Book of Tehillim with the commentary “Darash Moshe” by the kabalist Rabbi Moshe Osterer, the Maggid of Brod. Lvov, 1879. First edition. Rare.
[6], 9, 345; 33-43 pages. First edition, printed from a manuscript from the
genizah of the Rebbe Rabbi Yehoshua of Belz. Refer to the introduction about the travels of the manuscript.
There are copies in which on page [a, 3] is printed an approbation of Rabbi Chaim of Sanz. In other copies, such as the one before us, printed there are the approbations of the Rebbes of Sadigora, Chortkov, Husiatyn and Vizhnitz (most likely because of the disagreement between Sanz and Sadigora).
The author was Rabbi Moshe Osterer, the Maggid of Brod and one of the great kabalists of the well-known
kloiz in Brod, author of the book
Arugat HaBosem on
Shir HaShirim.
In the introduction to our book the publisher recounts that he heard from the Rebbe Rabbi Yehoshua of Belz that his father, the “Sar Shalom” of Belz, said that at the time that the author wrote his commentary on
Shir HaShirim, the soul of King Solomon rested on him.
Old semi-leather cover. A small tear in the spine. Brittle paper. Fine condition.
Ot Brit Olam . Order of circumcision, customs and prayers, and the order of the redemption of the firstborn with prayers, and blessings on a wedding, by Rabbi Mordechai son of Rabbi Yehuda of Radin. Lvov, 1778. Unknown edition.
[36] pages, 14.5 cm. A small book that includes Kabbalistic prayers.
The author, Rabbi Mordechai b”r Yehuda of Radin was a darshan and proficient in hidden and revealed Torah. He authored T
zofnat Pa’aneach,
Torat HaSneh and more – in manuscript. Died in 1814.
The edition which is know in the bibliography was printed in Korets between 1782-1786. This edition seems to have preceded it. The Hebrew printing press in Lvov was established in those years. This book was one of the first books printed at the Lvov press, which printed about 4000 books and was one of the largest printing presses in Europe. The year after this book was printed, the
Noam Elimelech’s
Iggeret HaKodesh defending the Chassidim was printed in Lvov.
This small kabalistic book, seems to have gotten lost over the generations. It is not listed bibliograhically, is not in the National Library, and as far as we know, is not in the large public libraries in the world. Ben Yaakov wrote that he saw a damaged copy with no title page, and he conjectured that it was printed in Zolkiew.
Not bound. Uncut edges. Stains. A few moth holes. A number of detached pages. Moderate condition.
Pagination: [2] leaves, [6] pages, 10, 15-113 pages, 33 cm. Apparently complete.Kabalistic work, including
Va’Tilbash Esther and
Shoshanat Ha’amakim , totaling 1,238 ma’amarim.Rabbi Efraim Regensberg was born in 1889 in Bialystock. He immigrated to Eretz Yisrael in 1908, but later moved to the United States where he was rabbi in a number of communities. He later returned to Eretz Yisrael and lived in Tel Aviv until his death in 1960. He authored a number of kabalistic works. The booklet of approbations for his first section of
Otzar Chachmat HaKabalah [Jerusalem, 1949] mentions these works:
Va’Tilbash Esther and
Shoshanat Ha’amakim .Original binding. Aging stains. Fine-very fine condition.
[1], 95 leaves, about 39 cm. Wide margins.Early edition of a fundamental kabalistic work. The Mehlman Collection, Ginzei Yisrael 1064, lists a few variations of this rare work. The title page of this copy notes [in Hebrew]: Hrubieszow, at the press of Menachem Mendel Finkel Stein, with the censor’s agreement. Refer to A. Yaari,
Kriyat Sefer , Volume 12, 1935-1936, p. 247.
Original, rubbed binding. Minimal aging stains. Very fine condition.
*Sha’arei Orah. [On the title page: Sha’ar Orah], basics of Kabbalah, by Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla. Offenbach, 1715. [4] 112 pages, 19.5cm. Ownership signature and stamps.
*Bat Melech. A Kabbalistic work by Rabbi Shimon Abayov who made a section to the book Zera Kodesh Matzavta written by Rabbi Moshe son of Rabbi Menachem [Graff]. Venice. 1712. 20 pages, 16cm. With approbations from Rabbi Naftali Hacohen Katz and Rabbi Shmuel Hacohen Schotten [the Maharashashach] which was given to the book Zera Kodesh Matzavta (see below). Printed and bound together with: *Zera Kodesh Matzavta. A Kabbalistic work by Rabbi Moshe son of Rabbi Menachem [Graff], by Rabbi Shimon Abayov. Venice, 1711-1712. 44 pages, 16cm.
*Netivot Olam by the Maharal of Prague. Jozefow, 1836. [1], 90 pages, 33cm. Part of the title page is in red ink. Stamps of Rabbi Yisrael Welcz of Budapest.
*Tzel Ha’Olam. Matters of Kabbalah, Gan Eden and Gehinnom, by Rabbi Matityahu Delcart. Jerusalem, Yoel Moshe Salomon Printing Press. 1876. 28 pages, 16cm.
Various sizes. Fine condition.
An amulet in the handwriting of “The Elder of the Kabalists” of our generation, Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri. With many names of angels.
[1] piece of paper. 8.5×5 cm. “The name of these names should be for the recovery of… from all illness and disease and from fear and panic and demons and the evil eye, ” etc.
In his amulets Rabbi Kaduri wrote a short prayer and mentioned names of angels, but was vehemently opposed to taking oaths to obligate the angels, etc. The Rabbi forbade making amulets in which is written, “I swear” and other such phrases, and forbade using them. See his approbation to the book
Tamim Tihiyeh .
Before writing the amulet and writing the angel’s names the rabbi made many preparations in order to write them in holiness and purity. Great Torah scholars relied on his amulets without any doubts, said about him that he was unique in his generation in writing amulets, and even allowed people to go out with them on Shabbat, according to the laws of amulets written by experts (
Divrei Yitzchak , page 35).
Folding signs. Fine condition.
A list of 37 chapters of Tehillim, which when said are a segulah for the recovery of sick people according to the kabalah, in the handwriting of “The Elder of the Kabalists” Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri. Rare.
[1] small page 6×8 cm.
At the top of the list Rabbi Kaduri wrote: “These 37 chapters are the filling of the name
ס”ג from where recovery and life and kindness come.” At the end of the list are instructions of which additional verses should be said.
Very fine condition.
An amulet which was given by the elder of the Kabbalists in the last generation, Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri. Extremely rare.
[1] parchment. 12×3 cm. Written in his handwriting. The amulet was given to someone in order that he find favor “in your eyes and in the eyes of all who see him and in the eyes of his partner… and his requests and desires will be granted to him with no trickery and falsehood…” Rabbi Kaduri very rarely wrote amulets on parchment, therefore this amulet is extremely rare.
In his amulets Rabbi Kaduri wrote a short prayer and mentioned names of angels, but was vehemently opposed to taking oaths to obligate the angels, etc. The Rabbi forbade making amulets in which is written, “I swear” or similar phrases and also forbade using them. See his approbation to the book
Tamim Tihiyeh .
Before writing the amulet and writing the angel’s names the rabbi made many preparations in order to write them in holiness and purity. Great Torah scholars relied on his amulets without any doubts, said about him that he was unique in his generation in writing amulets, and even allowed people go out with them on Shabbat, according to the laws of amulets written by experts (
Divrei Yitzchak, page 35).
Very fine condition.
Shemirah L’Yeled V’L’Yoledet .
Shir Hama’alot , kabalistic names and prayers. Jerusalem, at the press of HRY”N Loewe and partners. [End of 19th century?].
[1] leaf. 34×21 cm.
Incantation against the evil eye from the Chida’s
Avodat HaKodesh and protective
segulot. Palm at center with kabalistic names, on top of a large square with a wheel with kabalistic symbols and names. Pictures of holy sites at the edges of the square.
Small tears with minimal loss. Fine condition.
The cigarette filter of the elder of the Kabalistic scholars of the previous generation, Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri, in which he would smoke according to his yichudim and intentions.
The filter’s diameter is slightly bigger than a standard cigarette, and its length is 9.5 cm. On the side which is put in the mouth there is a denser cardboard that acts as a filter.
Included is confirmation from his son, Chacham David Kaduri, who wrote in his handwriting: “I, the undersigned, testify here that this pipe was made and used by the Elder of the Kabalists Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri.”
In the book
Divrei Yitzchak (page 305, letter 14), it is written that the Rabbi smoked a lot, and always smoked with a tube – a special filter – through which he would breathe in several times and then stop, and repeat over again. It is also told there that the Rabbi’s personal doctor related that he told the rabbi that smoking is not healthy, and the Rabbi answered him that, “The smoke is good for angels.” The doctor testified that when he checked the Rabbi’s lungs, they looked like the lungs of a 40- to 50-year-old.
It is related in several places that the Rabbi said that he smoked in order to fix souls that are decreed to be punished by burning and similar things, and in Heaven the angels are pleased that he smokes (see, for example, in the book
Emunah Shleimah , page 319).
Very fine condition.
A large collection that contains hundreds of amulets, lechashim, segulot, Pitum HaKetoret and more. The amulets were written by various people, some of them by “The Elder of the Kabalists” Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri. 20th century.
Most of them were written on parchment, others on pieces of paper. The majority of them are still in cases made of leather, cloth and other materials. The collection has been superficially checked.
General condition is fine.
A large archive that contains hundreds of documents, letters, manuscripts and pictures from an estate.
Contains, among other things: Grace After Meals for a Circumcision Feast, handwritten on parchment. Jerusalem, 1889. Letters of Rabbinical ordination with the signatures of rabbis of the Me’ah She’arim neighborhood and yeshiva. A collection of Torah novellae in manuscript form. Letters from institutions and synagogues in Jerusalem. A letter from Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook. Receipts from various institutions. A collection of
shitrei katuv and documents of a
ketubah in place of one which was lost
(ketubah
d’irkasa). Dozens of pictures, letters, postcards, banknotes and bank documents. Articles in manuscript form that were sent to newspapers, amulets on parchment and more.
The archive has been checked superficially. Varying conditions.
… Abundance of blessing and success in all [your] affairs and may you succeed in all your endeavors … ‘Notes from the classes of Rabbi Chaim Cohen shlit”a, Torah novellae by the hidden tzaddik Rabbi Chaim Cohen, known as “The Milkman.” Lengthy dedication and rare blessing handwritten and signed by “The Milkman” on the flyleaf. Rabb Chaim (Ezra) Cohen-Perachiah [1935-2019] a kabbalist known as “The Milkman” belonged to a group of kabbalists who studied together about 50 years ago, who were known by their occupations, such as “The Shoemaker” – Rabbi Ya’akov Rabikov, “The Painter” – Rabbi Yehudah Leib Patilon, “The Street Cleaner” – Rabbi Yosef Woltuch, “The Floorlayer” – Rabbi Avraham Fisch and more. His father’s family ascended to the Land of Israel from Turkey in 1904 and dealt with producing cheeses and milk products. In the early 1930s his father established Machlevat HaKohanim – a cheese dairy in Tel Aviv, where Rabbi Cohen also worked. “The Milkman,” like hidden tzaddikim, did not have the typical outer appearance of most Orthodox rabbis: He did not grow a beard, in distinction to other rabbis, especially kabbalists, he did not wear a suit, and would wear a cap. He taught lessons in gemara and kabbalah at the “HaShalom” kollel in Givatayim. In additions to blessings he granted, he was known for his political and general forecasts. “The Milkman” was rabbi and leader of hundreds of Chassidim in Israel and around the world including businessmen and senior political figures. Rabbinic leaders of previous generations appreciated him, including the Admo”r Rabbi Moshe Mordechai of Lelov. [4], 253 pp. 24 cm. Excellent condition.
Ner Moshe – matters revealed in the Zohar, with a great and awesome secret from Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropol, awesome tales and more, by Rabbi Slatski. Jerusalem, Yitzchak Gostanini and Partners Press. 1882. Unique work including kabbalistic matters, and Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropol’s דצ”ך עד”ש באח”ב secret, which was printed for the first time in Jerusalem. Including an old letter from our brothers, the children of Moshe Rabbeinu who live on the other side of the Sambatyon River, and three awesome tales which happened here in Jerusalem. With the scroll of Saragossa – the tale of the renowned “Purim Saragossa” miracle. Uncommon book, printed in a number of forms, see at length in Sh. HaLevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim no. 407. In the complete edition before us (with the unnumbered leaves), printed on the back of the title page: Anyone who desires my book Ner Moshe, may acquire it at my address, Moses Slatski, as in the copy in the Jewish College library in London. [3], 80, [9], 81-92 leaves, 16 cm. Sh. HaLevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim no. 407. Very fine condition. * Sefer Ohr HaChamach which is the second part of Sefer Kiryat Arba which is an elucidation of the Zohar, Part III, Sefer VaYikra by Avraham Azoulay. Yoel Moshe Salomon Press, Jerusalem, 1879. Aging stains.
Framed colorful amulet designated to be hung in the home for protection. Handmade. Early 20th century. At the center of the amulet is a picture of the menorah in shades of gold. At right and at left, “Protection for the Home” is inscribed [in Hebrew]. Stars of David, hands of Kohanim, verses of the priestly blessing, the verse “HaMalach HaGoel” and more. The verses are written in black ink in beautiful scribal script. [1] leaf paper. 70×50 cm. Placed in an old wooden frame. Moderate-fine condition. Stains and slight abrasions.
Protection from the plague Heav-n forbid, tried and true, by the righteous Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum ztzllh”h, Av Beit Din of Ujhely. Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum of Shinowa and Ujhely [1759-1841] was the primary disciple of the Seer of Lublin, and also studied with the maggid of Kozhnitz, and with the Ohev Yisrael of Apta. He was the first of the Admo”rim to disseminate Chassidic doctrine in Hungary and was the patriarch of the Sighet-Satmar dynasty. His followers numbered in the thousands. Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum dealt extensively with distributing amulets, such as this protective one before us. [1] page, 15×23 cm. Moderate-fine condition, folds and aging stains.
