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Auction 17 · Lot 32
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- $500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
New York
Publication
v.d.
Description
Weinberger, Moshe. Halacha Le’moshe [concerning the dismissal of ritual slaughterers (Shochtim) who attempted to form a Union]. FRIST EDITION. pp. 74. Lightly browned in places. Modern gilt-tooled boards. 8vo. [not in Friedberg]. New York, Joel Aronson, 1902. * Divrei Shalom Ve’emeth-Michtav Galui [controversy following Weinberger’s refusal to accept his replacement as rabbi. Also, against seeking justice in the secular court-system]. WITH: Tochachath Musar Be’erev Yom Kippur. Rare addenda not noted by Deinard or Friedberg. FIRST EDITION. pp.20,4. Leaves chipped at margins. Modern gilt-tooled boards. 8vo. [Friedberg, Daled 541]. New York, n.p., 1908
summary
Moses Weinberger, Rabbi of Beth Ha’medrash Anshei Ungara, New York, was one of the most colorful Rabbinic personalities in New York at the turn of the century. For a biographical analysis see J. Sarna, People Walk on their Heads: Moses Weinberger, Jews and Judaism in New York, N.Y. (1982); S. Leiman, Yeshivath Or Ha’chaim: The First Talmudical academy in America? in: Tradition, Vol. 25 (1990) No. 2 pp.77-89