Simlin, Levi Reuben. Seder Hagadah Lemelamdim

AUCTION 37 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 149
(PARODY)

Simlin, Levi Reuben. Seder Hagadah Lemelamdim

pp. 56. Lightly foxed. Contemporary boards, rubbed, loose. 8vo

Odessa: for Ephraim Deinard 1886

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $200
“An excellent parody...A satire on the system of education in the Cheder, and the ill-treatment of the Hebrew teacher. Parodying the Passover Hagadah and the laws relating to Passover.” I. Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature (1966) no. 303 and p. 95. With an approbation by Ephraim Deinard, who was so enthused by the work, he bought the rights to its publication