Igereth Milchemeth Chovah [polemic against those seeking to abolish the second day of the festival in the Diaspora]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $300

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author

KARLBURG, JUDAH LEIB.

printer

Van Embden

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

(1833)

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 2568.

summary

The author was the Rabbi of Krefeld, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1795 it came under French rule and the Consistorial system was introduced with Chief Rabbi Judah Leib Karlburg appointed its head. Karlburg authored numerous other works including: Divrei Evel (Offenbach, 1793), a eulogy for R. Ezekiel Landau; and Shalosh Yevavoth (Mayence, 1886), three eulogies for R. Judah Leib Scheier (with a halachic appendix concerning the law of the Nazirite). See EJ, Vol. X, col. 1251.

ff. 3. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Sm. 8vo.

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