Agudath Israel be-Eretz Israel, Aliyah le-Regel, Pesach 5705, be-Yom Sheni, 19 Nisan, 4 Chol ha-Mo’ed Pesach 5705 [Agudath Israel of Eretz Israel, Pilgrimage, Passover 1945]

AUCTION 37 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Agudath Israel be-Eretz Israel, Aliyah le-Regel, Pesach 5705, be-Yom Sheni, 19 Nisan, 4 Chol ha-Mo’ed Pesach 5705 [Agudath Israel of Eretz Israel, Pilgrimage, Passover 1945]

On title, emblem of Ten Commandments superimposed on map of Holy Land with verse “For from Zion shall come Torah and the word of God from Jerusalem” pp. 8. Browned, slightly creased. Loose. 8vo

Tel-Aviv: Gerstner (1945)

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

A scarce elegy for t martyrs of te Holocaust. “Tephilah Meyuchedeth li-Shelom Acheinu B’nei Israel” [“Special Prayer for the Welfare of our Brethren Children of Israel”] is apparently the first instance of a kinah (elegy) composed for the victims of the Holocaust. The anonymous elegist describes the suffering of the oppressed and the barbarity of the oppressors utilizing time-hallowed themes from Biblical and Rabbinic literature