collection includes: * Paper amulets designed to be rolled and carried on the body. * Parchment amulet for guarding * "Know what is above you" - square piece of parchment, with floral decoration, containing various verses in the shape of a house with an eye set above it * Amulet for guarding and "for charm and attraction in the eyes of all beholders", with text in the shape of a Star of David. * Parchment stencil aid for the drawing of a menorah (used in the creation of amulets). * Fragments of amulets and leaves from books of Segulot.
The reverse of one of the papers contains the inscription: "for R. Ben-Zion Chazan and his family" [R. Ben-Zion Chazan (1877-1952) was a student of the Ben Ish Chai and rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem. He established and headed the Porat Yosef and Shoshanim LeDavid Yeshivot]. It is possible that several of the amulets were written by him.
Included: two printed amulets.
16 handwritten items and 2 printed items. Size and condition vary.
The collection includes: * Paper amulets designed to be rolled and carried on the body. * Parchment amulet for guarding * "Know what is above you" - square piece of parchment, with floral decoration, containing various verses in the shape of a house with an eye set above it * Amulet for guarding and "for charm and attraction in the eyes of all beholders", with text in the shape of a Star of David. * Parchment stencil aid for the drawing of a menorah (used in the creation of amulets). * Fragments of amulets and leaves from books of Segulot.
The reverse of one of the papers contains the inscription: "for R. Ben-Zion Chazan and his family" [R. Ben-Zion Chazan (1877-1952) was a student of the Ben Ish Chai and rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem. He established and headed the Porat Yosef and Shoshanim LeDavid Yeshivot]. It is possible that several of the amulets were written by him.
Included: two printed amulets.
16 handwritten items and 2 printed items. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Unsold
1. Amulet for protection of the home. [North Africa, first half of 20th century]. Ink on parchment, in a sheet metal (iron) frame. A thread is tied on top of the frame, for suspension.
7X7.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Rusted iron.
2. Amulet engraved in stone, in a silver frame. [Eretz Israel or the vicinity, first half of 20th century]. Engraved on the stone is the inscription "L' K' [Leyeshu'atcha Kiviti] Hashem" (Hebrew: "For Your salvation, I hope, O Lord!").
2.5X3.5 cm. Good condition. Smallt break at the margins of the stone. Remnants of a buckle or a suspension loop on the reverse of the frame. Bends.
7X7.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Rusted iron.
2. Amulet engraved in stone, in a silver frame. [Eretz Israel or the vicinity, first half of 20th century]. Engraved on the stone is the inscription "L' K' [Leyeshu'atcha Kiviti] Hashem" (Hebrew: "For Your salvation, I hope, O Lord!").
2.5X3.5 cm. Good condition. Smallt break at the margins of the stone. Remnants of a buckle or a suspension loop on the reverse of the frame. Bends.
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $350
Unsold
Two amulets and a case for an amulet. [Persia or the vicinity, first half of 20th century].
1. Amulet ring made of silver. Rectangular plaque. Engraved Hebrew inscription: "אנקתם פסתם פספסים דיונסים". Plaque: 1.5X1.5 cm. Good condition.
2. An amulet written on a long and narrow parchment sheet. Amulet for protection, health, conception and pregnancy. 75X4.5 cm. Good condition. Enclosed is the original leather pouch.
3. Silver case for an amulet with a removable lid and with suspension loops. Six sides, decorated with vegetal patterns. Length: 8.5 cm.
1. Amulet ring made of silver. Rectangular plaque. Engraved Hebrew inscription: "אנקתם פסתם פספסים דיונסים". Plaque: 1.5X1.5 cm. Good condition.
2. An amulet written on a long and narrow parchment sheet. Amulet for protection, health, conception and pregnancy. 75X4.5 cm. Good condition. Enclosed is the original leather pouch.
3. Silver case for an amulet with a removable lid and with suspension loops. Six sides, decorated with vegetal patterns. Length: 8.5 cm.
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Three arm amulets. [Persia or Kurdistan, late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, soldered and engraved.
Three rectangular amulets with eight sides, slightly convex, decorated with twisted silver thread, with four loops on the back. Engraved on each of the amulets are abbreviations of Psalms 121 - "Shir LaMa'alot", ending with the name of the bearer of the amulets.
Size of two amulets is 7X9 cm, one - 7.5X9.5 cm. Good condition.
Silver, soldered and engraved.
Three rectangular amulets with eight sides, slightly convex, decorated with twisted silver thread, with four loops on the back. Engraved on each of the amulets are abbreviations of Psalms 121 - "Shir LaMa'alot", ending with the name of the bearer of the amulets.
Size of two amulets is 7X9 cm, one - 7.5X9.5 cm. Good condition.
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Three silver amulets. [Persia or Kurdistan, late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, soldered and engraved.
1. Round arm amulet, slightly convex. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviations of Psalms 121 (Shir LaMa'a lot), the priestly benediction, and more. Diameter 6.5 cm.
2. Amulet designed as a stylized leaf, with suspension loops on top. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviation of "Ana BeKoa'ach" (around), and a crossword with the letters עשציי. In the center appears another combination of Hebrew letters (forming 15 in gematria), and more. Name of the bearer of the amulet: "Bat Sheva Bat Zeruya". Length: 7.5 cm, width: 8 cm. Lacking one suspension loop.
3. Round amulet with a serrated edge. Suspension loops on top. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviation of "Ana BeKo'ach". Diameter: 8 cm.
Silver, soldered and engraved.
1. Round arm amulet, slightly convex. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviations of Psalms 121 (Shir LaMa'a lot), the priestly benediction, and more. Diameter 6.5 cm.
2. Amulet designed as a stylized leaf, with suspension loops on top. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviation of "Ana BeKoa'ach" (around), and a crossword with the letters עשציי. In the center appears another combination of Hebrew letters (forming 15 in gematria), and more. Name of the bearer of the amulet: "Bat Sheva Bat Zeruya". Length: 7.5 cm, width: 8 cm. Lacking one suspension loop.
3. Round amulet with a serrated edge. Suspension loops on top. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviation of "Ana BeKo'ach". Diameter: 8 cm.
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $700
Unsold
Mezuzah cover - "Jeta Del Mezuzah". [Algeria or Morocco, first decades of the 20th century].
Hammered sheet silver, nailed on to a wooden board.
In the center is a seven-branched menorah surmounting an oil cruse, tools for cleaning the menorah and the Stone of Virtues (Even Ha'Ma'alot). On the left and right are the pillars of Boaz and Yachin. Surrounding the entire image is a frame of branches and flowers.
Length (without wooden board): 23 cm, width: 14.5 cm. Good condition. Some corrosion. One nail is detached from the silver plate. Slight defects to wooden board.
See: Jewish Life in Morocco, Aviva Müller-Lancet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983, p. 60.
Hammered sheet silver, nailed on to a wooden board.
In the center is a seven-branched menorah surmounting an oil cruse, tools for cleaning the menorah and the Stone of Virtues (Even Ha'Ma'alot). On the left and right are the pillars of Boaz and Yachin. Surrounding the entire image is a frame of branches and flowers.
Length (without wooden board): 23 cm, width: 14.5 cm. Good condition. Some corrosion. One nail is detached from the silver plate. Slight defects to wooden board.
See: Jewish Life in Morocco, Aviva Müller-Lancet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983, p. 60.
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
"Birkat HaBayit" [Blessing of the Home], in a decorative silver frame, produced by "Lisham Art". [Israel, late 20th century].
Sterling silver (marked).
Added on a paper sticker on the frame's reverse is the blessing "LeBracha VeHatzlacha" (Hebrew: "May you have blessings and success"), signed by the renowned Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri.
Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri was born at the end of the 19th century in Baghdad, studied the Torah and Kabbalah with the sages of Baghdad and Jerusalem, where he immigrated in 1922. During his early years in Jerusalem he worked as a bookbinder and studied at the Beit El and Porat Yosef yeshivas. Over the years he became known as the most learned scholar in all spheres of Kaballah. Many came to his home to receive his blessing and advice, and to receive amulets (he was one of the few people in his generation versed in the secrets of the amulets according to the Kabbalah). He died at the advanced age of over 100, in 2006.
Frame: 29X19 cm. Good condition. On the back of the frame are five paper stickers (one of which bears Rabbi Kaduri's dedication).
Sterling silver (marked).
Added on a paper sticker on the frame's reverse is the blessing "LeBracha VeHatzlacha" (Hebrew: "May you have blessings and success"), signed by the renowned Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri.
Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri was born at the end of the 19th century in Baghdad, studied the Torah and Kabbalah with the sages of Baghdad and Jerusalem, where he immigrated in 1922. During his early years in Jerusalem he worked as a bookbinder and studied at the Beit El and Porat Yosef yeshivas. Over the years he became known as the most learned scholar in all spheres of Kaballah. Many came to his home to receive his blessing and advice, and to receive amulets (he was one of the few people in his generation versed in the secrets of the amulets according to the Kabbalah). He died at the advanced age of over 100, in 2006.
Frame: 29X19 cm. Good condition. On the back of the frame are five paper stickers (one of which bears Rabbi Kaduri's dedication).
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