Lieberman, Eliezer (Editor). Nogah ha-Tzedek - Or Nogah

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Hammer price: $250

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author

(REFORM JUDAISM)

printer

C. Schlieder

Place

Dessau

Publication

1818

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound in one; second work in three parts.

references

Vinograd, Dessau 75 and 71 (mispaginated)

summary

The first Reform responsa. A defence of Reform synagogue practice, including liberal positions toward organ accompaniment and prayer in the vernacular. Publication follows outrage among Orthodox Jewry upon the opening of Israel Jacobsohn’s Hamburg Temple in 1818, the first established Reform synagogue. Among the contributors to this volume are Aaron Chorin and Moses Kunitz

pp. 28, (16), 24, 52. Light stains. Recent boards. 4to

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