Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $150
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1. Three printed documents of burial society, and one typewritten. Budapest and Mishkoltz, 1910s and 1920s. Mostly Hungarian, one document in Yiddish.
2. Typewritten document in Romanian. Bergen Belsen, 1945. Torn in two.
3. Two "Yizkor Tzetl" leaves of Chesed Shel Emet Society, Radowitz. Contain lists of deceased – one list for men and another for women.
4. Document connected with population registry. Poland, 1935.
Fair condition. Tears, filing holes.
2. Typewritten document in Romanian. Bergen Belsen, 1945. Torn in two.
3. Two "Yizkor Tzetl" leaves of Chesed Shel Emet Society, Radowitz. Contain lists of deceased – one list for men and another for women.
4. Document connected with population registry. Poland, 1935.
Fair condition. Tears, filing holes.
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Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $200
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List of donors for construction of houses for Kollel Shomrei HaChomot of Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNess in Jerusalem. Early 20th century.
List in Hungarian with names of donors from around the world. On the last page, "donations to Keren Kayemet" in Hungarian. Kollel Shomre HaChomot Association was founded in 1858.
[4] leaves, 32 cm. Good condition. Slight folding marks and several pen and pencil markings.
List in Hungarian with names of donors from around the world. On the last page, "donations to Keren Kayemet" in Hungarian. Kollel Shomre HaChomot Association was founded in 1858.
[4] leaves, 32 cm. Good condition. Slight folding marks and several pen and pencil markings.
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Single pages and various
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Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Receipt for donation to synagogue. Eszek, Croatia, 1902.
Receipt printed on one side, with two drawings of the synagogue in Eszek and a little bit of Hebrew writing.
10x19 cm. Good condition. Slightly stained, tear causing omission on bottom left corner.
Receipt printed on one side, with two drawings of the synagogue in Eszek and a little bit of Hebrew writing.
10x19 cm. Good condition. Slightly stained, tear causing omission on bottom left corner.
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Single pages and various
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Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $150
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
Proclamation from Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaCohen – the Chafetz Chaim. Vilna, 1929.
"To the rabbis and important people who are involved with, and support, the study of Torah, through Va'ad HeYeshivot." With list of institutions supported by Va'ad HaYeshivot.
Signed also by Rabbi Chanoch Henach Eigesh, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky, and Rabbi Menchem [Krakovsky].
44.5x25 cm. Good condition. Creased and stained.
"To the rabbis and important people who are involved with, and support, the study of Torah, through Va'ad HeYeshivot." With list of institutions supported by Va'ad HaYeshivot.
Signed also by Rabbi Chanoch Henach Eigesh, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky, and Rabbi Menchem [Krakovsky].
44.5x25 cm. Good condition. Creased and stained.
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Single pages and various
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Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $200
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
1. "Call from the Rabbis of Our Community", from Vilna Va'ad HaRabbanim, 1934 – regarding condition of Jewish brethren in Germany (beginning of Nazi rise to Power). Hebrew and Yiddish.
25x35 cm. Good condition. Torn margins and creases.
2. Sabath of the second day of Shavu'ot… With list of Rabbis. Vilna, year of print not noted. Yiddish.
23x38.5 cm. Very good condition. Light stains.
25x35 cm. Good condition. Torn margins and creases.
2. Sabath of the second day of Shavu'ot… With list of Rabbis. Vilna, year of print not noted. Yiddish.
23x38.5 cm. Very good condition. Light stains.
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Single pages and various
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Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Plea from Jews of Rome and Ancona to Pope Pious the 6th, with printed signatures of 12 Christian lawyers, who wished to help their Jewish neighbors. The plea protests against the terrible treatment of the Jews of Rome and Ancona (both "Provinces of the Pope"); the high taxes, various instances of discrimination, and serious crimes such as kidnapping and baptizing Jews by force. The petition also quotes laws of previous popes, who treated Jews with much more fairness, and requests the restoration of those former laws.
The plea was turned down. Italian. cover depicts woman holding scale.
[36] leaves, 33.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Torn edges.
The plea was turned down. Italian. cover depicts woman holding scale.
[36] leaves, 33.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Torn edges.
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Single pages and various
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Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
September 9, 2009
Opening: $1,500
Unsold
Three colorful painting by the Rebbe of Drohobych, Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Shapira, pastel colors on paper.
Self-portrait with a background of a closet with mirror attached, reflecting his image (hidden by a stone wall); flowering trees; a man sleeping, and an avenue of trees. All three are autographed with the handwriting of the Rebbe.
The Rebbe Painter, Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Shapira (1884-1962, Encyclopedia of Chasidism, Part I, 111-112 ) was the son of the Rebbe of Drohobych, Rabbi Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira. On his mother’s side he was a descendant to the Rebbes of Beit Ruzhin-Buhush. He was ordained to the Rabbinate in his youth but refused to make use of it. A Torah great, he left behind many writings. He moved to Eretz Israel in 1922, was one of the settlers of Kfar Chasidim in Emek Zevulun. Following his father’s death in 1924 he moved to Jerusalem to take position as Rebbe.
22x30 cm, 22x30 cm. 29x38 cm, good condition, in simple wooden frames with minor damage.
Self-portrait with a background of a closet with mirror attached, reflecting his image (hidden by a stone wall); flowering trees; a man sleeping, and an avenue of trees. All three are autographed with the handwriting of the Rebbe.
The Rebbe Painter, Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Shapira (1884-1962, Encyclopedia of Chasidism, Part I, 111-112 ) was the son of the Rebbe of Drohobych, Rabbi Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira. On his mother’s side he was a descendant to the Rebbes of Beit Ruzhin-Buhush. He was ordained to the Rabbinate in his youth but refused to make use of it. A Torah great, he left behind many writings. He moved to Eretz Israel in 1922, was one of the settlers of Kfar Chasidim in Emek Zevulun. Following his father’s death in 1924 he moved to Jerusalem to take position as Rebbe.
22x30 cm, 22x30 cm. 29x38 cm, good condition, in simple wooden frames with minor damage.
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Single pages and various
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