Rebbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (Rashab, 5th Admor Chabad): 32 lithographed pages (33 x 23cm) of the Rebbi's sermons (1901) handwritten by one of his students selected to transcribe, dated at the top of each (Erev Rosh HaShana 5661, 2nd day of Succot 5661, Simchat Torah 5661). These would have been brought to print in the series "Sefer HaMa'amarim & Sichos". Some pages have post-print handwritten corrections and some...
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 #50330LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
Original mezuzah parchment from Yeshivat "Etz Hayim", c. 19th to early 20th C. Purchased by the consignor from a former member of the Yeshiva staff who told him that the parchment in its present frame was displayed such at the Yeshiva at some point prior to being sold. Yeshiva originally est. in 1841 (by Rebbi Shmuel Salant) & its studies were held in various rooms throughout Jewish Quarter of Old City;...
Lot #50331LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
Rare triple-Menorah "Shviti", printed on card by Meir Maloul, 1955; 10.55 x 14.1cm. Left Menorah written with "Ana be Koach", middle Menorah written with "Lamnatzeach B'nginot Mizmor Shir" & right Menorah written with "Shir laMa'a lot Esah Einei el heHarim"; above, the Divine Name of God ("Tetragrammaton") written both as 4-letter yud-heh-vav-heh & as the word in Hebrew (between the letters). A few holes from original...
Lot #50332LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
Rabbi Yehoshua Kaniel: typewritten letter dated 4-9-1942 & signed by the Rabbi w/handwritten edit; sent to "General Committee" of Knesset Israel in regard to bequeathment of money from recently deceased local resident (the Rav served as the Chief Rabbi of Haifa); vertically folded & with filing holes; stamped by the Office of the Rabbinate of the Jewish Community Haifa. The Rav was one of the key students of Rabbi...
Lot #50333LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
Rabbi Yaakov Chai Pinto: typewritten letter dated 5-12-1944 & signed by the Rabbi; addressed to Yitzhak Mamou in regard to a letter he sent the Rav 9 years earlier; the Rav expresses condolences on passing a female member of Mamo's family and offers to assist those who move to Palestine from Mamo's town. The letter was sent to Nabeul Tunisia. Mamou was a famous Zionist activist in Tunisia; Rav Pinto...
Lot #50334LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
Rabbi Moshe-Zvi Neriah: letter written on Yud-Gimmel Tevet 5715 (7-01-1955) by the Rav on illustrated stationary of "Yeshivat Bnei Akiva" & signed by him; vet & horiz. Fold + peripheral tears taped. Rav Neriah is regarded as the father of the generation of the "knitted kippas" (i.e. the Religious-Zionists); founded the "Mercaz Yeshivot" of Bnei Akiva and served in the Knesset; received the Israel...
Lot #50335LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer: deposit voucher on stationary of Talmud Torah & Great Yeshiva 'Etz Hayim' dated Tu beShvat 5694 (9-02-1944), made out to a person (Yehsiva student?) in the sum of 4 Pounds & 500 Mils, and signed by the Rav; franked by 10m Mandate revenue stp. The Rav served as the Rabbi of Slutzk & its 'Rosh Yeshiva', later as 'Rosh Yeshiva' of Etz Hayim in J'lem & chairman of the city's Rabbinical...
Lot #50336LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty family tree of the founding Schneerson (Schneurson) family, 1995: tree places then recently deceased (1994) Admor Rebbe Menachem Mendel Scheerson at center as "Melech HaMashiach" Shlita(sic) & branches of the family extending upward; locales of Chabad Houses (eg. in US) are spelled in Yiddish. Tree diagram was commissioned "for the festval of Redemption (Chag HaGeula) in honor of...
Lot #50337LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky: undated colored receipt ex "Ichud Batey Talmud Torah" affirming receipt of 200 Mils from Dr. Kirsch of Netanya (received by "the Mohel Dr. M. Waloch" & signed by Rav Tukachinsky (1872-1955) + stamped by org's illust. cachet ("Palestine") w/printed blessing to the donor. The Rav was one the greatest J'lem Rabbis in the pre-State generation & Rosh Yeshivat 'Etz Hayim';...
Lot #50338LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
A Book of Jewish Thoughts for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers, by Chief Rabbi Joseph Herman Hertz; 1918 4th ed., printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode; 238 +2 pp. With opening salutation by the Rav dated Tu be'Av 1917; selection of various texts of diverse sources (Jewish & non-Jewish, Biblical & contemporary). Printed in 10,000 copies. Softback of stitched fibre & thin pages. "Signed" by Leo...
Lot #50339LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
"Tzavat Naftali": rare 1894 print of "Naftali's will", published by R. Shmuel Diamant (grandson of R. haGaon Or Tzvi) of Kolomyya, printed by Josef Fischer of Krakow; 14 pages incl. cover. Published by Diamant in anticipation of his death: "to give heavenly credit to the masses I published Naftali Ben Yaakov Avinu's Will from the end of part 60 of "Pirkey Heichalot" [Midrashim credited to...
Lot #50340LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
Rabbi Elazar Klein: handwritten dedication (on inside cover of book) written by the Rabbi to "Rebbi Yechezkel Weinreb", signed by the Rav & stamped by his office's cachet. The Rav served as the head of the Haredi community (Av Beit Din) of Beer Sheva, known by the name "Community of the [G-d] Fearing" (Kehilat Yi'reim).
Lot #50341LA - Judaica > Rabbinic & Religious items
Rabbi Nechemia (Nathan) Lamport: front cover of "Lamport's Free Loan Foundation" (Keren Nechemia) of Jerusalem; on inside cover handwritten account number & holder's name (Rav Yosef HaLevi Kirschenboim) + 2 transactions from 1934; the cover is torn part-way w/vert. fold. The foundation was founded a year after Lamport's (1854-1928) death; Abraham Nehemiah was a working & studying Haredi, who earned a living initially...
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