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Auction 9 Zaidy Sababa

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Montefiore’s Chumash! Chumash Tikkun Sofrim – Amsterdam, 1727 * A magnificent copy
LOT 1:

Montefiore’s Chumash! Chumash Tikkun Sofrim – Amsterdam, 1727 * A magnificent copy belonging to Sir Moses Montefiore. A meticulously edited and accurate Chumash intended for sofrim writing a Sefer Torah, including the Five Megillos and haftarahs for the entire year, with a separate ...

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$ 1,200
Chamisha Chumshei Torah and Five Megillos – Venice, 1551 * An early and impressive edition
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Chamisha Chumshei Torah and Five Megillos – Venice, 1551 * An early and impressive edition of the Chamisha Chumshei Torah with the Five Megillos. On the inner side, the Biblical text is printed, vowelized, and with cantillation. On the left side, there is a Latin translation: Hebraicus ...

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$ 3,000
Complete Tanach – 446 Years Old! Antwerp, 1580 * Chamisha Chumshei Torah, Megillos
LOT 3:

Complete Tanach – 446 Years Old! Antwerp, 1580 * Chamisha Chumshei Torah, Megillos, Nevi’im Rishonim, Nevi’im Achronim, and Kesuvim, all bound together in a single volume. A handsome architectural title page appears at the beginning of the Chumashim, with additional partial title ...

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$ 2,000
First Printing of Nevi’im Rishonim! Exceptionally Important Incunabula – Fine Copy with
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First Printing of Nevi’im Rishonim! Exceptionally Important Incunabula – Fine Copy with Wide Margins. Soncino, 1485 * This copy is missing 2 leaves, leaving 164 of 166. A volume of Nevi’im Rishonim containing the books of Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, and Melachim, with the commentary ...

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$ 25,000
Only Surviving Fragment of a Spanish Incunabulum in the World! Leaf from Targum Onkelos on
LOT 5:

Only Surviving Fragment of a Spanish Incunabulum in the World! Leaf from Targum Onkelos on the Torah – Guadalajara, Spain, circa 1482 * An exceptionally rare remnant from the incunabula period, of immense significance. A printed fragment of a leaf containing the Targum Onkelos on ...

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$ 3,000
Foundational Midrash of Chazal: Tanna D’vei Eliyahu Segulah Sefer First Edition. Venice
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Foundational Midrash of Chazal: Tanna D’vei Eliyahu Segulah Sefer First Edition. Venice, 1598 * Midrash Aggadah on the pesukim of the Torah and Nevi’im revealed by Eliyahu Hanavi. This Midrash is an early fundamental work of Chazal. As explained in Talmud Bavli, these Aggados ...

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$ 8,000
Collection of Five Foundational Sifrei Midrash 1545–1727 * A collection of early
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Collection of Five Foundational Sifrei Midrash 1545–1727 * A collection of early sifrei Midrashim — some are sifrei yesod in their first edition, and some are sifrei yesod in their second and principal editions. A: Midrash Rabbah on the Torah and the Five Megillos. Venice, 1545. ...

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$ 2,000
Baal HaTurim’s Commentary on the Torah Venice, 1544 * Pearls of wisdom, gematrios
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Baal HaTurim’s Commentary on the Torah Venice, 1544 * Pearls of wisdom, gematrios, roshei teivos, and textual comments on Chamisha Chumshei Torah, authored by Rabbeinu Yaakov Baal HaTurim, one of the greatest poskim of all generations. Rabbeinu Yaakov Baal HaTurim’s brilliant ...

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$ 1,000
Commentary on Rashi! By the Terumas HaDeshen – Venice, 1545 * Explanations on Rashi’s
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Commentary on Rashi! By the Terumas HaDeshen – Venice, 1545 * Explanations on Rashi’s commentary on the Chamisha Chumshei Torah by Rabbi Yisrael Isserlein, author of Terumas HaDeshen. This is the first commentary ever printed on Rashi on the Torah! It predates the commentaries of ...

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$ 1,000
Mizrachi on the Torah Venice, 1545 With Glosses of Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam *
LOT 10:

Mizrachi on the Torah Venice, 1545 With Glosses of Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam * The foundational and comprehensive commentary on Rashi’s commentary to Chamisha Chumshei Torah, by Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi, the Re’em. This is the copy of Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam, the renowned Rav of ...

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$ 2,000
Alshich HaKadosh on the Torah – Magnificent Edition in Original Wooden Bindings – Amsterdam
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Alshich HaKadosh on the Torah – Magnificent Edition in Original Wooden Bindings – Amsterdam, 1777 * A beautiful set, in splendid condition, two parts bound in original leather-covered wooden bindings. Explanations and chiddushim on Chamisha Chumshei Torah by Rabbeinu Moshe Alshich, the ...

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$ 1,000
Sefer Yesod: Meshech Chochmah by Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen of Dvinsk. Special Copy with
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Sefer Yesod: Meshech Chochmah by Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen of Dvinsk. Special Copy with White Leaves. First Edition. Riga, 1927. * Explanations and commentaries, insights and drashos, notes and chiddushim on the Chamisha Chumshei Torah, by the gaon Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen of Dvinsk ...

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$ 800
Sefer Yesod: Kli Yakar. First Edition. Venice, 1603. * A comprehensive commentary on
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Sefer Yesod: Kli Yakar. First Edition. Venice, 1603. * A comprehensive commentary on Nevi’im Rishonim, including Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, and Melachim by Rabbi Shmuel Laniado, Av Beis Din of Aleppo. Rabbi Shmuel Laniado was one of the greatest commentators on Tanach, whose ...

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$ 2,400
Commentary on Megillas Koheles by Rabbi Elisha Galiko of Tzfas. First Edition. Venice, 1577
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Commentary on Megillas Koheles by Rabbi Elisha Galiko of Tzfas. First Edition. Venice, 1577 * A long and comprehensive commentary on Megillas Koheles by the Rav Hamusmach Rabbi Elisha Galiko of Tzfas, one of the primary disciples of Rabbi Yosef Karo, author of Beis Yosef. Rabbi ...

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$ 1,000
Rare Sefer: Masorot, Singular Edition – Venice, 1607 * A commentary on the masorot
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Rare Sefer: Masorot, Singular Edition – Venice, 1607 * A commentary on the masorot written in the style of homiletic interpretation, by an unknown author. Masorot is an ancient list that lists all identical words found in the Tanach. Mefarshim and darshanim found allusions connecting ...

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$ 1,000
Miniature Manuscript – Rules of Grammar – Casale (Italy), 1749 * A pocket-format
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Miniature Manuscript – Rules of Grammar – Casale (Italy), 1749 * A pocket-format manuscript, a work in three parts dealing with the grammar of Lashon HaKodesh, the cantillation marks of the Scripture, the vowels, the pronouns, the verbs, and more. Most of the manuscript is written in ...

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$ 1,000
Sha'arei Torah by the Renowned Grammarian Rabbi Zalman of Henna Hamburg, 1718. First
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Sha'arei Torah by the Renowned Grammarian Rabbi Zalman of Henna Hamburg, 1718. First Edition. * A comprehensive work on Hebrew grammar, dealing with the letters, the rules of vowels and dageishim, verbs, pronouns, and related subjects. The sefer was authored by the famous grammarian ...

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$ 800
Yalkut HaLevi on the Torah with Illustrated Riddles. Livorno, 1776. Fine Copy *
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Yalkut HaLevi on the Torah with Illustrated Riddles. Livorno, 1776. Fine Copy * Fascinating sefer containing explanations on the Torah, teachings of Chazal, and various collected insights by Rabbi Raphael ben Rabbi Aharon Yedidya HaLevi of Ancona. The sefer is divided into three ...

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$ 500
Maseches Sanhedrin A Special Pocket-Sized Edition for Study While Traveling Fuerth
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Maseches Sanhedrin A Special Pocket-Sized Edition for Study While Traveling Fuerth, 1739 * A volume of Maseches Sanhedrin from the Talmud Bavli, with the commentary of Rashi and Tosafos on the daf, and with the Rosh printed at the end. This is a unique edition produced in a ...

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$ 500
Sefer Yesod Chiddushei HaRashba on Maseches Kiddushin Constantinople, 1717. First
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Sefer Yesod Chiddushei HaRashba on Maseches Kiddushin Constantinople, 1717. First Edition. * Chiddushei Kiddushin by the Rashba, Rabbi Shlomo ben Aderes, one of the great Rishonim of Spain and, in the words of the Beis Yosef, “the pillar of the world in whose light we see light.” ...

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$ 500
Sefer Yesod. Chiddushei HaRashba on Gittin with Signature and Glosses of Rabbi Chizkiya da
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Sefer Yesod. Chiddushei HaRashba on Gittin with Signature and Glosses of Rabbi Chizkiya da Silva, Author of Pri Chadash. First Edition. Venice, 1523. * Chiddushei HaRashba on maseches Gittin, one of the most fundamental commentaries on Shas by the Rishonim, with the holy handwritten ...

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$ 12,000
Two Important Halachic Works by the Maharshal, First Editions – Basel, 1599 * A volume
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Two Important Halachic Works by the Maharshal, First Editions – Basel, 1599 * A volume containing two halachic works in the first edition, authored by Rabbi Shlomo Luria, the Maharshal, one of the greatest Ashkenazi sages of all time. The Maharshal, Rabbi Shlomo Luria, (c. 1510–1574) was ...

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$ 1,500
Kikar LaAden by the Chidah on Masechtos Ketanos, First Edition – Livorno, 1801 * Sefer
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Kikar LaAden by the Chidah on Masechtos Ketanos, First Edition – Livorno, 1801 * Sefer Kikar LaAden, containing ten sections, was authored by Rabbeinu Chaim Yosef Dovid Azulai, known as the Chidah. The sefer primarily contains explanations and glosses on the masechtos ketanos: Maseches ...

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$ 500
Important Halachic Works: Shu”t Terumas HaDeshen / Pesakim U’Kesavim – Venice, 1546 * A set
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Important Halachic Works: Shu”t Terumas HaDeshen / Pesakim U’Kesavim – Venice, 1546 * A set of two important sefarim of halachic rulings by Rabbi Yisrael Isserlin, one of the great Rishonim of Ashkenaz: 1. Terumas HaDeshen – a collection of 354 shailos and teshuvos, corresponding to the ...

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$ 1,200
Shu”t Rema of Pano, First Edition – Venice, c. 1600 * One hundred and thirty halachic
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Shu”t Rema of Pano, First Edition – Venice, c. 1600 * One hundred and thirty halachic teshuvos by one of the great poskim and kabbalists of Italy in the 16th century, Rabbi Menachem Azariah of Pano, Italy, author of Asarah Ma’amaros. The halachic rulings of the Rema of Pano are ...

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$ 1,000
Fundamental Sefer Yesod by the Rema, First Edition: Darkei Moshe HaAruch on Orach Chaim and
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Fundamental Sefer Yesod by the Rema, First Edition: Darkei Moshe HaAruch on Orach Chaim and Yoreh De'ah – Sulzbach, 1692 and Furth, 1760 * Chiddushim and halachic rulings from the great sages of Ashkenaz that were not included in the Beis Yosef, arranged in the order of the Tur, on the ...

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$ 1,000
Shu”t Ohel Yaakov by Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas, Fierce Opponent of Sabbateanism – Amsterdam, 1737
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Shu”t Ohel Yaakov by Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas, Fierce Opponent of Sabbateanism – Amsterdam, 1737 * A work containing one hundred and eight teshuvos, written with great depth and in a wide-ranging scope, arranged according to the order of the Four Turim, authored by Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas ...

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$ 800
Sefer Yesod: Glosses of the Noda B’Yehuda on the Shulchan Aruch – Dagul Merivava. First
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Sefer Yesod: Glosses of the Noda B’Yehuda on the Shulchan Aruch – Dagul Merivava. First Edition. Prague, 1794 * Glosses and halachic chiddushim on the four sections of the Shulchan Aruch, copied from the manuscript of the Shulchan Aruch belonging to Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, Av Beis Din of ...

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$ 500
Machzik Brachah by the Chida, First Edition – Livorno, 1785 * Sefer Machzik Brachah —
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Machzik Brachah by the Chida, First Edition – Livorno, 1785 * Sefer Machzik Brachah — halachic rulings and pilpulim on Shulchan Aruch, sections Orach Chaim and Yoreh De’ah, by Rabbeinu Chaim Yosef Dovid Azulai, the Chida. The sefer is a lengthy and important addition to his sefer Birkei ...

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$ 800
Very Rare: Zichron Moshe, Three Parts – Abridged Halachic Rulings of the Chida – First Edition
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Very Rare: Zichron Moshe, Three Parts – Abridged Halachic Rulings of the Chida – First Edition, 1830 * The Chida, a man of encyclopedic brilliance, authored many sefarim and constantly sought to improve them, adding in his later sefarim to what he had written in his earlier ones. Yet, as ...

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$ 1,200
Mateh Ephraim by Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolies – Shapira Brothers Press – Zhitomir, 1848 *
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Mateh Ephraim by Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolies – Shapira Brothers Press – Zhitomir, 1848 * Halachic rulings, laws, and customs for the forty holy days from Rosh Chodesh Elul until Shemini Atzeres, by the gaon Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolies of Brody, author of Beis Ephraim. Mateh Efraim is ...

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$ 1,000
Sefer Mussar Haskel, Proper Conduct, and Paths of Teshuva by the Rambam – Shapira Press –
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Sefer Mussar Haskel, Proper Conduct, and Paths of Teshuva by the Rambam – Shapira Press – Zhitomir, 1860 * The sefer Mussar Haskel was compiled by the famed maggid of Vilna, Rabbi Yechezkel Feivel (1755–1836), who was among those who merited to see the Vilna Gaon. It comprises two ...

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$ 800
Miniature Halachic Manuscript – Sefer Shulchan HaTahor – Central Europe, 1771 * A
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Miniature Halachic Manuscript – Sefer Shulchan HaTahor – Central Europe, 1771 * A manuscript containing the laws of Orach Chaim and Yoreh De’ah necessary for daily life – a kind of concise Shulchan Aruch – authored by Rabbi David Pardo of Amsterdam, with the addition of the glosses of the ...

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$ 1,200
Letter of Rabbi Yeshayahu Bassan, Master Rebbi of the Ramchal, to the Kabbalist Rabbi
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Letter of Rabbi Yeshayahu Bassan, Master Rebbi of the Ramchal, to the Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Ergas, Author of Shomer Emunim – Padua, 1719 * A letter from the gaon and kabbalist Rabbi Yeshayahu Bassan, Av Beis Din of Reggio, addressed to the renowned kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Ergas, author ...

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$ 4,000
Unpublished Handwritten Chiddushim of Rabbi Mordechai Henna of Hamburg, Author of Aggadas
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Unpublished Handwritten Chiddushim of Rabbi Mordechai Henna of Hamburg, Author of Aggadas Mordechai Germany, 18th Century * Three pages on the laws of Gittin in the handwriting of Rabbi Mordechai Henna, author of Aggadas Mordechai on the Haggadah shel Pesach, and one of the rabbanim ...

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$ 1,000
A Forceful Letter of Defense on Behalf of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch by Rabbi Wolf Hamburg
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A Forceful Letter of Defense on Behalf of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch by Rabbi Wolf Hamburg, Av Beis Din and Rosh Yeshiva of Furth – 1844 * A lengthy handwritten and autographed letter by the illustrious gaon Rabbi Wolf Hamburg, author of Shaar HaZekeinim, Av Beis Din of Furth, and head ...

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$ 1,000
Rare Letter from Rabbi Mordechai Zev Ettinger, Av Beis Din of Lvov – Regarding the Mikveh of
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Rare Letter from Rabbi Mordechai Zev Ettinger, Av Beis Din of Lvov – Regarding the Mikveh of the City of Premishlan – 1858 * A complete handwritten and autographed letter by one of the renowned Torah greats of Galicia — Rabbi Mordechai Zev Ettinger of Lvov, author of Meforshei HaYam and ...

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$ 1,200
Sharply Written Hashkafa Essay by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the State of Judaism in
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Sharply Written Hashkafa Essay by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the State of Judaism in France – Frankfurt, 1866 * A manuscript comprising six leaves in the clear handwriting of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, the illustrious leader of German Jewry and brilliant expositor of Torah hashkafa ...

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$ 2,500
Remarkable Collection of Signatures from the Leading Rabbanim of Galicia and Bukovina *
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Remarkable Collection of Signatures from the Leading Rabbanim of Galicia and Bukovina * Four leaves containing nearly sixty signatures of subscribers, together with several haskamos for the works of the renowned maggid Rabbi Mordechai Rubinstein of Zolkiew, who was held in great esteem by ...

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$ 1,800
Toldos Maharam Benet, Av Beis Din of Nikolsburg – Ofen, 1832 * A unique and special sefer
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Toldos Maharam Benet, Av Beis Din of Nikolsburg – Ofen, 1832 * A unique and special sefer about the gaon Rabbi Mordechai Benet, Av Beis Din and Rosh Yeshiva of Nikolsburg, Gadol Hador, and in the words of the Chasam Sofer: “The only son of the holy Shechinah.” The sefer contains two parts: ...

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$ 500
Songs of the Chasam Sofer: Shiras Moshe – First and Extremely Rare Edition – Pressburg, 1857
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Songs of the Chasam Sofer: Shiras Moshe – First and Extremely Rare Edition – Pressburg, 1857 * A collection of holy songs and expressions of spiritual yearnings, composed by the Chasam Sofer, to be sung on Shabbos and Yom Tov. The songs include compositions for Friday night, Shabbos day ...

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$ 1,500
Extremely Rare: Will of the Chasam Sofer, First Edition – Vienna, 1863 * The will of the
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Extremely Rare: Will of the Chasam Sofer, First Edition – Vienna, 1863 * The will of the illustrious Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Pressburg, author of Chasam Sofer, containing guidance in avodas Hashem and proper paths of conduct. In this will, written for future generations, the Chasam Sofer ...

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$ 2,000
Eulogy on the Passing of the Chasam Sofer – Pressburg, 1840 * A pamphlet titled Imrei
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Eulogy on the Passing of the Chasam Sofer – Pressburg, 1840 * A pamphlet titled Imrei Shefer, containing a very moving and lengthy eulogy on the passing of “the great and renowned Gaon, a prince of G-d, cherished by Klal Yisrael, the glory of his time and the paragon of the generation” — ...

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$ 500
Letter of Chizuk from Maharam Schick to His Nephew, in His Final Year – Chust, 1878 * A
LOT 44:

Letter of Chizuk from Maharam Schick to His Nephew, in His Final Year – Chust, 1878 * A letter bearing the handwritten signature of Maharam Schick, addressed to his nephew and student Rabbi Dov Ber Ehrmann of Kerestir. The letter has never been published and was not known until now. ...

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$ 5,000
Manuscript – Unpublished Work on Yoreh De’ah Hungary, circa 1860 * A manuscript
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Manuscript – Unpublished Work on Yoreh De’ah Hungary, circa 1860 * A manuscript consisting of approximately 185 written pages, containing a work on Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De’ah. It is a concise presentation of the halachos, incorporating the opinions of the Rishonim and the Achronim. ...

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$ 3,000
Letter from Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Shamloi Hy”d – 1937 * A handwritten and
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Letter from Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Shamloi Hy”d – 1937 * A handwritten and autographed letter by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich, Av Beis Din of Shamloi, addressed to Rabbi Yeshaya Furst, Av Beis Din of the Kehillas Adas Yisrael in Vienna, and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei ...

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$ 2,000
Letter to Rabbi Wolf Loewe, Av Beis Din of Verboi, from Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Lehren and the
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Letter to Rabbi Wolf Loewe, Av Beis Din of Verboi, from Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Lehren and the Leaders of the Pekidim and Amarkalim Organization – Amsterdam, 1841 * A letter from the administrators of the renowned Pekidim and Amarkalim organization, which supported the Jewish settlement in ...

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$ 800
“The Holy One rejoices in pilpul”: A Letter of Torah Chiddushim from the Daas Sofer, Rosh
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“The Holy One rejoices in pilpul”: A Letter of Torah Chiddushim from the Daas Sofer, Rosh Yeshiva of Pressburg – 1905 * A lengthy and rare handwritten and autographed letter spanning 6 pages, by Rabbi Akiva Sofer, author of Daas Sofer, Av Beis Din, and Rosh Yeshiva of the illustrious ...

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$ 1,800
“May Hashem grant you everlasting goodness.” Letter from Rabbi Eliezer Zussman-Sofer, Av
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“May Hashem grant you everlasting goodness.” Letter from Rabbi Eliezer Zussman-Sofer, Av Beis Din of Paks – 1881 * A handwritten and autographed family letter by the gaon and tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Zussman-Sofer, Av Beis Din of Paks, author of Yalkut Eliezer and Damesek Eliezer. The ...

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$ 1,800
Letter of Chiddushei Torah by Rabbi Yosef Pressburger, Raavad of Mattersdorf 1905 *
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Letter of Chiddushei Torah by Rabbi Yosef Pressburger, Raavad of Mattersdorf 1905 * A scholarly letter of chiddushei Torah on the topic of baking on Yom Tov, whether for the purpose of use on Yom Tov or even when not needed for Yom Tov, handwritten and autographed by Rabbi Yosef ...

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$ 1,000
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