Auction 105: Rabbinic Autograph Letters & Passover Haggadot.
By Kestenbaum & Company
Apr 4, 2024
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States

The auction commences with a first edition of the Segulah-book "Raziel HaMalach" (Lot 1); followed by books that were owned by significant rabbis: 


R. Shlomo Ganzfried (Lot 5); The Aruch Hashulchan (Lot 6); R. Meir Shapira of Lublin (Lot 68)


The most valuable lot offered is a Sefer that was personally owned by, and has a long personal inscription in the hand of, R. Chaim Volozhiner (Lot 4).


The auction contains many excellent offerings of Autograph Letters including:


The first Rebbe of Sadigura, R. Avraham Ya'akov (Lot 13); The Chofetz Chaim (Lots 17-20); The Ohr Same’ach (Lot 41); The Kesav Sofer (Lot 58); Reb Chaim Brisker (Lot 59); The Lubavitcher Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka and her sister (Lots 50-51); and dozens more of such letters.


Autograph manuscripts of note are those from R. Menachem Mendel of Shklov (Lot 9A); The Tiferes Yisroel (Lot 40); and a 14th-century Ramba'n manuscript (Lot 9).


As per annual tradition, this pre-Pesach auction features a wide selection of Passover Hagadot:


The rare, the exotic and the curious; with examples from 1545 through until 2008.


Among particularly Early examples: Lot 87 (Venice, 1545); Lot 88 (Riva di Trento, 1561) and Lot 95 (Salonika, 1569).


Beautifully illustrated Hagadoth include: Lot 93 (Venice, 1740); Lot 85 (India, 1874) and Lot 115 (The Avner Moriah Hagadah).


Historically significant Hagadoth include Lot 72 (American/Canadian/Anglo-related) and many examples from Germany, India, Jerusalem; as well as first edition Hagadah commentaries by the Vilna Gaon (Lot 96), R. Ya'akov Emden (Lot 78); and ending with several facsimile editions. 



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LOT 33:

KANIEVSKY, YA’AKOV YISRAEL (The Steipler Gaon, 1899-1985). ...

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$ 500
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Auction took place on Apr 4, 2024 at Kestenbaum & Company
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KANIEVSKY, YA’AKOV YISRAEL (The Steipler Gaon, 1899-1985).

Autograph Letter Signed and stamped, written in Hebrew.


A letter of thanks to the Trumat Israel Relief Fund, led by Rabbi David Elbaum, who had sent the Steipler Gaon a $500 stipend.


One page.

Bnai Brak, Wednesday, Parshath Behalothecha, 1982.


R. Ya’akov Yisrael Kanievsky was known as the “Steipler Gaon” after his hometown of Hornosteipel in northern Ukraine. He briefly served as Rosh Yeshivah of the Novarhdok Yeshivah before settling in Bnei Brak where he entirely devoted himself to a life of uninterrupted study.


He is renowned both for his Talmudic genius, as witnessed by the many volumes of Kehilath Ya’akov; and for his piety, with throngs seeking his blessing. He yielded enormous influence within the Torah world and yet held no official position.