Seder Hagadah shel Pesach (Al Pi Nusach Chadash) [Socialist parody against capitalism].

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

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(PARODY).

Seder Hagadah shel Pesach (Al Pi Nusach Chadash) [Socialist parody against capitalism].

In Yiddish. pp. 30, (1). Modern boards. 16mo. See Davidson, Parody no. 64. (does not list this edition).

London: Worker’s Friend 1888

Est: $200 - $300

PRICE REALIZED $450

The four questions commence with the worker’s question: “Why are we different from Samuel the manufacturer, Meir the banker…and R. Todros the Rabbi? They don’t do anything and have what to eat and drink all day and night…while we work with all our strength a whole day and night and don’t have what to eat even once” (p. 6).