(Hamburg Rabbinate). Eileh Divrei ha-Berith [collected letters denouncing Reform synagogue practices]

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00

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

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Lot 193

(REFORM JUDAISM)

(Hamburg Rabbinate). Eileh Divrei ha-Berith [collected letters denouncing Reform synagogue practices]

FIRST EDITION pp. xvi, 132. Later boards. 4to Vinograd, Altona 213. Accompanied by: Another copy

Altona: The Brothers Bonn 1819

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $350

These collected letters express the outrage of Orthodox Jewry upon the opening of Israel Jacobsohn’s Hamburg Temple in 1818 - the first established Reform synagogue. Includes letter from the Chatham Sofer and other prominent traditional rabbis.