Nogah Hatzedek - Or Nogah

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $300

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author

LIEBERMAN, ELIEZER (Editor)

printer

C. Schlieder

Place

Dessau

Publication

1818

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound in one, second in three parts. The Mayer Sulzberger copy

references

Vinograd, Dessau 75, 71 (mispaginated)

summary

A defence of Reform synagogue practice. Including liberal positions toward organ accompaniment and prayer in the vernacular. Publication follows outrage among Orthodox Jewry upon the opening of Israel Jacobsohn’s Hamburg Temple in 1818 - the first established Reform synagogue

pp. 28, 16, 24, 52. Few stains, upper corners of final two leaves repaired. Contemporary sheep-backed boards. 4to

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