‎Littérature hébraïque‎

‎(Xt) Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, editor‎

‎TORAH AND REVELATION‎

‎First Edition, original cloth, 8vo, viii, 243 pages. In this work a range of Jewish scholars from throughout the world explore the concept of Torah and Revelation. This work draws on biblical and rabbinic sources and charts a path for future exploration. Essays include: "What is Jewish Theology? ; Revelation and Torah - A Phenomenological Approach; Can there be a Written Torah? ; Postcritical Scriptural Interpretation in Judaism; and Revelation as Interpretation - Taming the Muse". Ex-library with usual marks, otherwise very good clean and complete. (ISBN: 0773491651) , Very Good/No Jacket Issued. (AC-4-3)‎

‎(Xt) Colombo, Samuele.‎

‎UNA QUESTIONE DI DIVORZIO : SECONDO IL DIRITTO EBRAICO‎

‎1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 42 pages ; 22 cm. In Italian. Title translates into English as, “A Question Concerning Divorce: According To Jewish Law. ” Rabbi Samuele Colombo (1868-1923) was chief Rabbi of Livorno and director of the Rabbical College of Livorno from 1900-1923. The book’s cover and title page states that this work was written in response to the Belimbau Competition. In “The History of the Jewish Synagogue of Legorn, ” published in 1891 in The Menorah by Sabato Morris, Morris writes about the competition in Leghorn that Rabbi Colombo submitted this essay to, “Angiolo Belimbau became a well-equipped teacher at the Jewish public schools (of Leghorn) … A few years ago, the trustees of that fund awarded a prize to the most approved essay on the pre-eminence of Jewish ethics and this year they opened a competition among the pupils of the Leghorn Jewish public schools, who have obtained the title of Haber… The theme will have to deal with a question… In the event that the government will no loner recognize the validity of the Jewish bill of divorce (Get) , but will compel submission to the civil divorce, can any means be found within the law and traditions to avoid the scandal of bastardy attending a second marriage contracted by a Jewess, whose first matrimonial alliance has been dissolved by the state? The seriousness of the question induced the trustees to allow the aspirants… a long time for the solution to the query… as late as October 1892.” (The Menorah, 1891) SUBJECT(S) : Divorce (Jewish law) . OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Stamp and usual markings. Edgewear. Inscribed on title page. Good+ condition. Important. (IT-9-11)‎

‎(Xt) Consistoire Central Israelite De France.‎

‎NOTE SUR LE PROJET DE LOI RELATIF LA NATURALISATION DES ISRALITES INDIGNES DE L'ALGRIE‎

‎1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 4to, 12 pages. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Algeria -- Legal status. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (NYPL & 2 at Harvard) , none outside the Northeast. Blindstamp on title page, stains and toning to paper, Good Condition. (sef-55-3)‎

‎(xt) Copeland, Royal S. ; Warren Robinson Austin; Daniel Oren Hastings‎

‎THE CRISIS IN PALESTINE; REPORTS OF HEARST UNOFFICIAL SENATORIAL COMMISSION‎

‎Original Wraps. 8vo. 80 pages. 25 cm. First edition. "Reprinted from the New York American and other Hearst newspapers. " Reports of Hearst Unofficial Senatorial Commission. Members: the Hon. Royal S. Copeland, the Hon. Warren R. Austin, the Hon. Daniel O. Hastings. Contains numerous reports on Palestine from visits by members of the US Senate to Palestine; addresses the riots, world politics and Palestine, and argues in favor of the Zionist project. Subjects: Jews - Palestine. Palestinian Arabs. Jews. Palestinian Arabs. Palestine - History - 1917-1948. Middle East - Palestine. Wear to wrappers, institutional stamp on title page, number on cover, otherwise clean. Good - condition. (ZION-7-58B) xx‎

‎(Xt) Daiches, Samuel‎

‎THE CONTENTS OF PSALM 8‎

‎First separate edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 2 pages; 22 cm. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Bible Readers’ Union. “It is not easy to see the sequence of thought in Psalm 8. Does the Psalmist want to speak of the glory of God and the greatness of man? If this is the aim of the Psalmist, verse 5 does not seem to fit in. And verse 3 is not clear. ” SUBJECT (S) : Biblical interpretation, Psalms, Liturgy. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Very minimal edgewear and markings. Rubbing to cover wrappers. Very good condition. Rare. (BR-12-6)‎

‎(Xt) Davidson, Israel‎

‎PARODY IN JEWISH LITERATURE‎

‎First edition. Period cloth. 8vo. XXII, 292 pages. 23 cm. A study of Satire and Jewish Parody in Hebrew works; includes “Descriptive bibliography of the parodies from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day. ” Subjects: Jewish literature - History and criticism. Parody. Parody – Bibliography. Ex-library with usual markings. Loose papers and newspaper clippings inserted in between several pages. Inscription in Hebrew. Slight toning. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-29-32B)‎

‎(Xt) Deinard, Ephraim‎

‎ATIKOT YEHUDAH: MAHLAKAH SHENIYAH: KOL HA-SEFARIM BE-SIFRUT YISRA'EL SHE-NIDPESU AHARE SHENAT 260 [1500] HA-YEKARIM BE-METSI'UT ... UVE-ROSHO RESHIMAT KOL HA-DEFUSIM ASHER HIDPISU SIFRE YISRA'EL BE-KHOL HA-?OLAM MI-SHENAT 235 [1475] AD HA-YOM [2ND PART]‎

‎1st edition. Later boards. 4to, 44 pages, 31 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Ancient Judea: Part II: All the Books printed in Israel [ie the Jewish World] after 1500 until today. ” A rare bibliographical list of rare Hebrew books printed after 1500, which Deinard found or saw during his travels around the world. Only 200 copies were published. “Ephraim Deinard (1846–1930) was one of the greatest Hebrew ‘bookmen’ of all time. He was a bookseller, bibliographer, publicist, polemicist, historian, memoirist, author, editor, and publisher, all rolled into one” (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature -- Bibliography. Rare books. OCLC lists 30 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19144812) . Ex-library with usual, minimal markings. Very Good Condition. (RAB-64-55-PE)‎

‎(Xt) Desportes, Henri; Drumont, Édouard‎

‎TUÉ PAR LES JUIFS: AVRIL 1890: HISTOIRE D'UN MEURTRE RITUEL‎

‎1st Edition. Period Boards with Original Paper Wrappers bound inside. 12mo. 60 pages; 18 cm. In French. Antisemitic French title featuring a blood libel accusation which helped stoke Antisemitic feelings in France leading up to the Dreyfus Affair. Title Translates into English as, “Killed by the Jews: April 1890: History of a Ritual Murder. ” “Henri Desportes was a Catholic priest and French essayist… His book, ‘Killed by the Jews: April 1890: History of a Ritual Murder’ is based on a crime that took place in Algeria, which revived blood libel against Jews. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) Includes a 6 page preface by the notable Anti-Semite Édouard Drumont. “(Drumont) founded the Antisemitic League of France in 1889, and was the founder and editor of the newspaper La Libre Parole. After spending years of research, he synthesized three major strands of antisemitism. The first strand was traditional Catholic attitudes toward the ‘Christ killers’ augmented by vehement antipathy toward the French Revolution. The second strand was hostility to capitalism, of the sort promoted by the Socialist movement. The third strand was scientific racism, based on the argument that races have fixed characteristics, and the Jews have highly negative characteristics. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Blood accusation -- Syria -- Damascus. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Water damage throughout. Tear to Original Paper Wrapper with one letter effected. Good- condition. (FR-2-11)‎

‎(Xt) Di Castro, Daniela; Del Regno, Filomena‎

‎ARTE EBRAICA A ROMA E NEL LAZIO‎

‎1st Edition. Original Blue Boards 4to. 197 pages ; 31 cm. In Italian. Title translates into English as, “Jewish Art in Rome and Lazio. ” Includes 150 plates (some Color and some BW) of Italian Jewish Art and ritual objects. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish art -- Italy -- Rome. Ex-library with bookplate/usual markings. Some wear to boards but overall in very good condition. (ART-26-13)‎

‎(Xt) Dolitzky, M. M.‎

‎KOL SHIRE MENAH? EM MENDEL DOLITSKI : YESHANIM VE-GAM HADASHIM, SEFER RISHON‎

‎1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 64 pages ; 23 cm. Singerman 4827. Goldman 414. From Goldman: “Dolitzky was born in 1854… in Bialystok and he received a traditional education. At first a Hebrew teacher in various towns, he moved to Moscow in 1881 and became thesecretary of Kalonymus Ze'ev Wissotzky. Unable to remain in Moscow following the expulsion of the Jews from the city in 1890, he immigrated to New York in 1892. Dolitzky ‘was the most famous Hebrew poet to settle in this country… he was already a poet of repute; Judah Leib Gordon, one of Russia's leading Hebrew litterateurs, had already saluted him as a man of the future…” SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew poetry. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Includes photo portrait of Dolitzky. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Stamp/Bookplate and Usual Markings. Faint water damage. Some discoloration on a few pages but overall extremely clean with no markings or edgewear. About very good condition. (AMR-51-25)‎

‎(Xt) D’azevedo, João Lucio‎

‎HISTORIA DOS CHRISTÃOS NOVOS PORTUGUESES‎

‎1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. 515 pages, 23 cm. In Portuguese. Title translates to “History of the Portuguese New Christians. ” SUBJECTS: Inquisition -- Portugal. Jews -- Portugal -- History. Jews -- Persecutions -- Portugal. Ex-library with usual markings. Some damp stains throughout. Boards are good. All contents very good. Overall good condition. (YID-32-13)‎

‎(Xt) Edan, Moses ['idan, Mosheh]‎

‎SEFER SHA’ASHU’A MITSVAH: SHIR... ‘AL 613 MITSVOT HA-TORAH... ‘AL PI MISHNEH HA-TORAH [SHEL] HA-RAMBAM... MI-YEDE... MOSHEH ‘EDAN‎

‎1st edition. Period boards. 8vo. 156 pages, 20 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Pleasure of the Commandments: Poems on the 613 Commandments of the Torah. ” Edan (1842-1894) was a prominent Kabbalalist and Dayan in Djerba and Gabes, Tunisia. He was thought of as the head of the Kabbalists in Tunisia during his lifetime (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Commandments - Maimonides. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide (OCLC: 882418752) . The University of Pennsylvania keeps their copy in their Rare Book Room. Vinograd, Leghorn 1212. Ex-library with usual markings. Pages browning in margins. Very Good Condition. (RAB-64-94)‎

‎(xt) Eds. Zhitlowsky, Chaim; Niger, Samuel.‎

‎DOS NAYE LEBN VOLS I-III, 1908-1911, EACH VOLUME 12 ISSUES [COMPLETE FIRST THREE VOLUMES, 36 ISSUES TOTAL]‎

‎1st edition. Mixed period and later boards. 8vo. 745 pages; 550, 16, 24, 24, 24 pages; 690 pages. 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “The New Life. ” The complete first three years of this important Yiddish monthly. Zhitlowsky, an immigrant socialist revolutionary, sought to synthesize socialism with nationalism as early as 1883. He demanded for Jews "national equal rights with all peoples" and asserted that only through the Yiddish language could the social and national revival of the Jewish people be effected. He maintained that one could remain identified with the Jewish nationality even if abandoning the Jewish religion. He urged the Jewish masses to participate in the class struggle as a national unit. Alone among the cosmopolitan Jewish socialists he favored national socialism. In 1897 he began publishing philosophical studies in Jewish history and a comprehensive program of action which later appeared in book form as Pisma o starom I novom yevreystvie ("Letters on Old and Modern Judaism, " 1907) . His main thesis was that national consciousness consists mainly of spiritual-cultural determinants and that these national characteristics can be maintained by the Jews in the future in the lands of their dispersion, just as they have survived the lack of territory or unity of language since the end of the second commonwealth. After emancipation of the individual the Jews as a group should be granted national self-government within the framework of the state along with other national minorities. His secularization of the national idea as opposed to those who saw the essence of Judaism in religion, and his optimistic view of the future of Judaism in the Diaspora, were the main underpinnings of his insistence on national cultural autonomy. Zhitlowsky was "in favor of the centrality of Yiddish in the national Jewish experience and labored toward the recognition of that language, and of those who lived out their lives in it, as one of the several cultural linguistic communities of Eastern Europe, and of the Western world as a whole" (Isaac Levitas, et al, in EJ) . Includes Zhitlowsky’s original, first volume, 16 page prologue entitled “This program and the dissemination of the monograph ‘The New Life. ’” Some internal binding repair, but solid, paper toning as expected but nice and clean, a Good, solid complete set. (YID-30-8)‎

‎(Xt) Eds. Zhitlowsky, Chaim; Niger, Samuel.‎

‎DOS NAYE LEBN. VOL I, NRS 1-12, 1908-1909 [COMPLETE FIRST VOLUME, 12 ISSUES TOTAL]‎

‎1st edition. Original binding with leather spine and gold gilt lettering. 8vo. 745 pages, 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “The New Life. ” A complete 1st year of this important Yiddish monthly. Zhitlowsky, an immigrant socialist revolutionary, sought to synthesize socialism with nationalism as early as 1883. He demanded for Jews "national equal rights with all peoples" and asserted that only through the Yiddish language could the social and national revival of the Jewish people be effected. He maintained that one could remain identified with the Jewish nationality even if abandoning the Jewish religion. He urged the Jewish masses to participate in the class struggle as a national unit. Alone among the cosmopolitan Jewish socialists he favored national socialism. In 1897 he began publishing philosophical studies in Jewish history and a comprehensive program of action which later appeared in book form as Pisma o starom I novom yevreystvie ("Letters on Old and Modern Judaism, " 1907) . His main thesis was that national consciousness consists mainly of spiritual-cultural determinants and that these national characteristics can be maintained by the Jews in the future in the lands of their dispersion, just as they have survived the lack of territory or unity of language since the end of the second commonwealth. After emancipation of the individual the Jews as a group should be granted national self-government within the framework of the state along with other national minorities. His secularization of the national idea as opposed to those who saw the essence of Judaism in religion, and his optimistic view of the future of Judaism in the Diaspora, were the main underpinnings of his insistence on national cultural autonomy. Zhitlowsky was "in favor of the centrality of Yiddish in the national Jewish experience and labored toward the recognition of that language, and of those who lived out their lives in it, as one of the several cultural linguistic communities of Eastern Europe, and of the Western world as a whole" (Isaac Levitas, et al, in EJ) .Includes volume title pages and Zhitlowsky’s 16 page prologue (usually missing) entitled “This program and the dissemination of the monograph 'The New Life.'” Ex-library with usual, minimal markings. Binding repaired. Pages are clean and good. Good condition. (YID-30-6)‎

‎(Xt) Eichhorn, Yaakov‎

‎SEFER AFAR YA’AKOV: KOLEL VIKUAH BEN … HA NEFESH VEA-NESHAMAH LE-EHOV ET H. ULE-HITDABEK BE-MITSVOTAV‎

‎1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. 68, 68 pages, 22 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “The Ashes of Yaakov: Including a Debate between the Soul and the Spirit to Love Hashem and Adhere to His Commandments. ” Set up as a type of responsa between two friends discussing their faith. SUBJECTS: Jewish ethics - 1750-1945 - Talmud. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19166441) . Vinograd, Breslau 235. Ex-library with minimal markings. Exceptionally good condition. (RAB-64-76-PE)‎

‎(Xt) Eliashvili, Natan; Kressel, G.‎

‎HA-YEHUDIM HA-GRUZIM BE-GRUZYA U-VE-ERETS YISRAEL‎

‎First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 93 pages. 19cm. In Hebrew and Georgian. The title translates to “Georgian Jews in Georgia and Israel. ” Natan Eliasvhili (1893-1929) was a Georgian-Jewish academic, teacher, and Zionist. He was instrumental in settling dozens of Georgian-Jewish families to Palestine from the Soviet Union. He was also instrumental in the spread of Zionist ideology throughout Georgia. SUBJECTS: Georgia – Georgian Jews. OCLC lists only 2 copies, both of which are in Europe (Bayerisch, Danish Natl Lib) . Ex-library with usual markings. Signature of author on title page. Very Good Condition. (HEB-50-7)‎

‎(Xt) Elk, Joel‎

‎LA BIOGRAPHIE D'ADOLPH CREMIEUX, SENATEUR DE FRANCE ET PRESIDENT DE L'ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE = (HAYE KARMIYAH)‎

‎1st Edition. Original Boards. 12mo. [xix], 85 pages. 18cm. In Hebrew with French Title Page. Title translates in English as, “The Biography of Adolphe Crémieux, French Senator and President of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. ” “Adolphe Crémieux (1796 – 1880) was a French-Jewish lawyer and statesman and staunch defender of the human rights of the Jews of France…From 1834 until his death, Crémieux served as vice-president of the ‘Consistoire Central des Israélites de France’ (Central Consistory of the Jews of France) , the administrative agency for all French Jews. On 24 February 1848 he was chosen by the Republicans as a member of the provisional government, and as minister of justice he secured the decrees abolishing the death penalty for political offenses, and making the office of judge immovable. That same year he was instrumental in declaring an end to slavery in all French Colonies, for which some have called him the French Abraham Lincoln. When the conflict between the Republicans and Socialists broke out, he resigned office but continued to sit in the constituent assembly. At first he supported Louis Napoleon, but when he discovered the prince's imperial ambitions he broke with him…Crémieux did much to better the condition of the Jews. In 1827, he advocated the repeal of the More judaico, legislation stigmatizing the Jews left over from pre-revolutionary France…While in the government of the national defence, he secured full citizenship for the Jews in French-ruled Algeria, through the Crémieux Decree… The decree allowed for native Jews to become French citizens while Muslim Arabs and Berbers were excluded and remained under the second-class ‘indigenous’ status outlined in the Code de l'Indigénat... (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Biography, Jews, France. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide; Jewish institutional bookplate, Some edgewear as expected, Good Condition. (MX-37-1)‎

‎(Xt) Ellinger, Moritz‎

‎THE MENORAH: A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR THE JEWISH HOME [VOL. 16, COMPLETE]‎

‎1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. 438 pages, 23 cm. In English. Menorah was founded in 1886 and was among the last of the scientific-literary magazines in the United States, in addition to one of the foremost periodicals in the country. First edited by . F. Peixotto; then Moritz Ellinger. Menorah was the literary and scientific organ of the B'nai B'rith (EJ, 1906) . SUBJECTS: SUBJECTS: Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. Judaism -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 22 copies worldwide (OCLC: 11699743) . Ex-library with minimal markings. Missing title page with some repair done. Pages are stiff with damp stains throughout. Contents are good. Overall good condition. (AMR-54-28)‎

‎(Xt) Ellinger, Moritz‎

‎THE MENORAH: A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR THE JEWISH HOME [VOL. 24, JANUARY - JUNE, COMPLETE]‎

‎1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. 402 pages, 23 cm. In English. Menorah was founded in 1886 and was among the last of the scientific-literary magazines in the United States, in addition to one of the foremost periodicals in the country. First edited by . F. Peixotto; then Moritz Ellinger. Menorah was the literary and scientific organ of the B'nai B'rith (EJ, 1906) . Includes commentary on such topics as the Dreyfus affair and European anti-semitism. SUBJECTS: SUBJECTS: Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. Judaism -- Periodicals. No copies of this volume in OCLC. Ex-library with minimal markings. Very good condition. (AMR-54-30)‎

‎(Xt) Ellinger, Moritz‎

‎THE MENORAH: A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR THE JEWISH HOME [VOL. 25, JANUARY - JUNE, COMPLETE]‎

‎1st edition. Later boards. 8vo. 404 pages, 23 cm. In English. Menorah was founded in 1886 and was among the last of the scientific-literary magazines in the United States, in addition to one of the foremost periodicals in the country. First edited by . F. Peixotto; then Moritz Ellinger. Menorah was the literary and scientific organ of the B'nai B'rith (EJ, 1906) . Includes commentary on such topics as the Dreyfus affair and European anti-semitism. SUBJECTS: SUBJECTS: Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. Judaism -- Periodicals. No copies of this volume in OCLC. Ex-library with minimal markings. Very good condition. (AMR-54-32)‎

‎(Xt) Elzas, Barnett A.‎

‎THE BOOK OF LIFE, SERVICES AND CEREMONIES OBSERVED AT THE DEATH BED, HOUSE OF MOURNING AND CEMETERY, TOGETHER WITH PRAYERS ON VISITING THE GRAVES‎

‎1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. [86], 53 pages ; 17 cm. In English with some Hebrew on Opposite page for services and prayers. Cyrus Adler wrote of Rabbi Elzas in the first Encyclopedia Judaica: “His first ministerial charge was over the Holy Blossom synagogue, Toronto, Canada (1890) ; thence he went to Sacramento, Cal. (1893) . In 1894 he accepted the call of the Beth Elohim congregation of Charleston, S. C. , of which he is still the incumbent…” (Jewish Encyclopedia, 2016) Includes an appendix containing the laws, rites and ceremonies concerning the dying and the dead, and the usages of mourning. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish mourning customs. Ex-library with Jewish Instutional Bookplate. Spine has small tear with text effected. Inside pages very clear with little wear. Overall about very good condition. (AMR-51-24)‎

‎(Xt) Emden, Jacob; Bick, Abraham‎

‎ZOHORE YA’BETS: HAGAHOT U-VE’URIM LE-SEFER HA-ZOHAR‎

‎Original boards. 8vo. 134 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Rabbi Jacob Emden: Notes and Commentaries on Zohar. ” The first appearance of Zohore Ya’bets from the Oxford Manuscripts. Contains an introduction and notes by Abraham Bick. Jacob Emden (1697-1776) , also know as Ya’avetz, “was a leading German rabbi and talmudist who championed Orthodox Judaism in the face of the growing influence of the Sabbatean movement. ” (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Zohar -- Commentaries -- Cabala. Ex-library with usual markings. Very Good Condition. (YID-30-28)‎

‎(Xt) enturah, Mosheh Ben Yosef, Active 16th Century; Mizrahi, Avraham,; Active 17th Century-18th Century; Najara, Israel Ben Moses; 1555?-1625?.‎

‎SEFER YEMIN MOSHEH: VE-HU HILKHOT SHEHITAH VE-H. TEREFOT ...[BOUND WITH AS ISSUED] SEFER SHOHATE HA-YELADIM [BOUND WITH AS ISSUED] SEFER ZIKARON LI-VENE YISRA’EL‎

‎1st edition. Period half leather binding over marbled boards, 12mo, [115] + [22] leaves. 17 cm. In Hebrew. Sefer Zikaron li-vene Yisra'el is by Avraham Mizrahi and Sefer Shohate ha-yeladim is by Israel ben Moses Najara. SUBJECT (S) : Shehitah. Jews -- Dietary laws. Judaism -- India -- Kolkata. OCLC: 49543377. Some wear to binding, especially at spine, a few pages trimmed close, paper remains bright and beautiful, an excellent copy. KH-8-53-BX‎

‎(Xt) Epstein, Louis M. , 1887-1949‎

‎THE JEWISH MARRIAGE CONTRACT: A STUDY IN THE STATUS OF THE WOMAN IN JEWISH LAW‎

‎Original green boards. 8vo. XVII, 316 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Substantial study on Jewish Marriage and the Status of Women in Halakha through an analysis of the Ketubah. Covers Mohar, Samaritan Marriage law, Divorce, etc. Contains Hebrew index. Louis M. Epstein (1887–1949) , “U. S. Conservative rabbi and authority on Jewish marriage law. … Epstein was president of the Rabbinical Assembly (1922–25) and chairman of its committee on Jewish Law (1936–40) . Epstein wrote The Jewish Marriage Contract (1927) , Marriage Laws in the Bible and Talmud (1942) , and Sex Laws and Customs in Judaism (1948) . His scholarly attainments made him a leading figure in the Conservative movement. He was instrumental in framing various proposals in Jewish law, the best known being a method of solving the agunah problem published in his Li-She'elat ha-Agunah (1940) . Under Epstein's proposal, the husband would authorize the wife to act as his agent for the purpose of a get. This innovation was accepted by his colleagues but was abandoned by the Rabbinical Assembly because of the opposition of the Orthodox rabbinate and of some members of the faculty of the Jewish Theological Seminary. ” - EJ 2008. Subjects: Ketubah. Marriage (Jewish law) Women (Jewish law) Women - Legal status, laws, etc. Very minimal edgewear. Very minimal dampstaining. Toning to pages. Ex-library markings. Very good condition. (WOMEN-1-49D)‎

‎(Xt) Erter, Isaac and Meir Letteris‎

‎HA-TSOFEH LE-VET YISRA’EL‎

‎Original Boards. 8vo, [xv], 145 pages, portrait. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) ; Satire, Hebrew. Sacrifice -- Judaism. Purity, Ritual -- Judaism. Erter, Isaac. Other Titles: Dr. Isaak Erter's gesammelte Schriften. Erter (1791-1851) was a “Hebrew satirist of the Haskalah. Born in Koniuszek near Przemysl, Erter, during the earlier part of his life, lived in various places including Lvov, where he, together with a group of young maskilim, was excommunicated in 1816 by Rabbi Jacob Ornstein; Budapest, where he studied medicine; and Brody, then an important commercial and cultural center for Galician Jewry, where he settled in 1831 and remained for the rest of his life. In addition to his literary work, Erter was also active communally among Haskalah circles, showing special interest in the plans for a reform of contemporary Jewish society. Toward the end of his life, he collaborated with his friend Y. H. Schorr in the early stages of the founding of He-Halutz, a Hebrew periodical dedicated to the study of Judaica in the spirit of religious reform, and distinguished by a boldly critical treatment of problems relating to Jewish tradition. Erter's only book, Ha-Zofeh le-Veit Yisrael, consists of five satires, all of which had been published separately with the addition of some personal correspondence relevant to his literary career. Noteworthy among the satires are the following: Hasidut ve-Hokhmah, Tashlikh, and Gilgul Nefesh. Written in the form of epistles, several of the satires seem to have been modeled on the work of Lucian, the second-century Greek satirist, whose writings were very popular in European Rationalist literature and which Erter came to know in Wieland's German translation. Lucian's satiric and ironic treatment of Greek mythology and of ignorant and boorish antiquity during its decline was adapted by Erter in his fight against the traditionalist Jewish society of his day. The recurring character – a type of "persona satirae" – "the watchman of the House of Israel, " has its source in the prophet-castigator of Ezekiel 3: 17; by virtue of the authority of the biblical figure, Erter's watchman reviews the reality of Jewish society in Galicia and Poland in the first half of the 19th century. In this narrative, written in an autobiographical manner, the "observer" gathers evidence and confronts the reader with confessions of figures belonging to an imaginary, fanciful world, confessions made in a dream state or after death. Having endowed them with a keen rhetoric ability, Erter enables these figures to explain their character and experience by ironic exaggeration, coupled with the idealistic pathos characteristic of the Haskalah movement” (Werses in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. With bookplate and photograph of Erter. Some foxing but overall in very good condition. (Rab-40-28A) xx‎