Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction Nov 24, 2020

Kedem, Nov 24, 2020. 143 lots, estimates 1000 - 60000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (143)

• Lot 1: Babylonian Talmud – Sulzbach, 1755-1763 – Complete, Elegant Set – Original Wood and Leather Bindings, With Metal Clasps — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 2: Shenei Luchot HaBrit – Amsterdam, 1698 – Birth Year of the Baal Shem Tov – Copy with Original Binding and Clasps — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 3: Raziel HaMalach – First Edition – Amsterdam, 1701 – Segulah Book — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 4: Mesilat Yesharim – First Edition – Amsterdam, 1740 — $10,000 - $12,000
• Lot 5: Zera Shimshon – Mantua, 1778 – Segulah Book for Offspring and Abundant Livelihood — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 6: Commentary to Mishnayot by the Rambam – First Edition, Naples, — $60,000 - $100,000
• Lot 7: Even Bochan – Naples, 1489 – Incunabulum – Incomplete Copy — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 8: Nachalat Avot by Rabbi Yitzchak Abarbanel – Constantinople, 1505 – First Edition, Printed in His Lifetime — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 9: HaManhig – Constantinople, 1519 – Complete, Wide-Margined Copy — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 10: Midrash Chamesh Megillot – Pesaro, 1519 – Printed by Gershom Soncino – Interesting Handwritten Glosses — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 11: Or Amim by Rabbi Ovadia Sforno – Bologna, 1537 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 12: Selichot According to Polish Rite – Slavita, 1819 – Important Handwritten Glosses — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 13: Tikunei Shabbat Siddur, Nusach Sefard – Zhitomir, 1860 — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 14: Tehillim Diglei Hodaya – Zhitomir, 1866 — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 15: Collection of Booklets, Techinot for Women – Zhitomir, 1857-1866 – Printed by the Shapira Brothers — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 16: Tzofnat Pane'ach – First Edition – Korets, 1782 – Fine Copy — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 17: Ginzei Yosef – Lviv, 1792 – First Edition — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 18: Degel Machaneh Efraim – Korets, 1810 – First Edition — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 19: Torei Zahav – Mohyliv, 1816 – First Edition — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 20: Levushei Serad, by the Author of Arvei Nachal – Collection of Editions – First Editions and More — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 21: Ateret Tzvi by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov – Three Parts – Lviv, 1834-1841 – First Edition — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 22: Bat Ayin (Ovruch) – First Edition – Jerusalem, 1847 — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 23: Bnei Yissaschar, Two Parts – Zhovkva, 1850 – First Edition of Part I — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 24: Zera Kodesh (Ropshitz) – Two Parts – Lviv, 1868 – First Edition — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 25: Set of Heichal HaBerachah Chumashim, Komarno – Lviv, 1864-1874 – First Edition – Segulah Book, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 26: Yefeh Mareh – Berlin, — $10,000 - $20,000
• Lot 27: Siddur of Rabbi Shabtai of Rashkov, Disciple of the Baal Shem Tov – Korets, — $20,000 - $40,000
• Lot 28: Emek HaMelech – Amsterdam, — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 29: Yismach Moshe – On the Five Books of the Torah – First Edition of Each Part – Lviv, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 30: Tziluta D'Avraham – Ostroh, 1821 – Only Edition – Copy of Rebbe Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert – His Signatures and Stamps — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 31: Noam Elimelech – Copy of Rebbe Avraham Steiner of Kerestir – Signatures and Dedication – Inscriptions of His Father's — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 32: Siddur Beit Yaakov of the Ribnitzer Rebbe — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 33: Tefillah Yesharah Berditchev – Siddur of the Rebbe of Tosh – With a Note in His Handwriting — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 34: Responsa Tashbetz – Amsterdam, — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 35: Pri Chadash, Yoreh De'ah – Fürth, 1769 – Lengthy Glosses Handwritten by the Yismach Moshe – Copy of His Disciple, R. — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 36: Manuscript, Lengthy Responsum by the Yismach Moshe – Noteworthy, — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 37: VeCherev Pifiyot – Lviv, 1786 – Kabbalistic Book with Asterisks Like in Noam Elimelech Printed by the Same Printer, — $12,000 - $15,000
• Lot 38: Jerusalem Talmud, Order Moed – Dessau, 1743 – Dozens of Lengthy Glosses Signed by Rabbi Elazar Löw, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 39: Lechem Setarim – Strasbourg, 1777 – Copy of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum of Sighet, — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 40: Lechem Yehuda – Livorno, 1745 – Copy of the Kedushat Yom Tov, Rebbe of Sighet, and of His Son Rebbe Yoel of Satmar, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 41: Shulchan Aruch Halachah Berurah – Wilhelmsdorf, 1717 – Copy of the Rabbi of Sighet, and of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 42: Toldot Adam, by R. Moshe David Ashkenazi Rabbi of Tolcsva – Jerusalem, 1845 – Copy from the Estate of the Author, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 43: Ir David – Amsterdam, 1719 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar – With a Kvittel Inscription — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 44: Megaleh Amukot – Zhovkva, 1800 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar – Early Signature — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 45: Tzemach David – Salonika, 1811 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 46: UShevuato LeYitzchak – Livorno, 1825 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 47: Kerem Shlomo – Homburg, 1738 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 48: Shaar HaPesukim and Sefer HaLikutim by Rabbi Chaim Vital – Jerusalem, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 49: Sefer Chassidim – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 50: Alei Nahar, Commentary on the Kavanot of the Rashash – Jerusalem, 1896 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 51: Maggid Mesharim – Vilna, 1875 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar – With a Kvittel Inscription — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 52: Pri HaAdamah, Part III – Salonika, 1755 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar, with His Early Signature — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 53: Torat Yosef – Wilhelmsdorf, 1725 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 54: Responsa Shev Yaakov – Frankfurt am Main, 1742 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 55: Responsa Lev Shlomo – Salonika, 1808 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar, with His Early Stamp — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 56: Sefer HaZichronot VeChayei Yitzchak – Livorno, 1761 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 57: Responsa Minchat Yitzchak – Dedication by the Author Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss, to Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 58: Responsa Yad Ramah – Grosswardein, 1939 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 59: Zeh Yenachamenu – Amsterdam, 1712 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar – With a Kvittel Inscription — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 60: Kitzur Tzitzat Novel Tzvi – Copy Used by the Rebbe of Satmar to Compose His Book VaYoel Moshe Against Zionism — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 61: Mekor Chaim by Rabbi Shmuel Vital – First Edition – Copy Studied In-Depth by Rebbe Yoel of Satmar — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 62: Nezer HaRabbanut – Certificate of Appointment for Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar as Rabbi of the Chassidic Community — $50,000 - $80,000
• Lot 63: Ownership Inscription from 1599, Handwritten and Signed by the Kabbalist R. Aharon Berechiah of Modena, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 64: Beit Yaakov – Dyhernfurth, 1696 – First Edition – Signature of Rabbi Naftali Katz, Author of Semichat Chachamim — $50,000 - $80,000
• Lot 65: Korban Netanel – Copy of the Noda BiYehuda, with His Handwritten Gloss — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 66: Knesset HaGedolah, Orach Chaim – Livorno, 1791 – Copy of Rabbi Akiva Eger – His Handwritten Glosses — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 67: Ge'ulat Shlomo Passover Haggadah – Lviv, 1850 – Signature of R. Meir Ash Rabbi of Ungvar — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 68: Responsa Or HaMeir – Dedication of the Author, Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin, Founder of the Daf HaYomi — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 69: Set of Mishnah Berurah – "Inspected" – Copies Owned by Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz and Rabbi Moshe Finkel — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 70: Tractate Pesachim – The Gemara of Rabbi Elyashiv — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 71: Pinkas of K'hal Sefard in Mishkoltz – 1879-1920 – Unknown Historical Documentation of the Establishment of the — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 72: Collection of Documents from Berditchev, 1893-1901 – Documenting the Institutions and Holy Societies in the City — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 73: Huge Archive of Almost Two Thousand Commercial and Legal Documents – Assaraf Family of Fez – Late 19th and Early 20th — $50,000 - $80,000
• Lot 74: Letter Handwritten and Signed by Moses Montefiore – To the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, R. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 75: Collection of Certificates and Identifying Documents of the Third Reich – Issued to a Jewish Woman who Assumed a — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 76: Large Collection of Books, — $12,000 - $15,000
• Lot 77: Large Collection of Books, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 78: Collection of Missives, Letters and Emissary Letters – Sassoon Family Archives – Signatures of Eretz Israeli Rabbis, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 79: Leaf Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Vital – Segulot and Cures — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 80: Three Pages Handwritten by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yaakov Tzemach, With His Signatures, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 81: Letter from the Chida – With Blessings in His Handwriting and With His Signature — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 82: Tikunei HaZohar of the Chida – Unique Copy Made Especially for the Chida, Printed by Castello and Saadon in Livorno, — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 83: Emissary Letter from 1758 – Signed by Leading Jerusalemite Rabbis – The Pri HaAdamah, the Get Mekushar, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 84: Lengthy, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 85: Leaf Handwritten by Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 86: Manuscript, Lengthy Halachic Responsum, Signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Ben Walid and Tétouan Rabbis — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 87: Large Manuscript Certificate on Parchment – Emissary Letter for Rabbi Eliyahu Adahan, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 88: Parchment Manuscript from the Rishonim Era – Commentary of Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra on the Torah – Kastoria (Macedonia), — $50,000 - $100,000
• Lot 89: Parchment Manuscript Fragments, Torah with Targum Onkelos – France or Germany, 13th/14th Century — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 90: Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Baal Shem of Michelstadt, Rabbi Seckel Leib Wormser — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 91: Large Leaf Handwritten by the Chatam Sofer – Sermon by the Chatam Sofer for 7th Adar, — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 92: Letter from Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 93: Manuscript, Composition on the Tractates of Order Kodashim – Europe, — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 94: Letter from the Netziv – Regarding the Volozhin Yeshiva – Cheshvan, 1888 – "…They Will Attain Much Blessing, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 95: Letter of Rabbinic Ordination and Recommendation for a Rabbinic Position from Rabbi Refael Shapiro of Volozhin — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 96: Letter from the Chafetz Chaim – Blessings for "An Abundance of Happiness and Good Health, — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 97: Letter of Good Year Wishes with Blessings from Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz – Mir, — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 98: Letter of Good Year Wishes from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz – Kamenitz, Tishrei 1934 – "A Good Final Sealing, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 99: Letter from Rabbi Chaim Ozer – Recommendation for Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld, Descendant of the Chatam Sofer, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 100: Letter of Good Year Wishes and Many Blessings by the Brisker Rav – Jerusalem, 1950 – "…A Long and Good Life, Blessed, — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 101: Manuscript, Tiklal Siddur with Commentaries – Mogamah (Yemen), — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 102: Contract Signed by Maharitz Tzalach and the Dayanim of His Beit Din – Yemen, 1781 — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 103: Leaf Handwritten by the Haflaa – Novellae on the Laws of Kashrut – With an Unpublished Passage — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 104: Letter by Rebbe Aharon of Chernobyl — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 105: Letter from Rebbe Mordechai Twersky of Rachmastrivka – Many Blessings for Livelihood, Satisfaction from Offspring, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 106: Leaf Handwritten by Rabbi Natan of Breslov (Moharnat) – From Sefer HaChezyonot by Rabbi Chaim Vital — $12,000 - $15,000
• Lot 107: Eight Pages Handwritten by Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik Safrin of Komarno – From His Commentaries to the Mishnah, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 108: Manuscript, — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 109: Letter of Recommendation from Rebbe Moshe Halberstam of Shinova – "Blessing of Life and Peace" – Shinova, 1906 — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 110: Lengthy Polemic Halachic Letter by Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov (the First) – To His Uncle Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 111: Letter from Polish Rebbes and Torah Scholars – On Behalf of Keren HaTorah in Poland – 1926 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 112: Letter from the First Rebbe of Slonim, Author of Yesod HaAvodah – Blessings for a Good Inscription and Sealing, — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 113: Letter from the Divrei Shmuel, Rebbe of Slonim – Chortkov, Chanukah, 1880s-1890s — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 114: Letter from the Beit Avraham, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 115: Tena'im – For the Betrothal of the Birkat Avraham, Rebbe of Slonim – Tiberias, Shevat 1904 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 116: Interesting Historic Letter from the Netivot Shalom, Rebbe of Slonim, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 117: Interesting Letter from the Klausenburger Rebbe – United States, Summer 1958 – Regarding His Disciple R. Menashe Klein, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 118: Three Letters of Guidance from Rebbe Rayatz – Brooklyn, 1942-1949 – With Several Lines in His Handwriting — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 119: Letter of Advice and Blessing from Rebbe Rayatz – 8th Shevat 1950 – Two Days Before the Rebbe's Passing – Signed by — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 120: Der Besht un die Neshamah – Three Draft Leaves with Additions and Glosses by Rebbe Rayatz – Over 50 Lines Handwritten — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 121: Draft Letter from Rebbe Rayatz – To Samuel Irving Rosenman, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 122: Collection of Lengthy Polemic Letters Regarding the Mizrachi Movement and Teheran Children, by Rebbe Rayatz — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 123: Collection of Letters from Rebbe Rayatz, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 124: Letter of Good Year Wishes from Rebbetzin Nechama Dina Schneersohn – With Her Signature and the Signatures of Her Two — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 125: Letter of Blessings from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 25th Tevet 1951 – Shortly Before His Appointment as Rebbe, — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 126: Draft Letter by the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 1950 – Before His Appointment as Rebbe, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 127: Draft Telegram from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 1951 – With His Handwritten Additions — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 128: Draft Telegram from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Yud Shevat 1951 – "The Merit of the Baal HaHilula is Great… to Bring Down — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 129: Draft Letter Handwritten by the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Yud Shevat 1952 – "Exceptionally Great is the Merit of the Baal — $1,000 - $2,000
• Lot 130: Draft of a General Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Tammuz 1952 – First Letter of the Rebbe to the Lubavitch — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 131: Draft of a General Letter by the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Erev Rosh Hashanah, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 132: Miniature Torah Scroll – Poland, 19th Century / Velvet Mantle with Gold Embroidery and Rhinestones – Europe, — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 133: Shabbat Embroidered Tablecloth – The Kiddush – Continental, 1819/1820 — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 134: Esther Scroll – Decorated Micrography Created by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Landau – Galicia, 1889 — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 135: Large Hunting Scenes Marbadiah Rug – Jerusalem, 1920s — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 136: Large Marbadiah Rug Depicting Flora of the Holy Land and other Motifs from Ancient Jewish Coins – Jerusalem, 1920s — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 137: Yisakhar Ber Rybak (1897-1935) – Original Artwork for the Title Page of the Book "Shtetl, My House in Ruins" — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 138: "Yingl Tsingl Khvat", by Mani Leib – Kiev-St. Petersburg, 1919 – First Edition – Illustrations by El Lissitzky — $7,000 - $10,000
• Lot 139: Sir David Wilkie’s Sketches in Turkey, Syria & Egypt – Volume of Lithographs after Sketches by David Wilkie – London, — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 140: "Voyage in the Levant" – Baron de Forbin – Eighty Lithographs and Engravings – Paris, 1819 – Limited Edition — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 141: "Voyage d'exploration à la Mer Morte…" – Record of the Research Expedition of the Duke de Luynes to the Dead Sea — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 142: Large Collection of Travelogues of Palestine and the Middle East – England and the United States, — $7,000 - $10,000
• Lot 143: Collection of Souvenir Albums of the WWI British Conquest of Jerusalem – Photographs of Sites in Jerusalem and — $3,000 - $5,000