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First editions of Hassidic Sefarim - Slavuta & Zhytomyr, Letters from Chassidic Masters, Ashkenazi and Hungarian Gaonim, Lithuanian Sages, Halachic Authorities, Distinguished Copies, and Personal Artifacts of Renowned Tzaddikim – Satmar, Chabad, and More.
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LOT 1:
Chageinu – Illustrations. Rabban–Kipnis – New York, 1928. Chageinu – book of rhymes and illustrations. Drawn by Zev Rabban of “Betzalel”, Jerusalem. Rhymes by Avi-Shai (Levin Kipnis). Miller Lin Publications, New York, 1928. Illustrations by the famous artist Zev Rabban, on the topics of ...
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LOT 2:
"Here, Rome, which sits on the River Tiber" – Illustrated Ketubah on vellum, 1887. Illustrated Ketubah on vellum, Rome [Italy], 1887. Ketubah for the marriage of the bridegroom Shabtai Chaim David ben Yitzchak Yosef Efrati, and the bride Inrikita bas Baruch Masinay, signed by the witnesses ...
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600
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LOT 3:
Megillat Esther. Italian, 19th Century. Megillat Esther. Italian, 19th century Megilla placed on a wooden dowel. Ink on parchment (Italy). 23 columns on 5 sheets of parchment. 18 lines per column. Sephardic script, with the “ח” per Rashi’s ruling. Parchment height: 14cm. Overall length of ...
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500
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LOT 4:
Megillas Esther, With a Prayer Before Reading the Megillah and the Blessings On the Megillah. Bulgaria, 19th Century. Megillas Esther, with an additional parchment with a prayer before reading the Megillah, the blessings on the Megillah, and the liturgy “Harav Et Riveinu”. Ink on parchment. ...
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LOT 5:
Megillah. Italy or the Balkans, 19th century. Megillah. Italy or the Balkans, 19th century. Megillas Esther, ink on parchment, mounted on a decorated handle (Italy or the Balkans). 19 columns on 5 sheets of parchment. 19 lines per column. Sephardic script with the “ח” as per Rashi’s ...
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LOT 6:
Megillah. 19th Century. Megillah. 19th century. Megillas Esther, ink on parchment, mounted on a handle. Unique writing. 18 columns on 5 sheets of parchment. 15 lines per column. Sephardic script with the “ח” as per Rashi’s rulings. Parchment height: 19cm, Overall height including the ...
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LOT 7:
Small-Sized Sefer Torah. NOT Sold as Kosher. Complete and proper Sefer Torah, small-medium sized – unconventional and uncommon in this size and completeness. Not sold as Kosher. Relatively small-sized Sefer Torah. Not sold as kosher, however the Sefer is complete and contains all the ...
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2,000
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LOT 8:
Luxurious Torah Mantle – 1926. Torah mantle made of green velvet with embroidery and appliqués. Europe, 1926. The following is embroidered on the mantle: “ D.B.W. (donated by the woman) Genendel daughter of R’ Menachem Mendel Schwartz, 1926”. Green velvet material, almost entirely faded. ...
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LOT 9:
Torah Mantle – 150 Years Old!. Torah mantle, hand-embroidered. Apparently eastern Europe, 1876. “ This is the donation of the woman Mrs. Chana Grinoier, may she live, year 536 SC (1876)” 3-dimentional embroidery of a Torah crown. Red velvet and gold thread. The cloth is surrounded by a ...
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LOT 10:
Curtain For a Torah Ark – Eastern Europe, 1926. Parochet – Cover for a small Torah Ark. Eastern Europe, 1926. Green velvet curtain, fitting a small Aron Kodesh or one made for scrolls of the Prophets. Inscribed with: “Donated by Mordechai Vanievsky, in memory of his mother, Devorah daughter ...
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LOT 11:
Curtain For a Torah Ark – Special!. Especially large and tall curtain for a Torah Ark. America or England, 1924. Handsome and preserved Parochet – curtain for the Ark – very large sized. Relatively modern embroidery for the period – 1924. Based on the style of the inscription, thei was ...
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LOT 12:
Paroches For a Torah Ark – Immediately Post the Holocaust. Crimson-red Paroches, made in memory of those martyred in 1945. Inscribed: “ The memory of the soul of Betzalel Yaakov Schreiber, martyred sanctifying the Holy Name in 1945, shall be remembered forever. Donated by his wife and his ...
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LOT 13:
Luxurious and Noble Paroches For the Torah Ark. 1908. Luxurious, extra-large crimson velvet Paroches, donated by the famous philanthropist Mrs. Lemel. “In the year 1858, when this Synagogue was dedicated, this was donated by the woman Aliza Hertz of the Lemel family, and it was repaired and ...
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500
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LOT 14:
Valance For a Parochet. Upper valance for an Ark curtain. Europe. Undated, ca. 1920. Embroidered with “The woman Kresel, wife of R’ Leibish Zigmunt”. Gold embroidery. Button markings and a 9cm. square Star of David in the center. Crown embroidered using extra-thick thread and gold sequins. ...
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LOT 15:
Upper Valance For a Torah Ark. Excellent Condition. Valance for a Torah Ark. Undated. Unique condition. Upper valance meant as a decoration for the actual curtain over the Ark. Made of red velvet with stars and other decorations embroidered artistically. Surrounded by a border with ...
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LOT 16:
Tablecloth For the Bimah – Undated. Embroidered tablecloth for the Bimah. Complete and handsome! 80-100 years old! Crimson velvet tablecloth, well-preserved and fully embroidered. About 80-years-old. The words “This is the Table that is before Hashem” are embroidered in the center, above a ...
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LOT 17:
Ancient Velvet Tablecloth For a Synagogue. Large tablecloth, quite long and wide, of handsome red velvet and embroidered with flowers. Small hole in center. Wear and fading in some parts. Overall good condition.
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100
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LOT 18:
“Wimpel” – Cloth For Tying a Sefer Torah Per the Customs of Ashkenaz-Germany – Especially Decorated and Luxurious. Special Condition!. Chaim son of Mordechai, born in good fortune on the 6th of Elul 680 (Aug. 20, 1920) G-D will allow he should grow to Torah, marriage, and good deeds Amen ...
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LOT 19:
Early Wimple For a Sefer Torah – 1874. Wimpel – belt for tying up a Sefer Torah. Germany, 1874. Wimpel, a band which was sewn from the swaddling cloths used at a baby’s Bris. A few years later, when the child was weaned, or when he began to study Alef-Beis, or when he turned Bar Mitzvah, the ...
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LOT 20:
Embroidered Belt For a Sefer Torah. Undated. Embroidered belt for a Sefer Torah with flower embroidery. Embroidered in yellow-gold thread, with a flower design throughout its length, on a reddish-brown cloth. Additional strings sewn at the end for lacing the belt properly. Good condition.
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100
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LOT 21:
Belt For a Sefer Torah – Embroidered Velvet, 1927. Velvet belt for a Sefer Torah. Europe, 1927. Belt for wrapping a Sefer Torah, deep-red velvet with gold-embroidered lettering. “Donated in honor of the Torah by the Chaver R’ Aharon Farber and his wife Mrs. Rachel Leah may they live ...
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LOT 22:
Unique Tablecloth. Persia, 1925. “All who is hungry shall eat from it and all who is thirsty will dring from it” – a unique tablecloth specially decorated with designs and writings ifor guests and in honor of the Mitzvah of receiving guests. Made in Persia in 1925. The tablecloth is decorated ...
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400
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LOT 23:
Selichot. Venice, 1738. Selichot for pre-dawn, per the Sephardic customs. Venice, 1738. With liturgies by the Kabbalistic Gaon Rabbi Moshe Zacut. With Seder Hatarat Nedarim at the end. 88 pp. 18cm. Fair condition. Slightly torn binding.
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80
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LOT 24:
Selichot With Liturgy by the Rama”Z. Venice, 1735. Selichot for pre-dawn, as per the customs of the Sephardic community, with liturgy by Rabbi Moshe Zachut. Venice, 1735. Selichot for pre-dawn, for the month of Ellul and the Hogh-Holy days, as per the customs of the holy Sephardic community ...
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LOT 25:
Selichot With Yiddish Translation. Chernivtsi, 1848. “Order of Selichot for the entire year with translation” – Chernivtsi, 1848. Signature on the title page: “…Shlomo Rosin, son of… son of Dov Berish Aptsh…” [63] pp. 25cm. Mold stains throughout. Fair-bad condition.
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LOT 26:
Theillim and Eicha in One Volume. Cambridge, 1685. Tehillim and Megillas Eicha in one volume. Cambridge, 1685. Rare. “Sepher Tehillim, i.e. Liber Psalmorum … Item Sepher Kinoth, i.e. Liber Lamentatinum Jeremiæ ”, with diacritics and cantillation. Taken from the Cambridge Bible. Printed by ...
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LOT 27:
Tehillim, With the Renowned German Translation. Fürth, 1820. Tehillim, with German translation in Hebrew letters by Moses Mendelsohn. Fürth, 1820. “Tehillim with translation by Mendelsohn, with Ma’amadot. Moshe Tzirendorfer press, Fürth, 1820” The German translation is written in Tzor font ...
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LOT 28:
Tehillim and Pirkei Avot, With Additions in Judeo-Italian. Vienna, 1862. Tehillim and Pirkei Avot – Vienna, 1862. After the Pirkei Avot is a 9-page proclamation, in Italian(?), in Hebrew letters. 64 pp. 11.5cm. Excellent condition. New binding.
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LOT 29:
Tehillim With Arabic Seraḥ. Djerba, 1959. Tehillim with Arabic Seraḥ. Djerba, 1959 Tehillim with Arabic seraḥ (word-for-word translation). One volume, parts I-II. Boaz Ḥadad press, Djerba, Tunisia, 1959. Both the original Hebrew and translation to Judeo-Arabic. 34 (should be 68), [2]; 167 ...
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LOT 30:
Siddur “Seder Hatefillah”, Ashkenaz. With the Approbation of the Noda Bi’yehuda. Siddur “Seder Hatefilah”, Ashkenaz Nussach – Prague, 1784 – highly invested edition in regards to preciseness and Halacha – edition printed with a fiery approbation by the “Noda BiYehuda” – extremely rare Siddur – ...
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180
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LOT 31:
Siddur Nussach Ashkenaz With Yiddish Elucidation. Amsterdam, 1791. Siddur Nussach Ashkenaz – Amsterdam, 1791 — “Order of Prayers For All Year Round as is the Custom of Poland, With the Leining, Chapters of Shir Hayichud… and Supplications”, with Yiddish commentary. Incomplete exemplar. [1] ...
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LOT 32:
Sichat Yitzchak, Prague, 1895, & Deutsche Gebete Und Gelange, Vienna, 1901. Sichat Yitzchak, Siddur Nussach Ashkenaz, with translation to German. Prague, 1895. Rare. Bound together with “Deutsche Gebete Und Gelange”, Vienna, 1901. Siddur “Sichat Yitzchak – Das Israelitische Gebetbuch”. Carl ...
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LOT 33:
Siddur Derech Hachaim. Vienna, 1908. Siddur ‘Derech Hachayim’, Sepharad style, with halachot by Rabbi Yaakov of Lisa, and moral chastisements in Yiddish, collected by Rabbi Yitzchak Hamburger. Vienna, 1908. Stereotype print. Pp. 17-24 were added from a photocopy close to the time of printing. ...
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300
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LOT 34:
Tikkun Shelomo With Tikkunim of the Arizal. Metz, 1820. Rare!. Sefer Tikkun Shlomo – “Tikkunim for Shabbat” of the Arizal – Metz, 1820. Rare. Includes all the prayers for shabbat, liturgy, Tikkunim, and customs of the Arizal. 80, 89; 39 [1] pp. Stains. Wear. A few tears. Partially detached ...
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LOT 35:
Tikkun Leil Shavu’ot and Hoshana Rabba. Chernivtsi, 1836. Tikkun Leil Shavu’os and Hosha’ana Rabba – Chernivtsi, 1836. 184 pp. Last page missing. Stains. Detached cover. Fair condition.
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80
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LOT 36:
Sefer Techinot: “Shome’s Tefillah”. Izmir, 1857. Sefer Shome’a Tefillah. Izmir, 1857. Single edition. Shome’a Tefillah, prayers and supplications. Binyamin ibn Tzion Ruditi press. Izmir, 1857. Includes parayers and supplications for visiting graves, annulling vows and curses, Tashlich ...
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LOT 37:
Machzor For the High-Holy Days. Salonika, 1842. Machzor for the High-Holy Days (I). Salonika, 1842. Machzor for the High-Holy Days (vol. I: Selichot, Rosh Hashana and Tzom Gedalya). Se’adya Halevi Ashkenazi press, Salonika, 1842. The title page copies the text of the title pages of earlier ...
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LOT 38:
“The Y. Aharon Roth”. Machzor For the 3 Holidays. Vienna, 1852. Machzor for the 3 holidays, Vienna, 1852. With ownership notation on the front flyleaf: “the y, Aharon Roth”. Signature also in Latin letters. The signature is extremely similar to that of the holy Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Roth ...
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LOT 39:
Ma’ane Lashon, Prayers at the Cemetery. Yiddish Translation. Warsaw, 1837. Ma’ane Lashon, prayers said at the cemetery, with translation to Yiddish. Warsaw, 1837. Rare. Ma’ane Lashon, the prayers said at a cemetery. With translation to the common Judeo-German. David Shklover press. Warsaw ...
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LOT 40:
Refu’at Hanefesh. Altona, 1709. Rare Sefer!. Sefer Refu’at Hanefesh, edited and proofread by Rabbi Shmuel Zanvil Hannover for the “Visitors of the Ill and Cahrity Doers” society in Altona. Altona, 1709. Rare. Refu’at Hanefesh, prayers for the ill, customs of purifying the body of the deceased ...
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LOT 41:
Siddur With a Dedication Handwritten by the Rebbe, Rabbi Avraham Yisachar, Admor of Radzin. 1946. Siddur with a dedication handwritten by the Rebbe, Rabbi Avraham Yisachar of Radzin. 1946. Small-sized Siddur, Ashkenaz Nussach, printed in New York – with a dedication handwritten by the holy ...
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LOT 42:
Siddur Tefillah Yeshara – Handwritten Dedication by the Author, the Bostoner Rebbe Ztz”L. Siddur Tefilah Yeshara Boston, published in 1981 by C”K Admor Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz of Boston. Special copy, embossed with “Gift from the Rebbe Shlita”, as well as a handwritten dedication which ...
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LOT 43:
“Tafsir Darshi Tefillin” – Jerusalem, Ca. 1920. Single Edition. Bar Mitzvah speech in Persian, transliterated in Hebrew. Single edition. Jerusalem, ca. 1920. Speech regarding putting on Tefillin: “Tafsir Darshi Tefillin Belvazi Farsi”. Judeo-Persian. Jerusalem, ca. 1920. Single edition. The ...
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LOT 44:
Unknown Prayer For Women. Handwritten!. Manuscript. Prayer for women for the success of the nation and for their family. Ca. 19th century. Unknown prayer in Yiddish and Hebrew for a Jewish mother for the success of the nation and for the success of the supplicant and her family: “for life and ...
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LOT 45:
Manuscript. Bircat Hachama, 1953. Bircat Hachamah for the year 1953. Handwritten. The prayers for Bircat Hachama, Solitreo handwriting, “from this our year 5713 (1953) that will be upon us for good, on the Wednesday of Shabbos Parshat Shmini, the 23rd of Nissan (Apr. 8, 1953), which is the ...
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LOT 46:
Tikkun Chatzos. Breslav. Jerusalem Edition, 1951. Sefer Tikkun Chatzos-Breslav – Jerusalem, 1951. Tikkun Chatzos with collected teachings from Breslav Seforim. Compiled and edited by Rabbi Nesanel Tefillinsky Breslauer (from the leading Breslav Chassidim). Shraga Weinfeld press, 1951. 48 pp. ...
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LOT 47:
Iggeres Kodesh from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – With Handwritten Additions. Letter of blessings for “A good and sweet year, both physical and spiritual”, from C”K Admor of Lubavitch OBM and with his signature and an additional two handwritten words – sent to the wonderous Tzaddik and Gaon Rabbi ...
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900
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LOT 48:
Letter of blessings for “A good and sweet year, both physical and spiritual”, from C”K Admor of Lubavitch OBM and with his signature and an additional three handwritten words – sent to the wonderous Tzaddik and Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Zerachia Segal, Rabbi of the Kiryat Shalom neighborhood in Tel ...
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900
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LOT 49:
Letter of blessings for “A good and sweet year, both physical and spiritual”, from C”K Admor of Lubavitch OBM and with his signature and an additional two handwritten words – sent to the wonderous Tzaddik and Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Zerachia Segal, Rabbi of the Kiryat Shalom neighborhood in Tel Aviv ...
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900
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LOT 50:
Letter of blessings for “A good and sweet year, both physical and spiritual”, from C”K Admor of Lubavitch OBM and with his signature and one additional handwritten word – sent to the wonderous Tzaddik and Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Zerachia Segal, Rabbi of the Kiryat Shalom neighborhood in Tel Aviv – ...
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900
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