Auction 32 Tiferet 32 - Rare and Special Items
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Feb 10, 2022
Shenhav Building, Beit Hadfus st , Jerusalem, Israel
A special auction of rare items:
First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more.
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$800
LOT 51:
Authorization for a Shoches by Rabbi Shlomo Hacohen, the Cheshek Shlomo of Vilna, handwritten and signed by him. Vilna, [1885]. "Permission is given to the rabbinic Moshe ben Rabbi Zvi Shoches UVodek to slaughter ... here in Vilna"; confirmation of Shechita and Bedikah given by the Cheshek ...
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$750
LOT 52:
Two letters sent by the Posek Hora'ah and famed Gaon Rabbi Avraham Dov Ber Kahana Shapiro author of Dvar Avraham to the physician Dr. Yaakov Levi. Kovno, 1937. Two letters handwritten by the great Gaon Rabbi Avraham Dober Kahana Shapiro of Kovno, the Dvar Avraham, both dealing with a ...
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LOT 53:
Letter on varied family matters handwritten and sent by The Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Yaffe to his son Rabbi Yaakov. The Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Yaffe Rabinowitz (1820-1891) Av Beis Din of Rozhinai. One of the greatest rabbis of Lithuania in his generation. A disciple of Rabbi ...
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$600
LOT 54:
Letter about supporting the yeshivas of Lithuania, handwritten and signed by the great Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel of Mir to the geat Gaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky of Vilna - Shevas, 1925. The letter, bearing an early date - the mid 1920s - deals with the debts of the Mir yeshiva ...
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$1,300
LOT 55:
Lengthy letter, handwritten entirely by the great Gaon Rabbi Aharon Kotler, Rosh Yeshivas Etz Chaim Slutzk and Kleck. Sent to the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shuv, one of the managers of Va'ad Hayeshivas and dealing with the terrible situation of his yeshiva. 1934. Lengthy letter handwritten and ...
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$850
LOT 56:
Letter of blessings on matters of charity handwritten by the great Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Kanievsky author of Kehilos Yaakov also known as the Steipler. Bnei Berak, 1983. Letter from the Steipler's later years, handwritten entirely by him, with his handwritten signature and stamps, for ...
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$1,500
LOT 57:
Letter handwritten entirely by the great Gaon Rabbi Chaim Shmuelovich Rosh Yeshivas Mir, dealing with charity matters and referring to the Yirah of the Gaon Rabbi Aryeh Finkel of Mir. Jerusalem, 1975. A letter written to the "famed activist Rabbi Menachem Porush Shalita" thanking him for ...
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$3,600
LOT 58:
Lengthy Psak Halacha by two pillars of Hora'ah in the USA after the Holocaust, the great Gaon Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin and the great Gaon Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, on transferring charity money from one fund to another. 1953. In the Psak Halacha, which is handwritten and signed by the great ...
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2,000
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$1,700
LOT 59:
Letter of blessings for an easy birth, a worthy match, success and Naches from the offspring, scribal script signed by the holy Rav Rabbi Yisroel of Karlin the Yanuka of Stolin also known as the Frankfurter. Warm blessings written by the Gabai by the order of the Rebbe, who hand-signed them. ...
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$1,900
LOT 60:
Official invitation that was sent by the holy Rav Rabbi Yisroel Perlow, the Yanuka of Stolin also known as The Frankfurter, for the wedding of his daughter Mrs. Chava with the bridegroom the Tzaddik Rav Rabbi Sholom, the son of the holy Rav Rabbi Yaakov Moshe of Komarno. 'And may they too ...
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$650
LOT 61:
Letter of blessings for success and wealth sent to a Chassid by the holy Rav Rabbi Avraham Elimelech of Karlin, with his handwritten signature. The letter that was sent to the Chassid Rabbi David Yuda Zaltz begins with gratitude for the donation he sent with the renowned Chassidim Rabbi ...
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LOT 62:
Sefer Zevach Todah, on Hilchos Shechita and Treifos by Rabbi Yichyeh Tzalach, handwritten by Chacham Sholom ben Se'adya, Achlal [Yemen], [1864]. "Zevach Todah" commentary on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah Hilchos Shechita and Treifos, by Chacham Rabbi Yichyeh Tzalach, with the text, handwritten ...
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$1,500
LOT 63:
Rare! Ancient Yemenite manuscript with a collection of Seforim on Hilchos Shechita and Treifos, Shechita customs and varied prayers. Yemen, 1763. Mid-18th century. Thick volume, very fine Yemenite script, including varied sketches, prayers, customs and many Halachos from varied Seforim on ...
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LOT 64:
Diwan, Manuscript. Yemen. 1840. More than [200] leaves, 9X24 cm. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Yemen, the date of ending the copying is wirtten at the edn of the Diwan in Judeo-Arabic "סום אלף לאם ומים תם קולהו". The Diwan in its early days was added to the end of the prayer Machzor, the Tiklal ...
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$1,700
LOT 65:
Leaf handwritten by Maran the Ben Ish Chai, Drush and Aggadic elucidation on the Viduy and the version of Tachanun. In the manuscript, elucidation on the words of the Tana'im and the version of the Viduy and Tachanun. The 'Ben Ish Chai' Maran Rabbeinu Yosef Chaim of Baghdad (1835-1909) ...
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LOT 66:
Pedigreed copy! Signatures of Rabbeinu the Chida on Sefer Chidushei Agados by the Maharsha. Frankfurt am Main, [1682]. Rare. Sefer Chidushei Agados by Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer Segal Av Beis Din of Ostrohe. Literis Blasii Ilsneri Press, Frankfurt am Main, [1682]. Rare. The personal copy of ...
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$2,000
LOT 67:
Shulchan Aruch of the Kaf HaChaim Many Handwritten Glosses Notations by the Gaon Rabbi Ovadya Yosef in His Childhood . Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, section II, Lemberg 1860 edition. Dozens of glosses handwritten by the Gaon Kabbalist and great Posek Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer, the author of Kaf ...
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$380
LOT 68:
Leaf of Torah innovations handwritten by Rabbi Yisroel ben Rabbi Aharon Abuhatzeira, the grandson of the Abir Yaakov. Derasha for Parashas Lech Lecha, explaining a Midrash on Adam according to an elucidation of a Misnha of Pirkei Avos, handwritten by Rabbi Yisroel Abuhatzeira, the son of ...
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$4,500
LOT 70:
Dedication handwritten by Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin! Sefer Mishneh LaMelech, on the Rambam, by Rabbi Yehuda Rosanis. Hamburg, [1790]. On the flyleaf, a dedication handwritten by Maran Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin the Saraf of Brisk to "my educated sharp and great disciple Naftali Katz". ...
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4,500
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$1,100
LOT 71:
Six pages handwritten by the Gaon of Pápa, Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hoffman who immigrated to Jerusalem and was acknowledged as one of the Tzaddikim of the generation who merited seeing Eliyahu HaNavih. A known Segulah for protection. These Torah innovations have never been printed and are mostly ...
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1,000
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$1,000
LOT 72:
Composition on Hilchos Treifos, Ta'arovos and more handwritten by the great Gaon Rabbi Avraham Schor Rosh Av Beis Din of the Chassidim of Jerusalem. Has never been printed! Large composition, Piskei Halachos, Iyunim and compilation of many comments on the Halachos of Yoreh Deah section I ...
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1,000
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LOT 73:
Sefer HaHashlama, which supplements Hilchos HaRif on Seder Nezikin, authored by Rabbeinu Meshulam of Bedrish, first section. Paris, 1885. Stamped with the stamp of the Rav of Jerusalem the holy Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Salant. At the beginning of the Sefer, a lengthy foreword. Then the ...
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300
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LOT 74:
Manuscript signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Blazer and the managers of Beis Va'ad Hakelali. Letter to the philanthropist L. Bergman of London with a request to assist in establishing an eye clinic in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, [1904]. "Our petition pertains to a most necessary thing, on which the life ...
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1,500
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$600
LOT 75:
Collection of letters, Piskei Halacha and approbations by the members of the Beis Din of HaEdah HaChareidis of Jerusalem and a document by the Dayanim of the Beis Din. 1939-1998. Five documents, mainly Piskei Halacha and approbations, recommendations and more by the Beis Din of HaEdah ...
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500
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$480
LOT 76:
Lengthy letter about supporting the Ohel Moshe yeshiva of Jerusalem, with the handwritten signatures of the rabbis of Jerusalem and its Geonim Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and Rabbi Eliyahu Kletzkin, and the Gabaim of the yeshiva. Jerusalem, Elul 1926. In their letter, they appeal to the ...
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300
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$8,000
LOT 77:
Volume of innovations handwritten by Rabbi Avraham Posner, Av Beis Din of Seleshin. Early 19th century. [2], 4-9, 11-13, 16-20, 26-29, 30-36 leaves, 20 cm. Innovations on tractates Bava Metzi'ah, Shvu'os, Pirkei Avos, Zevachim, Rosh Hashana, Megilah and Shabbas. With commentaries on the ...
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8,000
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LOT 78:
Four pages handwritten by the Jerusalemite Gaon Rabbi Nachum Shadiker. "והשאלה היא אם נוקמי בעלה על חזקת חי וזה איש אחר והאחר לא נוקמי על חזקת חי"; innovations on Dinei Aginus, Rov and Chazaka, Sfeikos and Hafka'as Kiddushin handwritten by Rabbi Nachum Loewy of Shadik. [4] pp. 29 cm. ...
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2,000
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LOT 79:
Pedigreed copy! The Zohar HaKadosh which was studied by the Holy Rabbi Maran the Gabd Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund the Rav and glory of Jerusalem. Chernowitz, 1852. Appearing among the leaves of the book are the stamps of the Gabd from the early days of in Jerusalem, when he was Moreh Tzeddek on ...
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4,000
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$36,000
LOT 80:
Leaf of Drushim by the Divine Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Vital, handwritten by him. A leaf handwritten by Rabbeinu Chaim Vital, with Drushim for a eulogy on Parashos Shelach and Noah. [1] leaf, 21 cm. more than [70] lines handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Vital. The Drushim appearing on this leaf were ...
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30,000
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LOT 81:
A document handwritten and signed by the Divine Kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Zacuto - the Remez and his Beis Din, about clarifying the purity of a pedigree and Kashrus. Mantova, Teves 1675. "We the undersigned ... sent for Yaakov ... and questioned and interrogated him under duress ... to tell us ...
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8,000
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LOT 82:
Tikkun Tefilos, Seder Tefilos per Kabbalah, Italian manuscript, the second half of the 17th century. Tikkun Tefilos - unique and rare manuscript based on Sefer Hakavanos by Rabbi Chaim Vital with many additions in the name of Rabbi Moshe Zacuto and many additional kabbalists, written ...
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15,000
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LOT 83:
Holy manuscript 'Kitvei Kodesh' by the Holy Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin and his holy sons written by their disciple. Wonderful innovations many differences and some articles that have not been printed in, and from the printed sefer 'Irin Kadishin'. Sefer 'Irin Kadishin' is a basic Chassidic ...
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4,000
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$220
LOT 84:
Aivel Gadol, eulogy on the Holy Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, authored by Rabbi Avraham Teumim of Brod. Lemberg 1851. Sefer 'Aivel Gadol', Passionate eulogy after the passing of the holy illustrious Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, said by Rabbi Avraham Teumin from great poskim of Galicia, and added to ...
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LOT 85:
Beautiful royalty! Shut Givoד Olam, personal copy of the Holy Rabbi Shlomo and Rabbi Nachum Beren'yu of Sadigura. First edition, Salonika 1784. Sefer Shut 'Givos Olam' (at the end articles on Torah), authored by Rabby Yosef Kobo from Salonika. First edition. Salonika 1784. Personal copy of ...
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LOT 86:
Protocol of an assembly of the rabbis of Romania headed and signed by the Tzaddikim of Bohush, the rabbis Roller and Shafran and more with the Chief Rabbi Dr. Nimirover, the establishment of a union of rabbis in Romania. Iyar, 1920. Complete and special protocol of the assembly of rabbis ...
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7,000
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$900
LOT 87:
Midbar Kdemos by the Rav the Chida, Premishla 1875 edition, a personal stamped copy of the holy Rav Rabbi Yisroel of Husiatyn, the eldest of the Tzaddikim of his generation and a grandson of Aterest Tiferes Yisroel of Ruzhin and his son-in-law the Ohalei Yaakov of Husiatyn. With their ...
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800
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$500
LOT 88:
Sefer Etz HaDa'as Tov, second section, was published from the manuscript of the Divine Kabbalist Rabbeinu Chaim Vital, which was treasured by the holy Gaon the Kabbalist Rabbi Sholom Sharabi. Jerusalem, 1906. Had belonged to the holy Rav the Saba Kaddisha Rabbi Yisroel of Husiatyn, the ...
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500
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$550
LOT 89:
Seder Avodah - Avodas haKodesh by the Rav the Chida, containing the two section of the Sefer 'Moreh BaEtzbah' and 'Tziporen Shamir'. Josefow, 1844. Pedigreed and important copy stamped with the double stamp of 'The Library of Yisroel Friedman of Husiatyn'. 36 leaves. Bluish paper. ...
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500
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$500
LOT 90:
Nishmas Rabbi Shabtai Halevi, printed in Jerusalem, a copy of the holy Rav of Husiatyn. Appearing on the title page is the stamp of the holy Rav of Husiatyn. Handwritten Kvitel among the leaves of the Sefer. Additional ownership notations of Moshe Sholom Meron [?]. 21 leaves. Partial ...
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500
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$3,200
LOT 91:
Royal dishes! Porcelain and silver plates, a silver spoon and a saucer that were used by the holy Rav Rabbi Yisroel of Boyan-Leipzig. Dishes from the estate of the renowned holy Rav of Boyan Leipzig, some of which he inherited from his ancestral home of Ruzhin Sadigura and were bequeathed ...
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$400
LOT 92:
Letter by the holy Rav the Knesses Mordechai of Sadigura to the president of Mo'etzes Gedolei HaTorah the Gaon Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin on a private matter. Nissan, 1958. The letter, which begins with titles of honor to the Gaon Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, the manager of Va'ad HaYeshivos, a great ...
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$1,800
LOT 93:
Lengthy letter in Yiddish by the pious Rebbetzin of Pshevorsk, the daughter of the holy Rav Rabbi Itzikel of Pshevorsk and the wife of the holy Rav Rabbi Yankele, on which her holy father the holy Rav Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak of Pshevorsk added lines with his blessings. In the letter, the ...
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$7,000
LOT 94:
ועשית בגדי קודש לאהרן לכבוד ולתפארת! White Kittel that was made from remnants of clothes that had belonged to Maran Rabbi Aharon Kadisha of Belz, with which he did his pure Avodah. White Kittel that was sewn combining remnants of fabric from the Vestil of Maran the holy Rav of Belz ...
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$500
LOT 95:
letter on charity matters and actions taken to support Kollel Warsaw, handwritten by the holy Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller, the Rav of Safed, and with his signature. [1] leaf. Slightly restored with tape. 10X7 cm. Good condition. The Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller (1803-1884) was born in ...
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450
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$460
LOT 96:
Zichron Devarim. Salonika, [1753]. The personal copy of Rabbi Shmuel Heller Av Beis Din of Safed, with his handwritten signatures. Single and rare edition. Sefer Zichron Devarim by Rabbi Aharon Hacohen Prachya. Bezalel Halevi Ashkenazi Press, Salonika, [1753]. Rare. [2], 38, 41-90, [4] ...
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LOT 97:
Tur Barekes of the Holy Rav Rabbi Moshe of Savran. Tur Barekes, first edition, Amsterdam 1654, given by the holy Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller the Rav of Safed as a gift to the holy Tzaddik Rabbi Moshe of Savran, one of the greatest Tzaddikim of his generation, with names for prayer and salvation. ...
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LOT 98:
First edition of one of the basic Chassidic Seforim: Avodas Yisroel by the Maggid the holy Rav Rabbi Yisroel of Kozhnitz. Josefow press, 1842. The virtue and importance of the holy Sefer Avodas Yisroel goes without saying. It is hailed by the holy ones, the holy Rav Rabbi Yechezkel of ...
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LOT 99:
Set of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, four volumes, Furth 1865-1867 edition. The personal copy of the Tzaddik the holy Gaon Rabbi Yechiel Meir of Gustinin 'Der Gutter Yud'. On the title page of the first volume, the handwritten signature of the holy Rav , This Sefer belongs to me the young ...
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LOT 100:
Manuscript by the Gaon the Tzaddik Rabbi Yaakov Zvi Yalish of Dinov, one of the famed Geonim of Poland, his innovations on Hilchos Meleches Hotza'ah on Sabbath. Printed in Chidushei Meloh HaRo'im on Tractate Shabbas. The renowned holy Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Zvi Yalish of Dinov [1777-1824] ...
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LOT 101:
Sefer Shemen Hamor, Ma'amarim and Drushim, first edition, Warsaw, 1872. A signed copy of the famed holy Gaon Rabbi meir Shapiro of Lublin, with his early stamps and glosses, referring among others to his holy rabbis of Sadigura. Sefer Shemen Hamor, a unique Sefer of Derashos and ...
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