Statuten der Chevra Kadisha DeGomlei Chasadim zu Frankfurt am Main.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $150

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author

(GERMANY).

printer

n.p.

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1928

Description

German interspersed with Hebrew. * With: Additional prayers and notes on custom utilized by a member of the Frankfurt Burial Society; inserts with Sheimoth and instructions for the moment at which the soul departs the body; as well as customs in English followed by Washington Height’s Kahal Adath Yeshurun.

summary

Details membership and leadership of the Burial Society, as well as its various religious functions. The Appendix provides the names of the members of the Frankfurt Chevra Kadisha going back to 1617 (as they appear on commemorative Cups).

pp. 38, (2), (1 blank). Original boards, gutter split. Tall 8vo.

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