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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Shefer Hod Malchut – prayers in honor of Emperor Napoleon, Preghiere recitate, e cantate nel tempio degli ebrei di Livorno. Livorno: Masi, e Sahadun, 1808. Hebrew and Italian.
Especially fine copy, printed on thick, high-quality paper, with wide margins, in original elaborate leather binding, with gilt decorations.
Prayer service in honor of Emperor Napoleon, held in the Livorno synagogue on August 15, 1808, Napoleon's birthday. Hebrew (with some Judeo-Italian) and Italian, on facing pages. Printed signature of Yaakov Nunez-Vaez on pp. 14-15.
Last six pages of book contain a poem in Italian only, titled "Ode libera", authored by the poet Salomone Fiorentino (1743-1815).
[2], 5-17; 6 pages. Approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original leather binding, slightly detached, with defects.
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Books Printed in Livorno – 18th-19th Centuries
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Zivchei Kohen, abridgment of the laws of shechitah and koshering meat, by R. Yitzchak Kohen (shochet of the Livorno community). Livorno: Eliezer Menachem Ottolenghi, [1832]. Only edition. Hebrew and Italian.
With eight folding plates with anatomical illustrations of the animal's body parts, kosher signs of birds, and more. First two plates hand-colored.
50, 55-64 pages. Lacking 2 leaves (pp. 51-54, with photocopy replacements). 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and large dark stain to one leaf. Light wear. Tears to some plates, affecting illustrations, repaired. New binding.
Copy with [8] illustrations (most copies contain only seven leaves), as recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
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Books Printed in Livorno – 18th-19th Centuries
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Five Books of the Torah, with Five Megillot and haftarot, and with Em LaMikra commentary by R. Eliyahu Benamozegh. Livorno: printed by the author, R. Eliyahu Benamozegh and partners, 1862-1863. Five-part set in two volumes.
Two title pages, Hebrew and French, in all parts.
R. Eliyahu Benamozegh (1823-1900) was born in Livorno to a family of immigrants from Fez, Morocco. His grandfather was R. Avraham Curiat. At the age of 18 he was ordained, serving as a rabbi of the city's rabbinic council. He was known for his wide erudition in science, philosophy and kabbalah, which he combined in his unique interpretive approach and worldview.
Em LaMikra was one of Benamozegh's key works (his first Hebrew book), comprising a methodical Torah commentary based on modern research, philology and archeology, including bold, original interpretation advancing a pluralistic and universalistic worldview, while also defending the Torah from Biblical critics. This book's use of modern scholarship ignited a controversy, and copies were publicly burned in Aleppo and Damascus.
Two volumes. Volume I (Bereshit-Shemot): [2], 192 leaves; 146 leaves. Volume II (Vayikra-Devarim): 106 leaves; 26, 29-134 leaves; 190, 35 leaves. Lacking leaves 27-28 of Bamidbar. 17.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Tears and open tears, including tears to title pages of Bereshit, repaired with paper filling. Bindings with leather spine (volume II in old rubbed binding, volume I in new matching binding).
Provenance: Kestenbaum, New York, June 14, 2018, Lot 59.
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Books Printed in Livorno – 18th-19th Centuries
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba, based on the Shlah, with Kavanot from the Arizal. Slavita: R. Shmuel Avraham Shapira, son of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1827.
Some words on title page printed in red ink.
Faded stamps on verso of title page: "Natan Shraga son of R. Shimshon Zelig Kis[s?] – his wife Pesse Rachel daughter of Moshe Aharon the martyr".
[2], 165 leaves. 20 cm. Partly bluish paper. Most leaves in good-fair condition, first leaves in fair condition. Stains. Wear and signs of use to first leaves. Worming to several leaves, affecting text. Tears. Close trimming, affecting text on title page and other leaves. Inner margins of title page repaired with paper, covering parts of text. One leaf mostly detached. Old binding, worn, with spine repaired.
Another edition was printed concurrently, with [2], 135 leaves. The present edition has known variants between copies in details of censor's name and slight typographical variants (see Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, listing 000303939).
The Slavita Printing Press, Founded by R. Moshe Shapira, Rabbi of Slavita
The Jewish printing press in Slavita (present-day Slavuta, Khmelnytskyi Province, Western Ukraine) operated between 1790 and 1836. The founder of the printing press was the Rabbi of the city, R. Moshe Shapira (1762-1840), son of the renowned R. Pinchas of Korets. Already in his youth, he showed exceptional talent in scribal writing, tracing, carving and etching.
His illustrious father encouraged him to develop his talent to master these skills. In the early 1790s, R. Moshe was appointed Rabbi of Slavita, yet he concurrently established his famous printing press, not wishing to utilize Torah as a livelihood. The typeface used in the printing press was fashioned by R. Moshe. Apart from the printing press, he also established workshops for production of the paper and type. A large portion of Slavita's Jews earned their livelihood honorably in one of the many divisions of the printing firm.
Slavita books were reputed in the Jewish world for their beauty, splendor and accuracy; as well as for the owner of the press, R. Moshe, who was revered by the great Chassidic leaders. R. Moshe of Slavita was close to the Baal HaTanya, R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi, who commended him as "exceptional in Torah, fear of G-d is his treasure, of holy descent". Sipurim Nora'im by R. Yaakov Keidner (Lviv, 1875) relates the wondrous account of how the Baal HaTanya assisted R. Moshe in attaining a government license for his printing press.
A special advantage of this printing press was that it only produced sacred books, and its type was never desecrated by secular books. Most of the workers were G-d-fearing Jews. According to a famous Chassidic tradition, the equipment and type were immersed in a mikveh before use (regarding the printing press in Slavita, see [in Hebrew]: Haim Dov Friedberg, History of Printing in Poland, Tel Aviv, 1950, p. 104; Ch. Lieberman, Ohel Rachel, I, New York, 1980, pp. 199-202; Sh.D.B. Levine, History of Chabad in Tsarist Russia, Brooklyn, 2010, p. 61). Chassidic masters especially prized siddurim and books printed in holiness in the Slavita press for prayer and study.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Responsa Mayim Chaim, two parts, by R. Chaim HaKohen Rappaport, Rabbi of Ostroh. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1857. First edition. With approbations of Rebbe Mordechai of Chernobyl and the Sar Shalom of Belz.
In Part I, section 27, there is a letter from Mezhibuzh sent to R. Meir (son of R. Yaakov Emden), Rabbi of Konstantin (Konstantynów Łódzki), regarding a kosher issue permitted by the local rabbi but questioned by several prominent members of the community. The signatories to the question include: "Yisrael Baal Shem of Tłuste [Tovste]" – the Baal Shem Tov. R. Meir's lengthy response justifies their concern and disputes the ruling of the Rabbi of Mezhibuzh. The responsum opens with several lines of honorifics and appreciation for the Baal Shem Tov: "chief in Judah and Israel… finder of ailment and cure… extraordinary, celebrated with a high reputation, R. Yisrael…" (the decipherment and interpretation of the lengthy and poetic titles offered at the beginning of this responsum is discussed at length in the scholarly literature).
Both parts of the book are bound together, Part I on Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah, and Part II on Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat. Kuntres Otzrot Chaim is printed at the end of Part II, with novellae on aggadot and pilpul on the Torah portions by the author and his son the publisher. The book also includes responsa from the author's grandfather and uncles, who were leading Torah scholars. At the beginning of the book is printed a letter by the Ohev Yisrael of Apta agreeing with the author's ruling. The letter is printed with the approbations to the book, as a sort of approbation for the author.
Ownership stamps of R. Yaakov Landau, Rabbi of Bnei Brak (1893-1986), a leading rabbi of the previous generation, son and successor of R. Moshe Yehudah Leib Landau of Chabad, Rabbi of Kuranets (1853-1913). At the end of World War I he lived in Rostov as a confidant of the Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch.
He later served as Rabbi in Libau (Liepāja, Latvia). In the 1930s he immigrated to Eretz Israel, and in 1936 he was appointed Rabbi of the moshava Bnei Brak, with the backing of the Chazon Ish. He served as Rabbi of Bnei Brak for fifty years, standing at the head of halachic and kosher issues and Orthodox leadership of the city.
He later served as Rabbi in Libau (Liepāja, Latvia). In the 1930s he immigrated to Eretz Israel, and in 1936 he was appointed Rabbi of the moshava Bnei Brak, with the backing of the Chazon Ish. He served as Rabbi of Bnei Brak for fifty years, standing at the head of halachic and kosher issues and Orthodox leadership of the city.
84; 151 pages. Two title pages for each part, with another title page to Otzrot Chaim bound at end of book (total of five title pages). First title page in black and red. Leaf 3 of first part bound after leaf 4. 30 cm. Most leaves in good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Worming, tears and open tears, affecting text, partially repaired with paper. Stamps deleted with ink. New binding.
Provenance: Collection of the family of R. Yaakov Landau, Rabbi of Bnei Brak.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $1,500
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Machzor, Part I – for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, following the rite of Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Bohemia and Moravia (Ashkenazic rite), with Yiddish translation. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1863.
Title page in black and red.
Stamps on title page of R. Moshe Gelerenter, Rabbi of Kłodzko and Dzierżoniów (in Hebrew and Latin characters).
R. Moshe Gelerenter (1887-1965) was a Polish rabbi and follower of Rebbe Yissachar Dov of Belz. After the Holocaust, he immigrated to Ramat Gan, Eretz Israel.
10, 9-164 leaves. 27 cm. Overall fair condition. Some leaves in fair-good condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Wear. Tears and open tears, including large tears, affecting text, extensively repaired with paper (some covering text). Worming. New binding.
Enclosed is a printed leaf, with schedule for the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur service and Selichot in Prague, 1868. Prague: Baruch Bunzel (printed by S. Freund's Witwe), 1868.
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Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Sold for: $425
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Raza Meheimna, kabbalistic secrets on the Hebrew alphabet, by the kabbalist R. Yitzchak Eizik HaLevi of Zuravitz (Żurawica). Lviv: Gershon son of Ze'ev Wolf Segal Letteris, [1791]. First edition.
The author, R. Yitzchak Eizik HaLevi (1735-1783), was a shochet and kabbalist. In the approbations, he is described as a hidden Tzaddik. The Yismach Moshe personally oversaw the publication of his book Raza Meheimna. Later sources state that the Baal Shem Tov would travel to meet with the author, and when his greatness became known he was frequented by many.
Copy of Rebbe Pinchas Rabinowitz of Kantikozva, and his son Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael of Kherson. On leaves [2] and [4], stamps of R. "Pinchas Rabinowitz"; on title page and p. 39a, stamps of his son, R. "Yaakov Yisrael son of the Rabbi Rabinowitz Kherson".
Rebbe Pinchas Rabinowitz of Kantikozva, Kherson region (1861-1926), successor of his father, Rebbe Yitzchak Yoel of Linitz. An immense scholar in the revealed aspects of the Torah. His Avodat Yitzchak on the Torah remains in manuscript. His sons include Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael of Kherson and R. Menachem Nachum Rabinowitz Rabbi of Haifa. His sons-include Rebbe Moshe of Stolin and Rebbe Yitzchak of Skver.
His son, Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael Rabinowitz of Kherson (1880-1942), a scion of R. Gedaliah of Linitz, the Baal HaTanya and the Chernobyl, Apta, Ruzhin and other Chassidic dynasties. In 1910 he began to serve as rebbe in Kherson, and in 1923 he moved to Odessa. In 1925 he immigrated to Eretz Israel, becoming the first Chassidic rebbe in Tel Aviv.
[4], 73 leaves. 21.5 cm. Varying condition; first leaves in fair condition, the rest in fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, partially repaired with paper strips. Worming, affecting text. New binding.
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Chassidic Books
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Even Pinah, Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, with the Derishat Ari commentary, by R. Avraham Aryeh Leib HaLevi Rabbi of Strizov (teacher of the Yismach Moshe). Lviv: R. Shlomo Yarish Rappaport, [1804]. First edition.
At beginning of book, approbation of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, alongside an approbation of the author's disciple R. Moshe Teitelbaum Rabbi of Shinova [author of Yismach Moshe]. Fine poem by the Yismach Moshe in praise of his teacher and the book after introduction, printed after author's introduction.
The author, R. Aryeh Leib HaLevi (1736-1803) was a foremost Chassidic leader, Rabbi of Strizov (Strzyżów) and other communities. He was the primary teacher of his cousin Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, author of Yismach Moshe. The Yismach Moshe and other Chassidic masters refer to him with great reverence in their approbations to his books.
Copy of R. Meir Kahana, Rabbi of Sečovce
. On front and back endpaper, many of his ownership inscriptions, including: "This book belongs to our master and teacher, the rabbi, Gaon, beacon and tower, sharp and well-versed, whose intellect is brief and high-quality, who can shoot an arrow at a hair like one of the sharp scholars of Pumbedita, R. Meir Kahana, Rabbi of Chechevitz"; and more.
. On front and back endpaper, many of his ownership inscriptions, including: "This book belongs to our master and teacher, the rabbi, Gaon, beacon and tower, sharp and well-versed, whose intellect is brief and high-quality, who can shoot an arrow at a hair like one of the sharp scholars of Pumbedita, R. Meir Kahana, Rabbi of Chechevitz"; and more.
Another signature on title page.
R. Meir Kahana Rabbi of Sečovce (1790-1856), was a leading Hungarian Torah scholar. Born in Galicia to a distinguished rabbinic family, his father R. Levi HaKohen served as Rabbi of Kozin and head of the Brody Beit Din. In 1810 he arrived in Hungary, serving as the first Rabbi of Sečovce (present-day Slovakia) for some forty years. He was known as a leading Torah scholar of his times in Hungary, and corresponded with leading rabbis, including his friend R. Binyamin Wolf Löw, the Shaarei Torah.
[2], 115, [3] leaves. 37.5 cm. Overall fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains and traces of former dampness. Wear. Worming, affecting text (some leaves with worming in many places). Marginal tears and open tears to title page and other leaves. Original cardboard binding, with wears, tears and defects (heavy wear and many open tears to binding and spine).
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Chassidic Books
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Sidduro Shel Shabbat, Parts I-II, kabbalistic and Chassidic teachings regarding the holiness of Shabbat, and halachic responsa, by Rebbe Chaim Thirer of Czernowitz. Mohyliv-Podilskyi: [Tzvi Ze'ev son of David Rabinstein, 1813]. First edition. Both parts in one volume, divisional title page for Part II.
The author, R. Chaim Thirer of Czernowitz (ca. 1740s – ca. 1813), was a Chassidic leader, disciple of the Maggid of Zlotchov, and served as Rabbi of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Botoșani, Kishinev (Chișinău) and Czernowitz (Chernivtsi). He was reputed as a holy man, and wondrous tales about him abound. According to Chassidic tradition, after his immersion before Shabbat, his form would change and he would grow taller by a handbreadth. Near the end of his life, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Safed in 1813, where he authored Shaar HaTefillah and was later buried. His fundamental works Sidduro Shel Shabbat, Shaar HaTefillah and Be'er Mayim Chaim are unique for their clarity and conviction, as well as the enthusiastic Chassidic emotion which they exude. His books were distributed and published in many editions and are considered foundations of Chassidic teachings.
This book is the only one printed in the lifetime of the author, before he travelled to Eretz Israel. The book was recognized as a fundamental Chassidic work, and until this day, lectures are regularly delivered based on it. Chassidim of all times had set classes on it in preparation for Shabbat, as the author advises in his preface.
This book became well-known and accepted as soon as it was published. R. Mordechai of Kremenets (son of the Maggid of Zlotchov) writes in his approbation to Shaar HaTefillah: "And he already has a reputation from his book Sidduro Shel Shabbat, an awesome volume… whoever studies it enjoys it immensely". R. Yehoshua of Ostrów praised the book: "The holy words of our master entice every single Jew to serve G-d" (Or Yekarot by R. Sh. Ch. Porush, II, 175).
On title page of Part I, ownership inscription in Sephardic script of "Meir Shlomo son of R. Yaakov Farhi". On p. 10a, another inscription of his (trimmed). [R. Meir Shlomo Farhi, brother of Chaim Farhi, vizier of Acre; purchased a courtyard in Tiberias in 1831].
Two parts in one volume. Part I: [6], 70, 70-108, [1] leaves. Part II: 12, 62, [1] leaves (last leaf numbered 64). Lacking leaf 63 of index. 19 cm. Partially bluish paper. Varying condition, fair to fair-good. Stains, including stains and traces of former dampness. Worming, affecting text (much worming to several leaves). Minor tears. Last leaf repaired with large paper strip, covering part of text. Old binding, with defects.
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Chassidic Books
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Chesed LeAvraham, profound kabbalistic and Chassidic discourses on the Torah portions and various topics, by R. Avraham HaMalach (only son of the Maggid of Mezeritch), with additional selections by R. Avraham of Kalisk and other Chassidic masters. Czernowitz: Meshulam Hiller, [1851]. First edition. With approbations of his grandson Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin and his sons.
In his approbation, Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin describes how during his imprisonment, he lost the manuscript of his grandfather R. Avraham HaMalach. Fortunately, R. Chaim HaLevi of Berditchev succeeded in obtaining a transcript of the manuscript and brought it to print.
A commentary on the Ten Sefirot was printed at the end of the book under the name of the rabbi of Berditchev. It is however actually a work by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, printed in the Tanya (Igeret HaKodesh, 15).
Signature on title page: "Moshe Elias, Gherla" – apparently the son of R. Yaakov Shmuel Elias, Rabbi of Gherla (1900-1945).
Ownership stamps of R. Yaakov Landau, Rabbi of Bnei Brak (1893-1986), a leading rabbi of the previous generation, son and successor of R. Moshe Yehudah Leib Landau of Chabad, Rabbi of Kuranets (1853-1913). At the end of World War I he lived in Rostov as a confidant of the Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch. He later served as Rabbi in Libau (Liepāja, Latvia). In the 1930s he immigrated to Eretz Israel, and in 1936 he was appointed Rabbi of the moshava Bnei Brak, with the backing of the Chazon Ish. He served as Rabbi of Bnei Brak for fifty years, standing at the head of halachic and kosher issues and Orthodox leadership of the city.
[2], 40 leaves. 22.5 cm. Fair to fair-poor condition. Stains, including large dark dampstains to most leaves. Worming in many places (some significant), affecting text. Tears and open tears, affecting text, repaired with paper. On leaf 26, paper mounted over approx. half of blank leaf (with large ink stamps on verso, covered). Old binding.
Provenance: Collection of the family of R. Yaakov Landau, Rabbi of Bnei Brak.
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Chassidic Books
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $600
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Two books bound together, first editions of teachings of R. Pinchas of Korets; copies from the library of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura, with his handwritten inscriptions:
• Likutei Shoshanim, selections from the teachings of R. Pinchas of Korets. Czernowitz, 1857. First edition.
• Devarim Nechmadim, selections from the teachings of R. Pinchas of Korets. Czernowitz, 1857. First edition.
Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura, with his ownership inscriptions and stamps. On title pages, two stamps (somewhat blurred). One stamp with his name, "Nachum Dov Ber Friedman" and a lion icon, and a second stamp "Kinyan Kaspi".
Original leather binding from the Rebbe's library. Inside front board, printed bookplate (gilt letters on red), and handwritten ownership inscriptions on title page and endpaper, stating that the book belongs to Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman.
Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura (1843/1844-1883), grandson of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, son of Rebbe Shalom Yosef and son-in-law of his uncle Rebbe Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura. R. Nachum Dov Ber was a prominent collector of early manuscripts and books, and possessed a large library. R. Nachum Dov used several types of stamps in his library. Books he inherited from his father were stamped "Nachalat Avotai", books he purchased were stamped "Kinyan Kaspi", and books received as a gift were stamped "Minchat Shai".
Devarim Nechmadim was misattributed to R. Pinchas of Korets, as all of its Torah content is found word for word in Ahavat Shalom by R. Menachem Mendel of Kosov.
8 leaves; 4 leaves. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original binding with leather spine and corners. Wear and defects to binding (handwritten number on front interior of binding, possibly a catalogue number originating in the Rebbe's library).
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Chassidic Books
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Collection of three books by Rebbes of Kozhnitz: a work by the Maggid of Kozhnitz, R. Yisrael Hopstein, and two works by his son and successor Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Brieh Hopstein. Some distinguished copies.
• Beit Yisrael, novellae on Tractates Pesachim (last chapter only), Beitzah, Chagigah and Moed Katan, by R. Yisrael Hopstein, the Maggid of Kozhnitz. Warsaw, 1877. First edition.
Copy of R. Yehoshua Heshel Frankel-Teomim, Rabbi of Sobków (grandson of the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova). Ownership inscription at top of title page (partially defective) of "Yehoshua Heshel---"; on title page and several other leaves, stamps of R. "Yehoshua Heshel Teomim Frankel", and other stamps deleted by scraping. On p. 8b, handwritten gloss (ink and pencil).
R. Yehoshua Heshel Frankel-Teomim, Rabbi of Sobków
(d. 1894), son of R. Pinchas Teomim Frankel (the great son-in-law of Rebbe Yechezkel Halberstam of Shinova). Son-in-law of Rebbe Shmuel Chaim of Chentshin. After he passed away at a young age, his widow married Rebbe Elimelech Shapiro of Grodzisk, becoming mother of Rebbe Kalonymus Kalman of Piaseczno, author of Chovat HaTalmidim.
(d. 1894), son of R. Pinchas Teomim Frankel (the great son-in-law of Rebbe Yechezkel Halberstam of Shinova). Son-in-law of Rebbe Shmuel Chaim of Chentshin. After he passed away at a young age, his widow married Rebbe Elimelech Shapiro of Grodzisk, becoming mother of Rebbe Kalonymus Kalman of Piaseczno, author of Chovat HaTalmidim.
• Daat Moshe, Chassidic homilies on the Torah and festivals by Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Brieh Hopstein of Kozhnitz. Lviv, 1879. First edition. Large open tears to title page and first leaves, repaired with paper.
Copy of Rebbe Eliezer Horowitz of Chentshin-Kielce and his son-in-law Rebbe Yechiel Aharon Horowitz of Chentshin. At top of title page, his handwritten ownership inscription: "Eliezer HaLevi Horowitz", and more signatures of his at center and edges of title page. On leaf 47 and other pages, stamps of the Rebbe: "Eliezer Levi Horowitz son of the Tzaddik of Chentshin", on edge of title page (over paper repair) stamp of his son-in-law Rebbe "Yechiel Aharon HaLevi Horowitz son of the deceased R. Y. Y., here in Kielce".
Another inscription on title page, dated 1923, of "Yosef Chaim Biegeleisen[?]". Stamps: "Library of Yom Tov Lipman Laskowitz son of R. Meir Shalom" and other stamps.
Rebbe Eliezer HaLevi Horowitz of Chentshin-Kielce (1866-1919), son of Rebbe Chaim Shmuel HaLevi of Chentshin (1843-1916, from the dynasty of the Chozeh of Lublin), and son-in-law of Rebbe Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum Rabbi of Stropków and Ujhel (1845-1897, son of the Yitav Lev). Succeeded his father as Rebbe in Kielce for three especially difficult years (1916-1919) due to the scarcity in the wake of World War I.
His son-in-law and nephew, R. Yechiel Aharon HaLevi Horowitz Sternfeld (perished in Holocaust ca. 1943), son of R. Yaakov Yitzchak of Chentshin (d. 1903 at a young age), son of Rebbe Chaim Shmuel HaLevi Horowitz of Chentshin.
• Tefillah LeMoshe, Chassidic homilies on the festival of Sukkot, with Hoshanot and Hakafot for Simchat Torah, by Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Brieh Hopstein of Kozhnitz. Lviv, 1866. Second edition. Elaborate new leather binding. Large dark stains on all leaves. On last endpaper, ownership inscriptions (in pencil).
3 books. Varying condition. Fair-good to fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, affecting text. Non-uniform bindings.
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