Auction 11 - Israeli History and Culture

Song of Thanksgiving Translated by Moshe Mendelssohn – Berlin, 1757

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Danklied ueber den rühmlichen Sieg, Welchen der Herr unserm allergnädigsten Könige und Herrn, Friderich II. Am Sabbath den 5. Bey Rossbach in Sachsen verliehen. November 1757. Berlin, 1757.
[Moshe Mendelssohn], translation into German of a Hebrew verse of thanksgiving by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Lifshitz (Hartog Leo), concerning the surprising victory of King Friedrich II, King of Prussia, over the armies of France and its allies in the battle near the village of Rossbach in Saxsony.
The members of the Berlin Jewish Community commemorated this victory by reading this verse of thanksgiving on the following Shabbat.
[4] Pages, 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to folds, strengthened with paper tape.
Central European Jewry
Central European Jewry