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LOT 152:
A Majestic Viennese Silver Tray with a Dedication from Baron Rothschild to Professor Stummer, President of the Austrian Railway. Vienna-Paris 1855. An impressive and high-quality silver tray, decorated with hand engraved floral elements, and carrying an historical dedicatory inscription by ...
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$14,000
LOT 153:
A Set of Silver George II Royal Plates, owned by Baron Rothschild. London 1820. An important and impressive set of George III silver dinner plates which belonged to Baron Nathan Meir Rothschild, founder of the English branch of the Rothschild family, and his wife Hannah Barnett Cohen. This set ...
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LOT 154:
Torah Wimpel (Binder) from the Famous Dreyfus Family. Alsace 1897. A colorful, hand-painted Wimpel for a Sefer Torah, made in the Alsace-Lorraine region, carrying the name of the newborn 'Israel ben Benjamin Dreyfus'. Members of the Dreyfus family lived in the Alsace region, in the town of ...
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LOT 155:
Folk Art: Embroidered Tefillin Bag containing its original Tefillin. Eastern Europe, 1898. . A special and personal item hand-crafted for a Jewish young man in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century. A hand-embroidered cloth bag with a drawstring, containing its original set of Tefillin ...
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500
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$1,100
LOT 156:
Five individual American dollar bills that were given out by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe. The bills are preserved in individual thick plastic sleeves and come from an important Lubavitch family living in Crown Heights, New York. They were given by the Rebbe ...
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700
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$750
LOT 157:
Passover Haggadah. Copy No. 1 of a Numbered Facsimile Edition. Isaac Hazin. 2008. A modern, artistic Haggadah lavishly illustrated. The Haggadah was originally written in the handwriting of artist and scribe Yitzhak Hazin, with drawings and illustrations by his wife Nechama Hazin. This is a ...
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LOT 158:
Antique Jewish Beaded Embroidery Panel. Italy, early 20th Century. . A lovely and unusual example of high-quality, antique beadwork, probably Italian, used to create a blessing panel. The central text reads: "Blessed are you when you come and blessed are you when you go". The blessing panel's ...
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LOT 159:
Katina Kol Bo by C.N. Bialik. Exclusive Edition. Berlin, 1923. This is likely the first book authored by acclaimed Children’s poet. Katina Kol Bo was written in Odessa, 1916, and published in 1917 in the Children’s Magazine ‘Shtilim’. It was republished as its own book by Rimon publishers, a ...
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$1,600
LOT 160:
'Simchat Torah in the Old Synagogue in Livorno'. After the Famous Painting of Solomon Alexander Hart. A high-quality, original, signed painting, oil on canvas, by a European artist. The famous work 'Simchat Torah in the Ancient Synagogue in Livorno' was created by the most important Jewish ...
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$1,700
LOT 161:
'Street in Jerusalem'. NARCISSE BERCHÉRE (1819 - 1891). 1849-50. Signed. An original, classical painting by the French painter and engraver Narcisse Berchére. The artist has depicted an enchanting street in the Old City of Jerusalem, with a stone archway leading to one of the cities many ...
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$4,400
LOT 162:
Learning with the Rebbe. Josef Johan Suss (1857-1937). Vienna. Signed. A classic scene of the essence of Hasidic Jewish learning. The painting shows four students, some standing and some sitting, studying with their Rebbe. The scene is presented through a graceful and pleasing composition, by ...
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LOT 163:
'Shtetl'. Győri Elek (1905-1957). Signed. A compelling and authentic portrayal of the Jewish Street, showing Jewish life in interwar Hungary. In his fascinating and colorful works, Elek captures the lively atmosphere of Jewish everyday life, and the cycle of the Jewish year. Győri Elek was ...
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1,500
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$7,500
LOT 164:
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Final Day in the Ghetto: 4 Rare Works by Polish Artist Stanislaw Konarz-Konarzewski .(1914-1999) . Four original paintings illustrating heart-wrenching scenes from the Warsaw Ghetto during both the famous uprising, and the last day of the Jews in the city. ...
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$1,300
LOT 165:
Manuscript Bound in Hebrew manuscript from 14th-century Ashkenaz. An Emotive Piece. Most unusual and emotive piece. Christian book on science topics, 1675. Bound with a piece of parchment torn from an early Hebrew manuscript. The text of the parchment deals with the topic of lepers. This ...
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LOT 166:
‘Ma’alot Ha’ivrim’ – a Significant Composition Defending the Jewish Religion, by Doctor and Philosopher Isaac Cardoso, son of a Portuguese Marrano family. Las Excelencias de los Hebreos, by Isaac Cardoso. David de Castro Tartas printing. Amsterdam, 1679. Spanish. First edition This book is ...
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4,000
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$4,000
LOT 167:
Illuminated Ketubah on Parchment. Written and Signed by the Gaon and Saintly Kabbalist Chacham Yitzchak Ibn Walid. Tetuan – Morocco, 1838. A ketubah uniting the groom, Chaim son of R’ Masoud ben Zakan, with the bride Masouda daughter of R’ Avraham Azoulai. Tétouan (Tetuan, Morocco) Adar 5598 ...
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LOT 168:
“Wonderful Are Two Who Are More Desirable Than Gold”. Letter Conferring Gaba’ut on Rabbi Vidal Tzarfati and Rabbi Aharon Monsonigo. Signed by The Rishon LeTzion. Jerusalem, 1924. Impressive, large page, from the ‘Maghreb’ community, conferring Gaba’ut on Rabbi Aharon Monsonego and Rabbi Vidal ...
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LOT 169:
Ilan Ha-Gadol – The Great Map of God. An exquisite Ilan Ha-Gadol of the type historically attributed to the great 17th-century Kabbalist Rabbi Meir Poppers. Ink on parchment, 23.5 x 378 cm. Hand-written on 6 membranes. The Ilan Ha-Gadol - the Great Ilan ('tree')– is a long parchment scroll ...
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15,000
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LOT 170:
Large Shiviti on Parchment. Morocco, 19th-20th Century. An oversized sheet of parchment used for a large Shiviti, written and illustrated in Morocco during the 19th or early 20th century. The page shows an architectural gateway, made entirely of hand-painted decorations, within which are set ...
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$1,800
LOT 171:
A Unique Manuscript: Tikkun Leil Shavuot Scroll, 8 meters long. Eastern writing, 18th C. At least 8 meters long. 16.5 cm. high. A unique and interesting manuscript on paper, written in the form of a scroll more than eight meters long, containing the Tikkun Leil Shavuot. Written in a scribal ...
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1,800
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$500
LOT 172:
Mohel K’Dat. 19th Century Dutch Manuscript. Book of 60 pages in Dutch handwriting, comprising the laws of practices of a Mohel. This seems to be a Dutch translation of the book ‘Mohel K’Dat’ published in Germany, 1884. ‘Mohel K’Dat, Der Theoretisch-Praktische Mohel’, by Moritz Baum. Germany ...
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LOT 173:
Unusual and Exclusive Manuscript by the Principal of Prague’s Jewish School -Joseph Kisch, and his Son, Rabbi of Prague, 1859. Interesting and original notebook, that was prepared for a Jewish individual, Joseph Mislap (1789-1869), by his son-in-law, Joseph Kisch (1804 – 1874). Joseph Kisch ...
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$480
LOT 174:
‘Keter Malchut’ by Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Gvirol. Manuscript by Rabbi Avraham Refael Seroy from Cento. Manuscript ‘Sefer Keter Malchut’, Cento, Italy 1859. Lengthy philosophical poem by Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Gvirol. Customarily read on Yom Kippur. On the back cover: Sheli, Avraham Refael Seroy, written ...
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$350
LOT 175:
Manuscript of Booklet of Songs Composed in Honor of Synagogue Dedication, by Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Hirsch Herzfeld – Bet Din Shavel, Rawitsch and Amsterdam. This special manuscript is, to the best of our knowledge, the only source of two songs from the year 1844, penned by Rabbi Naftali Tzvi ...
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LOT 176:
Manuscript ‘Amira LehaSandak VehaMohel’. Europe, 19th Century. Order of Circumcision with Halachik directions in Yiddish and Hebrew. On the title page: ‘Amira LehaSandak VehaMohel’. Forms of language used, are those appearing in the well-known prayerbooks ‘Siddur Tefillat Yisrael (Berlin 1858) ...
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350
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$800
LOT 177:
Philosophical Manuscript with Enigmatic Poetry by Rabbi Yosef Adler ben Rabbi Shmuel Adler. Skatchan 1857. Not printed. "For the time being, he is working the land in Skatchan near the city of Nitra" 92 pages handwritten by a Jew named Rabbi Yosef ben Rabbi Shmuel Adler who lived in a small ...
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LOT 178:
Rare Letter from the "Chacham Bashi", the Rishon LeTzion R' Chaim David Hazan, to R' Yitzchak b. Walid 'HaNer HaMa'aravi'. Jerusalem 1867. Beautiful letter in eastern script, penned in the holy handwriting of the Rabbi of Jerusalem, known as ‘Chad BeDoroh’ meaning ‘unique in his generation’ ...
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800
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$4,000
LOT 179:
An Important Kabbalistic Manuscript. Tunisia and Morocco, 18th-19th Century. From the Library of R' Avner HaTzarfati. 106 manuscript pages, most of them in a Moroccan script from the 18th or early 19th century, by one author, with completions and additions in a Tunisian hand from the 19th ...
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$3,400
LOT 180:
Kabbalistic Manuscript, from the Library of Rabbi Avner HaTzarfati. 19th Century. 125-page manuscript, written in a distinct Tunisian hand, and deal with hidden matters. Our enquiry into the manuscript's contents suggests that it contains Kabbalistic content by Rabbi David Majar. Rabbi ...
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LOT 181:
Manuscript ‘Luach HaTamid’. Calendar of 142 years (5600-5741). Germany, 1840. With explanations and additions for calculations, Germany, 1840. “142-year calendar from 5600 until 5741, with 14 calendar structures for calculating simple as well as leap years of the calendar, by Moshe ben ...
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$4,600
LOT 181a:
Holy Letters and Torah Anthologies of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin and his Son, The Admor of Sadigura. Handwritten by Rabbis of Ustile (Ustyluh). 1884. Son the Admor of Sadigora. In the handwriting of Admorim from Ustylúh.1884. It is known that the holy Rabbi of Ruzhin and his son the Admor of ...
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LOT 182:
Vestiges of the Sermon Collection of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Newman. Ottowa, Circa 1909. Rabbi Aryeh Leib Newman served as a Rabbi in Ottawa, early 20th century. He amalgamated his public sermons into 9 books, as is indicated from his personal records. We have here, 3 of these notebooks. Some of his ...
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$22,000
LOT 183:
Manuscript – Siddur for the Entire Year According to the Kavanot HaAri. With Kabbalistic Innovations and Practices. 17th-18th Century. Manuscript, Siddur Kavanot HaAri, with Kabbalistic explanations and Kavanot, as edited by Rabbi Poppers. Including prayers for weekday and Shabbat, holidays and ...
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12,000
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$65,000
LOT 184:
Nevi’im Achronim. Extremely Rare and Important pre- Spanish Expulsion Manuscript on Parchment. Iberia, 14th -15 th Century. Important, biblical codex dating back to the pre-Spanish and Portuguese Expulsion period. Latter Prophets, Yeshaya and Malachi, with vowels, punctuation, and some ...
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50,000
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$105,000
LOT 185:
The Smallest Torah Scroll in the World. Germany, 19th century. A rare and valuable Ashkenazi Torah Scroll, written in the 19th century in STAM script, spectacular in its beauty and in its highly unusual size. To the best of our knowledge and in the light of our research, this appears to be the ...
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70,000
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LOT 186:
‘Sefer HaZohar’. Mantua, 1560. First Edition. Authenticated and Special Edition. Sefer HaZohar, Leviticus and Numbers sections, Mantua, first edition. Hundreds of handwritten glosses, additions, corrections and footnotes throughout the book (approximately 800). Two clearly discernible ...
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$700
LOT 187:
An Illustrated Page of Ashkenazi 'Shiviti' on Parchment, 1861. A very beautiful script on a sheet of parchment from the 19th century, with added decorations and illustrations. The ‘Shiviti’ frame is decorated with plant-like patterns with dense, thin ink strokes. On the bottom left side of ...
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LOT 188:
Lot: Six Kabbalistic Amulets for Shemirah, on Parchment and Paper. 19th-20th Century. A varied and interesting lot of six protective amulets, written and designed for carrying or hanging. Three of the amulets were hand-written on parchment - two of them are on rectangular parchment in a ...
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LOT 189:
A Rare Illustrated 'Shviti' in Memory of the Victims of the 1929 Arab Riots in Hebron. Eretz Israel, 1930's. A special and impressive Shivite page, made by the Jewish artist Yehoshua Meiri , following the tragic events that befell the Jews of Hebron in 1929. Beautiful and impressive ...
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$550
LOT 190:
Kabbalistic Personal Amulet. 18-19th Century. A hand-written Kabbalistic amulet on paper, for protection and luck. Written in the form of a spiral, with sacred names and 'angel letters'. The signs of folding indicate the very personal nature and use of the amulet, which would have been carried ...
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LOT 191:
Three Handwritten Kabbalistic Notebooks from North Africa, from the Treasures of the Library of the Kabbalist Rabbi Shimon Ben-Lulu. Rabbi Shimon Ben-Lulu, a great scholar and Kabbalist, came to Israel from Morocco after the establishment of the State. He served as a public figure in the city ...
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2,500
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$16,000
LOT 192:
Manuscript. Booklet of Recommendations for a Shadar; Endorsed by a Chassidic Talmud Torah of the Old Yishuv of Jerusalem. Signatures of the Admor of Lelov, the Admor of Zhidichov and Others. “Booklet of the Talmud Torah and Yeshivat Chayei Olam HaKlalit, here, the Holy City of Jerusalem, may it ...
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800
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$800
LOT 193:
Manuscript: “Notebook of Kollel Shomrei HaChomot, Beit HaSofer VeHaMeir Providing for the communities of Czechoslovakia, East Hungary , America, New Romania, and Yugoslavia.” Jerusalem, 1923. An artistic and unique notebook of a prestigious 20th Century Jewish institution of Jerusalem. The ...
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800
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$30,000
LOT 194:
Three Important Essays in the Handwriting of the Esteemed Isaiah ben Yaakov of Saran. Trin, Italy 1468, 1471. Mostly Not Printed. A rare and ancient manuscript, containing three complete essays in the handwriting of the esteemed writer Isaiah ben Ya'akov of Saran from the second half of the ...
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18,000
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$28,000
LOT 195:
‘Alilot Devorim’ Manuscript. Ashkenazi Manuscript from Italy, 1468. From collection of R’ Shlomo Zalman Halberstam and Sir Montefiore. Polemic text written in liturgical style, concerning those who are straying away from the Laws of the Torah and the Neviim, pointed mainly towards ‘Besulat ...
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18,000
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$2,600
LOT 196:
Tikkunim of the Amsterdam Jewish Community. A Spendid and Impressive Copy. Amsterdam 1739. In Yiddish. A particularly handsome volume in which regulations of the Amsterdam Jewish Community are bound, and a large number of Ampliazia (additions to the regulations), which were printed and added ...
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1,200
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LOT 197:
Illustrated manuscript from the 'Chevra Kadisha' of the Schottland Community. Selichot of the 21st of Kislev. Poland-Danzig (Gdansk) District, 1822. . “Belongs to the heroes of the Chevra Kadisha on the holy community of Schottland”, 1822. This is a manuscript of Selichot in a square Ashkenazi ...
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5,000
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$1,300
LOT 200:
A Rare Interpretation of the Haggadah Based on Kabbalah. A Manuscript by Rabbi Yosef David Ayash - Son of the 'Rishon Letzion’, Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Ayash. Early 19th Century. The core of the commentary are lectures based on Kabbalah, remez and gematrias, similar to previous lectures given by ...
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LOT 201:
Eulogy Notes: Needs for the Mourning of my Father. A Fascinating Personal Document from Salé, Morocco, 1740. This fascinating document gives us a window into 18th century Jewish life. This document was penned by a Jew named Yitzchak ben Shlomo Yeshurun who was born in Salé. He underwent many ...
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500
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$2,600
LOT 202:
Unique Manuscript: Unknown Drashot from a Moroccan Chacham of the 18th Century. An amazing book of Drashot on the weekly Torah portions, from Parashat Vayikra to Parashat Ha-Azinu, including Drashot for special occasions, such as eulogies, sermons for Shabbat Kallah, Parashat Vayelech and ...
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2,000
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