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(budapest 1942) \n \n a moving autobiography of the celebrated hungarian-jewish circus clown, acrobat and comedian. \n \n zoltán hirsch (1885-1944), popularly known as \u201czoli\u201d issued this book (and personally sold copies of it in the streets of budapest) after he was expelled from the fényes (formerly beketow) circus due to the anti-jewish decrees imposed in hungary that strictly limited the number of jews permitted in the workforce. as expected, these blatant anti-semitic rules affected numerous doctors, lawyers, engineers, journalists - but in this case, it affected zoli, a circus performer, born a dwarf, who was tremendously - and uniquely - popular throughout hungary. \n \n zoli was arrested for illegal \u201cbook-peddling\u201d and for wearing a yellow star that did not comply with nazi requirements on the grounds of being too small. his witty defense that the badge was proportionate to his size was rejected by the authorities. zoli was imprisoned, and eventually deported - together with the majority of the hungary\u2019s jewish population - to auschwitz, where he perished. \n \n accompanied by: roli zoli. mechanical toy representing a tin clown on a red motorcycle. along with original box and mechanical key. (hungary, 1950\u2019s-70\u2019s). \n see anna kérchy, from showbiz to the concentration camp: the fabulous, freakish life of hungarian jewish dwarf performers, zoli hirsch and the ovitz family, in: exploring the cultural history of continental european freak shows and enfreakment (cambridge 2012) p. 211-32. \n see also: http://www.theescapeactshow.com/blog/past-zoltan-hirsch. \n and https://twitter.com/incunabula/status/1414520548391010304."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"67","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120137/view","tags":["uscollectibles_booksandpaper","uscollectibles","uscollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":1800,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.719Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":120137,"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":150,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120138/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust). rudolph philipp. raoul wallenberg: diplomat, kämpe, samarit [\u201cdiplomat, fighter, samaritan.\u201d] first edition. text in swedish. uncut copy. pp. 204. original color pictorial wrappers, extremities touch chipped. 8vo. stockholm, fredborgs, 1946. \n \n \u201cthe purpose of this book is not to erect a memorial to one of sweden\u2019s sons. the goal is to work for raoul wallenberg\u2019s release.\u201d \n \n author rudolph philipp (1895-1980) wrote this first book on swedish diplomat raoul wallenberg (1912-1947?) who saved thousands of hungarian jews from nazi capture by issuing them swedish \"protective passports.\" \n following the soviet entry into hungary in january 1945, wallenberg disappeared. philipp\u2019s proves here that wallenberg was taken into soviet custody and subsequently moved from prison camp to prison camp. he was never heard from again. \n philipp / wallenberg papers can be found in the nypl, see https://archives.nypl.org/mss/6317."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"68","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120138/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":150,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.720Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":120138,"category":{"en":"Holocaust","he":"שואה"},"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":500,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120139/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120139/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust). władysław szpilman & jerzy waldorff. śmierć miasta [\u201cdeath of the city.\u201d] first edition. text in polish. inscription on half-title. pp. 204, (4). few stains. original color pictorial wrappers, some wear. 8vo. warsaw, wiedza, 1946. \n \n władysław szpilman (1911-2000) was a polish-jewish pianist and classical composer who survived the german deportations of jews to extermination camps, the 1943 destruction of the warsaw ghetto, and the 1944 warsaw uprising. this memoir of his was suppressed by polish communist authorities for decades. in 1998, szpilman's son andrzej szpilman republished his father's work, first in german as das wunderbare überleben (\"the miraculous survival\") and then in english as \"the pianist.\" it was later published in more than 30 languages. \n in 2002, roman polanski directed a screen version, also called the pianist, which won three academy awards, the british academy of film and television arts best film award, and the palme d'or at the cannes film festival. \n see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_pianist_(memoir)."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"69","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120139/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.722Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":120139,"category":{"en":"Holocaust","he":"שואה"},"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":800,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120140/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120140/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust). viktor e. frankl. österreichische dokumente zur zeitgeschichte, bd. 1: ein psycholog erlebt das konzentrationslager. [man\u2019s search for meaning.] \n \n \n first edition. text in german. \n pp. 130. browned. original color pictorial wrappers, light wear. 8vo. \n vienna, verlag jugend und volk, 1946. \n \n \n \n \n \n true first edition of frankl\u2019s classic work, later translated man\u2019s search for meaning. (confusingly an entirely different book of three lectures by frankl was published the same year titled trotzdem ja zum leben sagen, with this book's title as its subtitle). \n \n \n \n \n \n \u201cman's search for meaning by viktor frankl chronicles his experiences as a prisoner in nazi concentration camps during world war ii, and describes his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positive about, and then immersively imagining that outcome. according to frankl, the way a prisoner imagined the future affected his longevity\u2026 according to a survey conducted by the book-of-the-month club and the library of congress, man's search for meaning belongs to a list of \"the ten most influential books in the united states.\" at the time of the author's death in 1997, the book sold over 10 million copies and had been translated into 24 languages.\u201d \n \n \n see \n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/man%27s_search_for_meaning."},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"70","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120140/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":800,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.723Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - 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(germany) circa 1942 \n \n provenance: the estate of an american-jewish judaica collector. \n \n on september 1, 1941, reinhard heydrich decreed that all jews in the reich were to wear a badge which consisted of a yellow star of david on a black field with the word \"jew\" inscribed inside the star in german or in the local language. this applied to all german jews and jews in germany's annexed territories."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"76","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120146/view","tags":["uscollectibles_militaria","uscollectibles","uscollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":200,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":550,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:34.689Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":120146,"category":{"en":"Antisemitica","he":"אנטישמיות"},"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120147/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust). compulsory bulgarian judenstern. yellow star button, with two small holes at center. made of bakelite and pigment. diam: 1 inch. (bulgaria) circa 1942 \n \n provenance: private collection, israel. \n \n \u201cdespite widespread and determined opposition to anti-jewish legislation, the bulgarian government issued a directive to wear the jewish yellow star on 26 august 1942. \n \n unlike the cloth badges used in other countries, in bulgaria the distinctive badge was a small yellow plastic button in the shape of a star of david. however, due to the resistance of the general public and the church, the law was not enforced rigorously and only about one fifth of bulgarian jews obeyed the directive.\u201d \n \n https://www.yadvashem.org/artifacts/featured/jewish-badges/bulgaria.html."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"77","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120147/view","tags":["uscollectibles_militaria","uscollectibles","uscollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":200,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":275,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:34.690Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":120147,"category":{"en":"Antisemitica","he":"אנטישמיות"},"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":200,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120148/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120148/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120148/003/003.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust). karl grundmann. führer durch warschau: mit zahlreichen abbildingen verzeichnis der deutschen behörden, öffentlichen einrichttungen angaben über den distrikt und stadtplan mit neuen deutschen strassenbezeichnungen [\u201ca guide to warsaw.\u201d] first edition. with large fold-out map of the warsaw with borders of the jewish ghetto clearly delineated in blue. photographic illustrated plates. with a 3-page chapter entitled: \u201cdie juden im distrikt warschau.\u201d pp. 145 (incl. ads). browned. original proctorial wrappers. 8vo. cracow, osten, 1942. \n \n a guide-book for germans visiting or stationed in the polish occupied capital city of warsaw (the \u201cgeneralgouvernement\u201d). \n contains detailed information concerning the german authorities, public institutions, commercial entities, etc. notes that the attached city map carries new german street names."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"78","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120148/view","tags":["uscollectibles_militaria","uscollectibles","uscollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":200,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:34.692Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":120148,"category":{"en":"Holocaust","he":"שואה"},"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":150,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120149/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust). schneersohn, yoseph yitzchak. \u201clubavitcher rebbe\u2019ns brief tzu doktor yaakov klatzkin.\u201d yiddish poster broadside by the friediker rebbe. \n brittle, torn at all folds, needs repair. 19 x 17 inches. expresses with anguish and great emotion as to why the orthodox choose not to publicly demonstrate against the nazi horrors. endorsed with the rebbe's signature phrase: l\u2019alter l'teshuvah, l'alter l'geulah! [\u201cimmediately to repentance, immediately to redemption!\u201d] brooklyn, ny, hakriah vehakedushah, 24th adar ii 1943. \n \n rabbi yosef yitzchak schneersohn (1880-1950) the sixth spiritual leader of the chabad-lubavitch chasidic movement, sent to the philosopher jakob klatzkin (1882-1948) this public response as to why the ultra-orthodox select do not orchestrate public demonstrations against ongoing nazis atrocities in europe. \n \n klatzkin's family had past associations with the chabad movement: his paternal grandfather, r. naftali hertz klatzkin (1823-94), was a follower of r. menachem mendel, the tzemach tzedek. jakob klatzkin maintained a connection with the lubavitcher rebbe by way of exchange of correspondence. one such example is the subject of this document, a portion of which is translated: \n \n \"before telling me that we, the ultra-orthodox, should go out and protest in the street wrapped in prayer-shawls with torah scrolls in our arms, you first tell the american infidels and palestinian heretics, that they themselves should don prayer-shawls and tefillin and observe shabbat and kashruth in their homes. cease rebelling against god and his teachings and commandments which causes the loss of children in your [secular] schools that are houses of heresy and destruction\u2026 \n \n \u2026 despite the heart that witnesses the plight of his jewish brethren\u2026 he does not relate to the cords of his heritage. it is incumbent upon him to establish a committee of concerned people\u2026 who will save our [refugee] polish boys and girls, who are mostly from pious and devote families, from becoming contaminated by heretical environmental influences.\" \n \n the rebbe, new to american shores just three years standing, evidently felt the only fight he could confront, was not the physical destruction of european jewry, but what he perceived to be, the spiritual destruction of american jewry. more to the point, he saw that salvation would never come from man-made institutions, but only via direct appeal to god. \n \n lithuanian-born jacob klatzkin was educated in traditional yeshivas before becoming a devoted student of the neo-kantian philosopher herman cohen. later he became a zionist-publicist and co-founder of the publishing house eshkol and chief-editor of the jewish encyclopedia in berlin. he fled to the united states upon the rise of nazism and returned to europe (switzerland) for his remaining post-war years. \n \n see b.m. rigg, rescued from the reich: how one of hitler\u2019s soldiers saved the lubavitcher rebbe (2008) pp. 173-6; \n \n eli brackman, rabbi yosef yitzchak schneersohn & the holocaust: why does evil prosper? www.oxfordchabad.org/templates/blog/post_cdo/aid/708481/postid/53832.","he":"פשקוויל של רבי יוסף יצחק שניאורסון, לובאוויצ׳ר רבינס ברייף צו ד״ר יעקב קלעצקין. ברוקלין, תש״ג. מסביר למה החברה החסידית לא מפגינים נגד הנאצים בצורה פומבית. עם הביטוי המפורסם של הרבי, ׳לאלתר לתשובה, לאלתר לגאולה׳."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"79","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120149/view","tags":["usjudaica_chabad","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":150,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:34.693Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":120149,"category":{"en":"Chabad","he":"חב״ד"},"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":900,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120150/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120150/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120150/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120150/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120150/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120150/006/006.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust). ludwig wodak. group of six watercolors, comprising: portrait and five village scenes. each dated between 1942 and 1943, each signed by the artist. with: two pen-and-ink drawings. one featuring seated older gentleman with a jewish yellow star pinned to his jacket; the other, a street scene. both signed by ludwig wodak and dated 1942 and 1943. from 12 x 17 inches (30.5 x 43 cm), to 9 x 11 inches (23 x 28 cm). (theresienstadt), 1942-43 \n \n provenance: previously in the collection of the late rabbi emil davidovic of prague. see https://www.hfjs.eu/provenanceresearch/collection-emil-davidovic.html . \n \n ludwig [alt. ludvik] wodak (1902-42) was deported from brno to the ghetto of theresienstadt on april 8, 1942 and subsequently deported from theresienstadt to auschwitz-birkenau on october 16, 1944 where he was murdered thereafter. \n these eight artworks were all executed during wodak's internment in the theresienstadt ghetto. \n with gratitude to dr. michaela sidenberg, curator in chief of the jewish museum of prague, for her invaluable research assistance."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"80","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120150/view","tags":["usart_paintings","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":900,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:34.694Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":120150,"category":{"en":"Graphic Art","he":"אמנות גרפית"},"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":1200,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120151/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120151/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120151/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120151/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120151/005/005.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust). fritz lederer. \u201cin the eruv of theresienstadt.\u201d suite of 21 engravings on large sheets, depicting concentration camp life. each numbered from 1-24 (of?). lacks numbers 2, 10 and 11. each plate with penciled limitation in roman numerals (from a series of 10). each signed by the artist in pencil and with his with indecipherable penciled signature and monogram in red. with an additional 24 engravings on large sheets, all duplicates (and triplicates) from the suite above, all signed by the artist. sheet size 17 x 24 inches (43 x 61 cm). \n (kynšperk nad ohří), c. 1947. \n \n provenance: previously in the collection of the late rabbi emil davidovic of prague. see https://www.hfjs.eu/provenanceresearch/collection-emil-davidovic.html . \n \n the czech-jewish artist fritz (bedřich) lederer (1878-1949) was deported from prague to theresienstadt on august 18, 1944. he survived the war and returned to his hometown of kynšperk nad ohří (königsberg an der eger) where he died four years later. see https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/fritz_lederer. \n for examples of lederer\u2019s work held in the collection of the jewish museum of prague, see \n https://collections.jewishmuseum.cz/index.php/search/index? search=fritz+lederer. \n the jewish museum of new york also has in its collection engravings from this series that lederer produced immediately after the war depicting life in theresienstadt."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"81","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120151/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":1200,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:27.440Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - 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beyond oblivion. portfolio of photographs issued by the ukrainian society for friendship and cultural relations with foreign countries. portfolio containing 39 black-and-white photographs and 6 color photographs, each issued on heavy cardstock (11 x 15' inches). \n two title pages, along with typewritten text introduction (in english and in ukrainian). accompanied by: the exhibition poster: \u201cfrom memory to retribution.\u201d (kiev), 1986. \n \n issued to mark the 40th anniversary of the nuremberg trial. \n photographs depict pre- and post-war kiev; views of the atrocities, the trials and related images pertaining to the ukraine."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"84","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120154/view","tags":["usart_photography","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":300,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:27.445Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":120154,"category":{"en":"Holocaust","he":"שואה"},"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120155/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"freud, sigmund. die zukunft einer illusion [\u201cthe future of an illusion.\u201d] first edition. \n pp. 91 +(+ 3 pp. ads). original yellow printed boards, scuffed, spine sunned. 8vo. vienna. internationaler psychoanalytischer verlag, 1927. \n \n in die zukunft einer illusion the founder of psychoanalysis discusses religion's origins, development, and future. \n \n \u201cfreud [here] enumerated the human need that lead people to construct religious beliefs, and addressed the question of whether humanity could learn to endure the hardships of life without recourse to the comfort of religion - a question that he hoped might one day be answered in the affirmative\u201d (norman library 57)."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"85","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120155/view","tags":["uscollectibles_booksandpaper","uscollectibles","uscollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":125,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:27.446Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$200 - $300","currency":"USD","id":120155,"category":{"en":"Printed Books","he":"ספרים מודפסים"},"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":30,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120156/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"(humor). shlomo bastomsky. yiddishe weitzen [\u201cjewish jokes.\u201d] yiddish text. pp. 14, (2). original printed wrappers. 12mo. vilna, niye yiddishe folkschule, 1931. \n \n shlomo bastomski (1891-1941) was a yiddish author and educator. a teacher in vilna\u2019s mefitzei haskalah school, he published many works for children, often through his publishing house, the niye yiddishe folkschule. \n \n https://www.infocenters.co.il/gfh/notebook_ext.asp? book=89783&lang=eng&site=gfh."},"estimateMax":100,"lotNumber":"86","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120156/view","tags":["uscollectibles_booksandpaper","uscollectibles","uscollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":30,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":80,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:27.447Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$70 - 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hence its scarcity. \n \n el (eliezer lazar markovich) lissitzky (1890-1941) was a jewish-russian artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer and architect, and one of the most prominent members of the russian avant-garde art movement. lissitzky\u2019s avant-garde expressionist and cubo-futuristic illustrations for this tale are full of poetic fantasy and playfulness, creating a sublimely panoramic and yet whimsical picture of life in the jewish shtetl of the early 20th century. \n \n for the warsaw first edition of yingel tsingel khvat, see kestenbaum sale 15, lot 509."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"90","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120160/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":200,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:27.453Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $800","currency":"USD","id":120160,"category":{"en":"Children","he":"ילדים ונוער"},"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":10,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120161/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(medals). thomason medallic bible, franklin mint version. bronze. 48 (of 60), without the final 12 medals featuring the new testament. housed in original custom binder. philadelphia, the franklin mint, 1970. \n \n \u201cthis set is based on an actual set of historical medals - 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(mir, 1928-30). \n \n first volume contains ethical discourses by r. simcha zissel of kelm (1824-98) affectionately known as the \u201calter of kelm, \u201d one of the principle disciples of r. yisroel salanter. these discourses were delivered in kelm, as well as sent to his son and disciples, including r. baruch marcus. \n \n r. yerucham levovitz, a student of the alter of kelm, sought to publish these writings under the title chochmah u\u2019mussar and they were indeed finally issued in full by his son, r. simcha zissel levovitz in new york in 1957. \n \n the present mimeographed version appears to contain a fuller rendering of the text; e.g. see f. 86a \u201cma\u2019amar tachlith hachochma\u201d with a lengthy addendum that does not appear in the published version (vol. i, p. 288). \n \n the second volume contains classical lectures on mussar by yerucham levovitz (1873-1936) the famed mashgiach of the mirrer yeshiva as recorded by disciples. most appear here, as delivered, in the original yiddish and thus contain a different nuance than the multi-volume published version da\u2019ath chochmah u\u2019mussar (1969) that was translated into hebrew.","he":"חכמה ומוסר לרבי שמחה זיסל זיו מקלם, עם מאמרים של רבי ירוחם לבוביץ. מיר, תרפ״ח-תר״ץ. שני כרכים."},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"113","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120183/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":250,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":275,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:34.504Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $1,000","currency":"USD","id":120183,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Books / Sifrei Kodesh","he":"ספרי קודש / ספרים עבריים"},"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":80,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120184/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"rabbi jerome (yisroel yirmiyahu) widisky. a notebook of his torah thoughts and sermons. manuscript in hebrew. pp. 120. pages brittle, some detached with loss. unbound. 4to. chelsea, mass. 1930-31. \n \n this notebook contains the torah musings of rabbi jerome widisky (1888-1932). in it he recorded his novellae to talmud tractate berakhot, the weekly torah reading, thoughts occasioned by different holidays, periods of the jewish calendar, bar mitzvahs, dedications of a new torah, and in one instance, he records his great spiritual satisfaction at a ladies auxiliary-sponsored concert he attended while visiting wilkes-barre, pa in august of 1930 to lecture at congregation anshei emes. rabbi widisky was so moved he calls it a \u201cconcert shel mitzvah, \u201d and compared its power over his spirit to the music which king david played for saul. as for the rabbi of anshei emes, he says that \u201crabbi cheme\u2019d adams\u201d - rabbi hyman adams (1898-1950) - has \u201cextra understanding, both broad and deep.\u201d \n \n rabbi yisrael yirmiyahu widisky was born in lithuania. he studied at the telshe yeshiva, before moving to the united states in 1905. after graduating from the university of pennsylvania, he took a number of pulpits, ultimately helming congregation beth aaron in chelsea, massachusetts. in 1926 rabbi widisky published a popular book called toras israel - book of hebrew law of knowledge, which featured a translation of excerpts from the shulchan aruch, as well as his original sermons, with 12-volumes projected in all. \n widisky was also a prolific lecturer, visiting many american cities, as far west as mississippi, and as far north as rochester. he also touted an english translation of the entire talmud which he purported was near completion and only in need of funds.","he":"פנקס חידושים של רבי ישראל (ג׳רום) וידאסקי. צ׳לסי, מסצ׳וסטס, תרצ״א. 120 עמודים."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"114","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120184/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":80,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:34.508Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$200 - $400","currency":"USD","id":120184,"category":{"en":"American Judaica","he":"יהדות ארצות הברית"},"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":1200,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120185/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"bezalel hakohen of vilna. reishith bikurim [responsa]. vol. i. first edition. presentation copy. opening blank inscribed by the author as a gift to rabbi yehoshua ya\u2019akov ben moshe of babruysk(?) rear endpaper with provenance note by the author\u2019s grandson. ff. 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(grand rebbe of karlin, 1891-1942). autograph letter signed, written on letterhead in hebrew to one r. pinchas. offering thanks for assistance in collecting communal funds and provides administrative instructions. however informs the recipient he must refrain from foolish actions (\u201cshtusim vehevolim\u201d). blesses all his descendants. one-and-a-half sides, punch-holes. 8vo. 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(grand-rabbi of avrutch - chabad). two autograph letters, one signed. concerning a business matter. two pages. ovruch, 1894. \n \n the chassidic court of ovrutch was established by r. yosef yitzchak schneersohn, the fifth son of the tzemach tzedek. while five of his brothers established their own individual courts, each modeled after the chabad teachings of their father, r. yosef yitzchak however followed the path of his father-in-law, r. ya\u2019akov yisrael twersky of cherkasy. thus, ovruch chassidism is uniquely styled as a chernobler court. \n r. noach yosef boaz perlow married the granddaughter of r. yosef yitzchak, thus becoming the fourth and final grand-rabbi of ovruch. \n see https://jewua.org/ovruch/.","he":"שני מכתבים מאדמו״ר נח יוסף בועז פרלוב מאברוטש, אחד עם חתימה. תרנ״ד."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"121","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120191/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.257Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$200 - $400","currency":"USD","id":120191,"category":{"en":"Chassidism","he":"חסידות"},"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":300,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120192/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120192/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120192/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(satmar / teitelbaum family). silver wine-coaster. bowl with engraved inscription in yiddish: כולל אנדענקונג פין סאטמארער רביצין א'פ'ט'. a gift from the satmar rebbetzin, alte feige teitelbaum \n diameter: 5 inches. american, 1980\u2019s. provenance: the late dr. david mehler. \n \n rebbetzin alta faige teitelbaum (1912-2001) was the second wife of the powerful and saintly rabbi yoel teitelbaum (1887-1979). after her husband's death, her status became distinct as she developed her own group of followers (\u201cbnei yoel\u201d) who were in opposition to her husband's successor, the second rebbe of satmar, rabbi moshe teitelbaum (1914-2006). \n see http://www.chareidi.org/archives5761/ekev/ekvateitlbm.htm.","he":"סאטמר: מתנה מרבצין אלטא פייגא- תחתית מכסף עם ההקדשה, כולל אנדענקונג פון סאטמארער רביצין א׳פ׳ט. פרובננס: ד״ר דוד מעהלער, ז״ל."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"122","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120192/view","tags":["usjudaica_silver","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":300,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.259Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":120192,"category":{"en":"Chassidism","he":"חסידות"},"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":100,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120193/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120193/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(ukraine). two manuscripts pertaining to jewish life in early 20th century yekatrinoslav (dnipro). contains: * confirmation of get (harsha\u2019ah) signed by r. binyamin zev zakheim (1840-1913) av beth din of the city, with stamp. 28th iyar, 1900. * rabbinic ordination document for a r. yechezkel ben yehudah leib, signed by rabbis zisha and menachem aryeh cohen. 13th sivan, 1906. yekatrinoslav, 1900 & 1906. \n \n the jewish community of yekatrinoslav constituted up to 40% of the city\u2019s population in the early 20th century. due to the turbulent political situation, the jews were often scapegoated, suffering from anti-semitic incitement in 1904 and again in 1905 following the russian defeat in the russo-japanese war. over 100 jews died in the riots that swept the city, the army preventing jewish defense groups from protecting their brethren. \n \n the successor to r. zakheim at the helm of the community was r. levi yitzchak schneerson, father of the lubavitcher rebbe, r. menachem mendel, who moved to the city in his youth upon his father\u2019s rabbinic appointment.","he":"שני כתבי יד על חיים יהודיים ביקטרינוסלב (דניפרו). תר״ס ותרס״ו. הרשאת גט וסמיכה לרבנות."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"123","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120193/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.261Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$200 - $300","currency":"USD","id":120193,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts / Letters","he":"כתבי יד ומכתבים"},"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120194/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"weil, moise. (chief rabbi of algiers, 1852-1914). autograph letter signed written in hebrew to cheif rabbi shmuel salant of jerusalem. hebrew written in a sephardic cursive hand. a personal petition seeking a blessing for improved health. two pages. \n \n (algiers), c. 1900. \n \n although ashkenazi by birth, rabbi weil writes in a sephardic hand, asking \u201cthe great rabbi\u2026 famous and good-named\u2026\u201d to pray for himself and for his wife, being that their health was suffering. on the verso, rabbin weil adds the name of his mother, hannah, and that of his wife, alice. \n \n born in bouxwiller, alsace, moïse, son of simon weil had been trained at the séminaire rabbinique de france from 1871 to 1877 before being sent to french colonial north africa where he had an eventful career. first rabbi of tlemcen until 1882, from 1883 to 1891 chief rabbi of oran, he was finally installed on april 16, 1891 as chief rabbi of algiers. \n weil was an extremely pious man and one of the most devout chief rabbis that france sent to algeria. mastering judeo-arabic he was fully integrated into algiers society. \n following the first zionist congress in 1897 algiers encountered a wave of anti-semitic riots that caused weil to appeal to his co-religionists to leave their homes and settle in the land of israel. such actions seen as un-patriotic, displeased his superiors in paris, and he was summarily dismissed. due to subsequent illness and eventual penury, rabbin weil never succeeded to emigrate to the holy land and died and was buried on african soil. his tomb (le carré des rabbins du cimetière de saint-eugène près d'alger) is a site of pilgrimage to this day. \n see p.b. fenton, http://judaisme.sdv.fr/histoire/rabbins/mweil/mweil.htm.","he":"מכתב בכתב ידו של רבי משה וייל, רבה של אלג׳ירס, לרבי שמואל סלנט. ס. תר״ס."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"124","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120194/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":150,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.262Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":120194,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts / Letters","he":"כתבי יד ומכתבים"},"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":400,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120195/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"herzl, theodor (father of political zionism, 1860-1904). typed letter signed, written in german to yitzchak eisig torczyner, on zionist congress letterhead. an invitation to a meeting to discuss an unspoken matter that appears to be of some contention. one page. slight tear at folds, some foxing on right, signature smudged 4to. vienna, 5th march, 1902. \n \n provenance: yitzchak eisig torczyner (1861-1933) and then by descent within the family. \n \n an early zionist activist, yitzchak eisig torczyner was a confidant of theodore herzl. members of the hebrew national renaissance and early zionist movement were frequent visitors at the home of torczyner in vienna. eisig torczyner\u2019s son menachem nuchem torczyner (1885-1948), was active in the zionist movement in belgium. menachem nuchem\u2019s son jacques torczyner (1914-2013), was similarly active as a zionist, in the united states.","he":"מכתב בידו של בנימין זאב הרצל ליצחק אייזק טורצינר. וינה, תרס״ב."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"125","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120195/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":400,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.264Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":120195,"category":{"en":"Israel / Palestine","he":"ארץ ישראל"},"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120196/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"(lehmann family). two thick binders of c. 300 letters, mostly written between family members, especially bertil lehmann; to and from his parents, grandparents, other relatives and friends. written in german, swedish and english, occasionally yiddish and hebrew. some wear, housed in old binders. sweden - poland - germany - usa, c. 1937 - c. 1943 \n \n bertil lehmann is an exceptionally interesting and entertaining correspondent. his letters span three distinct periods: \n * letters written from \u201ckibbutz skibstrup, \u201d aalsgaarde, denmark, 1935-37. \n * letters written from yeshivath mir, poland, 1937-39. \n * letters written from new york, 1939-43. \n \n each period provides unique, detailed information of a particular social and community setting: the miniscule orthodox jewish community of sweden; the intense piety of the mir yeshiva; and the multiplicity of new opportunities afforded bertil and his brother manfred upon immigrating to the united states. \n letters include much that details efforts to bring over to the united states, relatives and friends still in occupied europe (and japan). \n \n for further lehmann family information see: \n https://nordstjernan.com/news/people/1433/. \n www.manfredlehmann.com/biography.html. \n https://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rkimble/mirweb/lehmann.html.","he":"כ-300 מכתבים בין-משפחתיים סביב ברטיל להמן. שוודיה - פולין - ארה״ב וגרמניה, בשנות תרצ״ז-תש״ג. הרבה מידע חברתי."},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"126","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120196/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.265Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - $1,800","currency":"USD","id":120196,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts / Letters","he":"כתבי יד ומכתבים"},"estimateMin":1200},{"startPrice":20000,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120197/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120197/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"mendelssohn, moses. (german-jewish philosopher and theologian, 1729-86). autograph letter signed, written in hebrew to rabbi jacob emden whom he respectfully addresses, observing proper rabbinic etiquette, as \"adoni mori verabbi\u2026\u201d [\u201cmy master, teacher and rabbi, the great celebrated genius, the right hand pillar, the mighty hammer, our teacher, r. ya'akov ben tzvi, may his light shine]. concerns the evident irreconcilability of moses mendelssohn's humanistic sensibilities with moses maimonides' theological views concerning gentiles. aschkenazic cursive script. brown ink on paper. one and a-half pages, 40-lines. small tear and minor discoloration. 4to. berlin, 9th cheshvan 1773. \n \n an erudite letter by the the esteemed rationalist philosopher moses mendelssohn of berlin, to the preeminent talmudic sage r. jacob emden of altona. \n \n in his great legal code, maimonides (1138-1204) rules that a non-jew whose acceptance of the seven noahide commandments is based solely upon their legislation by the torah, only such an individual is considered to be one of the \"pious of the nations\" and thus merits a portion in the world to come. if, on the other hand, the non-jew's performance of the seven noahide commandments is predicated upon reason alone, then he is not considered one of the \"pious of the nations.\" (see maimonides, mishneh torah, hil. melachim 8:11). \n \n as per this letter, the above approach offended mendelssohn's sensibilities. \u201cmust all inhabitants of the earth be held hostage to an event, namely the giving of the torah on mount sinai? - which, frankly, most would have never heard of! does the holy one act tyrannically with his creations? \" mendelssohn writes to emden seeking the support of the great rabbi in his contention that maimonides in this instance had ventured beyond the pale of talmudic sources, and therefore, his opinion is merely that of an individual, unsubstantiated by rabbinic tradition. mendelssohn signs the letter here with characteristic humility: \"talmido ve\u2019avdo\u2026\u201d [\u201chis student and servant, faithful in his covenant, the lowly moses of dessau.\u201d] \n \n emden's response to mendelssohn (see gesammelte schriften jubiläumsausgabe vol. xix, pp. 178-9) affirms his conviction that maimonides' statement is indeed based upon a talmudic source, namely, the opinion of r. joshua in trac. sanhedrin f.105a, that only gentiles who do not acknowledge god are doomed, but those who do, are entitled to a portion in the world to come. according to emden, the deeper implication of this statement, at least as maimonides must have comprehended it, is that in order to merit eternal reward, a gentile's observance of the seven noahide commandments must be connected to their divine source - reason alone will not do. contained within emden's reply is a tour de force study of the famous controversy concerning whether commandments require intentionality (mitzvoth tzerichoth kavanah) or not. \n \n today, scholars both in the traditional yeshiva world and in the world of academia, concur that maimonides' ruling was based not on a talmudic passage (as r. jacob emden would have us believe), but rather on a passage in the oft neglected mishnath rabbi eliezer. \n \n so, while mendelssohn's talmudic prowess was not on a par with that of r. jacob emden, in this case, the philosopher appears to have won out over the talmudist. \n ; ; ; ; see a. altmann, moses mendelssohn (1973) pp. 217, 295; ej, vol. vi, col. 724. \n \n *** moses mendelssohn\u2019s writings and ideas on jews and the jewish religion and identity were a central element in the development of the haskalah, or 'jewish enlightenment' of the 18th and 19th centuries. \n \n the son of the hakham tzvi (ashkenazi), rabbi jacob emden (also known as ya'avetz, 1697-1776), was a leading german rabbi and talmudist who championed orthodox judaism in the face of the growing influence of the sabbatean movement. he was acclaimed in all circles for his extensive and depth of knowledge. \n \n a remarkable letter that displays mendelssohn\u2019s over-riding humanism amidst his depth of attachment to jewish literary tradition.","he":"מכתב בידו של משה מנדלסון עם חתימה לרבי יעקב עמדין בנושא גישות מחשבתיות על גוים. ברלין, תקל״ג."},"estimateMax":30000,"lotNumber":"127","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120197/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":20000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.267Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$20,000 - $30,000","currency":"USD","id":120197,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts / Letters","he":"כתבי יד ומכתבים"},"estimateMin":20000},{"startPrice":5000,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120198/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120198/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120198/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120198/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120198/005/005.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"oysher, moishe. (1906-58). varied personal archive from the famed american cantor, recording artist, and film and yiddish theater actor. \n \n consisting of working manuscript scores, letters, photographs, recordings, etc. \n \n comprising: \n \n * extensive miscellaneous quantity of autograph music scores (c. 500 pages+). many heavily annotated. for both voice and for orchestration. \n \n * c. 110 autograph and typed letters, most within original envelopes, all written to moishe oysher, 1950\u2019s. all in english (handful in yiddish). couple written by oysher himself. includes some 75 letters written by adolph hoffman of the downbeat agency, los angeles. \n detailed discussions relating to booking of tours, movie treatments, production development and investments. filled with a great many show-biz names and overall \u201chollywood talk.\u201d \n other letters to oysher, including from max nosseck and aben kandel, pertain to script development, contract negotiations, and concert appearances from caracas to cape town. \n \n * original scripts for \u201cthe road\u201d (in english) pp. 92; and \u201cthe voice\u201d (in yiddish) pp. 96. \n \n * miscellaneous typed proofs for other theatrical productions. \n \n * 25 b/w studio and portrait photographs (excl. dups). \n \n * 19 unreleased studio and concert phonograph recordings. \n \n * eight personal magnetic-tape recordings. \n \n * cantor\u2019s cap, bentley & simon, new york. \n \n * talith shawl. \n \n * us passport. \n \n * cufflinks with personalized initials. \n \n * silver kiddish goblet and coaster, with \u201cmo\u201d initials. \n \n * pencil portrait. malcolm newman, 1950. \n \n * 12 commercial cantorial lp\u2019s. \n \n provenance: by descent within the family. \n \n \"moishe oysher was celebrated as a serious and vocally gifted hazzan and also as an exciting stage and film performer. \n born in lipkon (lipkany), bessarabia, to a family that boasted six generations of cantors, he was drawn to the stage even as a child. in 1921 he joined a traveling yiddish theatrical troupe in canada, appeared with them in new york, and eventually led his own troupe on a south american tour. still, he never abandoned his affinity for hazzanut or his extraordinary talent for highly emotional liturgical expression. he created a sensation when he officiated as cantor for the high holy days at the prestigious pulpit of the first rumanian synagogue on new york\u2019s lower east side. his cantorial concerts at that synagogue also attracted a considerable public following, as did his numerous recordings. oysher also starred in major yiddish films.\u201d \n see the milken archive of jewish music: https://www.milkenarchive.org/artists/view/moishe-oysher/.","he":"משה אושיר - ארכיב חפצים של החזן המפורסם. ראה תיאור הפריט באנגלית לרשימה מפורטת."},"estimateMax":9000,"lotNumber":"128","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120198/view","tags":["usmemorabilia_entertainment","usmemorabilia","usmemorabilia_all"],"directSalePrice":5000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.268Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$6,000 - $9,000","currency":"USD","id":120198,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts / Letters","he":"כתבי יד ומכתבים"},"estimateMin":6000},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120199/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120199/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"(haskalah). yesodei chochmath hashiur [mathematics]. manuscript written in a fine rabbinic hebrew hand on paper. pp. 414. six pages with prominent stain affecting a few words. contemporary sheep, light wear. 16mo. 1888 \n \n this miniature book is a beautifully handwritten copy of the first three sections of chaim selig slonimski\u2019s yesodei chochmat ha-shiur (zhitomir, 1865). the sections are on numbers, arithmetic and algebra. the pages here are a copy of the first 63 pages, or about one third of the published work. \n \n slonimski\u2019s book, which also bears the german title anfangsgründe der gesamten mathematik, (the rudiments of all mathematics), was part of a series of hebrew books on math and the sciences through which slonimski (1810-1904) guided generations of east european jewish youth who had received a traditional jewish education, and the hebrew fluency that came with it, to acquire secular knowledge as well, without necessarily having possessed the ability to study secular books written in a european language. \n \n neither the name of the copyist nor owner, who might have been one and the same, appear in the volume here, but as fine a work it is, it was surely a proud possession.","he":"יסודות חכמת השיעור (מתמתיקה). תרמ״ח, כתב-יד, 414 עמודים."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"129","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120199/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":200,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":550,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.270Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":120199,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts / Letters","he":"כתבי יד ומכתבים"},"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120200/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"(italy). luach [annual calendar]. hebrew manuscript finely written on paper in square and cursive calligraphic italian hand by aharon masliah b. yirmiyahu romanini. single sheet, laid down onto card. 15.5 x 21.5 inches (39 x 55 cm). trieste, 1887-88. \n \n this broadside calendar was \u201clettered here in trieste by order of the officers of the bet haknesset rishon\u201d for display in the synagogue. \n \n it contains detailed information regarding the entire year beginning with rosh hashanah; the dates of sabbaths and holidays, times of commencement, relevant torah and haftarahs portions to be chanted, the times of the seasons and other calculations. \n \n most interesting introductory paragraph records the number of years of important events in the history of the world from biblical to historical to contemporary events (e.g the deluge, the sealing of the mishnah, the invention of printing, the ascension to the throne of our emperor franz josef\u2026). \n \n at the left side is a list of the yahrzeits of the rabbis and sages native to trieste over the prior 150 years. among the names listed are rabbis isaac formaggini, benjamin segre, abraham hai cologna, meir randegger, samuel david luzzatto and others. also listed is sir moses montefiore, not a triestine, but surely the man most admired by jews worldwide in his time, and a near-native son of italy. \n \n aharon masliah romanini, also known by his italian name aronne prospero romanini (1827-1908), was a skilled torah scribe and hebrew poet, famed in his time for his verse, as well as a teacher of torah, and cantor in trieste. the obituary in il corriere israelitico notes: \u201che was a sofer unparalleled for his very elegant and precise writing. he composed hebrew poems on various subjects with grand fecundity, highly praised and dear to the lovers of our language, for its simplicity and clarity of form, and for that purity of style to which the italian school of hebrew poets has accustomed us.\u201d (december 31, 1908, p. 250). \n \n for another luach by romanini, see kestenbaum sale 92, lot 9.","he":"לוח שנה איטלקי, טרייסט תרמ״ח. כתב-יד."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"130","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120200/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.271Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":120200,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts / Letters","he":"כתבי יד ומכתבים"},"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120201/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"(kabbalah). anonymous. kabbalistic notes with mystical names and diagrams. manuscript in hebrew and judeo-arabic, written in a north african square and cursive hand, including mystical \u201cangelic\u201d writing. c. 40 individual pages, extracted from a printed desk diary. unbound. 8vo. (israel, c. 1958). a cache of kabbalistic spells and amulets. \n \n following the establishment of the state of israel, violence and deteriorating conditions in arab countries compelled hundreds of thousands of jews to immigrate to the new state, bringing with them, their unique cultural and religious traditions. \n \n from north africa, this migration included many individuals proficient in kabbalat ma\u2019asit, or practical kabbalah. these were men learned in kabbalah, and skilled in the writing of amulets for various types of protection, including prescriptions how to affect change in the natural world for the specific goals that petitioners requested. \n \n many of these men skilled in the fine art of practical kabbalah found employment in israel in blue collar labor, thus, the kabbalists of such communities were also men (always) who ran food stalls and the like. today practitioners of kabbalah tend to be professional, rabbinic adjacent types, so the phenomenon of \u2018street kabbalists\u2019 is a thing of the past. \n \n present here is collection of mystical writings by such a kabbalist, here written on the loose pages of 1958 appointment book. they comprise the kabbalistic repertoire of the mystic, including: \n * the text and form of an amulet for pregnant women to wear around their neck. * instruction how to use wax figures to represent two people who were fighting and what to say to repair their relationship. * how to win the love of a woman by writing her name on an apple; and much more.","he":"הערות קבליות עם שמות. ישראל, ס. תשי״ח. כ-40 עמודים ממחברת."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"131","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120201/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.848Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$200 - $400","currency":"USD","id":120201,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts / Letters","he":"כתבי יד ומכתבים"},"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120202/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120202/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120202/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120202/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120202/005/005.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"(near east). manuscript of various kabbalistic kavanoth, pizmonim and piyutim in a variety of eastern hands, bound together. some are yemenite, others north african. including a tikkun erev pesach, and a brit milah service. several of the pizmonim do not appear to have been published. written in hebrew and judeo-arabic. from the library of the late rabbi dr david de sola pool. \n pp. 52. worn. unbound. 12mo. c. 1800 * accompanied by: a 140-page arabic manuscript, compactly written on burnished paper, in gold, red, and purple ink, with many geometric designs and tables, including a star of david. worn. unbound. 16mo.","he":"כתב-יד כוונות קבליות, פזמונים ופיוטים מתימן וצפון אפריקה. כמה מהם כנראה לא נדפסו. ס. תק״ס. 52 עמודים. עם כתב יד בערבית עם מגן דוד, כ-140 עמודים."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"132","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120202/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.850Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":120202,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts / Letters","he":"כתבי יד ומכתבים"},"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120203/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"(pinkas). (jerusalem). ten pinkasim from jerusalem organizations and synagogues. written in yiddish and hebrew. a large quantity of personal and historical information is contained in these volumes; comprising some 1,000 hand-written pages. variously bound. some wear. v.s. jerusalem, 1900's-1950's. \n \n this collection of ledgers logging the expenses and donations of various societies in jerusalem in the first part of the 20th century includes: \n \n * a register of the expenses incurred by the society mishmereth hatzeniuth, or guardians of modesty society. 1936-41. \n * pinkas of the synagogue tifereth me\u2019ah she\u2019arim. 1935-41. \n * ledger containing pledges and amounts received by tifereth me\u2019ah she\u2019arim. 1929-45. \n * pinkasim of donations and expenses. these date from 1882-93, 1925-38; and 1930-34. \n * several notebooks and ledgers recording loans. these date from 1903-12; 1913-24; and the 1950s.","he":"עשרה פנקסים (כתב-יד) ירושלמיים. עברית ויידיש, תר״ס-תש״י. כ-1,000 עמודים עם הרבה מידע."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"133","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120203/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":150,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":400,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.851Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $800","currency":"USD","id":120203,"category":{"en":"Israel / Palestine","he":"ארץ ישראל"},"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":50,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120204/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120204/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"(pinkas). (new york). pinkas\u2026chevra torah anshei chessed, brooklyn. manuscript in hebrew and yiddish written in a calligraphic hand. colored title-page. contains lists of officers and members. pp. 15 (excluding many blanks). ink has oxidized, many pages torn. original boards, worn. heavy folio. brooklyn, ny, 1908- \n \n with an address of 1863 douglas street in the brownsville section of brooklyn, this synagogue, built in 1863, was formed via a merger of two congregations. in its final days it was led by rabbi yy margolin followed by rabbi yitzchok scharf (1918-79). \n see https://kevarim.com/rabbi-yitzchok-sharf/.","he":"פנקס חברה תורה אנשי חסד (ברוקלין). תרס״ח."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"134","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120204/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":50,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.853Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":120204,"category":{"en":"American Judaica","he":"יהדות ארצות הברית"},"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120205/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/120205/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2023-06-22","available":false,"description":{"en":"(pinkas). (new york). pinkas chevra kadisha\u2026 bnai aharon shlomo, anshei tehillim of govorovo. manuscript in hebrew and yiddish written in a fine calligraphic hand. bold colored title-page. contains 21 clauses of regulations on 9 pages, followed by a few names. l. pp. 15 (excluding many blanks). original boards, heavily worn. heavy folio. \n brooklyn, ny, 1919. \n \n this chevra is not as yet located, however upon internal evidence, it would appear to have been based in nyc. \n members originally stemmed from rural govorovo (today, gmina goworowo), located in the municipality of ostralenker (ostrołęka masovian voivodeship), east-central poland. \n https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php? sourceid=33018.","he":"פנקס חברה קדישא... בני אהרון שלמה אנשי תהילים מגברובו. ברוקלין, תרע״ט."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"135","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/34506/lot/120205/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:37:36.855Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - 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