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‎Sorkin, David.‎

‎THR TRANSFORMATION OF GERMAN JEWRY, 1780-1840.‎

‎8vo. 255 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Germany – history – 1800-1933; Jews – Germany – intellectual life; Haskalah – Germany; Judaism – Germany – history -- 19th century; Subculture – Germany; Germany – ethnic relations. SERIES: Studies in Jewish history. ISBN: 0195049926. Has dust jacket. Very good condition. (GER-29-7)‎

‎Cohen, Hermann.‎

‎DER BEGRIFF DER RELIGION IM SYSTEM DER PHILOSOPHIE.‎

‎8vo. Viii, 164 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Philosophy and religion. SERIES: Philosophische Arbeiten, ; 10. Bd. , 1. Heft. Cohen (1842-1918) , born in Coswig, was a German philosopher. He studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau, but did not become a rabbi. Instead, he took up philosophy, continuing his studies at the universities in Breslau, Berlin, and Halle. Originally invited to teacher there by F. A. Lange in 1873, Cohen taught at the University of Marburg until 1912. His early philosophical works were criticisms of Plato and Kant, which developed into the Marburg School of neo-Kantism. ) Berman, EJ) Marbled edges. Ex library. Good condition. (GER-29-11)‎

‎(Jt) Hegermann, Harald.‎

‎DIE VORSTELLUNG VOM SCHÖPFUNGSMITTLER IM HELLENISTISCHEN JUDENTUM UND URCHISTRISTENTUM.‎

‎8vo. Xvii, 220 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Comparative religion. Corner bumped, covers partially faded, good+ condition. (GER-29-19)‎

‎Buber, Martin; Franz Rosenzweig.‎

‎DIE TROESTUNG ISRAELS : AUS JESCHAJAHU, KAPITEL 40 BIS 55.‎

‎12mo. 83 pages. In German and Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Bible. O. T. Isaiah. SERIES: Bücherei des Schocken Verlags ; ; 1. Buber (1878-1965) was a philosopher born in Vienna, and studied at the university there, as well as in Leipzig, Zürich, and Berlin. In the years before the rise of Nazism, he was a professor of religion at the University of Frankfort. He joined the Zionist movement in 1898 and was a delegate at the Third Zionist Congress a year later, where he emphasized education over propaganda. Later on, he would support the idea that Zionism “should address itself also to the needs of the Arabs, ” and held that opinion even while the groups were at war. In 1938 he moved to Palestine, where he was a professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University until 1951. (Bergman, EJ) Backstrip missing, as usually found, Good condition. (GER-29-23)xx‎

‎Karpeles, Gustav.‎

‎GESCHICHTE DER JÜDISCHEN LITERATUR. COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES.‎

‎Berlin: Robert Oppenheim, 1886. 1st edition. Cloth; 8vo. Vi, 1172 pages. In German. Series: Geschichte der literatur der europäischen völker. Karpeles was a literary historian, editor of many periodicals including the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums, and the Jahrbuch fuer juedische Geschichte und Literatur. "His most important contribution to Jewish scholarship was the Geschichte der juedischen Literatur....Karpeles was not an original or profound scholar, but he did much to popularize Jewish literature and history. " (Sol Liptzin, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature -- History and criticism. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Volume I has label of S. J. Strauss on inside front cover. Strauss was a Pennsylvania judge. Both volumes lack backstrip (spine covering), otherwise Very Good Condition. 2nd Volume missing covers, hinge repair to First volume. Marbled endpapers. otherwise Very Good Condition. Another set of the 1909 edition available, missing backstrip but covers intact, marbled covers and endpapers, Very Good condition. (GR-6-21) xx‎

‎Harizi, Judah Ben Solomon, 12th/13th Cent. edited by M. E. Stern‎

‎SEFER TAHKEMONI‎

‎(FT) Cloth, 12mo, 70 pages. 22 cm. In Hebrew with German title page: “Tachkemoni; Mekamen oder Divan. ” “ki ha-sefer ha-yak' ar halazeh, asher zeh kemo shesh me’ot shanah, ke-k' eren or bahir ... Yatsa le-or be-or hah' Ayim, eneno nidpas rak' shelosh pe’amim .....me-et Yehudah ben Shelomoh Alharizi.” Al-Harizi, (1165–1225) was a "Hebrew poet and translator. He was born in Spain, very likely in Christian Toledo, a city that at this time preserved Arabic culture and that he describes with particular detail; however, there are no conclusive proofs of it, and other places have also been suggested. His education in this cultural atmosphere made him familiar with Arabic and Hebrew language and literature....Al-Harizi's most important literary translation is his Hebrew rendering of the maqamat of the Arabic poet Al-Hariri (Bosra, d. 1121), which he entitled Mahbarot Iti'el ("Notebooks of Ithiel"), completed before 1218. His translation of the maqama, an Arabic literary form in rhyming prose, attains the quality of an original composition, and imparts a Hebrew flavor to Al-Hariri's typically Arabic art; it reproduces the elusive word play and ornate style of the original.....Al-Harizi himself used this form for his major work Sefer Tahkemoni ("The Wise One"?), completed after 1220; he was among the first to use this genre in Hebrew literature. Its 50 maqamat show Al-Hariri's influence, being at the same time his way of showing the possibilities of the Hebrew language and of defending its usage. The language, rhymed prose with some poems intermingled in the text, is taken from the Bible and is often a mosaic of biblical quotations. The different addressees of the work that appear in the manuscripts are not surprisingly Oriental Jews, as Al-Harizi composed this book in his travels through the Orient, from one country to the other, or, as he says, from Egypt to Babylon.The maqamat of the Tahkemoni begin with a narrative frame introduced by the narrator, Heman the Ezrahite, who represents in many cases the opinion of the writer. The main character, Heber the Kenite, resembles the heroes of the Arabic maqama in his nature, a roguish polymath and rhymester. He appears in many different forms and is only recognized at the end of the narratives, after having shown his abilities and wisdom. The book includes love ditties, fables, proverbs, riddles, disputes, and satirical sketches, such as the descriptions of a flea and a defense by a rooster about to be slaughtered.Apart from its literary merit and brilliant, incisive style, the Tahkemoni also throws valuable light on the state of Hebrew culture of the period, and describes the scholars and leaders of the communities visited by the author. Al-Harizi gives vivid descriptions of the worthies of Toledo, the poets of Thebes, a debate between a Rabbanite and a Karaite, and conditions in Jerusalem. The Tahkemoni also contains critical evaluations of earlier and contemporary poets, although Al-Harizi's appraisal of his contemporaries is not always reliable and occasionally misses their most essential features" (Aharon Mirsky, Avrum Stroll, &Angel Saenz-Badillos in EJ, 2006). OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Original bright green wrappers, Hebrew and German, present and in Very Good Condition, as is the rest of the paper and internal binding. Wear to outer boards, front hinge repaired, Very Good Condition Thus. (k-ger-1-2)‎

‎(Jt) Lazarus, L. , Rabbiner Dr.‎

‎DAS BUCH HIOB AUF DER OBERSTUFE DER MITTELSCHULE‎

‎Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 15 pages. “Vortrag gehalten in Wien am Verbandstag der israelitischen Religionslebrer an den österreichischen Mittelschulen am 28. Dezember 1909.” “Separatabdruck aus ‘Dr. Blochs Oesterreich. Wochenschrift, ’ Nr. 6 und 7, vom 11. Und 18. Febuar 1910.” No copies on OCLC, nor at JTSA. Lacks original (blank? ) front cover. Spine repaired. Paper brown and fragile as expected, tear to title page with some text affected. Otherwise Good Condition. Very Scarce. (BIBLE-11-1)‎

‎Wischnitzer, Rachel‎

‎THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EUROPEAN SYNAGOGUE‎

‎Oblong 8vo; xxxii, 312 pages; Serious, well illustrated study with extensive index, end notes, bibliography, and glossary. In dust jacket, very good condition. (k-rab-3-29)‎

‎Sorkin, David.‎

‎THE TRANSFORMATION OF GERMAN JEWRY, 1780-1840.‎

‎8vo. 255 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Germany – history – 1800-1933; Jews – Germany – intellectual life; Haskalah – Germany; Judaism – Germany – history -- 19th century; Subculture – Germany; Germany – ethnic relations. SERIES: Studies in Jewish history. Note(s): Includes index. Bibliography: p. 225-245. Minimal tear on cover, near binding. Otherwise, very good condition. (k-mx-1-43)‎

‎(jt)Bloch, Philipp‎

‎DIE KABBALAH AUF IHREM HOHEPUNKT UND IHRE MEISTER.‎

‎8vo; 46 pages; Schriften der "Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums. " Missing cover and flyleaf. Wear to binding and back cover. Brown, stained pages. (mx-31-10)‎

‎ALMANACH DES SCHOCKEN VERLAGS AUF DAS JAHR 5698.‎

‎12mo. 177 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish literature – Germany – periodicals; Jewish almanacs – Germany. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Spine faded and creased, very good condition. (GER-20-14B)‎

‎(Jt) Klausner, Joseph (Yosef Klozner)‎

‎TOLDOT HA-SIFRUT HA-'IVRIT HA-HADASHAH (545-678)‎

‎(ft) Cloth, Square 8vo, 100 pages. 22 cm. 1st edition. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Includes bibliographic references. Klausner (1874-1958) "was an active Zionist and a fervent nationalist throughout his life, and his Zionist views color all his work. A delegate to the First Congress, he was greatly influenced by the political ideas of Herzl, although his cultural approach remained that of the Hovevei Zion and Ah ad Ha-Am. He attended nearly every subsequent Congress until the eleventh, contributing surveys on them to Ha-Shilo'a h. From 1930 he began to identify himself more and more with the policy of Jabotinsky and was regarded by the Revisionist Party, and later by its successor, Herut, as the ideologist of the movement. He edited the monthly Beitar (together with B. Netanyahu) from 1932-33 and came out vigorously, both in speech and in writing, in support of the ideals of the right-wing nationalists. In 1949 they put his name forward as their candidate for the first president of the State of Israel in opposition to Chaim Weizmann. " (Staff, EJ) . Binding repaired, otherwise Good Condition. (HEB-2-21A)‎

‎Weil, Dr. Gotthold‎

‎AUS EINEM BRIEFE JOHN LOCKES‎

‎1920s. Paper wrappers, 4to. , From series "Sonderdruck aus den Soncino-Blattern" (p. 199-208) . In German and Hebrew. Illustrated. Gotthold Weill was an "Orientalist. Born in Berlin, Weil began his academic career at the Berlin State Library in 1906, and in 1918 became director of its Oriental department, which he had founded. Teaching post-biblical Jewish history and literature at Berlin University from 1912, he was appointed professor in 1920. In 1931 he was appointed professor of Semitic languages at the University of Frankfurt, in succession to Josef Horovitz . Weil was dismissed by the Nazis with the rest of his Jewish colleagues in 1934. From 1935 to 1946 he was head of the National and University Library in Jerusalem and also held the chair of Turkish studies at The Hebrew University (to 1952) . Weil's main field was Arabic studies, but he had wider Jewish interests as well and was on the board of various Jewish cultural institutions in Germany, and a governor of The Hebrew University. World War I directed his interest to Turkish studies...In 1953 he published Maimonides Responsum ueber die Lebensdauer (text with German translation) . On the occasion of his 70th birthday a Festschrift was issued by the Institute for Oriental Studies of The Hebrew University. " (Kopf, EJ, 2007) . Covers chipped and sunned. Otherwise good condition. (BIB-7-14)‎

‎(Jt) Epstein, J. N.‎

‎DER GAONAISCHE KOMMENTAR ZUR ORDNUNG TOHOROTH: EINE KRITISCHE EINLEITUNG ZU DEM R. HAI GAON ZUGESCHRIEBENEN KOMMENTAR‎

‎Hardcover, vi, 160 pages, 8vo, 25 cm. In German. Boaz Cohen’s copy with his signature on title page. Notes on inside cover. SUBJECT (S) : Geonic literature -- History and criticism. Named Person: Hai ben Sherira, 939-1038. Title Subject: Mishnah. Tohorot (Order) -- Commentaries. Includes bibliographical references. Wear to binding. Wear to edges of cover and folding. Otherwise, good condition. (rab-33-5)‎

‎(Jt) Zunz, Leopold.‎

‎ZUR GESCHICHTE UND LITERATUR.‎

‎8vo. Viii, 607 pages. In German. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish literature - history and criticism; Hebrew literature - history and criticism; Manuscripts, Hebrew - bibliography; Printing - Czech Republic - Prague - history; Printing, Hebrew. CONTENTS: Die jüdische Literatur. --Zur Literatur des jüdischen Mittelalters in Frankreich und Deutschland. --Bibliographisches: Daten-Bestimmungen. Sammlungen und Verseichnisse. Drucker und Drucke von Mantua (a. 1476 bis 1662) Druckereien in Prag. Annalen der hebräischen Typographie von Prag (1513-1657) --Das Gedächtniss der Gerechten. --Die jüdischen Dichter der Provence. --Geschichte der Juden in Sieilien. --Münzkunde. --Berichtigungen und Nachträge. --Verzeichniss der benutzten handschriftlichen hebräischen Werke. --Register der Personennamen. Zunz (1794-1886) , born and educated in Germany, was a well-known historian. An heir to European Enlightenment, he was a founded of the idea of the "Science of Judaism. " In that vein, he fruitlessly hoped that Jewish studies would be taught in universities as a regular academic discipline, and that he'd be able to do the teaching. He believed that Jewish literature and learning was part of the broader scope of human affairs, including the sciences, and should not be shut up merely in discussions of religious matters. For his seventieth birthday, a foundation was set up to fund Zunz's and other similar scholarship. He continued to work until 1874, when his wife's death left him seriously depressed. (Glatzer, EJ) Ex library. Rebound. Edges tanning, good condition. (SPEC-7-5)‎

‎(Jt) Ehrlich, Arnold B.‎

‎RANDGLOSSEN ZUR HEBRÄISCHEN BIBEL; TEXTKRITISCHES, SPRACHLICHES UND SACHLICHES. ZWEITER BAND. LEVITICUS, NUMERI, DEUTERONOMIUM.‎

‎Half-leather, Large 8vo. 355 pages. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1909. Volume 2 only of a 7-volume set. Decorative end papers; marbled edges. In German. Ehrlich was a Polish-born Bibical exegete who lived in worked in Germany and then the United States. His Randglossen zur hebraeischen Bibel (7 vols. , 1908-14) is a German commentary on the Bible, which like his Hebrew one consists of notes on the Bible. "Ehrlich included part of the material from his Hebrew commentary, but in an expanded form, as well as new interpretations arrived at since its publication; many of his earlier opinions are changed here. Only rarely does he comment on aspects dealt with by the 'higher criticism. ' He concentrates on textual criticism and reconstructions, and his very numerous emendations (especially in his German commentary) are at times conjectural (such as: haplography or dittography, letters having a similar appearance in the ancient or in the square script, the use of abbreviations, glosses, etc. ) , and in most cases are not even based on ancient translations. His comments, which are distinguished by their originality, at times have the quality of homiletics and are derived from Ehrlich's innovating spirit; yet through his sound linguistic instinct and fine linguistic differentiations he succeeded in illuminating and explaining, with great acumen and profundity, many verses and linguistic usages. Ehrlich's exegetical work is an important contribution to modern biblical exegesis. " (Raphael Weiss, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Bible. O. T. Hebrew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Ex-library with minimal markings. Spine cracked, residue from two small strips of tape on spine. Very slight wrinkling to pages. Very good condition. (GER-6-3A)‎

‎Eisler, Moritz‎

‎VORLESUNGEN UBER DIE JUDISCHEN PHILOSOPHEN DES MITTELALTERS. ABTHEILUNG I‎

‎8vo; 119 pages; Includes Saadia, Bachia, Ibn Gabirol, Jehuda Halevi, and Ibn Ezra. Includes a list of the publisher's other publications on back cover. Original paper wrappers, spine repaired in cloth tape.Wear and staining to covers, pages stained in margins, brown and fragile. Fair condition. (RAB-45-21)‎

‎Strack, Hermann L.‎

‎EINLEITUNG IN DEN THALMUD. ZWEITE, NEUBEARBEITETE AUFLAGE.‎

‎Leipzig: J. C. Hinrich, 1894. Rebound in modern paper wrappers, 8vo. Viii, 136 pages. In German. Includes bibliographical annotations. Series: Schriften des Instutum judaicum in Berlin, Number. 2. Strack was a German Protestant theologian and Orientalist; assistant professor of Old Testament exegesis and Semitic languages at the University of Berlin; and "the foremost Christian authority in Germany on Talmudic and rabbinic literature, [who] studied rabbinics under Steinschneider. Since the reappearance of anti-Semitism in Germany Strack has been the champion of the Jews...."Einleitung in den Talmud" [is] a revised reprint of his article on the subject in Herzog-Hauck's "Real-Encyklopädie, " to which he made a whole series of contributions on rabbinic subjects. " (JE) SUBJECT(S) : Talmud. Missing original covers, small stain to corner of title page. Very good condition. (GR-6-17)‎

‎Lazarus, M.‎

‎DIE ETHIK DES JUDENTHUMS. [VOL I] ONLY.‎

‎Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1898. Three quarter leather; 8vo. Xxv, 469 pages. First edition. Gold lettering and rules to spine. In German. Bibliographical notes and index. Lazarus was a German philosopher and psychologist; Ethik des Judentums was his major work. In it, "Lazarus presents Jewish ethics as an 'objective-immanent' system. This system is based on an empirical, positivistic approach toward Jewish studies which holds that Jewish teachings on any subject must be derived from an analysis of Jewish sources. In selecting this approach, Lazarus departs from the 'constructive-speculative' philosophies of his 19th-century predecessors Solomon Formstecher and Samuel Hirsch, who brought a philosophic formalism to the analysis of the Jewish sources. Thus, philosophy, according to Lazarus, does not provide a preexistent scheme for Wissenschaft des Judentums ('Science of Judaism') , but is a methodological aid for discovering the objective unity of the "ethical cosmos, " as it appears throughout the Jewish literary tradition. Lazarus distinguishes between the subjective-formal approach to Jewish ethics, in which a philosophic formalism provides the starting point of investigation, and the objective-content one, in which the investigation begins with the sources themselves. He takes the latter approach as his own. He does this because in biblical and rabbinic literature, will, intent, and the Jewish way of life, rather than reflection and speculation, are the primary principles. (Franz Rosenzweig later based his existential philosophy on the same idea. ) Lazarus accepts this position for another reason: A Jewish ethical world view based on this conception possesses greater depth and clarity than one based on formal concepts and theoretical speculation. Lazarus emphasizes the religious character of obligation in Jewish ethics. God is the supreme, hidden principle on whom Judaism depends and who makes its whole legal structure necessary. Lazarus conceives of Jewish ethics in line with the autonomous ethics of Kant, holding that the absolute characteristic of Jewish ethics is expressed in immediate inner certainty, though he does not follow Kant completely. Such conceptualization was made possible by establishing an ethical norm as the highest source of the moral imperative, to which even God is subordinate. Lazarus was ambiguous with regard to the heteronomous character of Jewish ethics, and this ambiguity was the basis of attack against his system, both by those who accused him of inconsistency and by those who held that he had not done justice to the heteronomous character of Jewish ethics. In Lazarus' conception Jewish ethics is fundamentally social-universal. This position countered the particularist trends of Judaism and, in particular, of 19th-century Jewish theology. However, the fact of a universal aspect to Jewish ethics does not entail teaching and disseminating Jewish beliefs throughout the world. Rather, its existence reflects an attitude and a total way of life, based on the threefold conception God, the world, and mankind, that Jews should embrace. The central concept underlying this view of Jewish life is holiness. Holiness, according to Lazarus, is not numinous, nor transcendental, but a quality to be embodied in human life. It is defined as the 'ultimate goal of morality. '" (Moshe Schwarcz, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Jewish ethics. Ethics. Missing front cover. Wear and flaking to leather on spine. Pages slightly tanned. Title page chipped. Good condition. (RAB-48-15)‎

‎Jehuda Ha-Levi (Hallevi / Halevi) Brody, H. , editor‎

‎DIWAN DES ABU-I-HASAN JEHUDA HA-LEVI. ZWEITER BAND: NICHTGOTTESDIENSTLICHE POESIE. HEFT 3 ONLY (PAGES 213 - 334)‎

‎8vo; 121 pages; Slight wear to covers and spine. Slight damp stain to bottom of some pages. Pages uncut. (K-mx2-46)‎

‎Geitel, G. A.‎

‎GESUCH DER BEKENNER DES JUDISCHEN GLAUBENS IM HERZOGTHUM BRAUNSCHWEIG AN SE. HOCHFURSTLICHE DURCHLAUCHT DEN REGIERENDEN HERRN HERZOG WILHELM VON BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG, UM GNADIGSTE VERLEIHUNG VOLLER BURGERLICHEN RECHTE‎

‎1st edition. Hardcover, 8vo, iv, 113 pages, table, 21 cm. In German. Title translates as, "Request by the President of the Jewish Faith in the Duchy of Braunschweig to the High-Court Petition to the Regular Lord, Duke Wilhelm Von Braunschweig-Luneburg, for the Most Merciful Granting of Full Civil Rights." SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Emancipation -- Germany -- Braunschweig (State) . OCLC lists only 3 copies in the US (UCLA, NYPL. HUC) . Bumped corners. Light staining to pages. Wear to binding. Good condition. Important work. Scarce. (Spec-8-6)‎

‎Verband Deutscher Komponisten Und Musikwissenschaftler. ; Verband Der Komponisten Und Musikwissenschaftler Der Ddr. ; Verband Der Deutscher Komponisten.‎

‎MUSIK UND GESELLSCHAFT. 38. JAHRGANG.‎

‎8vo. 561-616 pages. In German. Illustrated. Includes content on Jews SUBJECT (S) : Music – periodicals. Covers slightly worn, pages a little darkened, very good condition. (GER-18-6)‎

‎Geiger, Abraham; Geiger, Ludwig‎

‎ABRAHAM GEIGER'S NACHGELASSENE SCHRIFTEN. DRITTER BAND. ONLY‎

‎8vo. 326 pages. In German. First edition. This volume only. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism; Jews – Germany; Jewish question; Geiger, Abraham, 1810-1874. Abraham Geiger (1810-1847) was a Reform movement leader. In 1832, he became the rabbi of Wiesbaden, and began his program of reform; five years later, he hosted the first meeting of Reform rabbis there. He also served in Breslau and Frankfurt, his hometown. His well-known Orthodox opponents were S. R. Hirsch and A Titkin. Ex library with minimal markings, covers and front flyleaf missing, back flyleaf and edges marbled, a couple small tears in text, fair condition. (GER-18-11)‎

‎Danzig, Abraham Ben Jehiel Michal‎

‎SEFER HAYE ADAM: BO NIKBETSU U-VAU BE-SEDER NAKHON KOL HA-MITSVOT ASHER YAASEH OTAM HA-ADAM KOL YEME HELDO; VA-YEKABETS HA-MEHABER ... ET KOL HA-DINIM VEHA-HALAKHOT HA-KETUVI ...‎

‎Hardcover, 8vo, 520 pages, 22 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish law. Judaism -- Customs and practices. In Hebrew. Other Titles: Haye adam. Danzig (1748-1820) was a “codifier. Born in Danzig, he studied in Prague at the yeshivot of Joseph Liebermann and Ezekiel Landau. True to his family tradition, he refused to derive any material gain from his studies and earned his livelihood as a merchant. Although required at times to travel long distances to trade fairs in Germany, he continued to learn with great devotion. From 1794 to 1812 he served as dayyan in Vilna, in an honorary capacity; only in his old age, after losing his possessions, was he obliged to accept remuneration for his services. Danzig wrote a number of halakhic works, but his fame rests upon two publications: (1) Hayei Adam ("Man's Life") , covering all the laws of the Shulhan Arukh dealing with daily conduct, based on the Orah Hayyim sections, with an addendum called Nishmat Adam, in which he justified his decisions which were not in accordance with the accepted view; and (2) Hokhmat Adam ("Man's Wisdom") , covering all the laws of the Shulhan Arukh dealing with the dietary regulations, etc. , contained in the Yoreh De’ah section, with an addendum called Binat Adam, which included discussions on various relevant halakhic subjects and responsa. Both works were initially intended for youthful students and for educated laymen not fully versed in rabbinic literature who, in attempting to determine Jewish law, found themselves unable to grapple with the intricacies of the Shulhan Arukh and with its maze of conflicting opinions. In these works, Danzig shows himself possessed of considerable pedagogical talent. He arranges the laws methodically, defines his terms lucidly and precisely, presents the various views and their sources, and renders his own decisions and his reasons for them – all in clear, simple language. The pleasant tenor of his writing, which is suffused with unquestioning faith and true piety, contributed largely toward the acceptance of his works. Hayyei Adam appeared in almost a hundred editions. Groups called “Hevrot Hayyei Adam” were formed in several communities for the regular study of the code. Danzig’s merits as a codifier were recognized also by renowned rabbis and codifiers, who gave due consideration to his decisions. His books include much of historical interest with regard to the daily life of Lithuanian Jewry in his generation” (Schlesinger in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (U of Denver) . Hinge repair. Light staining to some pages. Wear and chipping to cover edges and corners. Notes inside back cover. Otherwise, good condition. (Heb-15A-14)‎

‎ALMANACH DES SCHOCKEN VERLAGS AUF DAS JAHR 5699.‎

‎12mo. 153, 26 pages. In German. This final volume, Nr. 6, includes a "Gesamtverzeichnis der Verlagswerke im Herbst 1938." SUBJECT(S) : Jewish literature - Germany - periodicals; Jewish almanacs - Germany. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Light wear with spine sunned. Very good condition (HOLO2-57-1).‎