Appel aux Israélites de France et d'Algerie [Appeal to the Jews of France and Algeria for funds for "L'Oeuvre des Missions rabbiniques."]

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $200

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author

(FRENCH JUDAICA)

printer

Lefebvre Fils

Place

Paris

Publication

1883

Description

French interspersed with Hebrew

summary

Many of the smaller communities of France were unable to pay a rabbi's salary. Nonetheless, the Consistoire Central, the governing body of French Jewry, was determined to make sure that no Jewish community would be without a rabbi. Therefore, the Rabbinical Mission ("Missions rabbiniques") was founded to provide these outlying towns with rabbis. Funds were urgently needed for these "missioning" rabbis and their families

pp. (3) + 1 integral blank. Browned, edges tape-repaired. Loose. 4to

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