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Two Yiddish Pamphlets Summarizing the Laws of Family Purity. * Sepher Taharas Benos Yisroel. Issued by the Agudath Israel of Austria. ff. (2), 24. Vienna, 1947. * Sepher Taharas Hamishpocha. Rabbi Shmuel Abba Snieg. ff. 11. Paris, 1950.

Auction 93 · Lot 141

Two Yiddish Pamphlets Summarizing the Laws of Family Purity. * Sepher Taharas Benos Yisroel. Issued by the Agudath Israel of Austria. ff. (2), 24. Vienna, 1947. * Sepher Taharas Hamishpocha. Rabbi Shmuel Abba Snieg. ff. 11. Paris, 1950.

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
$150

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(HOLOCAUST).

Description

and ff. 11. Title pages of Taharath Benoth Yisrael loose.

summary

Pamphlets such as these attempted to fill the educational gap that had been created after the Holocaust, when millions of young adults had lost years of schooling due to the ravages of war. Many young survivors lacked sufficient knowledge as to how to run an Orthodox home and had no family remaining to teach them.
Browned. Original printed wrappers, worn. 8vo and 12mo.
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