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Auction 47 · Lot 239
SCHATZKES, MOSES AARON. Der Yiddisher Far-Pesach [parody on pre-Passover preparations]
- Estimate
- $200–$300
- Hammer price
- $200
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(PARODY)
printer
Morgen Zhournal
Place
New York
Publication
1901
summary
A native of Pinsk-Karlin, Moses Aaron Schatzkes (1825-1899) was a Lithuanian maskil who pokes fun at many of the halachic stringencies that generations of rabbis have instituted in relation to Passover. See Ch. Liberman, Ohel Rochel, II, pp. 273-9; I. Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature, no. 269;
pp. 166. Trace foxed, light stains. Contemporary cloth. 8vo
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