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
26 (BIBLE).

Chamishah Chumshei Torah [Pentateuch]. With Five Scrolls and Haphtaroth.

Amsterdam 1693 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 562.50
27 (BIBLE).

Biblia Hebraica Manualia.

Amsterdam 1753 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 750.00
28 (BIBLE).

Ezrath HaSofer - Tikun Sofrim, Vavei Ha'Amudim. Quinque Libri Mosis.

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1942 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 687.50
29 (BIBLE).

Chamishah Chumshei Torah - Tikun Sofrim.

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1951 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
30 (BIBLE).

Torath Ha'Elo-him. Prepared by Wolf Heidenheim.

(Offenbach 1797 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 562.50
31 BUCHNER, CHAIM BEN BENJAMIN ZE'EV.

Ohr Chadash [on daily and occasional Berachoth].

Amsterdam 1671 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
32 (CAIRO).

Aharon Menachem Mendel HaKohen.

Cairo 1924 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
33 (CEREMONIES).

Minhagim. Prepared by Shimon HaLevi Gunzburg.

Venice 1589 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,500.00
34 (CEREMONIES).

Minhagim. Prepared by Shimon HaLevi Gunzburg.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
35 (CEREMONIES).

Birchath Hamazon - Dos Benshen [compendium of selected prayers and festive rites]. According to the custom of Poland and Germany.

Frankfurt a/Main 1727 USD 1,300.00 - 1,700.00 Not Sold
36 (CEREMONIES).

Sepher HaMinhagim al Seder Ma'aseh Bereishith.

Amsterdam 1768 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
37 CHAIM BEN BEZALEL.

Sepher HaChaim [ethics].

Cracow 1593 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,562.50
38 (CHASSIDISM).

Amaroth Tehoroth...al Sepher Tehilim.

Warsaw 1838 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,500.00
39 CHIYA GAVRIEL OF TZFAT.

Seder Zemanim [intercalation and calculations of the calendar for the years 1685-1705].

Venice 1685 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
40 (CHOFETZ CHAIM).

Guenzburg, Aryeh Leib (The Sha'agas Aryeh).

Piotrkov 1907 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
41 (CIRCUMCISION).

David Lida. Sepher Sod Hashem [Mohel's compendium, with prayers].

Amsterdam 1745 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
42 DANON, MEIR BENJAMIN MENACHEM.

Be'er Basadeh [super-commentary to Rashi and Mizrachi on the Torah].

Jerusalem 1846 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
43 DEINARD, EPHRAIM.

Atikoth Yehudah [bibliophilic treasures].

Jerusalem 1915 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
44 DOVID OF NOVARDOK.

Galya Masechet [sermons and eulogies].

Vilna 1844 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
45 DURAN, SHLOMO BEN SHIMON.

Sepher HaRaSHBa"SH [responsa].

Livorno 1742 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 125.00
47 EGOZI, MENACHEM.

Gal shel Egozim [commentary to Bereishith].

Belvedere, Constantinople (c.1593-95). USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,750.00
48 (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).

Yitzchak Eisik ben Yekuthiel Zalman of Mohilev.

Grodno (Horodna) 1798 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.50
49 ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Tosephta Zeraim.

Vilna 1799 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
50 (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).

Shenoth Eliyahu [commentary on Mishnah, Seder Zera'im].

Lemberg 1799 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
52 ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Tzurath Ha'aretz LeGevulotheha [commentary to select verses from the Books of Yehoshua, Melachim and Yechezkel, with text].

Shklov 1802 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
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