Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, 96, Jerusalem

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Auction Report
Auction Date
April 09, 2024 - April 09, 2024
Page Size: 307 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226

Collection of Letters to Rabbi Shmuel Salant, Rabbi of Jerusalem -- England and Various Countries in the British Empire

Not Available USD 5,500.00
227 Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak HaLevi Segal

Two Letters from Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak HaLevi Segal, Dean of Manchester Yeshiva -- Circumcision Celebration in Home of His Son Rabbi Yehudah Ze'ev Segal

Not Available USD 687.50
228

Large Collection of Letters -- English Rabbis -- Ca. 1890s-1960s

Ca. 1890s-1960s Not Available USD 4,000.00
229 Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan

Letter of Ordination from Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan -- Kovno, 1889

Kovno 1889 Not Available USD 2,000.00
230 Rabbi Yerucham Yehudah Leib

Torah Letter from the Gadol of Minsk, Rabbi Yerucham Yehudah Leib -- Minsk, 1888

Minsk 1888 Not Available USD 3,500.00
231

Letter from the Aderet -- Ponevezh, 1881

Ponevezh 1881 Not Available USD 550.00
232 the Ridvaz, Rabbi of Slutsk

Approbation of the Ridvaz, Rabbi of Slutsk, To the Books of the Rebbe of Radzymin -- Warsaw, 1897

Warsaw 1897 Not Available USD 1,187.50
233 Rabbi Yosef Rosen, Rabbi of Dvinsk

Interesting, Lengthy Letter from the Rogatchover, Rabbi Yosef Rosen, Rabbi of Dvinsk -- Blessings for Sukkot and Torah Thoughts

Not Available USD 4,500.00
234 Rabbi Shemaryahu Yosef Karelitz

Letter to the Chazon Ish from His Father Rabbi Shemaryahu Yosef Karelitz Rabbi of Kosava and from his Mother

Not Available USD 3,000.00
235

Large Assorted Collection -- Letters of Rabbis -- Poland, Lithuania, Galicia, Romania and Elsewhere

Not Available USD 3,250.00
236 Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz

Letter of Blessing and Thanks from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz -- Kamenets, Cheshvan 1931 -- "Lengthy Days and Years, Wealth and Honor, True Health, Success and Blessing..."

Kamenets 1931 Not Available USD 1,875.00
237

Collection of Letters from Rabbis and Students of the Novardok Yeshiva -- For the Wedding of Rabbi Bentzion Bruk -- 1934

1934 Not Available USD 1,875.00
238 Rabbi Avraham Yoffen

Two Letters from Rabbi Avraham Yoffen, Dean of the Novardok Yeshivot -- United States, 1952-1958 -- "There is Hope that He Will Perform Great Deeds"

United States 1952-1958 Not Available USD 550.00
239 Rabbi Gershon Liebman and Rabbi Eliyahu Shneur

Letters of Rabbi Gershon Liebman and Rabbi Eliyahu Shneur -- To the Satmar Rebbe -- Fublaines, Ca. 1960s-1970s

Fublaines Ca. 1960s-1970s Not Available USD 400.00
240

Collection of Rabbis' Letters -- Lithuania, Latvia and Poland -- 1900s-1930s

1900s-1930s Not Available USD 1,750.00
241 Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer

Letter from Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer -- Invitation to Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah Meeting -- Jerusalem, 1953

Jerusalem 1953 Not Available Not Sold
242 Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Grodzinski, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

Collection of Letters and Recommendations by Rabbis -- Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Grodzinski, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Others

Not Available USD 525.00
243 Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and his Wife Rebbetzin Batsheva

Letter of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and his Wife Rebbetzin Batsheva -- To Father and Father-in-Law Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv -- Bnei Brak, Tishrei 1982

Bnei Brak 1982 Not Available USD 3,500.00
244 Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

Eighteen Letters Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky -- Bnei Brak, 1999-2001

Bnei Brak 1999-2001 Not Available USD 1,875.00
245

Large Assorted Collection -- Letters of Rabbis -- Eretz Israel and Elsewhere

Not Available USD 400.00
246 Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin

Six Interesting Letters from Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin -- Eretz Israel, 1936-1964

Eretz Israel 1936-1964 Not Available USD 425.00
247

Collection of Documents and Letters -- Argentinian Rabbinate and its Institutions

Not Available Not Sold
248

Collection of Letters of Rabbis from South America -- Argentina and Brazil

Not Available Not Sold
249

Manuscript Torah Novellae Booklet -- Starobin, Ca. 1900s-1910s

Starobin Ca. 1900s-1910s Not Available Not Sold
250

Fragmentary Manuscript Leaves -- Rabbeinu Yerucham -- 15th/16th Century

15th/16th Century Not Available Not Sold
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