Sabbath and Festival sermons. Vol. I (1910-22 August 1914); Vol. II (29 August 1914-23 August 1919); Vol. III (30 August 1919-12 April 1924).

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 276
BREUER, RAPHAEL.

Sabbath and Festival sermons. Vol. I (1910-22 August 1914); Vol. II (29 August 1914-23 August 1919); Vol. III (30 August 1919-12 April 1924).

Autograph Manuscript Signed, written in German and Hebrew. Three thick volumes (circa 922 pages), also containing a great many additional autograph notes and letters laid in. Contemporary boards, worn. 8vo.

Aschaffenburg: 1910-24

Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Raphael Breuer (1881-1932), district rabbi of Aschaffenburg in Bavaria, was the elder brother of R. Joseph Breuer of New York and the son of R. Salomon Breuer (son-in-law of R. Samson Raphael Hirsch and his successor as rabbi in Frankfurt). Raphael was a renowned Bible commentator and preacher in the Hirschian tradition who published commentaries on the Five Scrolls, the Former Prophets, and the books of Ezra and Nehemiah - but not on the Pentateuch. Present here is a treasure-trove of fourteen full years worth of Sabbath sermons which include a profusion of original Torah interpretations, none of which has been published to date.