Benjamin Szold. Hebrew Primer.

AUCTION 88 | Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 at 1:00pm

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Lot 5

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Benjamin Szold. Hebrew Primer.

Text in English and Hebrew. pp. 12. Light stains. Lightly browned. Loose in original printed boards. 12mo. Unrecorded by Singerman (although cf. 2419); similarly unrecorded by Goldman (although cf. 280).

Baltimore: C.W. Schneidereith 1873

Est: $400 - $600

A native of Hungary, Benjamin Szold (1829-1902) accepted an invitation to become rabbi in Baltimore, where he led Congregation Oheb Shalom to become one of the foremost synagogues in the United States. His eldest daughter was the leading Zionist Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and Youth Aliyah.