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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Elimelech Kahana Rabbi of Ungvar and the region. Ungvar (Uzhhorod), 1942.
Addressed to his colleague R. Shmuel Sanvil Kahana-Fränkel, head of the Central Bureau of Orthodox Jewry in Hungary. In the letter, he writes: "I would have very much wanted to attend this important convention… but from the time we became one nation, just once… I travelled by train to a convention in Pest. Besides that time, I did not travel by train because I do not have the necessary documents. Last week, someone arrived here from Chop. His long beard was shaved on the train. Certainly, if I was able to travel, I would do so, but it is impossible… Yosef Elimelech Kahana".
R. Yosef Elimelech Kahana (1866-1944, perished in the Holocaust), was a leading rabbi and yeshiva dean in Hungary. Disciple of R. Shlomo Ganzfried, author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, and of the Shevet Sofer, he served as Rabbi of Hernád-Zsadány (Zsadány) from 1892 in place of his father R. Yitzchak Isak Kahana. In 1917, he moved to serve as Rabbi of Bonyhád, and in 1923, of Tzelem (Deutschkreutz). In 1931, he was appointed Rabbi of the large city of Ungvar and its region. In all these places, he headed a large yeshiva and taught thousands of disciples. Among his renowned disciples: R. Shmuel HaLevi Wosner, author of Shevet HaLevi, R. Menasheh Klein Rabbi of Ungvar, author of Mishneh Halachot, R. Yaakov Snyders Rabbi of Basel, R. Amram Blum Chief Rabbi of Argentina, R. Yekutiel Yehuda Greenwald Rabbi of Columbus. His writings, novellae on Talmudic topics and responsa, were destroyed in the Holocaust, and remnants of his novellae and responsa were published in the book Chiddushei R. Yosef Elimelech HaKohen (Jerusalem, 1969), by his grandson R. Yitzchak Isak Jungreis. Beit Yisrael HaShalem (Taussig, part VIII, p. 211) relates in the name of his disciple R. Simcha Bunem David Sofer, that R. Yosef Elimelech Kahana Rabbi of Ungvar would recite the Akdamot on Shavuot with great passion, declaring that whoever listened carefully to his Akdamot recital, was sure to repent before his death.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 23 cm. Approx. 14 autograph lines and signature. Very good condition.
Addressed to his colleague R. Shmuel Sanvil Kahana-Fränkel, head of the Central Bureau of Orthodox Jewry in Hungary. In the letter, he writes: "I would have very much wanted to attend this important convention… but from the time we became one nation, just once… I travelled by train to a convention in Pest. Besides that time, I did not travel by train because I do not have the necessary documents. Last week, someone arrived here from Chop. His long beard was shaved on the train. Certainly, if I was able to travel, I would do so, but it is impossible… Yosef Elimelech Kahana".
R. Yosef Elimelech Kahana (1866-1944, perished in the Holocaust), was a leading rabbi and yeshiva dean in Hungary. Disciple of R. Shlomo Ganzfried, author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, and of the Shevet Sofer, he served as Rabbi of Hernád-Zsadány (Zsadány) from 1892 in place of his father R. Yitzchak Isak Kahana. In 1917, he moved to serve as Rabbi of Bonyhád, and in 1923, of Tzelem (Deutschkreutz). In 1931, he was appointed Rabbi of the large city of Ungvar and its region. In all these places, he headed a large yeshiva and taught thousands of disciples. Among his renowned disciples: R. Shmuel HaLevi Wosner, author of Shevet HaLevi, R. Menasheh Klein Rabbi of Ungvar, author of Mishneh Halachot, R. Yaakov Snyders Rabbi of Basel, R. Amram Blum Chief Rabbi of Argentina, R. Yekutiel Yehuda Greenwald Rabbi of Columbus. His writings, novellae on Talmudic topics and responsa, were destroyed in the Holocaust, and remnants of his novellae and responsa were published in the book Chiddushei R. Yosef Elimelech HaKohen (Jerusalem, 1969), by his grandson R. Yitzchak Isak Jungreis. Beit Yisrael HaShalem (Taussig, part VIII, p. 211) relates in the name of his disciple R. Simcha Bunem David Sofer, that R. Yosef Elimelech Kahana Rabbi of Ungvar would recite the Akdamot on Shavuot with great passion, declaring that whoever listened carefully to his Akdamot recital, was sure to repent before his death.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 23 cm. Approx. 14 autograph lines and signature. Very good condition.
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
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Two official forms of the Imperial Japanese Telegraphs. Typewritten, with handwritten corrections (Yiddish and German, romanized) - transcript of a telegram sent by R. Aharon Kotler, regarding the rescue of yeshiva students temporarily residing in Lithuania, who were unable to escape Europe, despite possessing entry visas to the United States or other countries. Kobe (Japan), [ca. 1941].
During WWII, Lithuania enjoyed a brief period of independence (before it was conquered by the Russians, and later by the Germans), during which time it drew many yeshiva students escaping the horrors of the war. After all the civilian ports in occupied Europe were closed down, a miraculous escape route was discovered, via the Trans-Siberian railway and the Far East. Many refugees, rabbis and yeshiva students were saved in this way, thanks to the dedication of Sugihara - Japanese consul in Kovno, who decided on his own accord to sign thousands of transit visas to Japan, and thereby rescued some ten thousand Jews. A short while later, Russia reconquered Lithuania and closed all the foreign consulates in Kovno. Some two months after the Japanese consul began his mass issuance of visas, the Japanese consulate was closed, and this escape route was no longer available to the refugees.
The telegram was sent by R. Aharon Kotler, who had already escaped Europe and reached Japan, in attempt to try and save 85% of the refugees, who had not yet succeeded in escaping to Japan. He begs to hurry and save everyone: "Save everyone, through new recommendations and telegraphic prima affidavits. Moscow uses everything, any delay is catastrophic!!!... Additional assistance is urgently needed for travel expenses from Kovno to Japan, please help…" (free translation).
R. Aharon Kotler (1892-1962), a leading yeshiva dean in Lithuania and Poland, in the Slutsk and Kletsk yeshivot. He was one of the founders of Vaad HaYeshivot, and a member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah in Lithuania and the United States. During the Holocaust, he escaped to the United States (via Japan), and was very involved in the rescue activities of Vaad HaHatzala, under the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. He held meetings with senior figures in America, and worked intensively to obtain visas for Holocaust refugees, arrange the expedition of packages to survivors, and run fundraising campaigns in Jewish communities throughout the United States.
[2] official leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Good condition.
During WWII, Lithuania enjoyed a brief period of independence (before it was conquered by the Russians, and later by the Germans), during which time it drew many yeshiva students escaping the horrors of the war. After all the civilian ports in occupied Europe were closed down, a miraculous escape route was discovered, via the Trans-Siberian railway and the Far East. Many refugees, rabbis and yeshiva students were saved in this way, thanks to the dedication of Sugihara - Japanese consul in Kovno, who decided on his own accord to sign thousands of transit visas to Japan, and thereby rescued some ten thousand Jews. A short while later, Russia reconquered Lithuania and closed all the foreign consulates in Kovno. Some two months after the Japanese consul began his mass issuance of visas, the Japanese consulate was closed, and this escape route was no longer available to the refugees.
The telegram was sent by R. Aharon Kotler, who had already escaped Europe and reached Japan, in attempt to try and save 85% of the refugees, who had not yet succeeded in escaping to Japan. He begs to hurry and save everyone: "Save everyone, through new recommendations and telegraphic prima affidavits. Moscow uses everything, any delay is catastrophic!!!... Additional assistance is urgently needed for travel expenses from Kovno to Japan, please help…" (free translation).
R. Aharon Kotler (1892-1962), a leading yeshiva dean in Lithuania and Poland, in the Slutsk and Kletsk yeshivot. He was one of the founders of Vaad HaYeshivot, and a member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah in Lithuania and the United States. During the Holocaust, he escaped to the United States (via Japan), and was very involved in the rescue activities of Vaad HaHatzala, under the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. He held meetings with senior figures in America, and worked intensively to obtain visas for Holocaust refugees, arrange the expedition of packages to survivors, and run fundraising campaigns in Jewish communities throughout the United States.
[2] official leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Good condition.
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
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Lengthy letter (3 large pages) from R. Aharon Kotler, addressed to R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky. [United States, ca. 1944].
Typewritten, with the handwritten signature of R. Aharon Kotler. The letter discusses Holocaust rescue matters, and the distribution of packages and money to refugees in Russia, Siberia, Teheran and the Far East. The letter discloses confidential information about rescue activities, which are unknown from other sources.
R. Aharon reports of the difficulties political parties pose to the rescue enterprises, and states that matters in the United States are being handled in the same way as in Eretz Israel. Only a few individuals are concretely involved in the rescue activities, which the large organizations and various political parties only hamper. R. Aharon complains of the politicians who take credit in the news for the rescue activities, which are in reality carried out discreetly by individuals devotedly operating under Vaad HaHatzala. R. Aharon reports of the packages shipped to Russia, the efforts made on behalf of orphans who reached Teheran and Eretz Israel ("Yaldei Teheran"), matters of Vaad HaYeshivot, and funds sent for various rescue missions. He also mentions the founding of a yeshiva in Lakewood: "…There is a Kollel in Lakewood for the elite Torah scholars of America, exceptional boys and young men, with superior Torah knowledge, intellectual capacities and fear of G-d, and a significant share of my time is devoted to it". He writes that amidst his preoccupation with rescue activities, the yeshiva remains his island of serenity: "My work there in Torah provides me with serenity and relaxation…" (interesting documentation of the early years of the yeshiva, founded in 1943 in Lakewood, NJ, while R. Aharon still resided in Manhattan, NY).
R. Aharon Kotler (1892-1962), a leading yeshiva dean in Lithuania and Poland, in the Slutsk and Kletsk yeshivot. He was one of the founders of Vaad HaYeshivot, and a member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah in Lithuania and the United States. During the Holocaust, he escaped to the United States (via Japan), and was very involved in the rescue activities of Vaad HaHatzala, under the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. He held meetings with senior figures in America, and worked intensively to obtain visas for Holocaust refugees, arrange the expedition of packages to survivors, and run fundraising campaigns in the Jewish communities of the United States. During that time, he also established the famous Lakewood yeshiva in New Jersey (a yeshiva which changed the face of the yeshiva world in the United States, by inculcating its students with the passion and absolute devotion to Torah study, which was typical of Lithuanian yeshivot).
Concurrently, R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky, rabbi of Krinik (Krynki; 1884-1946), directed rescue operations from Eretz Israel and London, assisting war refugees, rescuing rabbis and yeshiva students who had fled to Japan and Shanghai, obtaining visas and certificates for immigration to Eretz Israel, and primarily shipping packages of food and clothes to refugees in Siberia and the Far East.
3 leaves (3 pages). Approx. 28 cm. Thin, brittle paper. Fair condition. Stains and mold. Marginal tears (partially repaired with paper).
Typewritten, with the handwritten signature of R. Aharon Kotler. The letter discusses Holocaust rescue matters, and the distribution of packages and money to refugees in Russia, Siberia, Teheran and the Far East. The letter discloses confidential information about rescue activities, which are unknown from other sources.
R. Aharon reports of the difficulties political parties pose to the rescue enterprises, and states that matters in the United States are being handled in the same way as in Eretz Israel. Only a few individuals are concretely involved in the rescue activities, which the large organizations and various political parties only hamper. R. Aharon complains of the politicians who take credit in the news for the rescue activities, which are in reality carried out discreetly by individuals devotedly operating under Vaad HaHatzala. R. Aharon reports of the packages shipped to Russia, the efforts made on behalf of orphans who reached Teheran and Eretz Israel ("Yaldei Teheran"), matters of Vaad HaYeshivot, and funds sent for various rescue missions. He also mentions the founding of a yeshiva in Lakewood: "…There is a Kollel in Lakewood for the elite Torah scholars of America, exceptional boys and young men, with superior Torah knowledge, intellectual capacities and fear of G-d, and a significant share of my time is devoted to it". He writes that amidst his preoccupation with rescue activities, the yeshiva remains his island of serenity: "My work there in Torah provides me with serenity and relaxation…" (interesting documentation of the early years of the yeshiva, founded in 1943 in Lakewood, NJ, while R. Aharon still resided in Manhattan, NY).
R. Aharon Kotler (1892-1962), a leading yeshiva dean in Lithuania and Poland, in the Slutsk and Kletsk yeshivot. He was one of the founders of Vaad HaYeshivot, and a member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah in Lithuania and the United States. During the Holocaust, he escaped to the United States (via Japan), and was very involved in the rescue activities of Vaad HaHatzala, under the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. He held meetings with senior figures in America, and worked intensively to obtain visas for Holocaust refugees, arrange the expedition of packages to survivors, and run fundraising campaigns in the Jewish communities of the United States. During that time, he also established the famous Lakewood yeshiva in New Jersey (a yeshiva which changed the face of the yeshiva world in the United States, by inculcating its students with the passion and absolute devotion to Torah study, which was typical of Lithuanian yeshivot).
Concurrently, R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky, rabbi of Krinik (Krynki; 1884-1946), directed rescue operations from Eretz Israel and London, assisting war refugees, rescuing rabbis and yeshiva students who had fled to Japan and Shanghai, obtaining visas and certificates for immigration to Eretz Israel, and primarily shipping packages of food and clothes to refugees in Siberia and the Far East.
3 leaves (3 pages). Approx. 28 cm. Thin, brittle paper. Fair condition. Stains and mold. Marginal tears (partially repaired with paper).
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
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Seven tractates of the Babylonian Talmud, Order Moed, printed by Holocaust survivors in Shanghai. Shanghai (China), 1942-[1946].
The volumes comprise the following tractates: Shabbat, Rosh Hashana, Yoma, Beitza, Taanit, Megillah and Moed Katan, and were printed in Shanghai during WWII by students of the Mir yeshiva.
Stereotype edition of the Vilna Talmud.
The title page of most of the volumes states: "Published by Beit Otzar HaSefarim Ezrat Torah affiliated with the Mir yeshiva, Shanghai…". The title page of Tractate Shabbat states: "Shanghai, Published by Vaad HaHadpasa Torah Or, 1942".
Handwritten dedication on the flyleaf of Tractate Shabbat: "Gift, in honor of his wedding, to R. Dov Freidin. 8th day of Chanukah, 1942". With the stamp of "Vaad HaHadpasa Torah Or Shanghai". The word "Beshem" (in the name of) was added before the stamp, followed by an undeciphered signature.
R. Dov Nachum Freidin (1913-1998), leading member of the Mir yeshiva in Shanghai, and associate of the mashgiach R. Yechezkel Levenstein. He studied for many years together with R. Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman in Kollel Ponovezh, a study partnership which began even prior to the Holocaust. He teamed up with R. Steinman in many charitable enterprises, and they would raise funds together to provide needy families with Passover necessities. R. Steinman eulogized him as one of the Tzaddikim of the generation, amongst the elite. R. Dov passed away childless.
Slightly trimmed signature on the front endpaper of Tractate Rosh Hashana: "...Weintraub[?], Shanghai, Menachem Av 1945".
7 volumes. 26 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal wear and tears. Dry and slightly brittle paper in most volumes. New bindings.
The volumes comprise the following tractates: Shabbat, Rosh Hashana, Yoma, Beitza, Taanit, Megillah and Moed Katan, and were printed in Shanghai during WWII by students of the Mir yeshiva.
Stereotype edition of the Vilna Talmud.
The title page of most of the volumes states: "Published by Beit Otzar HaSefarim Ezrat Torah affiliated with the Mir yeshiva, Shanghai…". The title page of Tractate Shabbat states: "Shanghai, Published by Vaad HaHadpasa Torah Or, 1942".
Handwritten dedication on the flyleaf of Tractate Shabbat: "Gift, in honor of his wedding, to R. Dov Freidin. 8th day of Chanukah, 1942". With the stamp of "Vaad HaHadpasa Torah Or Shanghai". The word "Beshem" (in the name of) was added before the stamp, followed by an undeciphered signature.
R. Dov Nachum Freidin (1913-1998), leading member of the Mir yeshiva in Shanghai, and associate of the mashgiach R. Yechezkel Levenstein. He studied for many years together with R. Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman in Kollel Ponovezh, a study partnership which began even prior to the Holocaust. He teamed up with R. Steinman in many charitable enterprises, and they would raise funds together to provide needy families with Passover necessities. R. Steinman eulogized him as one of the Tzaddikim of the generation, amongst the elite. R. Dov passed away childless.
Slightly trimmed signature on the front endpaper of Tractate Rosh Hashana: "...Weintraub[?], Shanghai, Menachem Av 1945".
7 volumes. 26 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal wear and tears. Dry and slightly brittle paper in most volumes. New bindings.
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Leaf handwritten by R. Moshe Feinstein, signed by him and by two other dayanim: R. "Elkana Zoberman" and R. "Yisrael Yosef Rabinowitz". New York, Sivan 1950.
Marriage permit for an agunah. A Holocaust survivor, she was taken with her husband from Mukacheve to Auschwitz and "upon their arrival there, they were separated, the woman sent to work and her husband sent to to his death…".
R. Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), foremost halachic authority in the United States. President of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. Leader of Orthodox Jewry and head of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. Dean of the Tiferet Yerushalayim Yeshiva in New York. Author of Responsa Igrot Moshe, Dibrot Moshe on the Talmud and Darash Moshe on the Torah.
R. Elkana Zoberman (1903-1959, Encyclopedia LeChachmei Galicia, II, pp. 974-975), Rabbi of Jordanów (Galicia) from 1929. A leading Bobov Chassid. In 1940, he was deported to Siberia, and after his release in 1941 served as posek for refugees in a town near Tashkent. He was rabbi in Wałbrzych from 1946, dealing extensively with the release of agunot. In 1948, he moved to the United States, where he served as rabbi. He became a leading posek and ordained many American rabbis. Member of the Beit Din for agunot of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, alongside R. Moshe Feinstein.
[1] leaf (written on both sides). 24 cm. Good condition.
Marriage permit for an agunah. A Holocaust survivor, she was taken with her husband from Mukacheve to Auschwitz and "upon their arrival there, they were separated, the woman sent to work and her husband sent to to his death…".
R. Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), foremost halachic authority in the United States. President of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. Leader of Orthodox Jewry and head of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. Dean of the Tiferet Yerushalayim Yeshiva in New York. Author of Responsa Igrot Moshe, Dibrot Moshe on the Talmud and Darash Moshe on the Torah.
R. Elkana Zoberman (1903-1959, Encyclopedia LeChachmei Galicia, II, pp. 974-975), Rabbi of Jordanów (Galicia) from 1929. A leading Bobov Chassid. In 1940, he was deported to Siberia, and after his release in 1941 served as posek for refugees in a town near Tashkent. He was rabbi in Wałbrzych from 1946, dealing extensively with the release of agunot. In 1948, he moved to the United States, where he served as rabbi. He became a leading posek and ordained many American rabbis. Member of the Beit Din for agunot of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, alongside R. Moshe Feinstein.
[1] leaf (written on both sides). 24 cm. Good condition.
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Seven documents signed by rabbis and dayanim, including five pertaining to marriage permits for women whose husbands had perished in the Holocaust. Hungary, 1946-1952. Four of the documents include a photograph of the recipient of the marriage permit.
• Two marriage permits issued by special Beit Din for Agunot under the Central Bureau for Orthodox Jewry in Hungary, signed by R. Yaakov Segal Leibowitz (rabbi of Kapish), R. Yisrael Welcz and R. Avraham Eliezer Czitron (of Dorog). Budapest, Cheshvan and Tammuz 1947-1948.
• Marriage permit issued by the special Beit Din for Agunot, under the Central Bureau for Orthodox Jewry in Hungary, signed by R. Yehoshua Lerner (rabbi of Volovets), R. Amram HaLevi Jungreis and R. Moshe Natan Schick. Budapest, Tevet 1952.
• Letter to the Budapest Beit Din, testimony received by three dayanim for the release of an agunah, with the dayanim’s signatures. Including a letter stamped by the Jewish community in Vásárosnamény. Adar I 1946.
• Letter to the Budapest Beit Din, testimony received by three dayanim for the release of an agunah, signed by the dayanim R. Elchanan Chaim Teitelbaum, R. Shmuel Krausz and R. "Yosef Yuzpa P---". Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely), Kislev 1946.
• Marriage permit for a man wishing to marry the sister of his first wife who perished in the Holocaust, from the Satmar Beit Din, signed by the dayanim R. Shlomo Zalman Friedman and R. Avraham Tzvi Weiss. Satmar, [Kislev 1946].
• Responsum letter discussing the laws of writing a get (divorce document), by R. Moshe son of R. Yisrael Meir Kohen, head of the Pest Beit Din, addressed to the regional Beit Din of Haifa. Budapest, 1960.
7 signed documents. Size varies. Good condition.
• Two marriage permits issued by special Beit Din for Agunot under the Central Bureau for Orthodox Jewry in Hungary, signed by R. Yaakov Segal Leibowitz (rabbi of Kapish), R. Yisrael Welcz and R. Avraham Eliezer Czitron (of Dorog). Budapest, Cheshvan and Tammuz 1947-1948.
• Marriage permit issued by the special Beit Din for Agunot, under the Central Bureau for Orthodox Jewry in Hungary, signed by R. Yehoshua Lerner (rabbi of Volovets), R. Amram HaLevi Jungreis and R. Moshe Natan Schick. Budapest, Tevet 1952.
• Letter to the Budapest Beit Din, testimony received by three dayanim for the release of an agunah, with the dayanim’s signatures. Including a letter stamped by the Jewish community in Vásárosnamény. Adar I 1946.
• Letter to the Budapest Beit Din, testimony received by three dayanim for the release of an agunah, signed by the dayanim R. Elchanan Chaim Teitelbaum, R. Shmuel Krausz and R. "Yosef Yuzpa P---". Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely), Kislev 1946.
• Marriage permit for a man wishing to marry the sister of his first wife who perished in the Holocaust, from the Satmar Beit Din, signed by the dayanim R. Shlomo Zalman Friedman and R. Avraham Tzvi Weiss. Satmar, [Kislev 1946].
• Responsum letter discussing the laws of writing a get (divorce document), by R. Moshe son of R. Yisrael Meir Kohen, head of the Pest Beit Din, addressed to the regional Beit Din of Haifa. Budapest, 1960.
7 signed documents. Size varies. Good condition.
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Babylonian Talmud - complete set. Munich-Heidelberg, 1948. "Published by the Union of Rabbis in the American Occupation Zone in Germany".
After WWII, the demand for Talmud and holy books by surviving Jews congregated in the DP camps exceeded the few copies that were available for the refugees. From 1946, the "Union of Rabbis" in Germany, with the assistance of the American army and the JDC began to print the Talmud for survivors. At first, only a few tractates were printed in various formats. In 1948, this edition, comprised of the complete Talmud, was printed for the first time. Each volume contains two title pages. The first title page was especially designed to commemorate the printing of the Talmud on the scorched soil of Germany - on its top is an illustration of a Jewish town with the caption "From slavery to redemption and from darkness to great light". On its bottom is an illustration of barbed wire fences and a labor camp, with the captions: "Labor camp in Germany during the Nazi era" and the verse "They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but I forsook not thy precepts" (Psalms 119).
19 volumes. Approx. 39 cm. High-quality paper in most volumes, several volumes are printed on dry paper. Good condition. A few stains. Glosses in several volumes. Original front and back boards, with new leather spines (the books were rebound). Minor damage and wear to edges and corners of original boards.
After WWII, the demand for Talmud and holy books by surviving Jews congregated in the DP camps exceeded the few copies that were available for the refugees. From 1946, the "Union of Rabbis" in Germany, with the assistance of the American army and the JDC began to print the Talmud for survivors. At first, only a few tractates were printed in various formats. In 1948, this edition, comprised of the complete Talmud, was printed for the first time. Each volume contains two title pages. The first title page was especially designed to commemorate the printing of the Talmud on the scorched soil of Germany - on its top is an illustration of a Jewish town with the caption "From slavery to redemption and from darkness to great light". On its bottom is an illustration of barbed wire fences and a labor camp, with the captions: "Labor camp in Germany during the Nazi era" and the verse "They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but I forsook not thy precepts" (Psalms 119).
19 volumes. Approx. 39 cm. High-quality paper in most volumes, several volumes are printed on dry paper. Good condition. A few stains. Glosses in several volumes. Original front and back boards, with new leather spines (the books were rebound). Minor damage and wear to edges and corners of original boards.
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