HAKOHEN, ABBA BARUCH. Birkath Av [Halachic novellae, poetry, riddles and sermons]

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

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

A. Dalin

Place

Minneapolis

Publication

1900

Description

FIRST EDITION. Bookplate of Mayer Sulzberger

references

Goldman 707

summary

THE FIRST HEBREW BOOK PRINTED IN MINNEAPOLIS. Abba Baruch HaKohen (1853-1896) was born in Kovno where he came under the influence of R. Israel Salanter. Indeed this volume contains an otherwise unknown poem with Messianic yearnings (on f.19a =p. 37) attributed to "our teacher and master...the light of Israel...R. Israel Lipkin (Salanter)

ff. 3. pp. 58. Slight staining, institutional stamp. Later boards. 8vo

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