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
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025
| 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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