(Foremost Orthodox Rabbi in Germany, 1808-88). “Av - Jeremias.” Autograph Manuscript in German, with occasional use of Hebrew, with corrections in the same hand. The portion concludes with a short Hebrew prayer for good health.

HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL

1857

Autograph manuscript of Samson Raphael Hirsch’s lead article on the Hebrew month of Av, published in the August 1857 issue of Jeschurun, the Orthodox monthly periodical that was edited by Hirsch himself, the rabbi of the secessionist Orthodox “Israelitische Religions-Gesellschaft” in Frankfurt am Main. In this article Samson Raphael Hirsch comments on Jeremiah Ch. 16:19 - Ch. 17:14 in which the Prophet emphasizes the need to place one’s trust in God and not in man. Hirsch reflects how the Jews lost their Land