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
180 VITAL, CHAIM.

Sharei Kedushah [Kabbalistic ethics].

Kopust 1836 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 625.00
181 (BAMBERGER, YITZCHAK DOV HALEVI - "The Wurzburger Rov.")

Amirah LeBeith Ya'akov [digest of laws on family purity, Challah and Sabbath candles].

Furth 1864 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 125.00
182 YA'AKOV BEN ASHER.

Arbah Turim [Rabbinic Code].

Hanau 1610 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,500.00
183 YEHUDAH BECHOR SHLOMO HAKOHEN.

Ohalei Yehudah [Halachic compendium].

Jerusalem 1843 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
184 YITZCHAK BEN SHESHETH PERFET (RIVa'SH).

Teshuvoth HaRav [responsa].

Riva di Trento 1559 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,000.00
185 YITZCHAK BEN YEHOSHUA.

Olath Yitzchak [Jewish laws in the interrogatory 'heichi timtza' style].

Prague 1606 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 875.00
186 YOSEPH BEN YISSACHAR.

Yosef Da'ath [commentary to Rashi on the Chumash].

Prague 1609 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
187

Alkalai, Yehuda. Goral LaShem.

Vienna 1857 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
188

Alkalai, Yehuda. Raglei Mevasser.

Belgrade 1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
189 KALISCHER, TZVI HIRSCH.

Derishath Tzion.

Thorn (Torun, Poland) 1866 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
190 FRIEDLAND, NATHAN.

Solu Solu Hamesilah [on resettlement of the Land of Israel].

Leslau 1866 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
191 REINSES, YITZCHAK YA'AKOV.

Ohr Chadash al Tzion Ta'ir [on the centrality of Eretz Israel].

Vilna 1901 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
192 Teplitsky, Shlomo.

Chalom Herzl U'Pitrono ["Herzl's Dream and its Interpretation."] pp. 20, (2). Warsaw, B. Tersh, 1899.

Warsaw, 1899 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 87.50
193

Siddur [prayers for throughout the year]. Minhag Aschkenaz.

Shklov 1746 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,000.00
194 MOSHE BEN MAIMON

Ramba'm / Maimonides).

Yemen 1444 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
195 (KABBALAH).

Ya'akov Tzemach. Kol Beramah.

Early 18th-century. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,500.00
196 (WOMEN).

Sha'arei Rachamim -- Techinah Prayers.

Central / Eastern Europe 1749 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,000.00
197 (SHEVITHI).

Protective Amulet.

Central / Eastern Europe 18th century. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
198 GRODZENSKI, CHAIM OZER.

(Spiritual leader of Lithuanian Jewry, 1863-1940).

Vilna n.d. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
199 HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL.

(Foremost Orthodox Rabbi in Germany, 1808-88).

Emden 26th March 1844 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
200 HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL.

Manuscript Document with Autograph Annotation and Signature by R. Hirsch.

Emden 21st and 25th September 1844 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
201 (OTTOMAN EMPIRE).

Three Houses of Worship in Istanbul.

(Istanbul / Constantinople) c. 1900. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
202 (OPPENHEIMER, JOSEPH).

A RARE AND IMPORTANT "JUD SUSS" SCREW MEDAL FITTED WITH 19 MINIATURE ENGRAVINGS.

South Germany c. 1738. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
203 [Hakewill, George.]

A comparison between the days of Purim and that of the Powder treason for the better continuance of the memory of it, and the stirring up of mens affections to a more zealous observation thereof.

Oxford 1626 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
204 (Abendana, Isaac).

The Jewish Kalendar. Containing an Account of their Feasts and Fasts.

Oxford (1691). USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
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