The Five Scrolls (hardbound cloth art edition) bilingual Hebrew/English, illustrated by Leonard Baskin, 1984 First Edition, published by CCAR (Central Conference of American Rabbis); 323 pages. Very slight wear in places on top/bottom edge of jacket, otherwise pristine.
Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
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Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
Our new mail auction opens 1 Oct. and runs until 20:00 Israel-time on Wed. Oct. 25th. The sale features a nicely developed and balanced selection of 661 lots of high quality items covering ancient to modern numismatics & exonumia; Judaica (religious books, Rabbinic letters and signatures, Hassidic items, medallic items and ephemera) and Judaic tokens & medals; Israeliana; Jewish, Israeli & Arabian militaria and philately. There are 661 single-item and multiple-item lots, something for every taste and interest. More information is available here.
The philatelic offering is our best yet, highlighted by an extraordinary assembly of postal history documenting the Arab-Israeli conflict (1947 to present); WWII postal links w/Palestine; ‘Baghdad overland mail’; 1948-era mail incl. Israeli interim-period, emergency + early foreign postal links, besieged towns, early postage dues & mail of Arab armies in Palestine; Mandate & Israeli postal history; Mandate cachets & postal markings; Red Cross & POW mail; censored mail; British WWI EEF mail from Egypt; rare Jerusalem postmarks; Jewish/Zionist stamps; Jewish Brigade & displaced persons mail.
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Lot #50303LA - Judaica > Books
Lot #50304LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
US: Chabad-Lubavitch "Messiah" homage silver(?) medal to Rebbe Schneerson, ND (c. 1992); not maker-marked; 39.5mm, 26.4g. Obv: image of Hassidic movement's headquarters on 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn; leg. on obv. and rev. are in praise of the Rebbe and extoll him as the Messiah. Probably issued to commemorate the Rebbe's (1902- 1994) 90th birthday; towards the end of his life segments of the Chassidic movement he led...
Lot #50305LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Israel - "Chanukka Gelt" issued by the Rebbi of Lubavitch (Chabad), R. Menachem Schneerson: Israeli 10 Shekel 1984 special Chanukka issue in sealed plastic holder printed with the Rebbe's picture alongside the Hebrew dedication "[With G-d's Help] | Chanukka Gelt | from his Holy Honor the 'Admor' Shlita | of Lubavitch | [by] Chabad Youth [movement]".
Lot #50306LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Israel - "Chanukka Gelt" issued by the Rebbi of Lubavitch (Chabad), R. Menachem Schneerson: Israeli 10 Shekel 1984 special Chanukka issue in sealed plastic holder printed with the Rebbe's picture alongside the Hebrew dedication "[With G-d's Help] | Chanukka Gelt | from his Holy Honor the 'Admor' Shlita | of Lubavitch | [by] Chabad Youth [movement]".
Lot #50307LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Jewish religious pendant (ND), circa. 1970s; silver; maker marked "C" in circle; 9.3g, 21.5mm x 40mm. Obv. depicts Rabbi Menachem Schneerson of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hassidic movement, with quotation from Jewish morning prayers (loosely translated as) "And You Wished for Those who Fare You Poorly as You Would for Yourself"; on reverse, incused back with key quotation from Jewish daily prayers "Hear O Israel...
Lot #50308LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Lot 2x differently printed unused "Bikur Cholim Hospital" stationary envelopes, in German: "Of the General German Jewish…", c. 1867+; ea w/fold & one w/tear along fold. This hospital est. 1867 by the "Perushim" Jewish community under sponsorship of German consulate in J'LEM near Jewish Quarter of Old City.
Lot #50309LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Invitation card to the opening session of the Grand Council of the World Union of the Mizrachi movement, 1945: issued by the World Mizrachi Center; event took place at the 'Yeshurun' Synagogue in Jerusalem at 4pm on 21 Oct. 1945.
Lot #50310LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Complete 200 mil ticket w/stub issued by the "Committee to Assist the Jews of Russia in Jerusalem" to a charity performance (for the org.) by Cantor Rebbe Josef "Yossele" Rosenblatt on 21 June 1933 & stamped by the org's circular h/s (front/back); event was to take place at the newly opened (1932) Edison Theater in J'lem but Rosenblatt (1882 - 19 June 1933) died 2 days earlier of a heart attack after...
Lot #50311LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
"Sela" donation voucher of the 4th Great Assembly (Knessiah Gdola) of Agudat Israel, 1954: purchased by Eliezer Finkelstein of Switzerland & original price ("Half Dollar in national currency") has been overwritted by "4 Fr." The purchase of a "Sela" entitled the buyer to vote during the Assembly & in so doing "accepts the authority of the Torah in the live of Am...
Lot #50312LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Lot 55x receipts, almost all ex religious institutions/Yehsivot/Kollelim, c. 1930's-80's incl.: Beit Knesset "Achdut Israel" & "Tiferet Israel"; Yeshivat "Beit Avraham", "Tiferet Aharon meMattersdorf" & "Noam Elimelech"; "Vaad haYeshivot beEretz Israel", "Aguda Mercazit le Gmilut hasadim", "Kollel Ahavat Zion" (Zibenbirgen, Sălaj-Szilágy & Kivar), "Beit HaMidrash Ohel Shmuel" (Hassidim...
Lot #50313LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Israel: lot 9x donation vouchers & receipts from Jewish institutions, some with cachets on front or back, circa. 1950s, including Yeshivat Zion, Zokef Kefufim, Agudat Israel Girls, Hofetz Haim Orphanage, Midrash "Ahava ve Achva", Yeshivat "Yetev Lev" of Satmar - all used.
Lot #50314LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Lot 6x "High Holidays" Synagogue tickets/docs, c. 1910s-1960s: incl. Yom Kippur davening times at "Yeshurun" Synagogue of Frankfurt, 1923; "Histadrut Yeshurun" J'lem reserved seating card w/davening times on reverse, c. 1940s; "Ichud Yeshivat Zion", TLV 1946-47 [Women's section] reserved seating card & same for 1948-49 (diff. St. address); Yom Kippur 1958 reserved seating...
Lot #50315LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Lot 7x documents related to Synagogues, c. 1930's-'70s: incl. 22-08-1951 invitation to "hachnasat Torah" at "Shul named after soldiers David Bash & Mordechai Geritz z"l in Sheikh Munis" (today's Univ. TLV area) w/special attendance of David Ben-Gurion PM, Chief Rabbi TLV (R. Isser Yehuda Unterman) & Ephraim Rosenberg (cantor, Great Shul TLV); 1 Lira...
Lot #50316LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Two documents of Mizrachi movement womens' organizations, 1940s: 1) members card of the "Amen" organization, dated August 1948 & stamped by illustrated h/s of the "Mizrachi Women of Erez Israel | Bat Yam"; 2) 1944 bilingual German/Hebrew invitation of the Mizrachi Women's Union of Jerusalem to a meeting on subject of "Elections for the Jerusalem Community", in which Rav Ostrowski of the "Vaad Leumi" and...
Lot #50317LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Illustrated invitation card to a start of writing of new Torah scroll, 1944: event took place "in remembrance of the Sifrey Torah that had been destroyed by the kingdom of evil in the occupied lands" on Motzei Shabbat 17 June 1944 (i.e. 11 days after D-Day) in HaHaluztim St. in TLV, with the city's Chief Rabbi (R. Moshe Avigdor Amiel) in attendance; organized by Baruch Chaim & Haya Hanna Dina Gadensky....
Lot #50318LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Lot 3x postcards of Western Wall (Kotel), c.1920's-30s: 1) unused b&w ppc by Palphot of "Hertseliya Palestine"; 2) unused color ppc by Photoglob Zurich; 3) b&w ppc by Eliahu Bros of Jaffa & TLV, w/dedication in Rashi script on reverse "To our friend Senior Nisim Azoulai, an eternal momento of 'Gan Halvanon'" - probably a reference to the Yeshiva of this name in the Old City,...
Lot #50319LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Original photo taken from a scene of a film about Jerusalem, 1935: scene depicts mixed group of males & females, young & old at a section of the Western Wall (Kotel), here with subtitle affixed "The Western Wall - the Wall of Hope and of Tears!"; printed on Agfa paper (23.9 x 17.9cm) by Carmel Films Ltd. and numbered "34". Company founded by Nathan Axelrod in 1935 to produce news...
Lot #50320LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Two Holocaust-era donation vouchers to charity assisting Jewish victims: each one w/text in English / Yiddish & w/title "For Those Slaughtered in Thy Name's Sake"; on reverse, handwritten details of each donation & receipt number: 22-06-1942 for 1 Pound by Rav Fishel Zachs, J'lem; 19-11-1940 for £3 by Rav Chaim Tzvi Shwartz, Rav Mordechai Rabinovitch (possible w/...
Lot #50321LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Holocaust-era live-saving "fixer": authorization letter in Ger. dated 20-06-1939 (post White Book, pre WWII) by a Heinrich Rechnitzer of "Hungarian House" in J'lem permitting Shoshana Selzer of Meltours (possibly "Peltours") in TLV to receive a bill of lading for him; below & on back in manuscript are numerous details (dated 1939-1940) of German & Hungarian related shipments, contacts with...
Lot #50322LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Iyar 1930 dated request form to be removed from the Jewish National Council's ("General Council"/"Vaad haLeumi") registry of Jewish residents for purpose of being associated with the official "Jewish Community" & its role in Zionist institutions: unused trilingual form in Hebrew + transliterated Yiddish & Arabic, to request removal from the JNC's registry in accordance with provision...
Lot #50323LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Illustrated foldout "Kings of Judea and Israel" (ND), 2nd ed. by Avraham Weinberg, Haifa, c. 1940's-50's: on right inside page illustrated short biographies of 21 "Kings of Judea", starting with King Shaul; on left inside page, same for 21 "Kings of Israel", beginning w/Jeroboam. Handwritten note on top left front indicates this belonged to Ephraim at Bet Sefer Talmud Torah "Mazar"; horiz. fold & creases. Very popular...
Lot #50324LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Illustrated "family" tree of the Jewish people "And These Are the Histories of the Nations" according to Genesis, by Shimshon Shamir (Shmukler), c. 1970's; the tree begins with Adam & ignores spouses; branches down via Abraham, Isaac & Yaakov and into the 12 Tribes of Israel. The artist's note says that the number of names listed (148) matches exactly the 'Ramach' organs of the human body; two...
Lot #50325LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Color illustrated Rosh Hashana fold out greeting card, c. 1950s; unattributed. Legend on cover wishes receiver a happy & healthy new year; inside fold-outs of 5 different Biblical episodes: Eliyahu the Prophet rises to the heavens, King Solomon's judgement, the Ark of the Covenant being transported, David & Goliath, David & King Saul. A few folds/creases to cover.
Lot #50326LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
Lot 4x color illustrated greeting cards w/glitter, c.1950s: 2x undated High Holidays "Shnat Yovel" (Jubilee Year) stand-display cards, (1956-57) - the first for the State of Israel; illustrated stand-display card depicting the holidays of the year + trilingual printed greeting & personal handwritten message in Hebrew inside (& dates 1 April & 30 June highlighted on front); illustrated stand-...
Lot #50327LA - Judaica > Memorabilia
"Eternal Problem" by Elias Grossman, 1924: print of etching with original signature & Louis F. Dow Co. , St. Paul publishing house name + printed name & signature in field below frame. Some surface damage at lower end of picture; creases in the blank margins right/left & few peripheral tears. Elias Mandel Grossman (1898 - 1947) born in Kobrin was a famous Jewish-American artist.
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