Kiddushin and Nedarim [Talmudic Tractates]

(HOLOCAUST-ERA).

Herder Druck

Munich - St. Ottilien

1946

Two volumes (all published). Additional illustrated title-page: Lower register depicting Nazi concentration camp (“The Barracks Where We Secretly Prayed”); and upper register: Idyllic landscape of the Holy Land (“From Bondage to Freedom, from Darkness to a Great Light.”).

The publication of these two Tractates predates the subsequent publication of the entire Shas in 1948. With dramatic introduction: “After our spirits were lifted following the Liberation, we soon felt for the lack of books for the People of the Book. The cruel villains not only destroyed and burnt the Jews of Europe, but as well made sure not to leave untouched any Jewish books, possession of which… resulted in certain death. All our books were stolen… for vile usage. Following the Liberation… yeshivoth and synagogues were established, but there were no Holy Books from which to study. If but a single tome arrived from overseas, hundreds of hands reached out for it. Fortunately we have here discovered just two Tractates of the Talmud and so resolved to publish and distribute them to the “She’erith Ha-Peleita” - the remnants of our brethren.