JOSEPH, JACOB. LeBeith Ya'akov [homiletic and halachic discourses]

AUCTION 47 | Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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JOSEPH, JACOB. LeBeith Ya'akov [homiletic and halachic discourses]

Two parts in one volume. On front fly, stamp of "Rabbi Jacob Shnairson, Chicago" Pt. I: ff.(2), 61. * Pt. II: ff.(1), 32, 4. Browned. Contemporary boards, gutter split. 4to cf Friedberg, L-114

Vilna: Katzenelllenbogen 1911

Est: $120 - $180

Rabbi Jacob Joseph (1848-1902) was known in his native Lithuania as "R. Yankev Charif" of Zhager. In 1888, he left his position as Maggid of Vilna to assume the newly formed Chief Rabbinate of New York. Due to the tragedy of his experience at the hands of New York Jewry, he would be the first and the last "Rav Hakollel" - Chief Rabbi of New York. See EJ, Vol. X, cols. 221-22