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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | VITAL, CHAIM. | Sharei Kedushah [Kabbalistic ethics]. |
Kopust | 1836 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 181 | (BAMBERGER, YITZCHAK DOV HALEVI - "The Wurzburger Rov.") | Amirah LeBeith Ya'akov [digest of laws on family purity, Challah and Sabbath candles]. |
Furth | 1864 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 182 | YA'AKOV BEN ASHER. | Arbah Turim [Rabbinic Code]. |
Hanau | 1610 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 183 | YEHUDAH BECHOR SHLOMO HAKOHEN. | Ohalei Yehudah [Halachic compendium]. |
Jerusalem | 1843 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 184 | YITZCHAK BEN SHESHETH PERFET (RIVa'SH). | Teshuvoth HaRav [responsa]. |
Riva di Trento | 1559 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 185 | YITZCHAK BEN YEHOSHUA. | Olath Yitzchak [Jewish laws in the interrogatory 'heichi timtza' style]. |
Prague | 1606 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 186 | YOSEPH BEN YISSACHAR. | Yosef Da'ath [commentary to Rashi on the Chumash]. |
Prague | 1609 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 187 | Alkalai, Yehuda. Goral LaShem. |
Vienna | 1857 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 188 | Alkalai, Yehuda. Raglei Mevasser. |
Belgrade | 1865 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 189 | KALISCHER, TZVI HIRSCH. | Derishath Tzion. |
Thorn (Torun, Poland) | 1866 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 190 | FRIEDLAND, NATHAN. | Solu Solu Hamesilah [on resettlement of the Land of Israel]. |
Leslau | 1866 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 191 | REINSES, YITZCHAK YA'AKOV. | Ohr Chadash al Tzion Ta'ir [on the centrality of Eretz Israel]. |
Vilna | 1901 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 192 | Teplitsky, Shlomo. | Chalom Herzl U'Pitrono ["Herzl's Dream and its Interpretation."] pp. 20, (2). Warsaw, B. Tersh, 1899. |
Warsaw, | 1899 | USD 120.00 - 180.00 | USD 87.50 |
| 193 | Siddur [prayers for throughout the year]. Minhag Aschkenaz. |
Shklov | 1746 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 | |
| 194 | MOSHE BEN MAIMON | Ramba'm / Maimonides). |
Yemen | 1444 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 195 | (KABBALAH). | Ya'akov Tzemach. Kol Beramah. |
Early 18th-century. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 196 | (WOMEN). | Sha'arei Rachamim -- Techinah Prayers. |
Central / Eastern Europe | 1749 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 197 | (SHEVITHI). | Protective Amulet. |
Central / Eastern Europe | 18th century. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 198 | GRODZENSKI, CHAIM OZER. | (Spiritual leader of Lithuanian Jewry, 1863-1940). |
Vilna | n.d. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 199 | HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL. | (Foremost Orthodox Rabbi in Germany, 1808-88). |
Emden | 26th March 1844 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 200 | HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL. | Manuscript Document with Autograph Annotation and Signature by R. Hirsch. |
Emden | 21st and 25th September 1844 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 201 | (OTTOMAN EMPIRE). | Three Houses of Worship in Istanbul. |
(Istanbul / Constantinople) | c. 1900. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 202 | (OPPENHEIMER, JOSEPH). | A RARE AND IMPORTANT "JUD SUSS" SCREW MEDAL FITTED WITH 19 MINIATURE ENGRAVINGS. |
South Germany | c. 1738. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 203 | [Hakewill, George.] | A comparison between the days of Purim and that of the Powder treason for the better continuance of the memory of it, and the stirring up of mens affections to a more zealous observation thereof. |
Oxford | 1626 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 204 | (Abendana, Isaac). | The Jewish Kalendar. Containing an Account of their Feasts and Fasts. |
Oxford | (1691). | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
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