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
104 ISSACHAR BAER BEN PETHACHIAH MOSHE OF KREMENETS.

Yesh Sachar [Halachic Code based upon the Zohar].

Prague 1609 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
105 ISSERLES, MOSHE. (ReM'A).

Zoth Torath HaChatath [Rabbinic Code]. With: Hilchoth Nidah by R. Yoseph Karo, accompanied by glosses of the ReM'A.

Cracow 1577 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
106

Shefer HaTikkunim [synagogue practices unique to the community of Reggio].

Mantua 1688 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
107 JAFFE, MORDECHAI.

Levush Ha'Orah [elucidations and novellea to Rashi's commentary on the Chumash].

Koenigsberg 1860 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
108 MEIR IBN GABBAI.

Avodath HaKodesh.

Cracow 1577 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,250.00
109

Binyomin Beinush b"r Yehuda Leib HaKohen of Krotoschin.

Czernowitz 1855 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
110 KALONYMOS BEN KALONYMOS OF ARLES

(Maestro Calo). Even Bochan [ethics]. Edited by Yom Tov Tzarfathi ben Peretz.

Naples 1489 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 16,250.00
111 KARO, YITZCHAK BEN YOSEPH.

Toldoth Yitzchak.

Riva di Trento 1558 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
112 KROCHMAL, MENACHEM MENDEL.

Shailoth U'Teshuvoth Tzemach Tzedek [responsa].

Amsterdam 1675 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
113 LANDAU, YECHEZKEL ("Noda BeYehuda.")

Tzion Le'Nephesh Chayah - (Tzelach) [novellae and discourses on Talmud Tractate Beitzah].

Prague 1799 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
114 LEON, JACOB JUDAH (TEMPLO).

Tavnith Heichal - Libellus Effigiei Templi Salomanis.

Amsterdam 1650 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
115 LEVI BEN GERSHOM (RALBA'G / Gersonides).

Peirush Chamesh Megiloth [commentary to the Five Scrolls].

Riva di Trento 1560 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,375.00
116 LIPMANN, AVRAHAM ELIEZER.

Eretz Tzvi [novellae to the Sabbath Haphtaroth].

Roedelheim 1753 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
117

Machzor [prayers throughout the year]. According to German rite. With Ma'aglei Tzedek detailed commentary.

Venice 1568 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,000.00
118

Machzor [prayers throughout the year]. According to German rite. With Ma'aglei Tzedek detailed commentary.

Venice 1568 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,000.00
119

Sepher Me'ah Berachoth.

Frankfurt a/Main 1712 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,125.00
120

Seder Selichoth [penitential prayers].

Sulzbach 1737 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
121

Seder Tikun Shovavim [Tikunim for Shobavi"m Ta"t].

Livorno 1740 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 7,500.00
122

Seder HaKuntress [compendium of selected festive prayers throughout the year]. Includes Passover Hagadah.

Avignon 1765 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,250.00
123

Seder Tephilath HaMinchah [afternoon prayers for Erev Rosh Chodesh].

Venice 1794 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 156.25
124

Siddur Avodath HaTamid.

Livorno 1794 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
125

Seder Tephiloth [prayers through the year]. According to Sephardic rite.

Paris 1808 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,000.00
126

Tephilah Zakah [prayer of repentance recited the eve of Yom Kippur]. Transcribed from Avraham Danzig's Chayei Adam.

Vilna 1838 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
127

(French). Milhaud, Michael. Rituel des Prieres en Hebreu a l'Usage des Israelites de l'Ancien Comtat.

Aix 1855 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 625.00
128

Machzor KeMinhag Italiani

Livorno 1856 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 312.50
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