Auction of Fine Judaica.
Opening highlights stem from venerated Chassidic and Rabbinic leaders, including the Chofetz Chaim, the Satmar Rebbe and the Vishnitzer Rebbe (Lots 1-5).
Among Autograph Letters are those written in Russian by the Lubavitcher Rebbetzin, including inscribed, personal photographs captured shortly before her marriage to the Rebbe (Lots 12-16).
The auction includes a number of rare books that stem from the library of a distinguished European scholar; as well as further offerings that stem from the library of the late Haham Solomon Gaon (1912-94).
Judaic books and manuscripts (non-Hebraic) range from Antisemitica to Zionism, and includes Community Pinkas records, Sephardic and Children's Literature, as well as livres d'artistes.
Utilize the Search-bar to locate books that are of regional interest, including: Australia, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Majorca, Poland, Russia, and elsewhere.
The auction includes a further offering of Americana from a distinguished Private Collection. Focusing on Jews in the American Civil War, featuring photographs, autograph letters and printed books (Lots 117-164).
The penultimate portion of the auction features Fine & Graphic Art (Lots 170-188), including canvases by Israeli artists: Moshe Gershuni, Yosl Bergner and Reuven Rubin. Of particular note, is a large, vibrant oil painting by the celebrated Russian-American Chassidic artist Zalman Kleinman, dated 1973 (see lot 179).
An exceptionally rare drawing by the Anglo-Jewish female artist Kate Salaman, c. 1840's, is Lot 176.
The final 20 lots of the sale are 20th-century ceremonial objects including by Agam, Bier, Sugarman and Wolpert and a number of Bezalel-era items (Lots 189-208).
For any and all inquiries please contact Shaya Kestenbaum: jack@kestenbaum.net.
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LOT 11:
OVADIA YOSEF (Sephardic sage and Chief Rabbi of Israel ...
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Start price:
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150
Estimated price :
$300 - $500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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OVADIA YOSEF (Sephardic sage and Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1920-2013).
Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Moshe Porush, requesting support for a newly married rabbinic student named Rabbi Mordechai Gazizi.
One page. Punch-holes.
Jerusalem, 4th Ellul, 1976.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was a prolific author of over seventy volumes each composed with encyclopedic knowledge across the entire expanse of rabbinic literature. He was the most influential spiritual and political Sephardic leader of his generation. His Shas Movement transformed his followers into a strongly cohesive social and political power-base in the State of Israel.
Rabbi Moshe Porush (1893-1983) was secretary for Agudath Israel in Jerusalem during the British Mandate period, and editor of the Agudah’s Kol Yisrael newspaper. As a council member of the Jerusalem municipality for decades, he was a powerful and well-connected Haredi politician. His son R. Menachem Porush (1916-2010) was an influential member of the Agudath Israel delegation to the Knesset for 35 years.
