Szold, Benjamin. Hegyon Lev, Israelitisches Gebetbuch fur die Hausliche Andacht [prayers for domestic worship including a Hagadah, selections from Pirkei Avoth, private devotional prayers for various occasions, calendar and other matters]
AUCTION 44 |
Thursday, June 25th,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 21
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Szold, Benjamin. Hegyon Lev, Israelitisches Gebetbuch fur die Hausliche Andacht [prayers for domestic worship including a Hagadah, selections from Pirkei Avoth, private devotional prayers for various occasions, calendar and other matters]
Baltimore: W. Polmeyer 1867
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $300
A native of Nemiskert, Hungary, Benjamin Szold (1829-1902) studied as a young man at the Pressburg Yeshivah under the leadership Rabbi Benjamin Wolf. Later, Szold came under the influence of Z. Frankel, H. Graetz and J. Bernays at the Breslau Rabbinical Seminary. In 1858, Szold accepted an invitation to become Rabbi in Baltimore, where he led Congregation Oheb Shalom to be one of the foremost synagogues in the United States. His daughter, Henrietta Szold (1860-1945) founded the Hadassah Women's Organization and Youth Aliyah. See EJ, Vol. XV, cols. 664-5