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LOT 51:
Fundamental Book: Shev Ya'akov. First Edition. Pedigree Copy. Signatures and Glosses. Shu"t Shev Ya'akov . One of the most important books of responsa. Responsa by the renowned gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Poppers, av beit din of Frankfurt. Frankfurt am Main, 1742. Two parts bound together with separate ...
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LOT 52:
Knesset Yechezkel by the Av Beit Din of Hamburg. Altona, 1732. Handwritten Supplementation of the Omissions. Sefer Knesset Yechezkel - Responsa by the gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Katzelelbogen, av beit din of Ah"u (Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek). Altona, 1732. First edition in the author's lifetime. ...
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LOT 53:
Kitzur HaShulchan HeAruch - Handwritten Glosses, Including the Original Leaves of Pictures. Sefer Kitzur HaShulchan HeAruch by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Breslauer. Amsterdam-Tel Aviv, 1936. The author's original copy, with important and fascinating glosses in his hand - that were not printed. ...
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LOT 54:
Historic Item, Most Sacred: Dedication by Rabbeinu the Chid"a in his First Book!. Sefer Sha'arei Yosef - novellae on Tractate Horiyot, and responsa. First book brought to print by Rabbeinu Chaim Yosef David Azoulay [the Chid"a]. This work was authored at the age of 17. It has many approbations ...
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LOT 55:
Sefer HaKuzari, Copy that Belonged to Kabbalist Rabbi Eliezer Nachman Puah, Disciple of the Ram"a of Pano. Signatures and Glosses. Sefer HaKuzari - one of the most important books of Jewish outlook of all time, with the 'Kol Yehudah' commentary by Rabbi Yehudah Muscato. Venice, 1594. Personal ...
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LOT 56:
Personal Set of Ramba"m Previously Owned by Rabbi Pinchas Segal Bilitzer, Av Beit Din Szerencs. Complete set of Mishneh Torah L'HaRamba"m - the Ya"d HaChazakah - 14 parts in five volumes. Warsaw, Kalinberg Press, 1881-1882. Sefer HaRamba"m is considered, from the time it was written close to ...
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LOT 57:
Group of [7] Volumes of 'Tur' with Signatures by the Gaon Rabbi Pinchas Segal Bilitzer Av Beit Din of Szerencs. Specifications of the volumes: * Orach Chaim, Part I. Warsaw, 1882. * Orach Chaim, Part II. Warsaw, 1861. * Choshen Mishpat, Part I. Warsaw, 1868[!]/1882. * Choshen Mishpat ...
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LOT 58:
Tzala"ch al Masechet Beitzah with the Mahar"i Assad's Handwritten Glosses. Tzala"ch al Masechet Beitzah by Rabbi Yechezkel Landau. Prague, 1799. First edition. The sefer was printed posthumously from the author's manuscript by his son, Rabbi Yisrael Landau, with a foreword by the latter. There ...
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LOT 59:
Kodesh Kodashim: The Gaon Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld's Midrash Rabbah from his Youth - Hundreds[!] of Handwritten Glosses. Midrash Rabbah al HaTorah - proofread according to the Venice 1545 edition. Leipzig, 1864. There is an essay by the Gr"a known to have discussed the greatness of the ...
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LOT 60:
Personal Chumash Used by the Ga'ava"d, Rabbi Bengis, with Lengthy Glosses in his Hand. Chumash Vayikra Part II with the Malbi"m's HaTorah V'HaMitzvah commentary. Warsaw, 1875. Bound with: Megillat Shir HaShirim with a separate title page, with the Shirei HaNefesh commentary. Warsaw, 1876. ...
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LOT 61:
Shev Shemaiteta. Lemberg, 1804. First Edition. Fundamental Sefer. Pedigree Copy. Shev Shemaiteta - studies on safek, chazakah, rov v'karov, and more by Rabbi Aryeh Leib HaKohen, author of Ketzot HaChoshen . Lemberg, 1804. First edition. First edition of this important and common scholarly work ...
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LOT 62:
Tur Choshen Mishpat - Personal Copy of Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky, Rosh Yeshivah of Ponovezh. Tur Choshen Mishpat Part II, El HaMekorot Publications, Jerusalem, 1959. The title page and the protective leaf bear the signatures of the leading rosh yeshivah, the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky, rosh yeshivah ...
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LOT 63:
Klilat Yofi. Rare Book. Many Signatures by the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller, Av Beit Din of Safed. Sefer Klilat Yofi on sfeikot and chazakot by the gaon Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak of Luntschitz. Rödelheim, 1813. Rare book. Copy that belonged to the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller, av beit din of Safed. The ...
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LOT 64:
Pele Yoetz, Signature of Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Elfandri - the Sabba Kaddisha. Sefer Pele Yoetz - ethical conduct according to the Torah and Derech Eretz , alphabetically arranged, by the sacred gaon Rabbi Eliezer Papo. Part I. Vienna, 1860. Copy that belonged to the sacred gaon Rabbi Shlomo ...
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LOT 65:
Sifrei HaChid"a - Copy of Ohr HaMizrach by Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef. Important Gloss and Signature. "This opposes the gemara in Ketubot"! Sifrei Nachal Kedumim al HaTorah and Nachal Eshkol al HaHaftarot - important fundamental commentary by Rabbeinu Chaim Yosef David Azoulay, the Chid"a. Bound ...
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LOT 66:
Peh Shlishi L'Eliyahu! Kuntress Hanhagot HaGr"a Handwritten by his Disciple, Rabbi Zundel of Salant. Manuscript of Hanhagot HaGr"a - Complete compilation handwritten by the tzaddik Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant, who lived in the Gr"a's generation and was called "Peh Shlishi L'Eliyahu" - the ...
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LOT 67:
Singular Historic Photograph of the Chafetz Chaim. Original photograph ascribed to the rabbi of the entire Jewish people, Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir Cohen of Radin. Eastern Europe, early 20th century. This photograph was revealed for the first time about a year and half ago, in a booklet that dealt ...
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LOT 68:
Precious Treasure: Miniature Manuscript on Parchment - Birkat HaMazon, Tefillat HaDerech, Kriyat Shema al HaMittah and More [Ashkenaz, 18th Century]. Manuscript on parchment - anthology of prayers and blessings, with color pictures and beautiful illustrations. Beautiful scribal script in the ...
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LOT 69:
Unprinted Manuscript - Torah Novellae by Rashei Yeshivah Leaders of Bonyhád. Manuscript - derashot and novellae on the weekly Torah portions delivered by the rabbis at the Bonyhád yeshivah. Written by a disciple at the yeshivah, Rabbi Yehudah Shaul HaLevi Horowitz. [Bonyhád, 1887-1894]. Never ...
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LOT 70:
Unprinted Manuscript - Sefer Divrei Mussar, Kabbalistic-Chassidic Approach. Safed, 1899. Manuscript - 'Divrei Mussar' by an unknown author, including compilations and Kabbalistic mussar concepts. Safed, 1899 [chronogram: "היה ביראת ה'" (את שם ה' צריך לחשב במלואו [הוי"ה] = תרנ"ט)]. Including the ...
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LOT 71:
Manuscript - Responsa by the Maggid of Kozhnitz Regarding the Controversy of the Agunah of Stashuv. Manuscript -"Transcription of sacred writings by the famous gaon, the Chassid ... Rabbi Yisrael ztzukllh"h, Maggid Meisharim of Kozhnitz ... regarding releasing an agunah." [Eastern Europe, c. ...
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LOT 72:
Compilation of Torah Insights Handwritten by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. Compilation of Torah insights on Tractate Gittin handwritten by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. 17-page compilation handwritten by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. Autograph, with many erasures, revisions and additions. Refer to the Hebrew ...
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LOT 73:
[70] Halachic Responsa Handwritten by the Rivevot Ephraim, Leading Disciple of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. [44] pages handwritten and signed by the renowned gaon Rabbi Ephraim Greenblatt, author of Rivevot Ephraim , primary disciple of the leader of American Jewry, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, and himself ...
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LOT 74:
Shu"t HaGra"ch Kanievsky - Compilation of 104 Responsa Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. Not Printed. Only copy in the World! Complete kuntress , very beautiful and orderly, with 43 written pages bearing 104 interesting questions in all realms of the Torah, that were asked of the gaon Rabbi ...
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LOT 75:
Discourse of Angels: Letters from Two Gedolei HaDor - the Chazon Ish and Rav Ya'akov Landau. Pair of two extremely important letters from rabbinic leaders of the generation, the leader of the Lithuanian ("Yeshivish") community and of the entire generation, Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz ...
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LOT 76:
Surprising Legal Decision Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger. Unprinted, and unfamiliar from halachic literature! Din Torah decided by the rabbi of the entire Jewish people, Rabbi Akiva Eiger, and his lengthy court ruling, reasoned and surprising. Over [100] words handwritten by the ...
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LOT 77:
Most Sacred: Manuscript by the Ba'al Hafla'ah. Unprinted!. "If you want to know who the rabbi was - look at his disciple, none other than the gaon Rabbi Moshe Sofer (the Chatam Sofer) and the action will attest to the actor" ( Beit Ephraim , regarding the Ba'al HaHafla'ah) Two pages with over ...
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LOT 78:
Precious Find: Autograph of the Sefer 'Ktav Sofer' Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer. Chiddushei HaKtav Sofer al Masechet Chulin - two large pages [close to 2,000 words!] handwritten by the author himself, the gaon Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, the author of Ktav ...
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LOT 79:
Pair of Sermons for Passover Handwritten by the Mahara"m Schick. Yergen, 1845. Two very lengthy sermons for Passover, covering eight pages, written densely yet very clearly - with over 30,000 words (!) handwritten by the rabbi of the Jewish people, the gaon Rabbi Moshe Schick - Mahara"m Schick. ...
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LOT 80:
Lengthy Responsum Handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Cohen, Son of the Maharza"ch. Lengthy responsum handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Cohen, son of Rabbi Meshulam Zalman Cohen- Maharza"ch, one of the prominent geonim and rabbis of Ashkenaz. [1806? Mergentheim?] Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief ...
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LOT 81:
Autograph - Handwritten Halachic Responsum by the Mighty Gaon Rabbi Itzeleh of Ponovezh. Handwritten responsum by Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak Rabinowitz. Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak Rabinowitz. [4] pp, two folded leaves. 13x21 cm. Fine condition.
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LOT 82:
Interesting Letter from the Gaon Rabbi Baruch Epstein, Author of 'Torah Temimah'. Family letter handwritten and signed by the renowned gaon Rabbi Baruch HaLevi Epstein, known by the title of his sefer , as the 'Ba'al HaTorah Temimah , ' with a reference to the arrangement of his famous work ...
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LOT 83:
Rare Segulah Letter for Healing Written by the Gaon of Brashov for his Sick Daughter-in-Law. Exceptionally rare intimate family letter with a segulah for healing, entirely handwritten by the "Gaon of Brashov" Rabbi David Shperber, author of Aspaklaria D'Anya , to his son, regarding the critical ...
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LOT 84:
Letter from the Chafetz Chaim Written by his Son-in-Law and Close Associate, Rabbi Hillel Ginzburg. The Chafetz Chaim's official postcard, with the front bearing his letterhead "Yisrael Meir HaKohen, author of Chafetz Chaim and Mishnah Berurah ." The back has the Chafetz Chaim's name printed in ...
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LOT 85:
Historic Letter about Aliyah Attempts, from Rabbi Aharon HaKohen - The Chafetz Chaim's Son-in-Law. "When a reason came to me from Above ... to ascend to the Land of Israel ... I know how precious and beloved it is to my father-in-law" (from this letter) Lengthy and important letter covering ...
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LOT 86:
Interesting Letter from Rabbi Chaim Naftali Hertz Halperin, Av Beit Din of Bialystok. Interesting and exciting letter, loaded with sacred blessings handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Chaim Naftali Hertz Halperin, av beit din of Bialystok, on official stationery. Bialystok, 1906. Letters ...
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LOT 87:
Lengthy Letter from Rabbi Akiva Altschuller, Just Before his Tragic Passing. Shevat, 1938. Lengthy letter that covers three pages, with five halachic responsa marked with the letters א-ה. The letter is entirely handwritten and signed by the renowned gaon Rabbi Ezra Altschuller, one of the rabbis ...
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LOT 88:
Early Letter from Rabbi Yehudah Leib Tzirelson, Av Beit Din of Kishinev. Lengthy letter [close to 90 words], rare and early, handwritten and signed (twice) by the renowned gaon Rabbi Yehudah Leib Tzirelson, av beit din of Kishinev. The letter discusses Rabbi Tzirelson's sefer , Gvul Yehudah . 16 ...
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LOT 89:
Letter with Shanah Tovah Greetings Handwritten by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld. "May the new year and its blessings begin - for [you] and all that is [yours] and may goodness never leave [your] home" (among the blessings in this letter) Letter of greetings for Rosh HaShanah from Kupat ...
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LOT 90:
Historic Document Signed by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook and the Members of his Beit Din - Petition to the Mandate Government Opposing a Compromise Agreement with Agudat Yisrael. Lengthy [3] page letter from the chief rabbinate to the head secretary of the British Mandatory government ...
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LOT 91:
Rare Letter from Rebbetzin Rivkah, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook's Wife. Jerusalem, 1947. Beautiful letter of consolation on official Mercaz HaRav stationery. With the extraordinarily rare signature of Rebbetzin Reiza Rivkah Kook, wife of the first chief rabbi of the Land of Israel, the ...
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LOT 92:
Historic Letter during the Period of the Holocaust from Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog. 1941. "I will soon visit the political leaders in Washington with the intent to influence them for the benefit of the Jewish people" Extremely important historic letter from the gaon Rabbi ...
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LOT 93:
Lengthy Letter from Rabbi Shmuel Fried, one of the Geonim of Vilna. Volozhin, 1902. Lengthy letter, [35] lines handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Fried, a member of Va'ad HaRabbanim and of the beit din in Vilna, and one of the geonim of Vilna in the time of the rabbi of the entire ...
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LOT 94:
Torah Novellae Handwritten by Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. Aggadic insights handwritten by the posek hador Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. 1967. Aggadic novellae apparently written in preparation for a speech at the Chevrat Tiferet Bachurim synagogue. Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief ...
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LOT 95:
Rare Letter from Rabbi Menachem Mendel Lowenstein, Av Beit Din of Rotterdam, Two Months Before his Passing at the Age of 37. Lengthy and important letter [approximately 20 lines] entirely handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Menachem Mendel Lowenstam, av beit din of Rotterdam, to the ...
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LOT 96:
Fascinating Letter to the Minister David Sassoon from R' Menachem Mendel of Kaminetz, Professionally Designed. Jerusalem, 1872. Lengthy and historic letter from Jerusalem emissary and activist R' Menachem Mendel Kaminetz, sent to the famous minister and philanthropist Rabbi David Sassoon. ...
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LOT 97:
Fascinating Letter about Montefiore's Windmill from Rabbi Nathan Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. Letter from Rabbi Nathan [Marcus] Adler, rabbi of England, to the Rishon LeTziyon, Rabbi David Chazan of Jerusalem, about running the windmill founded by Moses Montefiore in Jerusalem. In ...
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LOT 98:
Interesting letter from Rabbi Naftali [Herman] Adler, rabbi of England. London, 1897. . In his letter, the rabbi of England discusses hachnasat orchim in Jerusalem for a couple from London traveling there for Passover. [1] leaf official stationery. 20x13 cm. Scribal script, signed by Rabbi ...
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LOT 99:
Halachic Ruling Handwritten by the Chazon Ish. Handwritten psak halachah by Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, author of Chazon Ish , with his signature. Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz. [1] leaf lined paper, 20x11 cm. Fine-very fine ...
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LOT 100:
Letter from Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach handwritten and signed by him. Letter with a halachic responsum. The writer's humility is evident between the lines. Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach. [1] leaf, official stationery. Very fine ...
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