(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

Place

New York

Publication

1902 and 1908

Description

Weinberger, Moses. Halacha LeMoshe [concerning the dismissal of ritual slaughterers who attempted to form a union]. ff. (10), pp. 74. * AND: Weinberger, Moses. Divrei Shalom Ve’emeth-Michtav Galui [controversy following Weinberger’s refusal to accept his replacement as rabbi. Also, against seeking justice in the secular court-system]. pp. 20

references

Goldman 1122 and 1143

summary

Moses Weinberger, Rabbi of Beth Ha’medrash Anshei Ungara, New York, was one of the most colorful Rabbinic personalities in New York at the turn of the century. For a biographical analysis see J. Sarna, People Walk on their Heads: Moses Weinberger, Jews and Judaism in New York, N.Y. (1982); S. Leiman, Yeshivath Or Ha’chaim: The First Talmudical academy in America? in: Tradition, Vol. 25 (1990) No. 2 pp.77-89.

Boards. 8vo

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