Unicum.
Order of Prayer for
Yom Kippur Katan
Prague, circa 1665
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Tefillos and Selichos for Minchah on Erev Rosh Chodesh with Yiddish commentary and translation by Rabbi Nosson Chazan of Prostitz.…
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Bris Yitzchak
Amsterdam, 1768
The night before the bris
Bris Yitzchak - Prayers and Tikkun consisting of Torah portions and prayers to be recited the night before a bris…
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Miniature
Tefillas Haderech
Zoltzbach, 1793
Small-format miniature travel siddur that includes Tefillos many people do not know by heart. Seder Korbanos; Tachnun for Mondays and…
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Tehillim
Rodelheim, 1825
R’ Wolf Heidenheim’s
First Edition
This Tehillim is “precisely edited…based on tradition and ancient proofread manuscripts”. Prepared for print by Reb Wolf Heidenheim, renown scholar…
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Tehillim
with Ma’amados
Slavita, 1824
Rabbi Moshe
Shapira Press
Sefer Tehillim divided by days of the week, with the meaning of each chapter inscribed before the beginning of…
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Tikkun Leil Shavuos
Rabbi Moshe Shapira Press
Slavita, 1823
Tikkun Leil Shavuos and Hoshanah Rabbah based on the order of the Shl”a Hakadosh with the kavanos of the Holy…
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Shabbos prayer book
Amsterdam, 1794
Original binding!
Order of tefillos for Shabbos with the Tikkunei Shabbos of the Arizal, edited by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman London. Tikkun Shlomo-…
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Large Prayer Manuscript
Hamburg, 1769
Handwritten
on Parchment
MAGNIFICENT LARGE MANUSCRIPT written entirely on parchment in neat calligraphy script, with decorative accents, elaborate initials Ashmores Haboker Order of…
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Memorbuch
Prayer Book for the Chazzan
Hamburg, 1829
Handwritten manuscript listing special prayers, and various readings used particularly by chazzanim. Created for the chazzanim at the Ezras Achim…
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Spanish translation
for the Marranos
Shir Hashirim
and Pirkei Avos
Amsterdam, 1766
Shir Hashirim with Ladino translation in the Latin alphabet, and Pirkei Avos with Spanish translation by Yitzchak ben Eliyahu Hakohen…
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Ben Hamelech V’hanazir
Constantinople 1518
Mussar sefer from the Time of the Rishonim
Stories and parables conveying lessons of wisdom and Mussar presented in the form of a conversation between a king who…
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Ohr Hashem
by Rabbi Chasdai Crescas
First Edition
Ferrara, 1555
This sefer by Rabbi Chasdai Crescas presents fundaments of religion and faith. and considered the First Sefer to reject Aristotle…
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Avkas Rochel
Rimini, 1526
Emunah and Geulah
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Wondrous lessons on Emunah and Geulah discusses topics of the birth pangs of Mashiach, the war of Gog U’Magog, future…
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Sefer Ha’ikarim
Eitz Shasul Commentary
Venice, 1618
Foundational Sefer
on Emunah
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Includes rare additional leaves. The Foundational Principles of Judaism by Rabbi Yosef Albo with the commentary of Rabbi Gedalyah Lipshitz’s…
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Derech Emunah
First Edition
Constantiople, 1522
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Discussions on topics of emunah, and commentareis on Agaddos Chazal by Rabbi Avraham Bibago. Chacham Rabbi Avraham…
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Classic!
Reishis Chochmah
First Edition
Venice, 1579
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Venice, 1579
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A foundational work of mussar outlining the path to sanctity and repentance by the saintly kabbalist Rabbi Eliyahu di…
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Abbreviated Reishis Chochmah
Tapuchei Zahav
First Edition
Mantua, 1623
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Tapuchei Zahav, written by Rabbi Yechiel Mili encompasses an outline and summary of the classic mussar sefer Reishis Chochmah by…
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Ohr Amim
Rabbi Ovadia Sforno
First Edition
Bologna, 1537
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Bologna, 1537
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The Sforno’s composition on faith and philosophy written to refute the teachings of Aristotle, whose philosophies are contrary to…
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Menoras Hamaor
with Nefesh Yehuda Commentary
Amsterdam, 1700
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Menoras Hamaor by Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav with the first printed edition of the Nefesh Yehuda commentary by Rabbi Moshe Frankfurter…
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First Sefer Printed in Jerusalem!
Avodas Hakodesh
by the Chida
Jerusalem, 1841
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Sefer Avodas Hakodesh by the Chida, Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azzulai. This sefer includes seven separate essays on halachah, customs,…
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Tanach
Menashe ben Israel
Amsterdam, 1635
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Chamishah Chumshei Torah, Nevi’im and Kesuvim, meticulously edited and proofread by the famed distinguished Rabbi and scholar, Menashe ben Israel.…
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Tanach
Amsterdam, 1676
First Tanach Printed
in Yiddish
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Torah, Nevi’im and Kesuvim “translated, elucidated and explained” in Yiddish by Rabbi Yekusiel Blitz. This Tanach, renowned as Tanach Blitz,…
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Court Oath Chumash
Vienna, 1808
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Chamishah Chumshei Torah with Authorization by Rabbi Elazar Flekles. Historical Chumash. On this Chumash, Jewish witnesses in the Czech Court…
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Set
Chumash Ohr Hachaim
Zhitomir, 1860
with Siddur for Shabbos Nusach Sefard
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Chamishah Chumshei Torah in five magnificent volumes with the commentary of the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh on Chumash. Each volume contains…
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Incunable
Ramban’s Commentary on the Torah
Naples, 1490
533 years old!
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“Commentary on the Torah by Rabbeinu Moshe ben Nachman of Gerona, zt”l” The Rambans commentary includes explanations based…
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Ten Commandments with Ibn Ezra’s Commentary
Basel, 1527
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The Ten Commandments with the commentary of Rabbi Avraham ibn Ezra. With Latin translation by German Hebraist scholar Sebastian Münster…
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Baal Haturim’s Commentary
on the Torah
Venice, 1544
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Pearls of wisdom, gematria, roshei teivos and comments on Chamishah Chumshei Torah by Rabbeinu Yaakov son of the Ros"h the…
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Drashos HaTorah by Chacham Rabbi Shem Tov
First Edition
Salonika, 1525
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Drashos by Rabbi Yosef ben Rabbi Yosef Ibn Shem Tov arranged in order of the parshiyos. The sefer culminates with…
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The Terumas Hadeshen’s
Commentary on Rashi
First Edition
Venice, 1519
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“Commentary established by Hagaon Moreinu Harav Yisrael zt”l on Rashi’s commentary” Explanations on Rashi’s commentary on the Chamishah Chumshei Torah…
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Mechir Yayin on Megillas Esther
Cremona, 1559
The Rema’s first sefer!
The Rema’s first sefer!
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The Rema’s first sefer! Beautiful copy An original commentary on Megillas Esther by Rabbi Moshe Isserlish, the Rema of Cracow,…
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Zera Beirach
Exceedingly Rare!
First Edition
Cracow, 1646
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Drashos and commentary on parshiyos and aggados by Rabbi Berachia Beirach Shapira, Dayan of Cracow during the times of the…
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The Alshich Hakadosh al HaTorah
First Edition
Venice, 1601
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Fundamental sefer. Toras Moshe L’Rabbeinu Moshe Alshich. Landmark commentary on Chamishah Chumshei Torah by Rabbi Moshe Alshich of Tzfas. The…
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Magen Dovid
Constantinople, 1517
A treatise defending the Radak
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Constantinople, 1517
A treatise defending the Radak
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Magen Dovid = Defending Dovid (Rabbi dovid Kimchi ) Responses to grammatical question and critique raised against the Radak's …
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Rabbi Eliyahu Bachur
Mesores Hamasores.
Bomberg Press
Venice, 1538
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Fundamental work on the tradition of the torah text, including an explanation of the methodologies of the authors of…
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Rabbi Eliyahu Bachur
Tishbi
Izna, 1541
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Fundamental sefer on the rules of dikduk by the great Jewish grammarian Rabbi Eliyahu Halevi Bachur Ashkenazy, with translation into…
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Rabbi Eliyahu Bachur
Sefer Meturgeman
Cologne, 1560
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Impressive copy with ornate antique parchment binding! Elucidation of the roots of Aramaic words used in Targum Onkelus, Targum Yonasan…
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Chasam Sofer
Mattersdorf, 1802
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“Even if one is at the lowest of levels, he still has a connection to the Torah”
Drashah for Shavuos Handwritten by the Chasam Sofer Mattersdorf, 1802 A sacred handwritten leaf from Rabbi Moshe Sofer, author of…
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Letter by Rabbi Shimon Sofer
Av Beis Din of Cracow
Marienbad, 1882
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Kashrus certificate for a wine store belonging to R’ Yishai Alexander of Frankfurt am Main, handwritten and autographed by Rabbi…
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Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld
Av Beis Din Mattersdorf
Essay on The Four Exiles
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Handwritten Manuscript by Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld, Av Beis Din Mattersdorf Sources and commentaries on the four exiles that the…
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Rabbi Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld
Mattersdorf, 1906
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Beautiful semichah letter written in verse and autographed by Rabbi Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld, Av Beis Din of Mattersdorf and great…
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