Igereth Milchemeth Chovah [polemic against those seeking to abolish the second day of the festival in the Diaspora]
AUCTION 60 |
Thursday, November 14th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 196
KARLBURG, JUDAH LEIB.
Igereth Milchemeth Chovah [polemic against those seeking to abolish the second day of the festival in the Diaspora]
Amsterdam: Van Embden (1833)
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $300
The author was the Rabbi of Krefeld, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1795 it came under French rule and the Consistorial system was introduced with Chief Rabbi Judah Leib Karlburg appointed its head. Karlburg authored numerous other works including: Divrei Evel (Offenbach, 1793), a eulogy for R. Ezekiel Landau; and Shalosh Yevavoth (Mayence, 1886), three eulogies for R. Judah Leib Scheier (with a halachic appendix concerning the law of the Nazirite). See EJ, Vol. X, col. 1251.