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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | LURIA, YITZCHAK (AR"I HaKadosh). | Sepher HaKavanoth [mystical meditations, prayers and customs]. |
Venice | 1624 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 130 | MEIR BEN BARUCH (MaHaRa'M of Rothenburg). | Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa]. |
Prague | 1608 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 132 | MELLI, ELIEZER. | LaKol Chefetz ve'hu Tikun Shetaroth [formulae of legal documents in accordance with Jewish law.] |
Venice | 1552 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 133 | MENACHEM AZARIAH OF FANO. | Ma'amar Shivrei Luchoth - Yemin Hashem Romemah. |
Safed | 1864 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 134 | MENASHE BEN YOSEPH BEN PORATH OF ILYA. | Binath Mikra. |
Horodna (Grodno) | 1818 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 135 | MENASHE BEN YOSEPH BEN PORATH OF ILYA. | Alphei Menashe [philosophy and novellae on the Talmud]. |
Vilna | 1822 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 136 | (MIDRASH). | Pirkei Rebi Eliezer. Anonymous. (Attributed to R. Eliezer ben Hyrcanus). |
Venice | 1544 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 137 | (MINIATURE BOOK). | Seder Tephiloth [liturgy]. ff. 224. |
Venice | 1777-78. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 138 | (MINIATURE BOOK). | Seder Tephiloth [prayers through the year]. |
Amsterdam | 1778 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 139 | (MINIATURE BOOK). | Seder Tikunei Shabbath [prayers, rites and songs for the Sabbath]. According to the meditative rite of the AR'I z'l. |
Venice | 1782 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 140 | (MINIATURE BOOK). | Beth Tephilah [prayers for the whole year]. |
Pisa | 1816 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 141 | (MINIATURE BOOK). | (Bible, Hebrew). Sepher Torah Nevi'im U'Kethuvim. |
Warsaw | c. 1880. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 142 | MIZRACHI, ELIYAHU. | Eliyah Mizrachi [super-commentary to Rashi on the Chumash]. |
Venice | 1545 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 143 | MORDECHAI BEN HILLEL ASCHKENAZI. | Kitzur Mordechai v'Simanav [abridgment of Sepher Mordechai]. |
Cremona | 1557 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 144 | MORDECHAI BEN HILLEL ASCHKENAZI. | Sepher Rav Mordechai [Halachic compendium]. |
Riva di Trento | 1559 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 145 | MORDECHAI BEN HILLEL HAKOHEN. | Sepher Rav Mordechai (Rhenish). With commentary by R. Menachem David of Tiktin. |
Cracow | 1598 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 146 | Ahavath HaKadmonim. Siddur... Keminhag K[ehila] K[edosha] HaToshavim...Fez. |
Jerusalem | 1889 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 147 | MOSHE BEN NACHMAN (RaMBa'N). | Torath Ha'Adam [laws concerning the sick and the dying, and the After-Life]. |
Venice | 1595 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 148 | MOSHE OF PREMESHYL. | Mateh Moshe [novellae to Shulchan Aruch]. |
Frankfurt | 1720 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 149 | MUELHAUSEN, YOM-TOV LIPMANN. | Sepher Nitzachon - Liber Nizachon. |
Nuremberg | 1644 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 150 | NAJARA, MOSHE. | Lekach Tov. |
Constantinople | 1575 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 151 | NATHAN BEN YECHIEL OF ROME. | Sepher Ha'Aruch. |
Venice | 1553 (erroneously recorded 1653). | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 152 | Tephiloth U'Bakashoth - Plegtige Gebeden voor de Joodsche Gemeente te Rotterdam. |
Rotterdam, | 1793 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 153 | PALACHI, HAIM. | Artzoth HaChaim [characteristics and laws of the Land of Israel]. |
Jerusalem | 1872 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 154 | Tzvi Hirsch Sommerhausen. |
Hamburg | 1844 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 |
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