SHIMON BEN JACOB ABRAHAM OF COPENHAGEN. Sippur Bechi Naharoth

AUCTION 40 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 103
(GERMANY)
SHIMON BEN JACOB ABRAHAM OF COPENHAGEN. Sippur Bechi Naharoth
Amsterdam: Widow and Orphans Proops 1784
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
The author, R. (Aaron) Shimon of Copenhagen, was the son-in-law of R. Yehudah Miller of Bonn and a significant protagonist during the Cleves Get controversy. Here he provides a detailed narrative of the severe ice-storms that occurred in the area of Westphalia. When the snows melted in the early Spring, the River Rhine subsequently broke its banks and residents of surrounding communities fled to higher ground. R. Aaron records the special prayers composed by the rabbis in Bonn and Cologne and the mass feelings of spiritual succor.
The manuscript leaves contain further historical details about the 1784 flood, especially in the town of Deitz, and similar occurrences in later years