Kestenbaum and Company: Auction of Hebraica & Judaica Rare Printed Books and Manuscripts Including the Eretz Israel / Holy Land Collection of the late Dr. Gershon Hait., 114, Brooklyn

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Auction Date
November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025
Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
53 ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Eliyahu Raba [commentary to Seder Taharoth].

Brunn 1802 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
55 ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Taharath HaKodesh [commentary to Tosephta Seder Taharoth, with text].

Zolkiev 1804 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
56 ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Eli[yahu] Raba [commentary to Seder Taharoth].

Prague 1812 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
57 (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).

Mishnayoth. Complete set in six volumes.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
58 ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Apei Ravrevei [commentary to Shulchan Aruch-Even Ha'ezer].

Vilna 1819 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
59 (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).

Tikunei HaZohar, with: Tikunim from Zohar Chadash. With commentary Biur HaGr"a.

Vilna 1867 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
60 (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).

Sepher Yetzirah. With commentaries to this Kabbalistic text by the Vilna Gaon, and with corrections by his disciple R. Moshe Shlomo of Tolchin, plus a lengthy super-commentary 'Toldoth Yitzchak' by R. Yitzchak Kahana.

Jerusalem 1874 (i.e. 1875). USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 156.25
61 ELIYAHU HAKOHEN OF SMYRNA.

Shevet Musar [ethical sermons]. With additional notes by the publishers.

Jerusalem 1863 USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
62 EMDEN, YA'AKOV.

Lechem Shamayim [commentary to the Mishnah and to the Rambam's Hilchoth Beth HaBechirah].

Wandsbeck0; and Altona 1768 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,500.00
63 EMDEN, YA'AKOV.

Derush Tephilath Yesharim.

Altona 1775 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,750.00
64 EYBESCHUETZ, YONATHAN.

Ya'aroth Devash [sermons and eulogies].

Karlsruhe 1779-82. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,625.00
65 (GUTTMACHER, ELIYAHU).

Yisroel Shain. Aliyath Eliahu [eulogy for R. Eliyahu Guttmacher].

Jerusalem 1875 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
66 HAGIZ, MOSHE.

Sephath Emeth [on the Land of Israel].

Amsterdam 1707 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 562.50
67 HALPERIN, YA'AKOV YEHOSHUA.

Nachlath Ya'akov [responsa].

Padua 1622 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
68 HAZAN, HAYYIM DAVID.

Nediv Lev [responsa].

Jerusalem 1867 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
69 HESS, SIMCHA BEN YEHOSHUA.

("The Magid of Zalozitch.") Ahavath Zion [travelogue of the Holy Land].

(Grodno 1790). USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,500.00
70 HIRSCHENSOHN, CHAIM.

Yamim MiKedem [Biblical chronology].

Jerusalem 1908 USD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
71

Chessed L'Avraham

Mantua 1783 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 USD 937.50
72

Seder Tephiloth. According to the rite of the Jews of Cochin and Cranganore.

Amsterdam 1769 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
73

Selichoth - The Jewish Propitiatory Prayer: or A Prayer for the Forgiveness of Sins.

Bombay 1859 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
74

Chamishah Chumshei Torah [Five Books of Moses].

Bombay 1865 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 500.00
75

Seder LeSimchath Torah.

Cochin 1876 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,000.00
76

Idra Zuta or the Lesser Holy Assembly.

Poona 1887 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
77

"Shomear Emuneem." First Argument, A Kabbalistic Controversy. Translated from Hebrew into Arabic (in Hebrew Characters) for the use of students of Kabala, by Abraham David Ezekiel.

Poona 1888 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
78

Masechta Avoth [Ethics of the Fathers].

Calcutta 1891 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 125.00
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