SHEWZIK, BENJAMIN. Teshuvah al Davar Eipher Hanisraphim - Responsum with Regard to the Ashes of Cremated Bodies in which are Explained some Laws Referring to this Strange Practice

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 47

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SHEWZIK, BENJAMIN. Teshuvah al Davar Eipher Hanisraphim - Responsum with Regard to the Ashes of Cremated Bodies in which are Explained some Laws Referring to this Strange Practice

FIRST EDITION. Text in Hebrew and English. Two title-pages. Presentation inscription on front wrapper pp. 20; 8. Lightly stained, few leaves loose. Recent boards with original printed wrappers bound in. 8vo Friedberg, Teth 2068

London: E. W. Rabbinowicz 1888

Est: $100 - $150

PRICE REALIZED $850

“As to the subject of cremation, we have been led by degrees to publish the present work. Having been called from time to time by our friends in different parts of the country to explain and to give a clear investigation of a custom, so obscure and unheard of amongst our Jewish race, our mind was more and more led to consider the scriptural and rabbinical passages which refer to this subject.”