Bigdei Yesha, ethics and Chassidut. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny, 1888. First edition.
Printed anonymously. The author was R. Chaim Tzadok Wolf, the physician of Safed.
On leaf [2], index of Chassidic masters cited in the book. Some of these reports are oral teachings that were first published in this book.

[2], 50 leaves. 19.5 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and marginal tears to several leaves. Holes and small open tears to several leaves, as a result of binding. Some worming. Inscriptions on title page (including a different deciphering of authorship). New leather binding.

Enclosed is a separate leaf with a printed letter by Shlomo Perlman, sending the book to an unknown recipient (repaired by mounting on new paper, with minor tears affecting text at folds), dated 1888. This leaf indicates that Shlomo son of R. Elimelech Perlman was the publisher of the book, although p. [4] of the book alludes to the publisher as being R. Moshe Mordechai Chaikin (son-in-law of R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger). The present item indicates R. Shlomo Perlman, a leader of the Chassidic settlement in Jerusalem, was also involved in the publication of the book.
Sh. Halevy, no. 612.

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Ahavat HaKadmonim – year-round siddur, according to the original rite of the community of Fez (Morocco). Jerusalem: Shmuel HaLevi Zuckerman, 1889. Rare first edition. Two title pages, the first colored. Illustrations of holy sites on verso of second title page and last leaf.

Weekday, Shabbat and festival prayers, according to the original Fez rite before the arrival of Spanish exiles with the Sephardic rite. According to the introduction by the proofreader, this siddur, the first printed edition of this rite, is based on a manuscript from the one synagogue in Fez that preserved the original rite.
On leaves 79-83, halachic ruling (dated 1715) on ownership and division of income from that synagogue.
Signature on second title page.

[9]; [1], 2-84 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear and tears, affecting text (without loss). Detached leaves. Original decorated leather binding. Damage to binding.

Sh. Halevy, no. 636 (recorded based on a copy held in the Ben-Zvi Institute).
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Collection of booklets, activity reports and protocols of the "Ezrat Niddachim" society – "For the glory of Moses and Judith Montefiore". Jerusalem, 1884-1891. Six booklets (out of dozens printed in those seven years).
* Year 1, 1884, Book 2 and 3. 18; 17 pages.
* Year 3, 1886, Book 2. 20 pages.
* Year 5, 1888, Book 2. 48 pages.
* Year 6, 1890, Book 2. 28, XX pages (possibly, incomplete at the end).
* Year 7, 1891. 40, XVI pages. Missing the final XXIV pages.
The "Ezrat Niddachim" society was established on the initiative of R. Israel Dov Frumkin on the centennial of Moses Montefiore. The society's goal was to help the poor of Jerusalem by teaching trades and finding employment and livelihood, so that they would not turn to Christian missionary aid.

6 booklets. Approx. 17.5-19 cm. Partially dry and brittle paper (especially Year 7 booklet). Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Wear. Tears. Detached leaves in Year 7 booklet. Stamps and inscriptions. Two booklets with original paper wrappers.
These booklets are exceptionally rare, it is unknown how many of them were printed. According to records in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, it seems that between 20 to 32 booklets were printed over seven years, see there.
Sh. Halevy, no. 453 (Sh. Halevy did not record the final volume of Year 7).

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Booklet of regulations and guidelines of the Degel HaTorah Society in Jerusalem, signed by the society's heads. Jerusalem: Yoel Moshe Salomon, [1891?].

Listed on the title page are the objectives of the society, its activities from the time it was established until this printing and regulations of its yeshivas and schools.
The first pages contain a historical review of the reasons leading to the founding of the society, and the final pages bear the signatures of the heads of the society: Mendel Wolpert, Chaim Yeshaya Hirschsohn, Michel Avraham Hirschsohn and Yehoshua Meir Reichman, and the society's stamp, dated "Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheni Bo [1891]".
Page 7 poses the objective of the society: to raise the banner of the Torah (in Hebrew: "Degel HaTorah") in the holy land and continues to list in brief, procedures for conducting the society, its income, the curriculum of the schools and yeshivas and regulations of benefits for the students.

8 pages. Possibly, the booklet was originally printed with an additional page. 14 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor tears and blemishes to title page. A dark strip of paper was glued to the inner margins of the title page. New binding.
Bibliographically unknown.
Sh. Halevy listed a booklet with a similar name which was printed in 1876 as no. 284, however the present booklet differs from the one listed by her.

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