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 Report
Auction Date
November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025
Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
278 Rev. H. A. Henry.

Sepher HaChinuch LeYeladei Bnei Yisrael. A Class Book for Jewish Youth of Both Sexes Containing an Abridged History of the Bible and Biographical Notices of the Patriarchs, Prophets, Rulers and Kings of Israel. A Concise Account of all Festivals, Fasts, a

Cincinnati 1851 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
279

Form of Service at the Dedication of the New Synagogue of the Kahal Kadosh Shearith Israel.

New York 1818 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
281

Compendium of the Order of the Burial Service, and Rules for the Mournings. Compiled by Desire, and Published on Account of the Hevra Hesed Ve'Emet of the K"K Sephardim Shearith Israel, New York.

New York 1827 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 625.00
282

Consecration Service. Synagogue of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation Shearith Israel in the City of New York.

(New York 1897 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 218.75
283

Constitution and By-Laws of the American Jewish Publication Society.

Philadelphia 1845 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
284

Charter and Bye-Laws of Kaal Kadosh Mickve Israel of the City of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia 1824 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
285

Form of Service, at the Dedication of the New Synagogue of the Kahal Kadosh Mickvi Israel, in the City of Philadelphia. - Eleh HaShirim VehaPesukim MeHakaphoth, MehaSepharim, LeChanukath Beith HaKnesseth Mikveh Yisrael de'K"K Philadelphia.

New York 1825 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
286

Congregation Rodeph Shalom. Synagogue Consecration.

Philadelphia 1847 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 750.00
287 HENRY M. BRACKENRIDGE, J. W. D. WORTHINGTON; & JOHN S. TYSON.

Speeches on the Jew Bill in the House of Delegates in Maryland.

Philadelphia 1829 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,625.00
288 LEESER, ISAAC. Joseph Johlson.

Instruction in the Mosaic Religion.

Philadelphia 1830 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
289 LEESER, ISAAC.

The Jews and the Mosaic Law. "Part the First: Containing a Defence of the Revelation of the Pentateuch, and of the Jews for their Adherence to the Same" and "Part the Second: Containing Four Essays on the Relative Importance of Judaism and Christianity."

Philadelphia 1834 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
290 LEESER, ISAAC.

The Jews and Their Religion (pp. 35-69).

Philadelphia 1844 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
291 LEESER, ISAAC.

Catechism for Younger Children. Designed as a Familiar Exposition of the Jewish Religion.

Philadelphia (1844). USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
292 LEESER, ISAAC.

The Testimony: An Address Delivered at the Schoolhouse of the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia, at the Opening of their School.

Philadelphia 1851 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
293 LEESER, ISAAC.

Discourses on the Jewish Religion.

Philadelphia, 1867-68 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
294 LEESER, ISAAC.

Moreh Derech. The Hebrew Reader. Designed as an Easy Guide to the Hebrew Tongue, for Jewish Children and Self-Instruction. No. 1. The Spelling Book.

Philadelphia 1869 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
295 LEESER, ISAAC.

Catalogue of the Leeser Library. Compiled by Cyrus Adler.

Philadelphia 1883 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
296 LEESER, ISAAC.

Discourses, Argumentative and Devotional, on the Subject of the Jewish Religion. Delivered at the Synagogue Mikveh Israel, in Philadelphia, in the Years 5590-5597.

Philadelphia: Haswell and Fleu 1837 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
297 NATHAN, MOSES N.

Derech Ha'Emunah - The Road to Faith, for the Use of Elementary Schools.

Cincinnati (c. 1870). USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
298 NOAH, MORDECAI M.

Discourse Delivered at The Consecration of the Synagogue. K.K. She'erith Israel in the City of New York.

New York 1818 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
299 NOAH, MORDECAI M.

Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States in the Years 1813-14 and 1815.

New York 1819 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 937.50
300 NOAH, MORDECAI M.

Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews.

New York 1845 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,625.00
301

Sidur Siphthei Tzaddikim - The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Edited by Isaac Leeser.

Philadelphia 1837-38. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
302

Tephiloth B'nei Yeshurun kephi Minhag Amerika. The Divine Service of American Israelites for the New Year. Prepared by Isaac M. Wise.

Cincinnati 1866 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
303

Berachiah Mayerovitz. Magen Avoth: The Shield of the Fathers.

Chicago 1895 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
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