Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction Nov 23, 2021

Kedem, Nov 23, 2021. 104 lots, estimates 1000 - 180000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (104)

Lot 1: Large Esther Scroll with Decorated Leaf of Blessings for the Megillah Reading – Italy, 18th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 2: Miniature Esther Scroll with Decorated Leaf of Blessings for the Megillah Reading – Italy, 18th Century — $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 3: Large Esther Scroll, — $20,000 - $40,000
Lot 4: Miniature Esther Scroll with Color Illustrations – Italy, Early 19th Century — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 5: Illustrated Esther Scroll – Coat of Arms of the Henriques-Pimentel Family – The Netherlands, — $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 6: Miniature Esther Scroll, Fitted in Silver Case – Iraq — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 7: Parchment Scroll – Haftarot – Central Europe, 18th Century — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 8: Megillat Yechezkel on Parchment – Prayers Recited at the Gravesite of Prophet Yechezkel – Iraq, Early 20th Century — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 9: abylonian Talmud – Tractate Kiddushin – Venice, 1520 – Printed by Bomberg – First Edition – Incomplete, Damaged Copy — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 10: Five Books of the Torah and Five Megillot – Venice, 1527 – Printed by Daniel Bomberg – Rare Edition — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 11: Piskei Halachot Recanati – Bologna, 1538 – First Edition – Particularly Fine, Wide-Margined Copy — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 12: Eleh HaDevarim – The Tamari-Venturozzo Affair – Mantua, 1566 — $6,000 - $10,000
Lot 13: Biur Zeh Yatza Rishonah – Ruling of Rabbi Moshe Provençal in the Tamari-Venturozzo Affair – Mantua, 1566 — $6,000 - $10,000
Lot 14: Hatzaah al Odot HaGet – Venice, 1566 – Copy of Rabbi Akiva Eger — $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 15: Five Books of the Torah with Targum Onkelos and Rashi – Incunabula – Bologna, — $180,000 - $220,000
Lot 16: Meshal HaKadmoni – Italy, 1497 – Incunabula – Many Illustrations, — $150,000 - $250,000
Lot 17: Taj Torah – Scribed by Rabbi Benayah HaSofer, the Renowned Scribe of Sanaa – Yemen, 15th Century — $30,000 - $40,000
Lot 18: Manuscript – Commentary of the Radak on Tehillim – Italy, 14th Century — $5,000 - $7,000
Lot 19: Miniature Manuscript on Parchment – Year-Round Roman Rite Siddur – Italy, 15th Century – Unique Texts — $80,000 - $100,000
Lot 20: Miniature Manuscript on Parchment – Order of Brit Milah Following Roman Rite – Italy, 18th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 21: Miniature Manuscript on Parchment – Order of Brit Milah, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 22: Miniature Manuscript – Sefirat HaOmer – Italy, 18th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 23: Decorated Manuscript on Parchment – Prayers Recited at the Bimah – Leschnitz, 18th/19th Century — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 24: Illustrated Passover Haggadah, with Judeo-Italian Translation – Venice, 1629 — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 25: Sod Hashem – On the Mitzvah of Brit Milah – First Edition – Amsterdam, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 26: 64-Year Calendar – Table of Year Types, for the Years 1826-1889 – With Sefirat HaOmer, Tefillat HaDerech, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 27: Elaborate Manuscript – Etz Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital – Eastern Europe, — $150,000 - $180,000
Lot 28: Manuscript – Etz Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital – Radzin, 1776 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 29: Manuscript, Homilies and Novellae – Handwritten by the Author Rabbi Yehuda Ayash, — $50,000 - $80,000
Lot 30: Manuscript – Lengthy Responsum Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Nissim Refael Yitzchak Soriano, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 31: Manuscript, Unpublished Work on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat – Autograph of R. Yosef Berdugo Rabbi of Meknes — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 32: Large Collection of Letters, — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 33: Leaf Handwritten by Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, Founder of the Musar Movement – Talmudic Novellae — $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 34: Lectures of Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, Author of Michtav MeEliyahu, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 35: Four Leaves Handwritten by the Haflaa – Unpublished Novellae on Tractate Bava Metzia — $25,000 - $30,000
Lot 36: Manuscript, — $25,000 - $30,000
Lot 37: Manuscript, — $20,000 - $25,000
Lot 38: Manuscript, Messianic Calculations Written by the Yismach Moshe, — $20,000 - $25,000
Lot 39: Leaf Handwritten by Rabbi Meir of Premishlan – Fragment of His Commentary on Psalm 20, — $20,000 - $40,000
Lot 40: Leaf Handwritten by the Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsk – "Homily for the Giving of the Torah" on Shavuot, — $30,000 - $50,000
Lot 41: Letter from Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam Rabbi of Shinova – Wedding Wishes: "May the Match be Successful and the — $25,000 - $30,000
Lot 42: Letter from Rebbe Shemaryahu Noach Schneersohn Rabbi of Bobroisk — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 43: Chiddushei Shnei HaMeorot – Copy of Rabbi Avraham Gershon of Kitov, Brother-in-Law of the Baal Shem Tov — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 44: Tzror HaMor – Venice, 1545 – Copy of the Chiddushei HaRim of Ger – With Signatures of his Grandsons, — $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 45: Divrei Chaim (Sanz) – Munkacs, 1877 – Copy of Rebbe Yeshaya of Kerestir — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 46: Responsa of Rabbenu Yitzchak HaLevi, Brother of the Taz – Neuwied, 1736 – Copy of R. Meir Margolies Rabbi of Ostroh, — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 47: Meir Netivim, Two Parts – By Rabbi Meir Margolies, Disciple of the Baal Shem Tov – Polonne, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 48: Maggid Devarav LeYaakov – Likutei Amarim, by the Maggid of Mezeritch Korets, 1784 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 49: Noam Elimelech – Second, Rare Edition – Shklow, 1790 – First Chassidic Book Printed in Shklow — $30,000 - $50,000
Lot 50: Yesod Yosef and Likutei Yosef – Two Books by Rabbi Yosef of Rovne, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 51: Or HaMeir – Second Edition – Korets, After 1798 – Copy of the Rebbe of Skiernivitz — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 52: Kedushat Levi – Berditchev 1811 – First Edition of the Torah Commentary and Selections – Incomplete Copy — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 53: Kedushat Levi – Berditchev, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 54: Likutei Maharin and Toldot Yitzchak ben Levi – Berditchev, 1811 – First Edition — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 55: Or HaChochmah – Part I – Łaszczów, 1815 – First Edition – Segulah for Easy Birth — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 56: Likutei Moharan Tinyana – First Edition – Mohyliv, 1811 – Segulah Book — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 57: Torei Zahav, by the Maggid of Zalozitz – Mohyliv, 1816 – First Edition — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 58: Toldot Aharon – Berditchev, 1817 – First Edition – Copy of the Rebbe of Kontikoziva — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 59: Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi – Berditchev, 1818 – First Edition — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 60: Shaar HaTeshuvah VehaTefillah – Parts I and II – Shklow, 1817-1818 – First Editions — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 61: Arvei Nachal – Sudylkiv, 1825-1826 – First Edition — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 62: Ahavat Shalom (Kosov) – Lviv, 1833 – First Edition — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 63: Tehillim Amarot Tehorot – Warsaw, 1838 – First Printed Chassidic Commentary on Tehillim — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 64: Avodat Yisrael – Józefów, 1842 – First Edition — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 65: Or LaShamayim – Lviv, 1850 – First Edition – First Printing of the Author's Prayer for Livelihood, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 66: Bnei Yissaschar – Part I – Zhovkva, 1850 – First Edition — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 67: Ohev Yisrael – Zhitomir, 1863 – First Edition — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 68: Yismach Moshe – Lviv, 1848-1861 – First Edition — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 69: Komarno Mishnayot – Complete Set – First Edition – Lviv, 1862 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 70: Or HaYashar Siddur – Rite and Customs of Koidanov – Vilna, 1877 – First, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 71: Shenei Luchot HaBrit (Shelah) – Amsterdam, 1698 – Birth Year of the Baal Shem Tov — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 72: Responsa Me'il Tzedaka – Copy of the Noda BiYehuda, With a Gloss in His Handwriting — $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 73: Letter of Rabbinic Ordination Signed by the Noda BiYehuda, with the Signatures of the Dayanim in His Beit Din, — $50,000 - $60,000
Lot 74: Letter Handwritten by Rabbi Moshe Zacuto, the Remez – To His Disciple Rabbi Binyamin HaKohen – R. — $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 75: Notebook with List of American Subscribers to Rabbi Ben Tzion Avraham Koenka's HaMe'asef Anthology – With Dozens of — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 76: Large Collection of Campaign Material – Polemic Surrounding the Appointment of a Rabbi for Khal Adath Jeshurun, — $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 77: Five Letters by Rabbi Aharon Kotler — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 78: Early Charter Granted to the Jewish Community of Mantua, — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 79: "Discourse on the State of the Jews of Venice, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 80: Revised Regulations Governing the Livorno Sephardic Jewish Community's Dowry Society – Livorno, 1706 – Rare Document — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 81: Micrography forming the Hebrew Letter "Aleph" – Liturgical Poem "Ahot Ketanah" – Italy, 1828 — $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 82: Kabbalistic "Shiviti" on Parchment – Illustrations, Verses, and Names for Protection and Defense – Rome, 1831 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 83: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Signatures of Rabbi Yitzchak ben Walid and the Dayan Rabbi Vidal Israel – Tétouan, 1862 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 84: Ornate Silver Binding with Emblem of the Pugliese Family – Italy, — $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 85: Impressive Filigree Silver Spice Container – Decorated with Figures Depicting the Havdalah Ceremony — $50,000 - $70,000
Lot 86: "Hanukkah Lamp of Our Rabbi Navon" – Collapsible Hanukkah Lamp of Rabbi Yonah Sa'adiah Navon of Jerusalem – Jerusalem, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 87: Velvet Cover of the Table by which Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Delivered His Weekly Broadcast Address in the Yazdim Synagogue — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 88: Six Personal Seals – Jerusalem and Morocco — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 89: Collection of Samaritan Seals, 19th and 20th Centuries / Seal of the Samaritan High Priest — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 90: Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Judith and Holofernes – Watercolor and Ink on Paper — $1,000 - $2,000
Lot 91: Due to its outstanding significance, the manuscript was sold pre-auction to the National Library of Israel. — $12,000 - $15,000
Lot 92: Five Books of the Torah (Codex) – Samaritan Manuscript – From the Collection of Chacham Yitzchak Binyamin Yehuda — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 93: Letter Handwritten and Signed by Moses Montefiore, addressed to the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 94: Memorandum Signed by Felix Mendelssohn – Copyright for Musical Score to Psalms 114: "When Israel out of Egypt came... — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 95: Memento from the Dreyfus Affair – Copy of the Novel "L'Assommoir" by Émile Zola, with Attached Newspaper Clippings, — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 96: Letter Handwritten and Signed by Albert Einstein – Princeton, New Jersey, USA, — $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 97: Cecil (Bezalel) Roth – Large Collection of Letters, Booklets, Books, and Additional Items — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 98: S.Y. Agnon – Handwritten Letters, Eulogy for Salman Schocken, and Printed Draft of "My New Prayerbook" — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 99: Thomas Fuller – A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine – London, 1650 – Maps of Palestine and Additional Engravings — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 100: The PEF "Survey of Western Palestine" headed by Claude Conder and Horatio Kitchener – Eight Volumes of Publications, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 101: "Barkai" by Naftali Herz Imber, Inscribed by Imber to Eliezer Ben-Yehuda – First Printing of "Hatikvah" – Jerusalem, — $25,000 - $35,000
Lot 102: Three Early, Zionist Simchat Torah Flags – Bobruysk, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 103: Anitta Müller-Cohen – Journal of a Journey to Palestine in the 1920s, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 104: 1160 Bank Notes – All Prefixes used in Bank of Israel Bank Notes – Rare Collection — $18,000 - $25,000