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Masa Meron – Jerusalem, 1889 – Detailed Description of the Festival of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
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Masa Meron VeArei HaGalil, travelogue to the Upper and Lower Galilee by R. Menachem Mendel Rubin. [Jerusalem: Moshe Lilenthal, 1889].
Printed without a title page.
Travelogue of the author's three-week-long trip from Jerusalem to the festival of R. Shimon bar Yochai in Meron on Lag BaOmer.
Small pieces of paper with corrections or deletions mounted on text in several places. Handwritten corrections to text on several leaves.
The author,
R. Menachem Mendel Rubin (ca. 1850-1915), a leader of the Chassidic community in Jerusalem. Son of R. Shmuel Aharon Rubin, Rabbi of Korczyna (ca. 1823-1877).
R. Menachem Mendel Rubin (ca. 1850-1915), a leader of the Chassidic community in Jerusalem. Son of R. Shmuel Aharon Rubin, Rabbi of Korczyna (ca. 1823-1877).
[13] leaves. 19.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears and damage to several leaves, affecting text. Binding holes to inner margins. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, No. 670 (printing details after Sh. Halevy).