Bi-Se'udath Sivlonoth, mah she-amarti al ha-Chathunah [wedding sermon]

Estimate

$300–$400

Hammer price

$200

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author

(GERMANY)

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1860

Description

Manuscript in Judeo-German

summary

On Thursday, the 14th of Menachem Av, 1860, there took place the wedding of Eliezer (Lazar) Mainz, son of Michel Mainz, to Mathilde, daughter of R. Moshe Mainz. Present is the sermon delivered at the wedding banquet by the bride's maternal uncle (by marriage). The Mainzes were one of Frankfurt's most prominent Jewish families. Specifically, Rabbi Moshe Mainz, father of the bride, was a major contributor to the direction taken by the Orthodox community. See E.M. Klugman, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1996), pp. 121, 155-6, 166

pp. (1), 28, 12, 31, (4). Brown ink on thin paper. Edges of pages frayed. 4to

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