Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Passover Eve Service for Soldiers – Calcutta – India, 1918 – With a Memorial Prayer for Those Fallen in WWI

Opening: $400
Sold for: $875
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Special Service for Passover Evening, for Jewish soldiers. Published by the Jewish War Services Committee for India, Calcutta, 1918. English.
Printed for a prayer service conducted at the Magen David synagogue in Calcutta. Includes a prayer in memory of those who fell during the war and a prayer in honor of the British royal family. On the last page – an instruction that all community members remain in their places at the end of the service until the soldiers leave the building.
[1], 22, [1] pages (including pink wrappers). Approx. 18 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.


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Jewish Communities in Persia, India and the Far East
Jewish Communities in Persia, India and the Far East