Louis Ginzburg. Teshuvah bedevar Yeynoth HaKesherim VehaPesulim LeMitzvah [“Responsum concerning wines proper and improper for the commandment.”]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

New Hebrew Press

Place

New York

Publication

1922

Description

FIRST EDITION. With related materials tipped in (including a contemporary English translation).

summary

The era of Prohibition was the impetus for Prof. Louis Ginsburg of the Jewish Theological Seminary to pen this halachic responsum establishing the permissibility of utilizing grape-juice for sacramental purposes (Kiddush, Havdalah, etc).

pp. 71. Ex-library, touch stained. Original printed wrappers, chipped. 8vo.

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