Hagadah shel Pesach

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $900

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author

(HAGADAH).

printer

American Joint Distribution Committee

Place

Munich

Publication

1948

Description

“Published with approval OMGB, ICD.” With stamp: “Oberrabbinat aller juedischen Gemeinden in der Britischen Zone Deutschlands.”

references

Yerushalmi 177; Yudlov 4091

summary

Issued for the the She’eirith Hapleitah, survivors of the Holocaust, still languishing in German DP Camps a full three years following the end of the European hostilities. With introduction by Rabbi Shmuel Shapiro, Administrator of the “Religious Office” in Germany, and Mr. Shmuel Haber, Administrator of the Joint in Germany, reflecting upon the momentous spirit of the time and the anticipation of Israel’s independence.

pp. 32. Original pictorial colored wrappers depicting Moses leading a 20th-century clad Children of Israel into the Land of Israel. 12mo.

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