Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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![Doresh LeTzion, by R. David Ze'ev son of R. Zelig Rosenthal. Jerusalem: [Yoel Moshe Salomon], 1868.
Selections from the](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/157_1.jpg "Doresh LeTzion – Jerusalem, 1868")
![Doresh LeTzion, by R. David Ze'ev son of R. Zelig Rosenthal. Jerusalem: [Yoel Moshe Salomon], 1868.
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![Doresh LeTzion, by R. David Ze'ev son of R. Zelig Rosenthal. Jerusalem: [Yoel Moshe Salomon], 1868.
Selections from the](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/157_3.jpg "Doresh LeTzion – Jerusalem, 1868")
Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
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Sold for: $250
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Doresh LeTzion, by R. David Ze'ev son of R. Zelig Rosenthal. Jerusalem: [Yoel Moshe Salomon], 1868.
Selections from the Sages and holy books on the great mitzvah of charity to the poor of Eretz Israel. Printed for emissaries seeking assistance in Jewish communities abroad.
44 pages. 14 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Light wear and creases. Marginal tears to some leaves. Worming across leaves, affecting text. Old cardboard binding, worn, with defects and tears.
Rare.
Sh. Halevy, no. 144.
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Early Jerusalem Imprints – Books and Booklets
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Beit Yosef Chadash, Torah novellae on halachah and aggadah, ethics and public matters, by R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, author of Lev HaIvri. Jerusalem, [1875-1881].
The book was printed between 1875 and 1881 in two printing houses. The printing began at the press of R. Yoel Moshe Solomon, who refused to continue printing it once he recognized the polemic content of the book. The printing was resumed in the HaIvri printing house (owned by R. Yitzchak Gościnny). Parts of the book were distributed before the printing was finished, which resulted in many variations between the few surviving copies of the book.
The present copy comprises two title pages, and a leaf with a letter from the author, which do not appear in all copies. Includes final leaves 119-124, with Bedek HaBayit – omissions and additions printed in 1881. Lacking some index leaves and other leaves. Several leaves with approbations and the Kol BeRamah essay replaced in photocopy.
The author, R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger (1835-1922), author of Lev HaIvri, disciple of leading Hungarian rabbis. He was one of the most prominent zealots who fought the Reform and Haskalah movements, and continued this struggle after immigrating to Jerusalem in 1870. He was an active supporter of the Jewish settlements throughout Eretz Israel, and came into conflict with leaders of the Old Yishuv over his opposition to the methods of the Halukka distribution system and other affairs. His opposition is voiced in the present book, which aroused a fierce dispute, with polemic booklets being published on both sides.
[3], 2-124 leaves. Lacking approx. [16] leaves at beginning of book with approbations, indexes and announcements, which do not appear in all copies (photocopy replacements for three leaves). 28 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Worming. Marginal tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, not affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Inscriptions. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 231.
Formerly of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman (Ginzei Yisrael). On endpaper preceding title page, bibliographic notes handwritten by Mehlman, including: "Rare – the book was banned and many copies were burned…".
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Early Jerusalem Imprints – Books and Booklets
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,125
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Assorted collection of four books on various topics: halachah, kabbalah and tikunim, printed in Jerusalem in the 1870s and 1880s.
• Order of study for Lag BaOmer. Jerusalem: Eliyahu and Moshe Chai Sason, 1879.
Stamp and ownership inscription of "Mordechai son of Tzaddik Conforte" of Sarajevo, and many handwritten inscriptions.
Sh. Halevy, no. 322.
• Pirkei Heichalot (Rabbati), by the Tannaim R. Yishmael the High Priest and R. Akiva, and Testament of Naftali son of Jacob to his sons. Jerusalem: [Zichron Shlomo, established by the brothers Löwy, 1889]. Published for the first time from an ancient manuscript by R. Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer.
Sh. Halevy, no. 674.
• Hatzivi Tziyunim, commentary on verses and aggadot, by R. Bentzion Shlez. Jerusalem, 1871. Part I.
Sh. Halevy, no. 168.
• Teomei Tzviyah, halachic responsa regarding an unusual breed of chickens and on the laws of a double doubt, by R. Tzvi Hirsch Shlez, author of Niflaot MiTorat Hashem Yitbarach. [Jerusalem: Shmelke Yosef Shmer, Yitzchak Gościnny and Yaakov David Slotky, 1873?]. Printed without title page.
Sh. Halevy, no. 201 (who judges from the type that leaves 13-28 were printed in Yoel Moshe Salomon's press).
4 books. Varying size and condition. Stains and wear, tears and paper repairs. Three in new bindings.
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Early Jerusalem Imprints – Books and Booklets
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,500
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Assorted collection of nine books on various topics, printed in Jerusalem in the years 1876-1890, and other books bound with them.
See Hebrew description for a detailed list of books in the collection.
9 books (and 4 additional books), in 9 volumes. Varying size and condition. Most in new bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
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Early Jerusalem Imprints – Books and Booklets
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,125
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Assorted collection of four books on various topics: Talmudic novellae and halachah, public institutions and Shemitah controversy, printed in Jerusalem in the years 1885-1890.
• Erech Dal, by R. Mordechai Eliezer Weber (the Rabbi of Ada), on Tractate Arachin. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny, [1885].
Sh. HaLevi, no. 522.
• Or LaYesharim – Or Zarua LaTzaddik, commentary on a passage in Tractate Yoma based on the Zohar, by R. Hillel Moshe Meshel Gelbstein. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Hirschensohn, [1889].
R. Hillel Moshe Meshel Gelbstein (1832-1908), disciple of the Seraph of Kotzk and the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. In 1868, he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he concentrated on the study of topics related to the Temple, using his books to strengthen the fulfillment of the commandment of guarding the holy site.
Sh. Halevy, no. 639.
• Davar BeIto, booklet on the Shemitah in the present time, by R. Yaakov Orenstein (disciple of Maharil Diskin). Jerusalem: Y. D. Frumkin, 1889.
Tract opposing Heter Mechirah (the 1888-1889 Shemitah year controversy).
Rare.
Sh. Halevy, no. 646.
• Accounts of Bikur Cholim Misgav LaDach – report on Nisan 1889 to Adar 1890. Jerusalem: Avraham Moshe Luncz, 1890.
Sh. Halevy, no. 710.
4 books. Varying size and condition. Most in good condition. Stains and wear, tears and paper repairs. New bindings.
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Early Jerusalem Imprints – Books and Booklets
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $425
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Assorted collection of twelve books of Jewish tales, travelogues and history, printed in Jerusalem between 1872 and 1931.
See Hebrew description for a detailed list of books in the collection.
12 books and booklets. Varying size and condition. Non-uniform bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Provenance: Some of the books are formerly of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman (Ginzei Yisrael). Some books have bibliographic inscriptions in his handwriting and catalogue numbers of his library.
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Early Jerusalem Imprints – Books and Booklets
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $400
Sold for: $875
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Large assorted collection of thirteen books and booklets, prayer books, techinot and other books, early books printed in Jerusalem between 1873 and 1915.
See Hebrew description for a detailed list of books in the collection.
13 books. Various size and condition. Non-uniform bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Provenance: Some of the books are formerly of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman (Ginzei Yisrael). Some books have bibliographic inscriptions in his handwriting and catalogue numbers of his library.
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Early Jerusalem Imprints – Books and Booklets
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,125
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Large assorted collection of books and booklets printed in Jerusalem, works relating to Jewry of Bukhara and the Persian region, on various topics: Biblical commentary, prayers and piyyutim, halachah and homiletics – including translations to Judeo-Persian and other languages of the Persian region and the Caucasus: Judeo-Pashto, Judeo-Tajik (Bukharan) and Judeo-Tatar (Krymchak).
See Hebrew description for a list of books in the collection.
25 books and booklets. Varying size and condition. Non-uniform bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Many of the books formerly belonged to Dr. Israel Mehlman and include bibliographical inscriptions in his handwriting and catalogue numbers of his library.
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Early Jerusalem Imprints – Books and Booklets
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $625
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Large assorted collection of books in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish): Biblical and halachic commentary, homiletics and stories, dictionaries and literature – printed in Jerusalem in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1893-1925).
See Hebrew description for a list of books in the collection.
Approx. 31 books and booklets in 8 volumes. Non-uniform bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Many of the books formerly belonged to the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman (Ginzei Yisrael) and include bibliographical inscriptions in his handwriting and catalogue numbers of his library.
Category
Early Jerusalem Imprints – Books and Booklets
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $625
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Twelve books, booklets and early publications of the writings of R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, published in his lifetime, some first or rare editions, printed during his tenure as Rabbi of Jaffa and the moshavot.
See Hebrew description for a detailed list of books in the collection.
12 books, booklets and pamphlets. Varying size and condition. Old bindings and wrappers. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
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Early Jerusalem Imprints – Books and Booklets
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $625
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Printed letter, Modaah Rabba, "Important notice – from the rabbis and Ashkenazic Beit Din Tzedek…". Jerusalem: [Yisrael Dov Frumkin], 21st Cheshvan 1873.
Protest and polemics by the "Beit Din Tzedek of the Ashkenazic communities", opposing the Beit Din of R. Shmuel Salant and R. Meir Auerbach who had published a poster declaring divorce procedures of their Beit Din to be invalid. In response, the present poster responds with a call to stay away from the rulings and divorce documents of R. Shmuel Salant.
The present poster was published during the controversy between Yisrael Dov Frumkin, editor of HaChavatzelet, on one side, and R. Shmuel Salant and R. Meir Auerbach on the other (following a dispute over the courtyard of the Hurva synagogue and the Etz Chaim yeshiva).
Yisrael Dov Frumkin, editor of HaChavatzelet and a member of the Chassidic community in Jerusalem, was part of the opposition to the Perushim kollel Knesset Yisrael, which had established a separate organization Tiferet Yerushalayim, which was joined by the Rabbi of Radishkovitz, formerly an administrator of the Perushim kollel. Frumkin's opposition to the Perushim rabbis of Jerusalem, published in his newspaper and other forums, attacking the Halukka and community administration, led the rabbis of Jerusalem to fight back and ban his newspaper.
See Lot Nos. 168 and 169.
[1] leaf. Approx. 24 cm. Good condition. Marginal tears. Pencil inscriptions.
Rare.
Sh. Halevy, no. 214.
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Jerusalem Imprints – Single Leaves and Broadsides
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Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Sep 1, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $875
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Sefat Emet, printed leaf (printed on both sides) with letter of R. Avraham Ashkenazi, the Rishon LeTzion, and letters of Jerusalem rabbis, opposing the newspaper HaChavatzelet for degrading the rabbis of the Perushim kollels, R. Shmuel Salant and R. Meir Auerbach. Jerusalem: [Yoel Moshe Salomon], Kislev 1873.
Printed letter of R. Avraham Ashkenazi addressed to R. Yaakov HaLevi Sapir (author of Even Sapir). The leaf continues with letters signed (in print) by tens of rabbis who immigrated to Jerusalem, a letter of R. David son of Shimon head of the Maghrebi community in Jerusalem, and a letter signed (in printed) by fifteen important notables of Jerusalem.
The present poster was published during the controversy between Yisrael Dov Frumkin, editor of HaChavatzelet, on one side, and R. Shmuel Salant and R. Meir Auerbach on the other (following a dispute over the courtyard of the Hurva synagogue and the Etz Chaim yeshiva).
Yisrael Dov Frumkin, editor of HaChavatzelet and a member of the Chassidic community in Jerusalem, was part of the opposition to the Perushim kollel Knesset Yisrael, which had established a separate organization Tiferet Yerushalayim, which was joined by the Rabbi of Radishkovitz, formerly an administrator of the Perushim kollel. Frumkin's opposition to the Perushim rabbis of Jerusalem, published in his newspaper and other forums, attacking the Halukka and community administration, led the rabbis of Jerusalem to fight back and ban his newspaper.
See Lot Nos. 167 and 169.
[1] leaf, 32.5 cm. Printed on both sides. Fair condition. Wear and folding marks. Dark stains and small open tears.
Especially rare. Sh. Halevy, no. 217, likewise describes the present poster as especially rare.
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Jerusalem Imprints – Single Leaves and Broadsides
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