Romm, M. (translator). Siddur Shalem LeChol Tephiloth HaShabbath: Volledige Sidoer vir die Sabbat.

Estimate

$200–$300

Hammer price

$300

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author

(SOUTH AFRICA)

Place

Johannesburg

Publication

1952

Description

Afrikaans and Hebrew on facing pages. Approbations.

summary

First translation of the synagogue liturgy into Afrikaans. The translator, Moses Romm, was one of South Africa's leading Torah scholars, with rabbinic ordination from his native Lithuania, a law degree from Syracuse University, and a Ph.D. from Columbia. In the 1930s and 1940s, before moving to Johannesburg, he served as chief rabbi of Bloemfontein, capital of the former Boer republic of the Orange Free State. He dedicates his prayer book "Aan Alle Stigters van die Afrikanervolk Opgedra"--to all the dedicated founders of the Afrikaner people. See also lot ***.

ff. xiv, 115. Original boards with "Siddur Ivrit-Afrikaans" and "Sidoer Hebreeus-Afrikaans" stamped in gilt on boards. 4to

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