Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics

Three Books by Michael Levi Rodkinson – Berlin and Pressburg, 1883-84

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Three books by the scholarly Hasidic author and Hebrew journalist Michael Levi Rodkinson. Berlin and Pressburg (today Bratislava), 1883-84. Hebrew. 1. "Tefillah le-Moshe" (on the practice of teffilin). Pressburg, 1883. 2. "Avnei Miluim". Berlin, 1884. 3. "Levaker Mishpat". Berlin, 1884. Michael Levi Rodkinson (born Frumkin; 1845-1904), born in Belarus, scion of a long line of renowned Hasidic rebbes; author, translator and publisher of the Hebrew newspapers "HaKol, " "HaSanegor, " "Aseifat Hakhamim, " and other journals; prolific author of scholarly works and books on the subject of Hasidism, and one of the originators of the genre of Hasidic storytelling. Known to have been a sharp-tongued polemicist who spawned numerous opponents, prominent among them the renowned bookseller and bibliographer Ephraim Deinard. Died in New York. His brother, Israel Dov Frumkin, was editor of Jerusalem's pioneering Hebrew-language newspaper "Havatzelet." Size and condition vary.
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