Yad Aharon [scholarly novellae, responsa and essays on the Talmud]
AUCTION 73 |
Thursday, June 22nd,
2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 231
TAMERES, AARON SAMUEL.
Yad Aharon [scholarly novellae, responsa and essays on the Talmud]
Piotrikow: C. Follman 1923
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $200
With an important philosophical introduction written in a lyrical Hebrew entitled “Ma’aloth HaTorah” opposing the new Hebrew culture on the one hand and a religious fanaticism on the other.
The author (1869-1931), a student of Volozhin, was a maverick among the Orthodox Rabbis of his period. Often writing under the pen-name Echad HaRabanim HaMargishim (“One of the Rabbis who Feels [for his People”]) he was drawn to supporting political Zionism and accused religious Orthodoxy of having become petrified by not moving with the spirit of the times. However, Tameres soon became disillusioned and attacked Zionism, for in aspiring to attain military power, it sought a form of Statehood indistinguishable from other nations. Yet he also castigated Orthodoxy for clinging to the superstition of the masses.