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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $550
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Long letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Avraham Ever Hirschowitz to Rabbi Shmuel Salant in Jerusalem. Melbourne (Australia), Adar Bet 1894. The letter has two signatures (on Page 3, he signs "Avraham Ever ben… Shmuel Shlomo, posek of Shomrei Emunim in the Beit Midrash of Chevrat Torah in Melbourne" and on Page 4 he signs: "Avraham Ever Hirschowitz". From this letter, it is evident that Rabbi Hirschowitz consulted Rabbi Shmuel Salant [whom he calls Admor] about community matters in Australia. On Page 4, Rabbi Hirschowitz writes of his thoughts about leaving Australia to live among Jews who are faithful to the holy Torah after succeeding in amending certain things connected to religious adherence and constructing a kosher mikveh in the city. He tells of a request he received to travel to Brisbane which was home to about 300 Jews, mostly from Russia and Poland, "And all have abandoned G-d's path and the blame lies with the rabbi who leads them on behalf of the London Rabbi… This wicked person leads them astray from G-d's ways and they do not have a shochet or a mohel, a non-Jew circumcises the baby and the beadle blesses on the circumcision… So far nothing has been done on behalf of the London Rabbi to benefit them in the future. Now I am waiting for your counsel, shall I go there to try to persuade them to repent and return to G-d and at least to stop eating treif and circumcise their children according to Jewish law…". In his letter, Rabbi Hirschowitz thanks Rabbi S. Salant for his wise counsel [in his letter from the month of Shevat 1994, see Torat Rabbi Shmuel M’Salant, Vol. 1 p. 22], on how to resolve questions concerning rain precepts in the southern hemisphere. Rabbi Avraham Ever Hirschowitz (1840-1924) was born in Lithuania. In 1884 he embarked on a mission to England and from around 1890 traveled to Melbourne and served there as rabbi, “Torah authority for the Shomrei Emunim community in the Beit Midrash Chevrat Torah”. In 1894, he moved to New York, where he served as posek, and in 1922, he immigrated to Jerusalem. Among his books: Beit Avraham responsa and Beit Midrash Shmuel. He also printed Ohel Sarah with laws for women (in English) which was printed in several editions. 4 pages, approximately 18 cm. Good condition.
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Jerusalem Rabbis and Public Institutions – Letters, Manuscripts and Archives
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
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A purchase deed (Shtar Chazaka) for a courtyard in Jerusalem in the "Talalin Market" – from Chacham Rabbi Bechor Meyuchas, to Rabbi Avraham Dov Ber Grodzansky and Rabbi Natan Neta Greengart, appointees of Kollel Grodno. Signed by the Sephardi Beit Din: Rabbi Moshe Ibn Nachmias, Rabbi Yehuda ben Yisrael and Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Pizanti. Jerusalem, Nissan 1863. On the reverse side: Another bill of sale of the aforementioned plot, by Rabbi Natan ben Shlomo Greengart. Signature of witnesses: Rabbi "Ber Wachsner" and Rabbi "Zvi Hirsh Salant" [grandson of Rabbi Shmuel Salant]. With authorization of the Ashkenazi Beit Din on the witnesses' signatures with the signatures of Rabbi "Binyamin ben R' Shmuel", Rabbi "Binyamin David Wilner" and Rabbi "B. Wolf", with the stamp: "Stamp of the Beit Din Tzedek – Ashkenazi community of the Holy City of Jerusalem. Jerusalem", Elul 1885. Leaf, [2] written pages, approximately 30 cm. Good condition, wear and folding marks.
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Jerusalem Rabbis and Public Institutions – Letters, Manuscripts and Archives
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $3,250
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Large collection of handwritten and typewritten leaves, documents and printed leaves, from the archive of Rabbi Yosef Chai Panigel, son of Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Panigel – The Rishon LeZion in Jerusalem. [Jerusalem, c. 1900-1940]. Among the items: · Handwritten pamphlets (approximately 55 pages), nine sermons in the handwriting of Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Panigel, from c. 1900-1940. Two are sermons delivered in the "Misgav LaDach Hospital", 1912-1913, etc. · Bookkeeping ledger of monies of Misgav LaDach, handwritten by Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Panigel. · Collection of sermons and articles by Rabbi Yosef Chai Panigel, in his handwriting and typewritten. · Varied collection of document, letters and certificates on various topics: some institute matters and legal issues connected to Rabbi Yosef Chai Panigel. · Large photograph of Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Panigel, set in wooden frame (47X34 cm. Frame: approx. 63.5X50 cm). Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Panigel (1850-1919), Rishon LeZion and Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem from 1907-1909, [successor of Rabbi Elyashar – the Yissa Bracha]. Served many years as emissary of various countries, and in his last years, stood at the helm of Torah and chessed institutes of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem. His son Rabbi Yosef Chai Panigel (1882-1946), a Torah scholar and learned lawyer. From 1905-1907, he served as assistant to the Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Rabbi David Papo, and from 1907, he assisted his father in managing the public affairs of Jerusalem alongside his law work. One of the heads of the Mizrachi movement in Eretz Israel. In 1933, he was appointed "Head of the Sephardi Community" of Jerusalem. From 1937-1947, he served as Chief Rabbi of the Sephardi community in Buenos Aires in Argentina. He was nominated for Chief Rabbi of Haifa but died in Argentina in Tishrei 1946. Hundreds of leaves and documents, size and condition vary.
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Jerusalem Rabbis and Public Institutions – Letters, Manuscripts and Archives
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $3,500
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Various notebooks and papers, signed documents, accounting notes, memoirs from Yemen and issues relating to the Yemenite community in Jerusalem. Handwritten by Rabbi Shalom Yosef Alshich, with many signatures of Rabbi Shalom Yosef Alshich and his brother Rabbi Avraham Yosef Alshich, as well as additional signatures. Jerusalem, 1919-1929. The notes contain much information about the Yemenite community in Jerusalem during World War I: Purchasing property and public buildings in the Nachalat Zvi neighborhood, dedications of Yemen and Aleppo Jews as well as Rabbi Alshich's private family matters. Rabbi Shalom ben Yosef HaLevi Alshich (1859-1944), a prominent Kabbalist and Ra'avad of the Yemenite community of Jerusalem, born in Sa'ana in Yemen, disciple of Rabbi Chaim Korach and Rabbi Yichye Badichi. Already in 1886, his signature appears together with the signatures of the "Sages of the General Yeshiva" in Sana'a on halachic rulings. In 1891, he immigrated to Eretz Israel, and fortified the Yemenite institutes in Jerusalem. He signed rulings and various regulations. After World War I, he was appointed Ra'avad and Chief Rabbi of the Yemenite community. He taught at the Kabbalist yeshivot Beit El and Rechovot HaNahar and also wrote commentaries on Yemenite piyyutim. He himself composed many piyyutim expressing the Jewish longing to dwell in Eretz Israel. Author of Doresh Shalom. His brother, Rabbi Avraham ben Yosef HaLevi Alshich, was one of the first Yemenites who immigrated to Jerusalem in 1881 before the first Aliya in 1882, died after 1913. Large notebook in long narrow format + small notebook + many papers. size and condition vary.
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Jerusalem Rabbis and Public Institutions – Letters, Manuscripts and Archives
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $300
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Handwritten leaf, regulations of the association of prayer and chessed, with 36 signatures. Jerusalem, 15th of Shevat 1914. The first to sign was the Jerusalem Kabbalist Rabbi "Reuven Haaz". Among the other signatures: Rabbi "Yosef Chaim Schwartz", Rabbi "Yisrael Yitzchak HaLevi Reisman" [later member of the Badatz HaEda HaCharedit], Rabbi "Shlomo Pollack", Rabbi "Yosef Adler", Rabbi "Yisrael Eisner", "Rabbi Yechiel Klein", "Rabbi Shimon Yosef son of R' Aharon Mordechai Meller", Rabbi "Moshe Holtzman", Rabbi "Zvi Rosenbaum", etc. The regulations are lacking at the beginning and begin with Regulation 8. The regulations are apparently for the association of congregants for establishing a Beit Midrash [evidently in the Batei Ungaren neighborhood]. Includes regulations of prayers in the Beit Midrash, prayers in the homes of the association members during mourning, arrangements of aliyot and for yartzeits, chessed, etc. Regulation 17: “We have accepted the practice to celebrate the day of the founding of our association each year on the 15th of Shevat with a mitzvah party”. Regulation 18: “None of us are allowed to change anything small or large from all the things specified here, even by the instructions of a great sage and rabbi, whoever it may be… because we have accepted all these regulations under these conditions…”. Leaf [2 written pages], 28.5 cm. Some signatures are on another leaf (originally) glued unto the last page. Fair-poor condition, tears and gluing. Heavy wear and stains. Some signatures in pencil.
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Jerusalem Rabbis and Public Institutions – Letters, Manuscripts and Archives
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,375
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A printed invitation card, to the wedding of the bride Miriam with the groom "Rabbi Mr. Ya'akov Yisrael son of R' Kanievsky", in Vilna on the 7th of Adar Bet 1927. Signed by the bride's mother, Rebbetzin "Resha Karelitz – widow of R' S.Y. Av Beit Din of Kosova". [Vilna, 1927]. Invitation to the wedding of Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky "the Steipler" (1899-1985), an outstanding student at the Navahrudak Yeshiva, with the bride Pesha Miriam Karelitz (1899-1973), the youngest daughter of the Rabbi of Kosova, Rabbi Shemaryahu Karelitz (1852-1916). The matchmaker was her brother, Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya, author of Chazon Ish, who saw the book Sha'arei Tevuna written by the Steipler in his youth and immediately announced that he has found the match for his sister Miriam. He then applied to Rabbi Chaim Ozer and to their brother Rabbi Meir Karelitz to suggest the match to the Steipler. The wedding took place in Vilna in the home of the eldest Karelitz son, Rabbi Meir Karelitz, Av Beit Din of Bilohirya (Lachovitz) [he divided his time between Bilohirya in capacity of Rabbi, and Vilna dealing with public issues together with Rabbi Chaim Ozer]. After their marriage, the couple lived for three months in Vilna, after which the Steipler was summoned by Rabbi Shmuel Weintraub to head the Navahrudak Yeshiva in the city of Pinsk. 7.5X11.5 cm. Fair condition, stains, creases and wear.
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Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky - The Steipler
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $700
Sold for: $938
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Manuscript leaves, written in the stages of preparation of the book "Eifat Tzedek" on halachic measures, in the handwriting of the author, Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky (the "Steipler"), author of Kehillot Ya'akov. [Bnei Brak, before 1949]. The book Eifat Tzedek, was written at the height of the halachic polemic between the Chazon Ish and his brother-in-law the "Steipler", on the one hand, and Rabbi Chaim Na'eh of Jerusalem, on the other, on the matter of halachic measurements. Following the opinion of the Chazon Ish that the measure of an amah and a revi'it are larger than the measures published by Rabbi Chaim Na'eh in his book Shiurei Torah, the Steipler was asked by his brother-in-law to write his book Shiurin D'Orayta to prove that the halacha is according to the Chazon Ish. Rabbi Chaim Na'eh responded with his book Shi'urei Zion in which he attacked the Steipler's claims and proofs. The Steipler rejoined with his book Eifat Tzedek (1949). In the introduction he writes: "The book Shi'urei Zion written by the Gaon author of Shi'urei Torah was brought to me and its entire purpose is to oppose my teachings and my book Shi'urin D'Orayta…". In this book he sharply replies to the objections of Rabbi Chaim Na'eh. Only after the death of the Chazon Ish and Rabbi Chaim Na'eh in 1954, did the Steipler republish his final opinion in the book Shi'urin Shel Torah, Jerusalem, 1957, in which he included all his opinions on the subject of the measures of mitzvot, omitting the words of polemic found in his two previous books. These are draft leaves of the book Eifat Tzedek with variations from the printed version. A photocopy is enclosed for comparison. [3] leaves, written on one side. 22 cm. Varying condition, good to fair. Stains and wear, one leaf has a tear with damage to text.
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Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky - The Steipler
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Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
January 19, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $938
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Volume containing three books of the Chafetz Chaim, with various stamps of Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky, the Steipler: · Chafetz Chaim, Warsaw, [ca. 1890]. · Shemirat HaLashon, Warsaw, 1890. · Ahavat Chesed, Warsaw, [1888]. First edition. Signatures and inscriptions of previous owners [inscriptions of death from the 1900s]. Stamp of the Steipler from the days of his youth: "Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky – Author of Sha'arei Tevuna", and several stamps after his immigration to Eretz Israel: "Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky, head of the Beit Yosef Yeshiva, author of Sha'arei Tevuna and Kehillot Ya'akov – Bnei Brak, Eretz Israel". Sha'arei Tevuna is the first book written by the Steipler in his youth in 1925. Kehillot Ya'akov Part 1 was printed in 1936 and Part 2 was printed in 1938, therefore these later stamps were made after 1938. On all the title pages and censor authorizations, the Christian dates were erased, characteristic to the Steipler's well-known conduct. He was careful to further himself as far as possible from anything even remotely connected to Christianity and avodah zara. 78 leaves; 44 leaves; 56 leaves. 22.5 cm. Brittle paper, fair condition, wear and tears, worming. Torn original binding.
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Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky - The Steipler
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