Moreshet Auctions: Prestigious Winter Auction, 89, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 08, 2026 - February 08, 2026
Page Size: 146 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

Touching Eulogy for the Rav of Ponevezh Handwritten by the Famed Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky the Rosh Yeshiva -

Bnei Berak 1969 Not Available USD 375.00
52

Dozens of Lengthy Unpublished Glosses Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Joseph Jaffe of Salant and Manchester on Ashlei Ravravei Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah - with the Approbation of the Admor Rabbi Aharon of Chernobyl

Shapira Press, Zhytomyr 1865-1866 Not Available USD 531.25
53

Americana Judaica: Polemic against the American Mission - Unknown Variant! The Victory - The First Documentation of Jewish Freedom of Expression in the USA

New York 1891? Not Available USD 375.00
54

Unicum! Americana: Di Yesodot fon Hachalutz - - Apparently the Only Copy in the World!

New York 1916 Not Available Not Sold
55

Extremley Rare! Early Deposition from London Signed by the Dayanim Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin, Rabbi Pinchas Gerber and Rabbi Avraham Yissachar Segal -

London 1902 Not Available USD 562.50
56

Two Letters by the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Rosenheim the President and Founder of Agudas Yisrael -

London 1938 Not Available USD 375.00
57

The Jewish Soldiers inLocations Far from any Jewish Settlement Interesting letter that was Sent from Egypt during the Holocaust by Rabbi Yisrael Brody the Chief Rabbi of Britain -

Egypt 1941 Not Available USD 406.25
58

Rare! Fine and Poetic Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi David Chaim the Grandson and Successor of the Ben Ish Chai -

Baghdad 1924 Not Available USD 625.00
59

Fine Ornate Ketubah Signed by the Mekubal Rabbi Meir Abuhatzeira the Baba Meir -

Erfoud Morocco 1949 Not Available USD 2,500.00
60

Two Letters by the Admor Rabbi Yitzhak Abuchatzeira, the Baba Khaki -

Ramla 1966 Not Available USD 250.00
61

Unbelieveable! Marachah Written by Rabbi Meir Mazuz When He was Only 11!!!

Tunis 1956 Not Available USD 437.50
62

The State of Israel accoridng to Torat Yisarel - Letter of Blessing Handwritten by Maran the Gaon Rabbi Ovadya Yosef - to the Conference of the Mafdal Party in the USA -

Jerusalem 1970s Not Available USD 300.00
63

Interesting Responsum about the Custom of Saying Tashlich Handwritten by Maran the Gaon Rabbi Ovadya Yosef - Awe-Inspiring Geonut and Knowledge!

N/A Not Available USD 750.00
64

Museal Item! Large and Beautiful Ornate Persian Ketubah -

Isfahan Iran 1856 Not Available Not Sold
65

Museal Item! Huge and Beautiful Ornate Persian Ketubah -

Isfahan Iran 1897 Not Available Not Sold
66

Unique Color Ketubah from Mashhad Iran Made like a Kuntres and Decorated with Many Gilt Decorations -

Mashhad 1898 Not Available USD 375.00
67

Extremely Rare! A Handwritten Leaf on Parchment with Rif and Halachot Gedolot -

Eastern Countries the 12th/13th Century Not Available USD 3,250.00
68

Trainee Script as Found in Many Remnants of the Cairo Genizah Ancient Handwritten Leaves and Remnants of Leaves with Biblical Passages

N/A Not Available USD 2,250.00
69

Handwritten Leaves with Passages of Halachot from the Rambam's Mishneh Torah -

Yemen ca. 15th Century Not Available USD 1,250.00
70

Rare! Manuscript of Refu'ot and Segulot -

Russia Poland Early 19th Century Not Available USD 562.50
71

Rare! Autograph of 21 Pages Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Zeev Orenstein the Son of the Yeshu'ot Yaakov of Lviv with References to His Father - Some of It not Published

N/A Not Available Not Sold
72

Historical: Ledger of Vaad Haklali of Jerusalem, with Records of More than a Thousand Donors from All Over the World, especially the USA and London -

Jerusalem 1923-1924 Not Available USD 687.50
73

Rare! Author's Autograph: a Leaf from His Famed Book Kaf Hachaim Handwritten by Rabbeinu Yaakov Chaim Sofer in an Impressive Leather Binding

N/A Not Available USD 750.00
74

Wonder! "I have Learned by a Dream..."!!! Large Leaf Handwritten and Signed by the Mekubal Rabbi Shaul Dweik Hasadeh with Kavanot Rosh Hashana from the Torah of His Rav Rabbi Nissim Harari Raful

N/A Not Available USD 1,750.00
75

Fascinating Letter by the Jerusalem Mekubal Rabbi Menachem Menchin Halperin to Rabbi Chaim Berlin about the Prohibition against Reprinting the Siddur HaRashash -

Jerusalem 19th Century Not Available USD 406.25
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.