<<A.B. Ehrlich.>> Rashei Perakim. Being Selections from the Talmud and the Midrashim… Arranged for the Use of Students.

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Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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Lot 485
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

<<A.B. Ehrlich.>> Rashei Perakim. Being Selections from the Talmud and the Midrashim… Arranged for the Use of Students.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Text in Hebrew. Additional title-page in English. pp. (4), 67, (1), 115. Lightly stained. Modern calf-backed boards. 8vo. Singerman 3136; Goldman 288.

New York: J. Wiley’s Sons 1883

Est: $1,000 - $1,200
<<FIRST TALMUD TEXTBOOK FOR JEWISH CHILDREN IN AMERICA.>> Vocalized selections from the Talmud and Midrash. It represents the first attempt to incorporate Talmud into elementary Jewish education in America. The author writes in his introduction: “My heart originally desired to add a translation and commentary in the language of this land in order to benefit our youngsters, however the heart is dependent on the pocket… therefore my work leaves the print-shop without the translation” (p. 4).