Winner's Auctions Ltd: Early prints, Slavuta and Zhitomir editions, letters from Rebbes and Rabbis, and Judaica, 151, Jerusalem

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Auction Date
November 30, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Page Size: 123 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76

Sefer HaZohar -- Volume I. Amsterdam, 1805 [tq"h]. The Copy of Rabbi Ezriel Hildesheimer

Amsterdam 1805 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 625.00
77

Important discovery: The income and expense ledger of the extremist "Torah VeYirah" community, Jerusalem, 1957--1958

Jerusalem 1957--1958 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 275.00
78

Historical item -- the accounting ledger of the "Etz Chaim" Yeshiva. Jerusalem, 1931--1940

Jerusalem 1931--1940 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
79

The First Talmud Printed After the Holocaust!! Tractate Nedarim -- Munich, [1946]. A Fine Copy

Munich, [1946] USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
80

Large and rare broadside -- Prayer for success in study and for the welfare of the Emperor, in three languages -- Trieste, 1829

Trieste 1829 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
81

Document Concerning the Funeral of Naftali Herz Imber, Author of "Hatikvah." Jerusalem, 1953

Jerusalem 1953 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
82

Zion -- A Hebrew Literary Journal. Frankfurt, 1841--1842. Two volumes

Frankfurt 1841--1842 USD 250.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
83

Unique manuscript -- the donor register of the "Etz Chaim" Yeshiva, Jerusalem, 1921--1924. Extra-large format

Jerusalem 1921--1924 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 575.00
84

Manuscript -- Ashmorot and Prayers for the High Holy Days -- Yemen, mid-19th century (1840s--1850s)

Yemen, mid-19th century (1840s--1850s) USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
85

"And may you succeed in all your endeavors" -- Letter in the holy autograph of the great kabbalist, the "Baba Sali."

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
86

Marriage certificate of Aharon Abuhatzeira (later a Member of Knesset and Minister), son of Rabbi Yitzhak Abuhatzeira, signed by his father in his capacity as the city's Rabbi.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
87

A rare and fascinating relic from the Jewish community of Oman -- a beautiful kabbalistic manuscript of "The Order of Study for the Days of Hanukkah, " dated [1809]

[1809] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,750.00
88

Official and Decorative Invitation for the Coronation of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef as Rishon LeZion and Honorary President of the Sephardic and Eastern Communities Council of Jerusalem

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
89

Letter Seeking Support for the Dissemination and Glory of Torah -- by Maran Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 275.00
90

A rare letter from the Mussar Gaon Rabbi Eizik Sher, Rosh Yeshivat Slabodka, to the Gaon Rabbi Meir Berlin

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 550.00
91

Lengthy Halachic Responsum by Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner -- Author of Shevet HaLevi

Not Available Not Sold
92

Manuscript of Previously Unknown Torah Novellae in the Handwriting of the "Posek HaDor, " Maran, Author of Shevet HaLevi

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
93

"He Who Tends the Fig Tree Shall Eat Its Fruit" -- An Important Letter from Rabbi Chaim Berlin to the Rabbis of Jerusalem

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 525.00
94

Manuscript on Parchment -- Prayers for the Cantor and Synagogue Warden

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
95

Rabbinical Ordination Letter (K'tav Semikhah) by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Rubin, Chief Rabbi of Vilkomir -- Frankfurt, 1927

1927 USD 700.00 - 800.00 USD 625.00
96

A complete composition in the holy autograph of Rabbi Sender Kahana Shapira, Av Beit Din of Krinik -- father of Rabbi Avraham Dov Kahana Shapira, author of Devar Avraham of Kovno

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,500.00
97

Letter of Blessing from Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler together with a letter from Rebbetzin Bluma Dessler

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
98

Letter by Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz Regarding the Writings of the "Ilui of Rakov" [Including a Sharp Response Letter]

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 300.00
99

Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer -- Notes and Source References for a Public Shiur

USD 1,000.00 - 1,400.00 USD 1,000.00
100

A historic letter from the holy Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Hirshovitz, regarding the founding of the "Montreux Yeshiva" in Switzerland -- which rescued the great Torah leaders of the generation during the Holocaust

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
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