Hagadah shel Pesach

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 152

(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesach

"Published with approval OMGB, ICD." pp. 32. Usual winestains. Original pictorial colored wrappers depicting Moses leading a 20th-century clad Children of Israel into the Land of Israel. 12mo Yerushalmi 177; Yudlov 4091

Munich: American Joint Distribution Committee 1948

Est: $600 - $900

Issued for the the She'eirith Hapleitah, survivors of the Holocaust, languishing in DP Camps - still in Germany, three years after the end of the European hostilities. With introduction by Rabbi Shmuel Shapiro, Administrator of the "Religious Office" in Germany, and Mr. Shmuel Haber, Administrator of the Joint in Germany, reflecting upon the momentous spirit of the time and the anticipation of Israel’s independence