Igereth Elasaph [“Letter of an African Rabbi to his Colleagues in Europe”]

Estimate: $300–$400
Hammer price: $170

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author

CHORIN(ER), AARON.

Place

Prague

Publication

1826 and 1830

Description

Two parts (Hebrew and German) in one, each with separate title page; * BOUND WITH: (--.) Der Treue Bothe, text in German; and another (letters between Choriner and Isaac Reggio). Together, 3 works bound in one, FIRST EDITIONS

summary

HEAVILY CENSURED REFORM TRACTS. First is a positive response to the queries raised by the Duchy of Baden regarding liberal tendencies in contemporary Judaism (as instituted by the Hamburg Temple). Second work includes an exposition on transferring the Sabbath day to a Sunday, as well as a call for a synod to mitigate the severity of the laws governing the Sabbath

Foxed, contemporary wrappers, 8vo

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