Igereth Elasaph [“Letter of an African Rabbi to his Colleagues in Europe”]

AUCTION 1 | Thursday, November 14th, 1996 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 111
CHORIN(ER), AARON.

Igereth Elasaph [“Letter of an African Rabbi to his Colleagues in Europe”]

Two parts (Hebrew and German) in one, each with separate title page; * BOUND WITH: (--.) Der Treue Bothe, text in German; and another (letters between Choriner and Isaac Reggio). Together, 3 works bound in one, FIRST EDITIONS Foxed, contemporary wrappers, 8vo

Prague: 1826 and 1830

Est: $300 - $400
PRICE REALIZED $170
HEAVILY CENSURED REFORM TRACTS. First is a positive response to the queries raised by the Duchy of Baden regarding liberal tendencies in contemporary Judaism (as instituted by the Hamburg Temple). Second work includes an exposition on transferring the Sabbath day to a Sunday, as well as a call for a synod to mitigate the severity of the laws governing the Sabbath