Israel Singer. Tzirufei Ha’Othi’oth [combination of letters in the Torah and God’s name]. With: Metzapim LeYeshu’a [on the coming of the Messiah].

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Lot 195
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Israel Singer. Tzirufei Ha’Othi’oth [combination of letters in the Torah and God’s name]. With: Metzapim LeYeshu’a [on the coming of the Messiah].

With the author’s stamp and corrections in his hand on final leaf. pp. 198 (1). Some staining. Marbled boards. 8vo.

Tel Aviv: Achduth 1931

Est: $100 - $150
PRICE REALIZED $50
The author, a shochet in Tel Aviv, here predicts that the Messiah will arrive in the year 1956. - It would appear that he did indeed correctly divine that something earth-shattering was to occur, yet what that turned out to be was not the Messiah, but the Suez Crisis.