Har Tavor [responsa].

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 264

SCHLESINGER, ISRAEL DAVID.

Har Tavor [responsa].

<<First Edition.>> With Additional title and introduction in German. Stamp of R. Ephraim Zalman Heilprin. ff. 36, pp. 12. Lightly stained. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Pressburg 161.

Pressburg: Heinrich Sieber 1861

Est: $200 - $300

A student of the Chasam Sofer, the author (1802-64) wrote many polemics against the Reform movement. The present work contains an argument as to why the placement of the Bimah must remain in the center of the synagogue, and under no circumstances moved closer to the Ark as the Neologs preferred. See https://www.geni.com/people/Rabbi-Israel-David-Szered-Margulies-Jafe-Schlesinger/351816796900003124.