Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Four Polemic Books in Opposition of the Reform Movement
Opening: $200
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
1-2. Kinat Tzion, composition of protest against decisions of assembly of reform movement in Braunschweig which contains letters of protest by rabbis of Eretz Yisrael. By Rabbi Yisrael Moshe Chazan. Amsterdam, 1846.
Bound with: “Letter to our brothers Beit Yisrael” [Sefer Toraht Hakana’ut], 37 letters by rabbis from Germany, Holland, Poland and Hungary in opposition of the assembly of the reform movement in Braunschweig. [Amsterdam, 1845].
- The first reform meeting took place in the month of Tamuz 1844 in Braunschweig, Germany, where it was announced that “amendments” would be made to the Jewish law and prayers. In response, leaders of the Amsterdam officers for the Holy Land fought back by writing letters to all the great rabbis of the generation. They then publicized the responses they received in the
book "Torat Hakana’ot" which they printed in two editions, one on its own with a title cover and additional leaves and the other as an appendix to the book "Kin’at Tzion",
as in the copy before us.
3. Mecholat HaMachanayim Responsa. To reinforce Jewish customs and synagogue customs. (Includes matters of astronomy, with illustrations). Rabbi Yisrael David Margaliot Yaffe (Rabbi David Sered). Pressburg, 1859. Stamps of Rabbi Shimon Menachem Mendel Varnik of Kutno and two lengthy handwritten glosses (cut off). [3 leaves missing?].
4. Sefer Tzror HaChaim, regarding the prohibition of alternating the customs of the synagogues. By Rabbi Avraham Lewenstam of Emden. Ohali, 1868.
4 books, various sizes and conditions.
Bound with: “Letter to our brothers Beit Yisrael” [Sefer Toraht Hakana’ut], 37 letters by rabbis from Germany, Holland, Poland and Hungary in opposition of the assembly of the reform movement in Braunschweig. [Amsterdam, 1845].
- The first reform meeting took place in the month of Tamuz 1844 in Braunschweig, Germany, where it was announced that “amendments” would be made to the Jewish law and prayers. In response, leaders of the Amsterdam officers for the Holy Land fought back by writing letters to all the great rabbis of the generation. They then publicized the responses they received in the
book "Torat Hakana’ot" which they printed in two editions, one on its own with a title cover and additional leaves and the other as an appendix to the book "Kin’at Tzion",
as in the copy before us.
3. Mecholat HaMachanayim Responsa. To reinforce Jewish customs and synagogue customs. (Includes matters of astronomy, with illustrations). Rabbi Yisrael David Margaliot Yaffe (Rabbi David Sered). Pressburg, 1859. Stamps of Rabbi Shimon Menachem Mendel Varnik of Kutno and two lengthy handwritten glosses (cut off). [3 leaves missing?].
4. Sefer Tzror HaChaim, regarding the prohibition of alternating the customs of the synagogues. By Rabbi Avraham Lewenstam of Emden. Ohali, 1868.
4 books, various sizes and conditions.
Polemic
Polemic