Moda’ah Rabah [ban on secular studies in the Holy Land]
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 138
(JERUSALEM)
Moda’ah Rabah [ban on secular studies in the Holy Land]
Jerusalem: 1896
Est: $500 - $700
Throughout the nineteenth-century the Aschkenazic rabbis of Eretz Israel considered anathema the opening of schools wherein secular studies would form a part of the curriculum. It was seen necessary to reinforce this ban from time to time lest the populace mistakenly assume that it had expired