Collection of 39 broadsides
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 312
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
Collection of 39 broadsides
Jerusalem, Early 20th-century:
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
These broadsides are a wonderful cross-section of contemporary life in the very dynamic society of Eretz Israel under Ottoman and later British rule. There are bulletins of various cultural events and political rallies, a rabbinical pronouncement concerning kashruth arrangements in Jerusalem’s abattoirs, and the announcement of a guest sermon by visiting Rabbi Dov Ber Abramowitz of St. Louis, MO (1920).
Of especial interest is the call to electors to participate in the “Chareidi Ballot.” Signed by Chief Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, this was a special arrangement that satisfied Orthodox sensibilities of the day, that women not participate in elections