Szold, Benjamin. Reshith Da’ath / Catechism Designed for the Instruction of Israelitish Children. * Bound with (as issued): Kaiser, A[lois]. Tunes for the Israelitish School.

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

H.F. Siemers

Baltimore

1874

Second edition. English and German interspersed with Hebrew; German. Musical notes by Cantor Kaiser of the Oheb Shalom Congregation.

Singerman 2478 (recording just one copy); cf. Goldman 280.

Benjamin Szold (1829-1902), a native of Nemiskert, Hungary, studied at the Pressburg Yeshivah led by Rabbi Benjamin Wolf. Later, he came under the influence of Fraenkel, Graetz and Bernays at the Breslau Rabbinical Seminary. In 1858, Szold accepted an invitation to become Rabbi of Congregation Oheb Shalom, Baltimore which under his leadership became one of the foremost synagogues in the United States. An opponent of radical reform, he strove to guide his congregation in a more moderate approach. His daughter, Henrietta Szold (1860-1945), founded the Hadassah Women’s Organization and Youth Aliyah. See EJ, Vol. XV, cols. 664-5.