Saul Gedaliah Harkavy. Sefer VeHu Sha’ul.

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $150

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

Joseph Judah Shor

Place

Boston

Publication

1911

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in Hebrew and Yiddish. Title set in typographic border.

references

Goldman, 1148.

summary

An anti-assimilationist polemic, written in the form of a running commentary to the Song of Song by a Mir and Volozhin-educated immigrant to Nashua, NH. The author holds up absolutely no hope for a Jewish future in America - only in the Land of Israel can Judaism be certain. “Having dwelt in this land (of America) for a number of years and having seen the disgraceful behavior of my people…I can no longer restrain myself and must make public what weighs so heavily on my heart.”

pp. 111. Stained, small tears on first 4 leaves, final leaf taped, title detached. Modern boards. 4to.

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