Auction 109 Rare Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts & Important American Judaica
By Kestenbaum & Company
Jan 23, 2025
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States

This sale is the third offering by Kestenbaum & Company of Rare Books from the Judaica library of the late Arthur A. Marx.


The auction is divided as follows:


Rare Hebrew Books: Lots 1 - 125.


Jerusalem / Eretz Israel imprints: Lots 126 - 155.


Anglo-Judaica: Lots 156 - 163.


American-Judaica: Lots 164 - 217.


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LOT 39:

ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Sold for: $800
Start price:
$ 500
Estimated price :
$600 - $900
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Auction took place on Jan 23, 2025 at Kestenbaum & Company
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ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.


Tractate Shekalim [Jerusalem Talmud].

With glosses of the Vilna Gaon and commentary Taklin Chadetin by R. Yisrael of Shklov.


FIRST EDITION of commentary.

Important approbations (see below). Title in red and black. Printed on blue and green tinted paper. Signature on title of R. Avraham Segel Horovitz of Kelm.

ff. (5), 33, 1. Modern calf. Folio.

Vinograd, Minsk 9; Vinograd, Gr’a 411.


Minsk, Simcha Zimel ben Yechezkel of Grodno, 1812.


With Haskamoth of R. Chaim of Volozhin, R. Menachem Mendel of Shklov and R. Aaron Segal of Shklov, as well as lengthy introductions by R. Chaim of Volozhin and R. Yisrael of Shklov.


The title records that publication was made possible through the munificence of Madam Bluma of Minsk. This patroness of Jewish learning had a Beth Hamedrash named for her in her hometown of Minsk, the famed “Blumke's Kloiz.”