(The Chofetz Chaim). Nidchei Yisrael.

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

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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KAGAN, YISRAEL MEIR OF RADIN.

(The Chofetz Chaim). Nidchei Yisrael.

Text in Hebrew and Yiddish. <<First edition>> of Yiddish translation. With the word “Mugah” (checked) at top of front endpaper <<written in the hand of the Chofetz Chaim.>> pp. 294. With stamps of previous owners, browned. Loose in contemporary boards. 4to. Friedberg, Nun 91.

Warsaw: E. Baumritter 1897

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $300

At a time when vast numbers of Jews were fleeing Russia for America and other distant countries, the Chofetz Chaim issued this compendium containing matters pertaining to faith that he felt was imperative for these Jews to know and maintain, were they to “remain a part of the Jewish people.”