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![Four leaves (6 pages) handwritten by R. Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, the Ben Ish Chai. [Baghdad, ca. second half of 19th century].](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/556.jpg "Four Leaves Handwritten by the Ben Ish Chai – With Blessings \"May G-d")
Four leaves (6 pages) handwritten by R. Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, the Ben Ish Chai. [Baghdad, ca. second half of 19th century].
Notes for a homily composed by the Ben Ish Chai, presumably a eulogy for the passing of a young boy, with commentaries on the saying of the sages comparing the passing of young boys to the destruction of the Temple, and more.
On the last page, several lines before the end, the Ben Ish Chai blesses: "May G-d come to our assistance".
[4] leaves (two written on both sides, two written on one side; altogether 6 autograph pages). Approx. 13 cm. Good condition. Some stains. New, elegant leather binding.
Leaf (two written pages, some 37 lines) handwritten by R. Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, the Ben Ish Chai. [Baghdad, ca. second half of 19th century].
Handwritten by the author, with emendations and deletions. Section of a sermon; with kabbalistic allusions on the verse "So shall you bless the children of Israel".
[1] leaf (2 pages). 13 cm. Good condition. New, elegant binding.
Collection of leaves handwritten by R. Rafael Chaim Moshe Benaim (HaRav HaRachman):
1. Letter on postcard in Ladino in his handwriting and with his signature. 1911.
2. Polemic draft letter in his handwriting (see enclosed material).
3. Draft in his handwriting, poetic section regarding Shabbat.
4. Three leaves with outlines of sermons (one dated Shemini 1908).
R. Rafael Chaim Moshe Benaim (1845-1920), leading rabbi in his times. Raised in Eretz Israel, he later moved to Gibraltar, where he served as rabbi for forty years.
[7] leaves + postcard. Size varies. Overall fair-good condition. Stains, tears and wear.
Handwritten leaf, elegy upon the passing of R. Shimshon Chaim Nachmani, author of Zera Shimshon, written the year of his passing. [Italy, 1779].
Elegy comprising 15 stanzas. This elegy is not known from any other source, and to the best of our knowledge has never been published.
R. Shimshon Chaim Nachmani (1706-1779), Italian kabbalist and Torah scholar. Author of Zera Shimshon and Toldot Shimshon. In the prefaces to his books, the author extends many blessings to those who study his works. In recent years, considerable interest has been raised surrounding the book Zera Shimshon, and many accounts have been publicized of couples who were blessed with children in the merit of this book.
[1] leaf. Approx. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and wear, slightly affecting text. Folding marks.
Provenance: Estate of Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach.
Three leaves printed in Italy, including two leaves of Seder HaPragmatika printed in Mantua, and a printed leaf with the text of the ban against whoever transgresses the community regulations:
• Printed leaf, Seder HaPragmatika – regulations, standards of conduct for the members of the Mantua community. [Mantua, 1747].
Single leaf, particularly large format.
Signed in print by the rabbis of Mantua.
53X39.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Large dampstains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Folding marks. Minor marginal open tears.
• Printed leaf, Seder HaPragmatika – regulations, standards of conduct for the members of the Mantua community. [Mantua, 1715].
Single leaf, particularly large format.
Signed in print by the rabbis of Mantua.
Approx. 56X40 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, some dark. Many folds. Marginal tears to leaf and folds, affecting text.
• Printed leaf, Nusach HaCherem – ban and excommunication, signed (in print) by R. Yosef David Bassan. [Ferrara? ca. 1800].
33.5X22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal worming, tears and creases. Folding mark.
Em HaBanim Semechah, on Redemption from the final exile, by R. Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal. Budapest: Salamon Katzburg, 1943. First edition.
First edition of R. Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal's famous work, regarding the importance of immigrating to Eretz Israel and love for Eretz Israel. The book was composed under difficult circumstances, while the author was hiding from the Nazis. He nevertheless quotes hundreds of sources, from memory.
Signature on endpaper: "Shalom Friedman Madpis", with his ownership inscription in Hungarian. The book contains particularly interesting glosses (in pencil) in his handwriting, containing first hand testimonies of the events of the Holocaust in Transylvania, written as they were happening, in 1944 – glosses on pp. 80, 284.
R. Shalom Friedman (1917-1995) of Mishkoltz, Hungary. Printer in Budapest during the Holocaust. He survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Eretz Israel, where he established the Eshel printing firm in Tel Aviv.
The author, R. Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal (1885-1945; perished in the Holocaust). Prominent Hungarian rabbi, served as rabbi and dean of Pishtian (Piešťany). During the Holocaust, he changed his position from staunch opposition to Jewish settlement of Eretz Israel to advocating the rebuilding of the land as a means of bringing about the Final Redemption. Also authored Responsa Mishneh Sachir.
[11], 3-360 pages. Approx. 23 cm. Paper somewhat dry and browned. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Minor marginal tears to several leaves. New binding.
Forms for recording testimonies – over 300 forms containing testimonies used to release agunot and provide marriage permits after the Holocaust, signed by dayanim. [Various Hungarian cities, mostly Budapest, 1946-1954]. Hebrew, Yiddish and Hungarian.
Over three hundred signed forms – questionnaires printed on both sides, completed by hand and signed by witnesses and dayanim. Presumably printed by the special Beit Din established in Budapest after the Holocaust for releasing agunot and providing marriage permits. Most of the forms are from 1946-1949, thought some are later (until ca. 1954).
The forms contain first-hand testimonies about people murdered in the German concentration and extermination camps, with identifying details of the person and the circumstances of their demise.
Most of the forms bear signatures of rabbis and Beit Din heads in Budapest, from various periods. Some forms are signed by rabbis of various other cities in Hungary, who received testimonies in their locality. See Hebrew description for partial list of signatories.
Over 300 forms, printed and completed by hand on both sides. Size and condition vary (size of most forms: 29.5 cm. Most in very good condition).
Babylonian Talmud – set of nineteen volumes (without Tractate Nedarim). Munich-Heidelberg, 1948. "Published by the Union of Rabbis in the American Occupation Zone in Germany".
After WWII, the demand for Talmud and holy books by surviving Jews congregated in the DP camps exceeded the few copies that were available for the refugees. From 1946, the "Union of Rabbis" in Germany, with the assistance of the American army and the JDC began to print the Talmud for survivors. This is the first complete Talmud edition printed after the Holocaust.
Two title pages in each volume. The first title page was especially designed to commemorate the printing of the Talmud on the scorched soil of Germany – at the top is an illustration of a Jewish town; and at the bottom is an illustration of barbed wire fences and a labor camp.
19 volumes. Without Tractate Nedarim. 38.5-39.5 cm. Some volumes printed on dry paper. Overall good to good-fair condition. Stains. Creases to some title pages and to other leaves. Tears, repaired in part with paper. Stamps. Restored bindings, comprised of original bindings with new endpapers, and leather spines and additions.
Collection of books printed in Shanghai in 1942-1947, by yeshiva students who fled to the Far East during the Holocaust. Including a siddur and books on Chassidut, ethics, homiletics, Torah commentaries, and more:
• Siddur Korban Todah (Nusach HaAri-Chabad), with many Yiddish commentaries.
• Or Yisrael, by R. Yisrael of Salant.
• Midrash Rabbah on the Five Books of the Torah and Five Megillot. Five parts in four volumes.
• Talpiot, Torah anthology – novellae on Halachic topics by the rabbis and students of the yeshivot exiled in Shanghai. Booklet I-II. No other parts were published.
• Kedushat Levi.
• Netzach Yisrael, by the Maharal of Prague.
• Der Torah Kval, homilies on the Torah portions in Yiddish, edited by Alexander Zusha Friedman. Seven parts in four volumes.
• Der Torah Kval on the books of Bereshit, Shemot and Vayikra. Three parts in one volume. Smaller format.
• Yesod HaAvodah.
• Shenei Luchot HaBrit (Shelah).
• Divrei Emet by the Chozeh of Lublin.
17 volumes. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
![Tzuk Ha'Itim, events of the 1648-1649 Khmelnytsky uprising, [by R. Meir son of Shmuel of Szczebrzeszyn]. Venice: Vendramin, [](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/568.jpg "Tzuk Ha'Itim – The Khmelnytsky Uprising – Venice, 1656 – False Name of")
Tzuk Ha'Itim, events of the 1648-1649 Khmelnytsky uprising, [by R. Meir son of Shmuel of Szczebrzeszyn]. Venice: Vendramin, [1656].
Tzuk Ha'Itim is the first printed chronicle of the Khmelnytsky uprising. The first and second editions feature the name of the true author, R. Meir of Szczebrzeszyn. In the present, third edition, the name of the author was changed to R. Yehoshua son of R. David of Lviv. The poem at the beginning of the book was also changed to adapt the acrostic to the false name of author.
11 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Worming. Open tears, affecting text and title page border. New binding.
Collection of eulogy books on Rebbe David Moshe Friedman of Chortkov, Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rebbe Avraham Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura and Rebbe Yisreal Friedman of Chortkov.
For more details, see Hebrew description.
8 books. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Fourteen eulogy books, mostly printed in the 19th century – eulogies on Torah leaders of Lithuania and Poland, such as R. Shaul Katzenellenbogen, the Chiddushei HaRim, the Malbim, the Maharil Diskin, R. Avraham of Sochatchov, and others.
For more details, see Hebrew description.
14 books. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.