Rokeach, Aaron: Grand Rabbi of Belz. Haderech

AUCTION 27 | Tuesday, February 08th, 2005 at 1:00

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Lot 102

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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: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $600

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 that 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 L. 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