Hirsch (Katzenellenbogen), Pinchas Samuel. Lamenatze’ach le-hazkir mizmor shir - Be-Hechanech beith ha-knesseth. [“Dedication Service for the Synagogue of Hegenheim, Alsace, Rebuilt After its Destruction.”]
AUCTION 38 |
Thursday, November 29th,
2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 106
(FRENCH JUDAICA)
Hirsch (Katzenellenbogen), Pinchas Samuel. Lamenatze’ach le-hazkir mizmor shir - Be-Hechanech beith ha-knesseth. [“Dedication Service for the Synagogue of Hegenheim, Alsace, Rebuilt After its Destruction.”]
Basle: Wilhelm Haas 1821
Est: $800 - $1,000
Liturgical service at the re-dedication of the Synagogue in the small community of Hegenheim in Upper Alsace after it was torched in 1815. The epoch of political commotion and violence that gripped France during the early years of the Republic resulted in the occasional reawakening of antipathies toward the Jews