Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

(AUERBACH FAMILY).

(Karelitz, Avraham Yeshaya, ('The Chazon Ish'). Chazon Ish to Orach Chaim and Hilchoth Niddah [and many matters from the Order of Kodshim].

Vilna, 1911

(BELZ).

Diburim Kedoshim (The Makover Chibur). Torah Thoughts from Three Grand-Rebbes of Belz.

Belz, c. 1950

(CHASSIDISM).

Hora'ath HaShemoth [Kabbalistic concepts and Chassidic tales]. <<* With:>> <<(R. Avraham of Kalisk).>> Igroth HaKodesh Me'Admo'r Kahana Kadisha.

Jerusalem, 1908

(CHASSIDISM).

Mishkavtha D'Rebbi (Anonymous). Eulogy for Grand-Rebbe <<R. Duvid Moshe Friedman of Chortkov.>>

1903

(CHASSIDISM).

Novellae of the Yismach Moishe, with <<Autograph Notations by his Grandson the Yitev Lev, and great-great grandson, R. Moshe David Teitelbaum of Sighet and Volova.>>

Sighet / Gorlitz, 1848-61

(ERETZ ISRAEL).

Collection of c. 65 Autograph / Typed Letters and other Documents. Primarily 20th century, majority from Eretz Israel.

(ERETZ ISRAEL).

Collection of c. 43 Autograph / Typed Letters and other Documents. Primarily related to the Old Yishuv during Mandate times.

(ERETZ ISRAEL).

Collection of c. 7 Letters pertaining to the Old Yishuv during the Late Ottoman period.

FRADKIN, SHNEUR ZALMAN OF LUBLIN

(“The Liader,” 1808-1902). Secretarial Letter Signed, with six lines in autograph as well as autograph edits. Written to R. Shmuel Salant.

GREENBLATT, EPHRAIM.

Shu’T Rivevoth Efrayim [responsa relating to Orach Chaim]. Vol. VIII.

Jerusalem, 1998

HAGER, CHAIM

(Of Otynia. The “Tal Chaim,” 1863-1931).

HAGER, ELIEZER.

(“The Damesek Eliezer,” 1891-1946). Sepher Hafla’ah. Lemberg, 1818.

Hirsch, Samson Raphael

(Foremost Orthodox Rabbi in Germany, 1808-88). Autograph Manuscript Signed, written in German, with much use of Hebrew. With autograph corrections.

(Frankfurt am Main), 1857

KALISCH, SHIMON SHOLOM

(Admor of Amshinov, 1882-1954). Autograph Letter Signed, written to Rabbi Shmuel Shteransky.

(Otvotsk?), -1939

KIPNIS, SHMUEL.

Group of c. 6 Autograph Letters Signed.

KLESNIKER, ELIYAHU.

Autograph Letter Signed written to R. Mordechai Luria.

1905

KLUGER, SHLOMO

(of Brody, 1785-1869). Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew. Four Responsa on Yoreh De'ah and <<Recorded in his Personal Ledger.>>

Brody, 1854

KOOK, AVRAHAM YITZCHAK HAKOHEN

(First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1865-1935). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to the Fifteenth Zionist Congress.

Jerusalem, 1927

LIPSCHÜTZ, YISRAEL

(“The Tiphereth Yisrael,” 1782-1860). Autograph Letter Signed written to his son, Rabbi Baruch Yitzchak (Isidor Lifschitz of Landsberg, 1812-77).

Landsberg an der Warthe (Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland), 1841

MALBIM, MEIR LEIBUSH

(Weiser, 1809-79). Autograph Legal Opinion Signed.

Budapest, [1]858"

MALOVITSKY, PINCHAS BETZALEL

(Grand-Rebbe of Lechovich-Slonim, 1870-1948). Autograph letter signed. Invitation to the wedding of the Rebbe's daughter to Ya'akov Yosef, son of <<Grand-Rebbe Alter Mordechai Sefarad of Ostroha>>.

Baranovich, c. 1915

MELTZER, ISSER ZALMAN

(Rosh Yeshivah Etz Chaim, Jerusalem. 1870-1953). Autograph Letter Signed written to R. Ya'akov Basan.

(Jerusalem), No date

NEPI, GRAZIADIO (HANANEL).

Limud [prayers and Scriptural readings].

(Cento), 1823

(POLAND).

(Seder Selichoth - Chevra Kadisha).

(Poland), 1778

(PRAGUE).

Notebook of Largely <<Unpublished Talmudic Novellae>> by Rabbis from 18th Century Prague.

Prague, c. 1780

(PRAGUE).

Talmudic Novellae By Rabbis of Prague. Arranged according to the Festivals. Includes Teachings of R. Yehudah Loewy (Mahara’l), R. Avraham Broda, R. Yonassan Eybeschuetz and others.

Prague, c. 1780

(PRESSBURG).

Notebook of Yeshiva Student.

Hungary (likely Slovakia today), 1928-29

(RABBINICS).

‘Pithchei Teshuvah.’ Digest of Hundreds of Responsa in Laws of Treifoth.

Eastern Europe, 1850

(RABBINICS).

Novellae to Shulchan Aruch.

Eastern Europe, c. 1860

(RABBINICS).

Collection of Torah Thoughts. Including Drafts of Sermons, Summaries of Chazalic Thought and Introduction to Chassidism.

ROSENHEIM, JAKOB

(Leader of the Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft Frankfurt, 1870-1965). Autograph Letter Signed, written in German to “Herr Unna.”

Frankfurt am Main, 1917

(SOFER, MOSHE).

Menasseh ben Israel. Mikveh Israel.

Warsaw, 1841

(STERN, YOSEF ZECHARIAH).

(Steinhousen, Dov Baer ben Kayem Kadesh.) Yehgeh Chochmah [novellae].

Vilna & Grodno, 1836

WACHTFOGEL, YITZCHAK YA'AKOV

Collection of c. 36 letters.

(WEIL, YA'AKOV).

Moshe ben Nachman (Ramba'n). Toldoth Adam [novellae to Tractate Yebamoth].

Homburg, 1740

WEINBERG, SHMUEL

("The Divrei Shmuel," Admor of Slonim, 1850-1916). Autograph Letter Signed. Written to his family and to all his followers.

No year

(YEMEN).

Moshe Ventura. Yemin Moshe [on the laws of ritual slaughter]. <<* With:>> Zikaron Le'Bnei Yisrael.

Yemen, 1879(?)

ZLOTNICK, ELIYAHU.

Group of c. 8 Typed Letters Signed.

Jerusalem, 1960's

ZOLTY, YA'AKOV BEZALEL.

Mishnath Ya'avetz [on Yoreh De'ah].

Jerusalem, 1954

(FRAMED LETTERS).

Group of six finely framed, color copies of autograph letters set alongside portrait photograph of the writers. Including: R. Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov; R. Moishe Yehoshua Hager of Vizhnitz; R. Aryeh Levin of Jerusalem; The Chida.

HAGER, MORDECHAI

(Grand Rebbe of Vishnitz-Monsey, 1922-2018). Large <<Personal>> 26-string Gartel.

HAGER, MORDECHAI

(Grand Rebbe of Vishnitz-Monsey, 1922-2018). <<Personal>> White “Rebbe’sher” shirt: Five-buttons, wide cuffs.

LOEWY, MESHULAM FEISH SEGAL

(Grand Rebbe of Tosh, 1921-2015). Matbe’ah Kodesh - Custom Protective Gilt Coin.

SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL

(The Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1902-94). Small portion of <<his personal Gartel.>> Custom framed along with portrait; provenance information in Hebrew and English on verso.

TEITELBAUM, YOEL

(Grand Rebbe of Satmar, 1887-1979). <<Personal Silver Kiddush Cup.>> Strapped belt above and below. Hallmarks on reverse: Height 4 and 1/4 inches (11 cm).

(AFGHANISTAN).

Personal Hebrew - Judeo-Persian Dictionary, Ordered According to the Mishnaic Orders of Zeraim and Moed.

Herat, 1941

(BEILIS, MENDEL).

An extensive Russian Archive comprising hundreds of individual documents, autograph and typed letters and photographs, including early Marxist and other political related material.

c. 1890-1950

DUBNOW, SIMON

(Historian and political ideologist, 1860-1941). Typed Document Signed, in Russian.

St. Petersburg, 20th November, 1912; and 9th March 1914

(EPISTOLARIANISM).

Collection of c. 75 Autograph Letters, Papers and Communications Across Jewish Europe and Eretz Israel.

1870-1950

(INDIA).

Document Affirming the Will and Testament of Nissim Joseph Ezra, to be Executed by Brother David Joseph Ezra. Witnessed by Moses Dueck Cohen and Aaron Shalome Gabbai.

Fort William, Calcutta, May 5th, 1856