Auction 6 Special and rare items

Megillat Ester (Esther Scroll) on Parchment, with an Impressive, Carved Handle – Italy, the 19thCentury
An ancient, impressive Esther Scroll. Nice scribal script.

Age of item: more than 200 years.

The scroll is rolled on carved wood decorated with metal platters.

Size: 17 columns. 22 lines. Height of parchment: 17cm. Height including the wooden handle: 40cm.

Condition: Good. The margins are...

Two Leaves of the "Chidushei Tzarfat" Manuscript - the Late 15th Century
Two leaves of the manuscript of "Chidushei Tzarfat" or the commentary of Ba'alei Ha'Tosafot on the Torah, as was printed in the book "Hadar Zkenim" (Livorno, 1840). The late 15th century.

A very important evidence of the prevalence of this Ashkenazic composition among the Sephardic communities in the late 15th century.

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Account Book, Most Likely of a Shadar (Emmissary of the Rabbis), the Late 17th Century-Early 18th Century [?], Hebrew and a Foreign Language [Italian?]
Hebrew names are mentioned at the beginning of the pages as well as the names of the Parashot.

Has not been studied!

12pp. 9x25cm.

Condition: Good, matching the age of the item.
פנקס חשבונות קדום מאוד (של שד"ר?), שנות הת' - עברית ולועזית
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Long Halachic Responsum Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Yeshaya Zilberstein Author of 'Ma'asay Le'Melech'
Halachic responsum handwritten by Rabbi Yeshaya Zilberstein to Rabbi Zussman, a scribe and Dayan in the city pf Pest.

A leaf handwritten on both its sides and signed by Rabbi Zilberstein.

Rabbi Yeshaya Zilberstein (1857-1930) was one of the leading rabbis of Hungary before the Holocaust, author of the well-...

Handwritten Booklet – Special Prayers of the People who Came to Pray beside the Gravestone of Rabbi Shalom Shabazi, One of the Greatest Torah Scholars of Yemen – the 19th Century
A booklet in ancient script (most likely, the 19th century, maybe even earlier) containing a long, special prayer phrased by one of the people who came to pray beside the gravestone of Rabbi Shalom Shabazi, who was one of the greatest Torah scholars of Yemen and...

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein – Ten Leaves handwritten by Him, Containing One long, Complete Halachic Responsum, with His Signature
Halachic responsum about Hadachat Kelim and Beli'at Kelim. Sen to the Rebbe of Tzishnov. Elul, 1958.

The complete responsum was handwritten by Rabbi Feinstein. His signature appears at its end.

Rareness: such a long responsum is extremely rare!

Ten leaves handwritten by Rabbi...

Rare and Important Manuscripts: a Manuscript "the Way of the Torah in the Telz Yeshiva" Handwritten by Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch, the Future Founder and Head of the Telz Yeshiva in the USA / Lessons by the Heads of the Telz Yeshiva
A. Notebook of Torah Novellae from the lessons of Rabbi Chaim of Telz. 64 written pages. In the middle of the notebook there are 8 pages of Torah Novellae by the writer. Condition: good.

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Eliyah Mizrachi – Venice, [1545] – Hebrew Map of the Land Israel – Ancient Inscriptions and Signatures
Eliyah Mizrachi. Commentary by Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi on Rashi's commentary on the Torah. Venice, Bemberg printing press, [1545].

Ownership stamp on the title page of Moshe Aryeh Leib Alter the son of Yonah Av Beit Din of Bakoi.

On leaf 280 there is a schematic printed map of the Land of Israel with Hebrew...

Yalkut Shimoni (Venice, 1566?) – Important Signatures
Yalkut Shimoni on Tehillim, Nevi'im and Ketuvim. Most likely the Venice edition, 1566.

Throughout the book, many ancient signatures, among others:

On leaves, 146 and 159, the signature of "Makhluf Assulin S.T", of a family of the Spanish exiles. Served as the scribe of the Beit Din of Fes with rabbi Shmuel Ben Se'adyah Ben Danon. In 1545, he signed the...

Shimru Mishpat – the Copy of the Author Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger with His Handwritten Glosses – Jerusalem, 1912 – One of a Kind!
"Kuntras Shimru Mishpat Tanina…" circa [1912]. Lifshitz printing press. The author's personal copy, with 12 important corrections and glosses handwritten by him. One gloss refers to the Zohar. Several of the glosses are a significant addition to what was printed. Rareness: books with glosses by Rabbi Akiva...

Chok Le'Yisrael, Bereshit – Signature of the Author of 'Kaf Ha'Chaim' with Handwritten Glosses by Him
Printed in Livorno (1810). The title page and first leaves are missing.

On the first leaf of the book, the signature of Rabbi Ya'akov Chaim Sofer author of 'Kaf Ha'Chaim' (Since his signature appears on this leaf, it is obvious that the title page of the book was missing already when the book was in his possession).
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Rare Books with Stamps of Rabbi Moshe Finkel
Collection of books bearing the stamp of Rabbi Moshe Finkel:

A. Sha'ar Mishlei. The Vilna Gaon's commentary on Mishlei. Vilnius, 1839. A different title page than the familiar one. Ownership inscriptions of the well-known philanthropist Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Neuweiser of Kovno, the supporter of the Kloiz of his hometown, who was related to Rabbi Yisrael of Salant. Condition: Fair....