Portrait of Rabbi Yitzchak Seckel Aryeh Loeb Wormser (Zekil Loeb Wormser) – the Ba'al Shem of Michelstadt. Pencil/graphite on paper, [Germany? second half of 19th century].
A fine portrait, hand drawn on paper. Below the portrait appears the inscription: "…face of…Zekil Leib of Michelstadt" (handwritten).
Rabbi Zekil Loeb Wormser (1768-1847), of Luria Ashkenazi family, descendant of the Maharsha"l and the Ariz"l. According to the legend he was born following a revelation of Elijah that his father experienced. As a young child he was known already as a genius, studied with his father and in his town. Founded a Yeshivah which he headed in Michelstadt. He was often approached with requests for prayers by foremost rabbis of his generation amongst them the Hatam Sofer and Chidushei Hari"m. On Rosh Hashanah 1847 he prepared his disciples for his death, and died on the following day, the Fast of Gedalya. In 1940 the Nazis destroyed his tombstone and in 1947 his great grandson, Peretz Dreyfus, rebuilt it.
Length: 31.5 cm, width: 25 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears and holes, spots and folding marks.

A commemorative sheet - celebration in memory of Rabbi Ephraim Elnekave. Tlemcen, Algeria, ca. 1920.
Colorful print.
Rabbi Ephraim Elnekave was considered a saintly rabbi and many legends were told about him. The rabbi moved from Spain to Tlemcen following the 1391 riots. The print features scenes related to the legends told about the rabbi. The image of a lion on the upper part refers to a story told about the rabbi and his disciples, who stopped amidst a journey to avoid consecration of Shabbat. According to the legend, after they stopped a lion tried to attack them but when it saw the rabbi, the lion calmed down and laid himself in front of the rabbi. The depicted spring refers to a legend telling the story about the rabbi who was thirsty on his way to Tlemcen, and managed to get water by hitting a rock, from which water came out pouring.
26X20 cm, framed, good condition.

Ketubah for the marriage of Yehudah Leib ben Binyamin and the bride Keila daughter of Aharon. Ansbach, [November 1809].
Handwritten on parchment.
Small Ketubah, no illustrations. Two witnesses and the groom signed at the bootom.
Height: 13.5-14 cm, width: 15-16 cm. Good condition. Spots and folding marks. Minor tear to upper borders.

“Shiviti" for a synagogue. Akhaltsikhe, Georgia, [ca.1940].
Ink and paint on thick paper.
On the upper part "Shiviti Hashem…" in golden letters with a Star of David with Tablets of the Law in its center. Psalms 67, in large square characters appears under the a Star of David. See similar sheet documented in "BeEretz Gizat HaZahav, the History of Georgian Jews and their Culture" (editors: Rachel Arbel and Lily Magal. Beit Hatefutsot, Tel-Aviv,1992), plate no. 152, of the Tiblisi synagogue,established by Jews of Akhaltsikhe.
Length: 59.5 cm, width: ca.43 cm. Good condition. Spots. Framed (not examined out of frame).