Aufruf an sämmtliche Menschenfreunde insbesondere an alle ehrwürdigen Rabbinate und Israelitische Cultusgemeinde.

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(CHASSIDISM).

Place

Kolomea

Publication

1866

Description

FIRST EDITION. German text. With German stamp of "Mendel Hager, Gros-Rabiner, Wiznitz"

summary

Emergency Appeal endorsed by the Vizhnitzer Rebbe to Jewish communities abroad for relief after the disastrous fire that nearly destroyed the town of Wiznitz in the Duchy of Bukowina, May 7th, 1866,. R. Menachem Mendel of Vizhnitz (1830-85), son-in-law of R. Israel of Ruzhin, was famed for his impassioned prayers. His teachings were collected posthumously in the volume "Tzemach Tzadik." See Y. Alfasi, Ha-Chasiduth (1977), p.110, no. 6c.

pp. (2) +2 integral blanks, folds. Remnants on verso of postal marks from Wiznitz to Italy. Folio

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