Aaron Chorin(er). Igereth Elasaph [“Letter of an African Rabbi to his Colleagues in Europe.”]

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00

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Lot 196

(REFORM JUDAISM).

Aaron Chorin(er). Igereth Elasaph [“Letter of an African Rabbi to his Colleagues in Europe.”]

<<First Edition.>> Two parts in one (Hebrew and German) each with separate title page pp. 19, (1), ff. 35, pp. 94, 13. Ex-library, browned. Later marbled boards with original printed wrappers bound in. 8vo. Vinograd, Prague 1200

Prague: Scholl & Landau 1826

Est: $400 - $600

Aaron Choriner, a pioneer of Reform Judaism in Hungary, advocated reforms to the liturgy, including the use of an organ in the synagogue on the Sabbath. This controversial work, a positive response to the queries raised by the Duchy of Baden regarding liberal tendencies in contemporary Judaism (as instituted by the Hamburg Temple), is one of the earliest Reform responsa works.