The Duty of Orthodox Congregations. A Sermon Preached Before the Congregation “Shearith Israel” New York…by the Reverend Meldola de Sola.

AUCTION 73 | Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 at 1:00

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The Duty of Orthodox Congregations. A Sermon Preached Before the Congregation “Shearith Israel” New York…by the Reverend Meldola de Sola.

English with some use of Hebrew. pp. 15. Editorial markings in ink throughout. Original printed wrappers, worn and detached. 4to. Singerman 3595.

New York: (1887/88)

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

A polemic against Reform Judaism in North America. Bearing Hebrew verse on cover: “To make a division between the impure and the pure” (Lev. 6:47) which encapsulates the sermon here by de Sola, the rabbi of Montreal’s Shearith Israel Spanish and Portuguese Congregation.