Catalog of the Giants

'קְחוּ עִמָּכֶם דְּבָרִים וְשׁוּבוּ אֶל ה
September 7th 2025 1:00pm est Bez"h
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Lot : 51

Splendid Set of Machzorim for Yom Kippur in Leather Bindings with Silver Clasps
Livorno, 1797
Magnificent set of machzorim for Yom Kippur prayers in five volumes. Bound in five identical bindings made of red leather,…

Lot : 52

Early Siddur HaAr”i!
Siddur Mishnas Chassidim.
Amsterdam, 1764.
Extremely rare kabbalistic siddur. Prayer for the entire year following the holy and sacred siddur of the Arizal, complete with…

Lot : 53

Magnificent Manuscript
Yemenite Siddur with colorful illustrations,   
luxurious box-binding.
This manuscript is an artistic masterpiece in every sense, both in its handwriting and binding. The sefer is presented in…

Lot : 54

Masechtos from Bomberg’s Historic Venice Talmud

A large and exceptionally rare collection of 17 parts from the historic editions of the Talmud printed in Venice. Such…

Lot : 55

Maseches Sanhedrin and Shavuos of Chazon Ish
With His Handwritten Glosses
Masechtos Sanhedrin and Shavuos, containing lengthy chiddushim written by the Chazon Ish himself during his in-depth study. On the final…

Lot : 56

Chassid Yaabetz’s Commentary on Maseches Avos.


Rare Print from Adrianople, 1555.

First Edition.
Commentary authored by the Chassid Rabbi Yosef Yaabetz, one of the important commentaries on Maseches Avos. It was printed in…

Lot : 57

The Pillar of Gemara Study
Maharsha 
First Edition. Basel, 1600
First sefer of Maharsha to be printed! Maharsha on Masechtos Beitzah and Yevamos. Complete sefer of chiddushim of the Maharsha,…

Lot : 58

Minhagei Ashkenaz
Important Early Manuscript 
Ashkenaz, 1455
A cornerstone of Ashkenaz Jewry was the preservation of its traditions and customs. To safeguard this heritage, the Rabbanim of…

Lot : 59

The basis of all Ashkenazic customs!
Sefer HaMinhagim. First Edition.
Riva di Trento, 1559
A collection of customs for the entire year by Rabbi Avraham Klausner, regarded as the premier source of Ashkenazic customs.…

Lot : 60

Zivchei Cohen

Illustrated Fold-Out Plates

Singular Edition, Livorno, 1832
A concise guide to the laws of shechitah and bedikah, as well as the laws of nikur (removing certain forbidden…

Lot : 61

Sefer Yesod
Ramban's Drashah Before the King and Nobles
Printed in Prague 1596
An exceptionally historic and foundational drashah delivered by the Ramban “before the king and nobles, ” extolling the greatness of…

Lot : 62

First Edition of the Shl”a.

Amsterdam
1648–1649
Pure and precious teachings arranged and presented by the divine sage, the holy luminary, master of Eretz Yisrael, the complete…

Lot : 63

Meor Einayim by Rabbi Azariah min HaAdumim
With the Pages Revised After Ban
Mantua, 1574
Sefer Meor Einayim contains a collection of Torah and historical essays authored by Rabbi Azariah min haAdumim (c. 1513–1578), a…

Lot : 64

Sefer Yesod: Toras HaOlah by the Rema
First Edition. Prague, 1570

Printed during the Rema’s lifetime!
Insights and elaborate discussions on the significance and meaning of the Beis Hamikdash, its precise measurements, the holy vessels, and…

Lot : 65

Making Peace in Jerusalem


Letter from Maharil Diskin

Brisk, 1873
“Such a Chillul Hashem has never before been heard… And whereas the halacha obligates one to rend his garments upon…

Lot : 66

Original Will of Rabbi Shmuel Salant
Jerusalem, 1903
The will of the legendary Rav of the Holy City of Jerusalem and leader of the Ashkenazi Yishuv, Rabbi Shmuel…

Lot : 67

Shmitah in Our Times
Letter of Chiddushim by the Netziv
Volozhin, 1876
A lengthy letter of chiddushim — 3 large pages in the handwriting of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda, Av Beis Din…

Lot : 68

Manuscript Toras Brisk

Shiurim of Reb Chaim of Brisk and his son Reb Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik with Unknown Material.
Brisk, c. 1925.
Manuscript of "Chiddushei Torah from the Gaon Reb Chaim zt"l and his son the Gaon Reb Yitzchok Zev shlit”a". This…

Lot : 69

Double The Brachos! from the Chofetz Chaim
“May he be inscribed for a year of life, peace, and all good.”


A Letter Overflowing with Blessings for the New Year, Signed Twice by the Holy Chofetz Chaim Radin, Aseres Yemei Teshuvah,…

Lot : 70

Halachic Status of Descendants of Anusim of Spain and Portugal
Lengthy Teshuvah by Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin
Piotrków, c. 1925.
A handwritten and autographed lengthy halachic teshuvah consisting of five pages discussing the permissibility of allowing the descendants of the…

Lot : 71

The Rogatchover.  A long, unknown letter of Chiddushei Torah in the handwriting of the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Rozin 
A detailed Torah letter consisting of fifty lines, all penned in the sacred handwriting of the esteemed Gaon Rabbi Yosef…

Lot : 72

Mir Dynasty
Vast Collection of Shiurim handwritten by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva of Mir
From 1923 and onward
An extremely important collection of shiurim delivered by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva of Mir, on various masechtos studied…

Lot : 73

The Decision That Transformed Israeli Politics!!
Historic Letter from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

Jerusalem, 1992
In this letter, Rabbi Ovadia offers a lengthy explanation for his decision to permit the Shas party to join Rabin’s…

Lot : 74

“Destined for Greatness”

Reb Baruch Ber Lebowitz’s prophetic foresight regarding Reb Aharon Leib Steinman when he was a bochur!
Kamenitz, 1936
Remarkable handwritten letter of recommendation by Rabbi Baruch Ber Lebowitz, Rosh Yeshivah of Kamenitz, regarding the future Gadol Hador Rabbi…

Lot : 75

Selichos
Shapira Press
Zhitomir, 1856
Selichos in Ashkenazic-Polish rite, Printed by the renowned Shapira brothers, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita Rabbi Chanina Lipa and…

Lot : 76

Magnificent Painting of

Rabbi Yeshayale of Kerestir

1925

Portrait of the holy tzaddik Rabbi Yeshayale of Kerestir, painted during the final year of his life by the Hungarian…
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