GORDON, ELIYAHU

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

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

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GORDON, ELIYAHU

Two autograph Hebrew manuscripts: Tzeror Hamafteichoth. Indices of the sermons in his published works Yisrael Beamim, Divrei Eliyahu and Dimath Ha’ashukim and his unpublished work Et Milchamah; with abstracts of subjects discussed. pp. 288. <<* AND:>> Mafteach Haderushim. Index of sermons preached in Vilna’s Great Synagogue during the four years of the War. With further sermons delivered in America through 1934. pp. 550. Various wear. Contemporary boards. 8vo.

Vilna-New York: 1920-1934

Est: $700 - $1,000

The author (1865-1932) studied in the Yeshiva of Volozhin and later in the Kollel of R. Isaac Elchanan Spector. He was ordained by R. Naphtali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (the Netziv) and R. Chaim Soloveitchik. He was appointed to Vilna’s Great Synagogue and later immigrated to America in 1923 serving as Rabbi of Cong. Adath Yeshurun of the Bronx, NY. See Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America no. 892.