English translation on facing pages, including prayers and yotzrot. Hebrew and English title page in every volume. 17.5 cm.
Red, magnificent English bindings with gilt embossing. Wide borders on both sides of the binding. Decorated spine with title. Gilt edges.
Original, identical sticker in each volume. Written in gold embossed letters:
Presented to Joseph Levy by his affectionate father M.G. Levy on his confirmation on the 22nd of April 1871. Very fine condition.
Gedolim Ma’asei Hashem . Explanations on the Torah and matters connected to the Exodus from Egypt, with all of the liturgy of the Pesach Haggadah and a commentary, by Rabbi Eliezer Ashkenazi. Venice, 1583. First edition.
6, 197 pages, 29 cm.
First edition of the important commentary, which was later printed in many editions. Among the first commentaries written on the Pesach Haggadah, and one of the first haggadahs ever printed in general, and specifically in Venice.
Not listed in Ya’ari.
Otzar Hahaggadot 30.
Old cover with damage to the spine. Professional restoration on the edges of the first 5 pages. Glue signs on a few pages. Fine condition.
Booklet formatted like a Passover Haggadah in honor of the marriage of a Jewish couple in Berlin, right before Kristallnacht. Berlin, 1938. Very rare.
[2], 6 pages, 21 cm. Booklet printed for the marriage of a Jewish bride and groom, Yaakov Pinczower and Katie Leopold, on May 1, 1938, in Berlin. Hebrew and German. This “Haggadah” marks the couple’s “Exodus from Egypt” – their exodus from engagement – to the “Promised Land” – marriage. The booklet has Hebrew subtitles taken from the traditional Passover Haggadah, integrated with German text describing the couple’s life. The text expresses the difficult situation of German Jewry after five years of Nazi rule, right before Kristallnacht. Published with license at a German press.
The groom was possibly the brother of famed Jewish athlete Felix Pinczower. The JNF issued a unique telegram in honor of his marriage in 1935, also for sale in this auction.
Not in the National Library. Very fine condition.
Illustrated Passover Haggada Published by the Keren Kayemeth.. Lemberg, 1828. Rare Haggada.
44 [4] pages. 15.5 cm. Jacket title page with promotional pictures of the Keren Kayemeth.Printed as per the Amsterdam Haggada. The back of the title page features a picture of the blue charity box of the Keren Kayemeth. The last pages feature a Yiddish advertisement for the Keren Kayemeth with photos of settlements in Eretz Yisrael.Otzar Haggadot 3141.
Jacket title page. Aging stains. Fine condition.
Haggadah shel Pesach , Gift of the Va’ad Hatzalah for Refugees. Munich, 1947.
[18] leaves, mispaginated, 20 cm. Printed jacket binding.
Passover Haggadah with
Sipurei Hafla’ot ,
Mishlei Yaakov and
Sipurei Yetziat Mitrayim , in Yiddish, reproduction. Printed by the Publishing Committee of the Va’ad Hatzalah, Rabbi Naftali Baruch and Rabbi Aviezer Borstein. Printed English thank-you note to Mr. and Mrs. William Halpert and family for their assistance in this publication.
Otzar Haggadot 4051 depicts a similar haggadah with two pages in English. Here is a haggadah with one leaf, as printed originally [refer to
Judaica Jerusalem Catalog , July 2002, lot 265 – copy as this.]. Rare haggadah.
* Haggadah shel Pesach . Published in Fernwald [1946].
34 pages, 20 cm. Additional jacket title page with illustrations. Yiddish translation,
Mishlei Chachamim and
Sipurei Geulat Mitzrayim in Yiddish. Reproduction. Printed in the Fernwald DP camp. Illustration on the back of the title page.
Otzar Haggadot 4018.
Jacket bindings. Aging and usage stains. Fine to very fine condition.
Prayers for the entire year, for those on a journey and those crossing the sea and for those traveling to the country of America. Furth, 1855. Miniature.
400 pages, 7.5 cm.
A
siddur for the entire year, for weekdays, for Shabbat and festivals and the Days of Awe. With the order of the reading of the Torah on Minchah of Shabbatot and on Mondays and Thursdays. With
Tefillat Haderech and
Tefillat Hayam . The entire
siddur is in vowelized script. Printed in a tiny format, for travelers and people traveling to America.
Miniature
siddurim for travelers usually became worn out, and are not commonly found.
New semi-leather cover. A few stains. Very fine condition.
288 leaves. 8.7 cm. White paper.
Prayerbook for the entire year: weekdays, Shabbat, holidays and high holidays. Prayerbooks in such fine condition are very rare.
New magnificent leather binding with the erroneous embossing of 1866. Very fine condition.
[1] 485 leaves, 8 cm. Each page within a border. English translation on the bottom of the page. The title page notes: Daily Prayers, according to the German custom.
Original wood binding with a hand-carved Tomb of Rachel.
Minimal light stains. Very fine condition.
Passover Haggadah. Offenbach [at the press of Tzvi Hirsh Segal Shpitz and his son Avraham]. [1800].
Specifications: 40 leaves, 19 cm. Translated by Yoel Brill, in Tzena U’Re’ena letters.
Unique Features: Five woodcut illustrations among the pages of the haggadah that were hand-painted in vivid colors, apparently soon after the book was printed. The title page was also painted. Large printer’s emblem on the title page, also painted in color. Otzar Haggadah lists 18 similar haggadahs, however this one is not listed.
Condition: Moderate-fine. Aging stains. A few tears and loose leaves. Original, chafed binding.
240 leaves, about 8 cm.
Punctuated prayerbook for the entire year, weekdays, Shabbat and holidays with Ethics of the Fathers and the Torah readings for Shabbat afternoon and Mondays and Thursdays. Listed by the Bibliographic Project according to the title page picture that appeared in the Judaica Jerusalem catalog of October, 1986.
Old leather binding. Minimal stains. 2 small holes on leaf 128, affecting text. Fine condition.
Medrash B’Chodesh , commentary on the Passover haggadah by Rabbi Eliezer Nachman Foa. Venice, 1641. First edition.
Specifications: 36 leaves, about 20 cm. Otzar Haggadot 58.
With the haggadah text, printed with unvowelized letters. The author, Rabbi Eliezer Nachman Foa, was a rabbi, chassid and kabbalist, a disciple of the Rema of Fano and a teacher of Rabbi Moshe Zakut. He had a holy group of students in Reggio, called the “Chevrat Ha’Aluvim.” He lists their names at the end of his introduction. The last page features a special prayer, ‘התנצלות לפושעי ישראל’ composed by the author.
Unique Features : Leaf b, owner signature: Rabbi Shlomo Eliyahu ibn Tzur, Fez sage [1822-1873], grandson of the Yavetz, Rabbi Yaakov ibn Tzur. He wrote comments and critique on his uncle’s work – Pnei Shlomo, as well as other works. He signed “שאב”ץ.” He also authored reponsa and halachic decisions. Rare haggadah.
Condition: Moderate. A reproduction has been used to supply parts of the title page, and leaves 29-32. Usage stains. New half-leather binding.
* Facsimile of the Augsburg Haggadah, 1534. London, 1983. Blue paper, Roof Copy.
* Facsimile of the Augsburg Haggadah, 1534. London, 1983. Special white paper, copy no. 20.
* The Golden Haggadah, Bezalel Narkiss. Publication of the British Museum, 1970.
* Pesach Haggadah, with illustrations by Parenzo. America. [1975].
* Facsimile of the Gershom Cohen Haggadah. Prague, 1527. With an article in English. Sinai Publications, 1954.
* Pesach Haggadah, Haggadat Am. Written and edited by Rabbi Menachem HaCohen, illustrated by Chaim Ron. Modan Publications, [1988?].
* Die Darmstädter Pessach-Haggadah. Darmstadter Haggadah. First volume. Leipzig, 1927.
*Pesach Haggadah. With pictures from Kafra. The Illustrated Hebrew Manuscript reproduced with an English translation by Isaac Edward Kiev. New York [1949].
* Pesach Haggadah, according to the Venice Haggadah from 1650. Published by the company for publishing the Tanach in Jerusalem, the printer Lifshitz, [1952].
* Pesach Haggadah manuscript of the 15th century. The Ashkenazi Haggadah: A Hebrew Manuscript of the mid-15th century from the collections of the British Library, London, [1985]. In the original container.
224 pages, 7 cm.The title page notes that it was arranged to benefit travelers by M. Edelman. The prayerbook is not vowelized. Includes the Wayfarer’s Prayer.Rare prayerbook. Not listed by Shoshana HaLevi. The Bibliographic Project lists it according to a copy in a private collection.Old original binding. Minimal aging stains. Fine to very fine condition.
Seder Haggadah shel Pesach im Birkoteiha Lifneihem U’Lachareihem . And nice illustrations, pleasant to the viewers, particularly to the young … Amsterdam, at Shlomo Proops press, [1729].
Specifications: 40 leaves, 14.5 cm. Missing leaves 16 and 33. Otzar HaHaggadot 165.
With illustrated initial letters and a large woodcut of bedikat chametz. Instructions in Yiddish in tzena u’re’ena letters and Yiddish translation of the hymns at the end of the haggadah. The final leaves bear Shavuot’s akdamut.
Unique Features : Especially rare haggadah.
Condition: Fine. Usage stains. Antiquated marbleized paper binding.
Lashon Chachamim. Passover haggadah with two commentaries, Midrash B’Chiddush by Rabbi Eliezer Nachman Foa and Chevel Bnei Yehudah by Chacham Shimon Havilyo. Leghorn, [1809].
[2], 64 leaves. 21 cm.
Approbations from Leghorn rabbis and approbation from Rabbi Moshe Zacut for Chevel Bnei Yehudah. The last page features a “hitnatzlut l’poshei Yisrael.”
New, half-leather binding. Aging stains. Very fine condition.
Otzar Haggadot 522.
[12] 68 leaves, 10 cm.
Includes: Wayfarer’s Prayer, Prayer for the Sea authored by Nachmanides during his trip to the Holy Land, halachic laws pertaining to journeys, protective verses and many segulot, ethical words and more. With the approbation of Leghorn rabbis.
Half-leather binding with gilt embossing. Minimal aging stains and worming holes. Fine condition.
Passover haggadah, hand-decorated and painted. With Yiddish translation, supplements, and woodcuts. [Offenbach, at the press of Zvi Hirsch Segal Spitz], [1795].
44 leaves, about 20 cm. Includes the leaves featuring the Dinei Bedikat Chametz L’Alshich, which are not found in all copies.
In this copy, the engravings were hand-painted [7]. The title page also features additional colored flowers and leaves. Rare haggadah. Otzar Haggadot 380.
Not bound. Stains. Fine condition.
Section one, Seder Pesach. Section two, Seder Shavuot. Section three, Seder Rosh Hashana. Section four, Seder Yom Kippur, evening and morning prayers. Section five, Seder Yom Kippur, Mussaf, afternoon and Ne’ila. Section six, Seder Sukkot.
English translation on facing pages. Hebrew and English title pages in each volume. Complete set including all the introductions, supplements and indexes. First edition of these
machzorim that were later reprinted in many editions.
Magnificent blue English bindings with gilt embossing. Wide borders on both sides of the binding, decorated spine with title. Owner monogram at the center of the binding. Gilt cut leaves. Fine-very fine condition.
Ma’ale Beit Churin. Passover haggadah with commentaries and illustrations. Vienna, 1813.
52 leaves, 26.5 cm.
Passover haggadah with the commentary of the Alshich, Maharal of Prague, Olilot Efraim and more. Hymns at the end of the haggadah with Yiddish translation. Many large, half-page copperplate engravings.
Normal binding. Stains. Fine condition. Otzar Haggadot 543.
Section one: [7] leaves, 366, 48 pages. Section two: [5] leaves, 132 330 pages.
With Arabic translation in the dialect of Baghdad Jews. Translation in Hebrew letters on facing pages. With two commentaries from the translator, a cantor in the Knesset Eliyahu congregation. Enthusiastic approbations from the rabbi of Baghdad, Rabbi Eliyahu Yehoshua Ovadya; Rabbi Avraham Chaim Abu, fundraiser from Safed; and Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Alufaya, fundraiser from Aleppo.
English title page for the second section:
Ma’aseh Nissim … Hebrew… Prayers with Arabic translation by Rev. Nissim Elisha Eliyahoo Zechariah.
Some copies have an English title page for each section.
New simple bindings. Reinforcements to solitary leaves. A few tears with loss – restored. Moderate to fine condition. Yaari, Bombay 57. Uncommon prayerbook.
[2] 261 leaves. 24 cm. Wide margins.Book of
Selichos with the morning prayers. Includes halachic laws and an Ashkenazic commentary in
Tzena U’Rena letters. With
Seder Kapparot . Two title pages, the first with illustrations of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Jonah the Prophet. Signed in print. Magnificent edition of
Seder Selichot .
Old, broken leather binding. Light tear in the title page margins. Aging stains. Fine to very fine condition.
Shulchan HaTahor HaMezukak. Condensed laws of Shulchan Aruch Orech Chaim by Rabbi [David ben] Yosef Fardo, with commentary of the Rema, Minhagei Yisrael, and others. New York, 1917.
214 pages. 10.5 cm.
Half title along with a jacket title with an illustration in blue ink: שלחן ערוך של כיס [pocket-sized Shulchan Aruch].
Original binding with reinforced spine. Fine condition. Goldman 623.
[1] 2, 132 pages, 17.5 cm. With an approbation from Rabbi Shlomo Shalem, rabbi of the Sephardic community of Amsterdam. The haftarah of Tisha B’Av has a Spanish translation for the Spanish Marranos who moved to Amsterdam.
On the first two pages are the
kinnot ”
Yom ze kehilati hesped higdili” and ”
Al naharot Bavel eretz shivyeinu” by “Chafshi, ” the literary name of Rabbi David Franco Mendes, one of the Spanish scholars in Amsterdam, and one of the heads of the Eitz Chaim Beit Midrash. On page 128 is the handwritten signature of the publisher, Jacab da Silva Mendez, who was one of the heads of the Portuguese community in Amsterdam.
Magnificent leather cover with gold embossing. A few light aging stains. Very fine condition.
Isaiah and Jeremiah. Paris. Robertus Stephanus Press. 1544.
Isaiah: [131] leaves. Jeremiah [168] leaves. 11 cm. Early, prominent edition of the Bible. Vowelized letters, quality paper. Nice owner notation on the flyleaf.
The Stephanus family was a noted family of printers from Paris and Geneva. Robertus Stephanus [Estienne] was also known as “Printer to the King”; the books printed at their press were noted for their beauty. Jeremiah’s title page has been completed by an artistic hand. An additional title page to Jeremiah.
Half-parchment binding. Red cut leaves. Very fine condition.