Baruch Halevi Yafith. Mein Zeydeh's Hagodeh, oder a Pogrom oyf dem Afikoman [satirical Passover Hagadah]. With notes by "Ma'aseh Alfas" [pseudonym of Benzion Alfas]
AUCTION 83 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2019 at 1:00pm
Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art
Lot 95
(PARODY).
Baruch Halevi Yafith. Mein Zeydeh's Hagodeh, oder a Pogrom oyf dem Afikoman [satirical Passover Hagadah]. With notes by "Ma'aseh Alfas" [pseudonym of Benzion Alfas]
Vilna: Rosenkranz and Schriftsetzer 1908
Est: $300 - $500
A celebration of Jewish history through the ages and the miracle of Jewish survival despite recurrent anti-Semitism. Footnotes in Hebrew refer to Rabbinic literature. The author, Benzion Alfas (1850-1940), was a student of the famed "kibbutz" of Eishishok and of the Gaon's kloiz in Vilna. See Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur, Vol. I (1956) cols. 118-120.