Tephilah. Recited at a public gathering held at the Beith Ya’akov synagogue in Jerusalem
AUCTION 24 |
Tuesday, June 29th,
2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg
Lot 18
(AMERICAN JUDAICA )
Tephilah. Recited at a public gathering held at the Beith Ya’akov synagogue in Jerusalem
Jerusalem : (1898)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
Prayer composed by Chief Rabbi Samuel Salant of Jerusalem for the success of the American Armed Forces in the Spanish-American War of 1898, “a war (fought) for freedom and the love of man.” In the text of the prayer, the United States is described as an “enlightened nation” fighting not to enlarge it’s borders or to conquer territory, but to “rescue a poor nation from its oppressors.”
Rabbi Salant is given the unusual title as “President of the European and American Rabbis residing in Jerusalem.”