Rokeach, Aaron, Grand Rabbi of Belz. Haderech

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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Rokeach, Aaron, Grand Rabbi of Belz. Haderech

Second edition. Edited by Aaron Leibovitch pp. (2),26. Lightly browned. Original printed wrappers. 8vo

Budapest: Widow and Orphans of Uri Eisler 1944

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $800

Text of a sermon delivered immediately prior to the escape of the Grand Rabbi of Belz from Europe, to the safety of Palestine. Within the sermon (p.19) the rabbi assures his followers Hungarian Jewry will remain safe from the tragic fate that had befallen the Jews elsewhere in Europe. The controversial nature of this reflection was such, that it is omitted from further editions. See Lawrence Kaplan, “Daas Torah: A Modern Conception of Rabbinic Authority” in M. Sokol, Rabbinic Authority and Personal Autonomy (New York) pp.1-60; Z. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996) p.404