Auction No. 087
Old books, manuscripts, Judaica items, numismatics, coins
February 25, 2015
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Opening $ 250
Estimate $ 350 - $ 400
Olat Tamid. Novellae on Tractate Tamid by Rabbi Moshe of Chust. Budapest, [1943]. Signature of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Simlau. First edition.
10, 118, 14, [5] pages. 27 cm. Printed at the height of the Holocaust. Including the leaves with the names of the subscribers, and the last leaf that was printed on different paper - apparently after the printing was completed - which is not found in all copies.
Owner signature on title page of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich [1863-1944], rabbi of Simlau and prominent rabbi of Hungary-Transylvania before the Holocaust. He authored many books. He had the opportunity to escape the Holocaust but wanted to die in sanctification of G-d's name and didn't want to abandon his community. He died in Sivan, 1944. This book features a memorial to a person who died in Adar, 1943, so that this owner signature was signed during the last year of his life.
Very fine condition, other than the blemished binding.
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Signatures & Glosses 
Opening $ 250
Estimate $ 300 - $ 400
Shu"t Rabbeinu Asher [Rosh]. Venice, [1607].
180, 2 [16] leaves. 28.5 cm. Missing the title page.
Owner stamps of Rabbi Chaim Berlin, son of the Netziv of Volozhin and glosses in his hand in a number of locations.
New binding. Worming holes. Fine condition.
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Signatures & Glosses 
Opening $ 120
Estimate $ 180 - $ 200
Shem HaGedolim L'Chida, edited by Y.A. Ben Yaakov. Vienna, 1864. Handwritten supplements.
14, [1] page, 82 leaves: 81, [1] leaf, 20 cm.
Many handwritten supplements throughout the book. A number of supplements signed by Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Toledano. Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Toledano [1880-1960] was a noted manuscript researcher and author of various works. He served as Rabbi of Alexandria and then Tel Aviv, and was the Minister of Religious Affairs for the State of Israel.
Owner stamps. Old binding. Fine-very fine condition.
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Signatures & Glosses 
Opening $ 200
Estimate $ 300 - $ 500
Pnei Yehoshua, second section. Novellae on Tractates Ketubot, Gittin and Kidushin by Rabbi Yaakov Yehoshua [Falk]. Lemberg, [1809].
[1], 2-90, 84, 84 [should say: 85] leaves. Mispaginated. 34 cm.
Owner signature on title page. Many scholarly glosses throughout the book. Unidentified writer. Old binding. The first leaves are reinforced. Worming holes. Moderate-fine condition.
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Signatures & Glosses 
Opening $ 200
Estimate $ 300 - $ 400
Mitzvot Hashem. 613 mitzvot divided into the days of the month. Vilna, 1836.
[145] leaves. 17 cm. Two title pages.
Owner signatures and stamps: Rabbi Dovid Yudel Auerbach of Safed, and Rabbi Shmuel … Auerbach. The Auerbach rabbinical family were scions of the "Toldot Yaakov Yosef" of Polonnye, and predecessors of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach of Jerusalem. Additional signatures: Shmuel Ben Tzion of Safed, Sephardic signature on the title page and behind the second title page.
Old binding. Worming holes. Moderate condition.
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Signatures & Glosses 
Opening $ 150
Two volumes of Talmudical tractates.
Sulzbach, at the press of Meshulem Zalman b"r Aharon. 1762.
Sulzbach, at the press of Ahron and Naftali, sons of R' Meshulem Zalman. 1769.
Both volumes feature handwritten Torah novellae on their endpapers and unidentified owner signatures.
Many worming holes. Poor condition.
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Signatures & Glosses 
Opening $ 130
Estimate $ 180 - $ 200
Mishnat Chassidim. Kabala by Rabbi Emanuel Chai Rikki. Amsterdam, [1742].
[1], 156 [1] leaves, 18.5 cm. Signature on title page: קניתי לרצון קוני הק' שמואל אבן ואעיש.
Rabbi Shmuel ben Vaish [1738-1812] was a Moroccan sage, who served as dayan together with Rabbi Refael Berdugo, Rabbi Baruch Toledano and Rabbi Petachya Berdugo. Refer to Malchei Rabana, p. 121 regarding this personality and a miracle that happened with him. [Otzar HaRabbanim 19138]. Additional owner signatures.
New binding. Blemishes to the first and last leaves. Worming holes. Moderate condition.
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Opening $ 150
Estimate $ 300 - $ 350
Get Mekushar with Tiv Gittin. Order of the Get and Chalitza with elucidation by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Zinz, Rabbi of Plotzk. Warsaw, [1815]. First edition.
89 [1], 10 leaves. 34.5 cm.
Published by the author, Mahara"l Zinz. The flyleaf features an old, handwritten story, 'Ma'ase Rokeich', in which the "Ba'al HaRokeich" visits his disciple in a dream. Light tear with loss. Owner stamps, including one from Avraham Abish Margoliot of Radum, possibly author of the "Tzilusa D'Avraham".
Old binding. Stains. Moderate-fine condition.
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Signatures & Glosses ![Tractate Chullin. Amsterdam, Benveneste Press, [1646]. Lengthy Handwritten Glosses.](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sale_1566/fQWi6HtGepBuARInCMIxWJHQy2Byh-xRKPNFvBcFlJM_467.jpg)
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Opening $ 300
Estimate $ 500 - $ 800
Tractate Chullin with Rashi, Tosfot, Piskei Tosfot Rabbeinu Asher and Peirush HaMishna L'Rambam. Benveneste press, Amsterdam [1647]. Glosses in an Oriental hand.
180 leaves, 25 cm. Early, prominent edition of the Babylonian Talmud.
Owner signatures on the title page and leaf 120.
About 15 glosses in an antiquated hand – a few corrections and many lengthy scholarly notes.
Simple binding. Marginal worming holes. Stains. Fine condition.
Vinograd, Amsterdam 122.
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Signatures & Glosses ![Torah V'Oz. Histadrut Zeirim Bnei Torah. Telshe-Lithuania. [1918]](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sale_1566/IlRM7ppASeVYJltmLTrJw4H67bfQWQTPWhbCI0-8AX4_468.jpg)
Opening $ 200
Estimate $ 300 - $ 400
Membership ticket for the "Tora V'Oz" society. Union of Bnei Torah Youth. Telshe-Lithuania. [1918]. Signed by Chaim Mordechai Katz.
Cardboard ticket, 11x8.5 cm. Printed on one-side.
The ticket was given to yeshiva student Avraham Yitzchak Brakman from the committee of the Telshe group on the 15th of Kislev, [1918]. Signed by: Chaim Mordechai Katz, committee president. He was the son-in-law of the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch, founder of the famed Telshe Yeshiva. He later served as Rosh Yeshiva together with his brother-in-law, Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch. He fled Lithuania in 1940, reached America, and managed to reestablish the Telshe yeshiva in Cleveland together with his brother-in-law. Refer to, Otzar HaRabbanim 6484. [Weve included a lengthy article from "HaPeles" Magazine, 2014, regarding Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz]. Additional signature of the committee secretary – unidentified. Very fine condition.
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Signatures & Glosses 
Opening $ 200
Estimate $ 300 - $ 400
Three printed ketuba forms from [1960] and [1967] from Casablanca.
Dates and names inserted manually.
Two beit din certificates from Casablanca 1971, handwritten. Signed by Rabbi Shimon Abuchatzeria, Rabbi of Casablanca; Shalom Messas [later Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem] and Avraham Mamaran.
5 leaves. 28x45 and 21x27 cm. Moroccan script. Very fine condition.
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Signatures & Glosses 
Opening $ 200
Estimate $ 300 - $ 400
Sheilot V'Teshuvot Halachot Ketanot by Rabbi Yaakov Chagiz, with supplements by Rabbi Moshe Chagiz. Venice, [1704]. First edition. [4], 71, [9] leaves, 26 cm.
Bound with: Korban Chagiga by Rabbi Moshe Galante and comments by Rabbi Moshe Chagiz. Venice, [1704]. First edition. 56 leaves, 26 cm.
Owner signatures and glosses on the title page and in the body of the book. Leaf 3,1 features a gloss in a Sephardic hand; leaf 11a features a lengthy comment (blemished); leaf 13,b features a gloss in a different hand, perhaps signed at its conclusion.
Worming blemishes and stains. Poor-moderate condition.
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Signatures & Glosses