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Lot 224 Stamp Notebook – Donations to the Jewish Community of Berlin, 1946-1948

Notebook for pasting paper labels – stamps with the logo of the Jewish community of Berlin – Jüdische Gemeinde Berlin. Berlin
Notebook for pasting paper labels – stamps with the logo of the Jewish community of Berlin – Jüdische Gemeinde Berlin. Berlin
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Notebook for pasting paper labels – stamps with the logo of the Jewish community of Berlin – Jüdische Gemeinde Berlin. Berlin, Germany, [ca. 1946].
The cover reads "Die Gemeinde hilft dir – durch ihre arbeit, hilf du der Gemeinde durch deine Spende" [The community helps you – through its work, you help the community – through your donation].
With indicated spaces for 24 stamps, from September 1946 to August 1948 (stamps of various values, 1, 3 and 10). Presumably, the stamps were given against a donation to the Jewish community of Berlin in the post-war years.
15 stamps are pasted in the notebook.
14.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains and wear. Creases and tears. Split to spine.
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Lot 225 "The Jewish Community Vienna" – Four Printed Items,

1919-40 – Illustrated Leaflets for the Weekly Torah Portions of "Yitro" and "Nasso" Four items printed on behalf of the "Isra
1919-40 – Illustrated Leaflets for the Weekly Torah Portions of "Yitro" and "Nasso" Four items printed on behalf of the "Isra
1919-40 – Illustrated Leaflets for the Weekly Torah Portions of "Yitro" and "Nasso" Four items printed on behalf of the "Isra
1919-40 – Illustrated Leaflets for the Weekly Torah Portions of "Yitro" and "Nasso" Four items printed on behalf of the "Isra
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1919-40 – Illustrated Leaflets for the Weekly Torah Portions of "Yitro" and "Nasso"
Four items printed on behalf of the "Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien" (The Jewish Community Vienna). Vienna, 1919-40. German and some Hebrew.
1. Official letter – Notice regarding the tax bracket established for a Jewish individual named Georg Fried for tax year 1919. With inked stamp of the president of the "Schätzungs-Kommission" (Assessments Commission) and the sum of 300 Austrian Kronen indicated in handwriting. Lettersheet with information regarding the recipient and sender, postage stamps and postmarks.
2-3. Two illustrated brochures from the series "Kalenderblatt für den Jugendgottesdienst," with information for Jewish youth regarding the Torah portions of the week. One brochure is dedicated to the Torah portion "Yitro" and the other to "Nasso" (with illustrations showing the Gathering at Mt. Sinai and the Holy Tabernacle). 1937. German and some Hebrew.
4. Note with burial details pertaining to a Jewish individual named Luser Heschel, dated May 24, 1940, interred at the Central Cemetery of Vienna. Printed as a form document enclosed in black margins and completed in handwriting.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Lot 226 Collection of Letters and Certificates – The Jewish Community of Harbin – 1920s to 1950s

Collection of letters and certificates issued by the Jewish communities of China; most of them by the Jewish community of Har
Collection of letters and certificates issued by the Jewish communities of China; most of them by the Jewish community of Har
Collection of letters and certificates issued by the Jewish communities of China; most of them by the Jewish community of Har
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Collection of Letters and Certificates – The Jewish Community of Harbin – 1920s to 1950s Collection of Letters and Certificates – The Jewish Community of Harbin – 1920s to 1950s Collection of Letters and Certificates – The Jewish Community of Harbin – 1920s to 1950s Collection of Letters and Certificates – The Jewish Community of Harbin – 1920s to 1950s
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Collection of letters and certificates issued by the Jewish communities of China; most of them by the Jewish community of Harbin. 1920s to 1950s. Russian and some Hebrew.
14 letters and certificates, including:
● A handwritten letter issued by the "Zionist-Mizrahi Histadrut in Harbin", 1924, addressed to "the honorable editorial staff of HaTor" [a journal edited by Yehuda Leib Fishman Maimon]:
"about the life of the Mizrahi here I have nothing to inform you since the Mizrahi Association here has been cancelled and swallowed by the association of General Zionists" (Hebrew).
● Marriage certificate issued by the Jewish community of Harbin, 1924. Typewritten on official stationery and hand-signed by Rabbi A.M. Kiselev, rabbi of Harbin.
● A receipt issued by the Jewish burial society of Harbin.
● Letters by various institutions of the Jewish community of Harbin that were sent to community member Avraham Reitzin on the occasion of his leaving the town, 1950: a letter from the "Hebrew community of Harbin" listing the various positions held by Reitzin since 1934 (board member and secretary of the "Mishmeret Cholim" association and the Hebrew hospital, board member and secretary of the "Gemilut Chessed" association, and more); two letters by "Moshav Zekenim" in Harbin; a letter by the "Mishmeret Cholim association, the Hebrew Hospital of Harbin" and a letter by the "Arbitration Tribunal by the Hebrew community of Harbin". The letters are typewritten on official stationery and hand-signed by the representatives of the institutions.
● Letter to Avraham Reitzin by the Jewish community of Hailar, 1937. In the letter, the leaders of the community thank him for his contribution to the building of a synagogue.
● Official certificates issued by the Jewish community of Harbin (typewritten, hand-signed and stamped "committee of the Hebrew community of Harbin"), 1950.
● And more.
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Lot 227 Six Literary Anthologies – Supplements to the Newspaper "HaMelitz" – St. Petersburg, 1871-1893

Six literary supplements to the Hebrew newspaper "Hamelitz", containing literary works and various articles. St. Petersburg,
Six literary supplements to the Hebrew newspaper "Hamelitz", containing literary works and various articles. St. Petersburg,
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Six literary supplements to the Hebrew newspaper "Hamelitz", containing literary works and various articles. St. Petersburg, 1871-1893.
1. HaMelitz Scientific supplement, second booklet, by Zvi Hacohen Rabinowitz. "Published monthly by the committee of the Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia in Petersburg". A. Zederbaum & Dr. Goldenblum Press, 1871.
2. Kohelet, articles and poems by well-known writers. Editors: Alexander Halevi Zederbaum and Dr. Aaron Yitzchak Goldenblum. A. Zederbaum & Dr. Goldenblum Press, 1881.
Featuring articles by Moshe Leib Lilienblum, Y.L. Gordon and others. Bound at the end of the last article, "The Pain of Raising Children", is a large plate (folded) – "Estimate of income and expenditure of promoting culture among the Jews of Russia for sixteen years" (1863-1878).
3. Migdanot, Mishloach Manot for the readers of "HaMelitz" for Purim … G.P. Pines and Yeshaya Zederbaum Press, 1883.
4. Supplement Issue. Ettinger Press, 1888. The first page states: "1887 was a time of drought for 'Hamelitz'… several issues were delayed and did not reach the readers; we hereby fill in the readers' gap" (Hebrew).
5. "Four articles… a gift to the subscribers of 'HaMelitz' for six months of 1893". Berman and Rabinowitz Press, 1893. Articles by Alexander Zederbaum, Avraham Eliyahu Harkavy, Joseph Shmileg and Yitzchak Rachlin.
6. "Mishloach Manot on behalf of the Living to the Dead", by Alexander Halevi Zederbaum. A. Zederbaum and Y. Goldenblum Press, 1881.
"HaMelitz" was the second Hebrew newspaper to be published in Tsarist Russia, during the years 1860-1904. Founded at the initiative of Alexander Halevi Zederbaum and edited by him, it became the central newspaper of the Jewish Enlightenment Movement in Eastern Europe, encouraging Hebrew creation, distributing the idea of national revival and later becoming the mouthpiece of the "Hibat Zion" movement. Over the years, the editorial staff of "HaMelitz" used to publish one-time supplements of literary articles and anthologies that were sent to the subscribers of the newspaper, including the present supplements.
Size and condition vary. Stains. Closed and open tears (mostly restored) to several leaves. Stamps. New bindings, without covers.
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Lot 228 Mitzpah – Journal Edited by Alexander Halevi Zederbaum – St. Petersburg, 1886

Mitzpah, monthly journal dedicated to Jews and Judaism in the past and present, with illustrations and pictures. Four issues
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Mitzpah, monthly journal dedicated to Jews and Judaism in the past and present, with illustrations and pictures. Four issues published in the four last months of 1885. Published by Alexander Halevi Zederbaum. St. Petersburg: Zvi Hirsch Pines Press, 1886.
The present volume contains all four first issues of "Mitzpah", (September-December 1885), rearranged.
The volume contains articles, literary works and poems dealing with Judaism and the Jewish people in the Diaspora and in Palestine, by some of the well-known Jewish intellectuals of the time, including: Alexander Halevi Zederbaum, Yechiel Michel Pines, Zvi Hacohen Sharshevsky, Yehalel (Yehuda Leib Levin), Avraham Eliyahu Harkavy, Shneur Sacks, Naftali Herz Wessely, and others. Accompanied by 16 picture-plates: portraits of Moses Montefiore, Dr. Eliezer Halevi and others; views of Palestine (Jerusalem, Jaffa, Safed); Moses Montefiore's estate; and more.
Alexander Halevi Zederbaum (1816-1893), Jewish writer and journalist, a prominent figure in the Jewish Haskalah circles in Odessa. Founder and editor of the first Hebrew journal in Russia – "HaMelitz", the journals "Kol Mevaser", the Yiddish "Yiddishes Folksblat" in Yiddish, and the Russian-language Bulletin for Russian Jews (Вестни русский евреев).
Volume: 24 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases, closed tears and open tears to edges of leaves. Tears to edges of front cover and title page, reinforced with tape. New leather binding, with the original cover.
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Lot 229 "Das Leben" Journal – Three Issues – St. Petersburg, 1905

Das leben, a manatlikher zhurnal far literatur, visenshaft aun gezelshaftlikhe fragen [Life, a monthly magazine for literatur
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Das leben, a manatlikher zhurnal far literatur, visenshaft aun gezelshaftlikhe fragen [Life, a monthly magazine for literature, science and social issues], three issues edited by Saul Ginzburg and Alexander Rappaport. St. Petersburg: Freind Press, 1905. Yiddish.
Issues of May, July and August-September (a double issue) 1905 of the "Das Leben" journal, the literary supplement of the first Yiddish daily to be published in the Russian Empire – "Der Freind". The issues contain notes, articles, stories, poems and translations by the best Jewish writers of the period, including: Shalom Asch, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Micha Josef Berdyczewski, Rachel Feigenberg, S. An-Sky, Bernard Gorin, Yehoash (nom de plume of Solomon Blumgarten), and others.
The journal (of which only nine issues were published) was published and edited by the well-known historian, journalist, literary critic and activist Saul Ginzburg (1866-1940).
May issue: 128 pp.; July issue: 128 pp.; August-September issue: 253, [4] pp. Approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Some closed and open tears (tears to title pages mended with tape). Stamps to one issue. Bound in matching leather bindings, without the covers.
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Lot 230 Di Idishe Velt – Issues 1-6 – St. Petersburg, 1912

Di Idishe Velt, a literarish-gezelshaftlikhe manatshrift [The Jewish World, a literary-social monthly], issues 1-6 of the jou
Di Idishe Velt, a literarish-gezelshaftlikhe manatshrift [The Jewish World, a literary-social monthly], issues 1-6 of the jou
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Di Idishe Velt, a literarish-gezelshaftlikhe manatshrift [The Jewish World, a literary-social monthly], issues 1-6 of the journal edited by B. Musicant. St. Petersburg: A. Meirowitz, 1912. Yiddish.
The first six issues (issues 1-4 and a double issue – 5-6) of the journal "Di Idishe Velt", one of most influential and important Yiddish journals prior to World War I.
The issues contain opinion columns and articles, literary criticism, poems, plays and stories, by the best Jewish writers and creators of the period, including: Shimon Dubnow, Shalom Asch, S. An-sky, Nathan Birenbaum, Saul Ginzburg, Y.L. Peretz, David Bergelson, and others.
The issues contain two illustrations by Ephraim Moses Lilien ("Di Hofnung" and "The Prophet Jeremiah"), two pictures of sculptures by Mark Antokolsky ("Spinoza" and "Ivan the Terrible") and portraits of Nahum Sokolow and Chaim Zelig Slonimski, and more.
The present issues were all printed in St. Petersburg. In January 1913, the journal's headquarters moved to Vilnius, where the journal was titled "Di Judishe Velt", edited by Shmuel Niger (Charney) and printed at Boris Klatzkin's publishing house "Vilner Farlag". In April 1915, as a new law prohibiting the printing of Yiddish journals was enacted, its publishing stopped. A final attempt to revive the journal was made in 1928, in Vilnius, and during the months April to December of that year, nine issues titled "Di Idishe Velt" appeared, edited by Nachman Meisel, Peretz Hirschbein and Israel Joshua Zinger.
Issues no. 3 and 4 contain the same text and the same pictures and illustrations, in a slightly different order (presumably, the issue was reprinted after being banned by the Russian government).
Five booklets, approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Stamps. Trimmed margins (slightly affecting the text of several leaves). New bindings with gilt lettering to spine. All but one are without the original covers.
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Lot 231 Bameh Nivasha / The History of the Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia – St. Petersburg, 1883-1885

Two booklets dealing with the promotion of education of the Jews of Russia and the improvement of their material situation. S
Two booklets dealing with the promotion of education of the Jews of Russia and the improvement of their material situation. S
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Two booklets dealing with the promotion of education of the Jews of Russia and the improvement of their material situation. St. Petersburg, 1883-1885.
1. "Bameh Nivasha, includes four articles concerning ways for improving the economic situation of Russian Jews", by Ze'ev Wolf, son of Ya'akov Mendlin. St. Petersburg: G.P. Pines and Yesha'ayahu Zederboim Press, 1883.
The booklet contains four articles published in "HaMelitz" between the years 1879-1882. The author, Ze'ev Wolf Mendlin, encourages the establishing of associations and economic societies by Russian Jews. He criticizes the Jewish Enlightenment Movement for doing nothing to unite professionals.
48 pp. (i.e. 46. Mispagination). Approx. 21 cm. Stains. Small tears along the edges of several leaves. Tape on the margins of the title page. Bound in a new leather binding, without the original cover.
2. The History of the Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia since the Year of Its Establishment 1863 to 1865, by Yehuda Leib (Leon) Rosenthal. St. Petersburg: Zvi Hirsch Pines Press, 1885.
Protocols of the meetings of the committee of The Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia during the years 1866-1885. With a "Table of Expenses" of the Society (folded and mounted at the end of the booklet).
The Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia was established in 1863 in St. Petersburg at the initiative of the Ginzburg family. The society focused on spreading general education and scientific knowledge among the Jews of Eastern Europe.
XIV, 208 pp. + [1] (folding) plate, 22 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Tape to edges of title page. Inked stamps to endpaper and title page. The edges of the folded plate have been taped so that it cannot be opened. New binding, without the original cover.
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Lot 232 "R. Mordechai Aaron Ginzburg" / "The History of the Ginzburg Families" – Two Essays by David Maggid – St. Petersburg, Late 19th Century – Writer's Inscription to Professor Daniel Chwolson

Two essays dealing with the history of the Ginzburg family, by David Maggid. St. Petersburg, 1897-1899. Hebrew. Additional Ge
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Two essays dealing with the history of the Ginzburg family, by David Maggid. St. Petersburg, 1897-1899. Hebrew. Additional German title pages.
1. R. Mordechai Aaron Ginzburg, 1795-1846, his biography and work in the field of Hebrew literature (with his picture). St. Petersburg: Berman and Co. Press, 1897.
Inscribed by the writer on verso of title page to the Orientalist, linguist and Biblical scholar Daniel Chwolson (1819-1911): "To the most honorable Professor Mr. Daniel ben Avraham Chwolson, a gift of honor and respect by the writer" (Hebrew, April 1897).
[1] title page, 32 pp. + [3] photographic plate. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Tape to edges of cover. Bound in a new binding, with the original cover.
2. The History of the Ginzburg Families. St. Petersburg: L. Rabinowitz and S. Sokolovsky Press, 1899.
"The chronicles of the Ginzburg family since the first generations (in the 16th century) to our generation. Introducing the history of R. Shimon Ginzburg of Posen, the history of the Gaon author of 'Sha'agat Aryeh' and the history of the writer R. Mordechai Aaron Ginzburg, with comments and additions by contemporary leading scholars" (Hebrew). Bound in a new binding, with the original cover.
XIV, 306, [2] pp. + [1] folding plate - family tree (paginated 150), approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. The plate is torn along the fold lines and part of it is detached. Bound in a new binding, with the original cover. Browned cover, with tears to edges (restored in the front cover).
David Maggid (1862-1942) a Hebrew writer, historian, bibliographer and a scholar of Jewish Studies, the First Jewish professor of Hebrew at the St. Petersburg University.
233. שישה לוחות שנה – הקהילה היהודית בסנקט פטרבורג, 1879-1912
שישה לוחות שנה שנדפסו עבור יהודי סנקט פטרבורג. סנקט פטרבורג (לוח אחד נדפס בווילנה), 1879-1912. עברית, יידיש ורוסית.
1. לוח ישראל בשפת רוססית[!] ועברית לשנת ה'תר"מ לבריאה, מאת ח"י [חיים יונה] בן יצחק אליהו גורלאנד (סופר וביבליוגרף, מחנך ורב באודסה). דפוס א. צעדערבוים וד"ר א. י. גאלדענבלום. סנקט פטרבורג, 1879.
כולל מאמרים, רשימות ומידע רב אודות יהדות רוסיה.
128 עמ', 19.5 ס"מ.
2-3. לוח לשנת תרנ"ו / לוח לשנת תרנ"ח. דפוס בעהרמאן, סנקט פטרבורג, 1895-1897. עברית ורוסית.
"עם זמן תפילה לכל השנה וסדר התפלה לחגים ולצומות בבהכ"נ לעדת ישראל בקרית מלך רב ס"ט פטרבורג".
40 עמ', [4] דף, 15.5 ס"מ.
4. לוח ציוני לשנת תרס"ד. דפוס וו. י. מילשטיין, סנקט פטרבורג, 1903. יידיש ורוסית.
מלווה במאמרים העוסקים בציונות ובעלייה לארץ ישראל. איור של דגל ציוני עם שבעה כוכבים על גבי העטיפה הקדמית.
[18] דף, 13.5X13 ס"מ בקירוב.
5. לוח לשנת תרס"ח. בדפוס י. פיראזשניקאוו, וילנה, 1907. עברית ורוסית.
"עם זמן תפילה לכל השנה וסדר התפלה לחגים ולצומות בבהכ"נ לעדת ישראל בקרית מלך רב ס"ט פטרבורג".
42 עמ', [5] דף, 15 ס"מ.
6. לוח "עזרה" פון יאהר תרע"ג. הוצאת "עזרה", סנקט פטרבורג, 1912. יידיש ומעט רוסית.
21, [3] עמ', 16.5 ס"מ.
מצב כללי טוב. פגמים קלים. רצועות נייר דבק במספר דפים. הלוח הראשון במצב טוב-בינוני, עם נקבי תילוע בשוליים, חותמות-דיו ורישומים בכתב-יד. כרוכים בכריכות חדשות. שלושה ללא עטיפה; באחד חסרה העטיפה האחורית.
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Lot 233 Six Calendars – The Jewish Community of St. Petersburg, 1879-1912

Six calendars that were printed for the Jews of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg (one calendar was printed in Vilnius), 1879-19
Six calendars that were printed for the Jews of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg (one calendar was printed in Vilnius), 1879-19
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Six calendars that were printed for the Jews of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg (one calendar was printed in Vilnius), 1879-1912. Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian.
1. Calendar in Russian and Hebrew for the Hebrew year of 5640 [1879/1880], by Ch.Y [Chaim Yonah] ben Yitzchak Eliyahu Gurland (writer, bibliographer, educator and rabbi in Odessa). St. Petersburg: A. Zederbaum and A. I. Goldenblum Press, 1879.
Contains articles, notes and much information on the Jews of Russia.
128 pp. 19.5 cm.
2-3. Calendar for the Hebrew year of 5656 [1895/1896] / Calendar for the Hebrew year of 5658 [1897/1898]. St. Petersburg: Berman Press, 1895-1897. Hebrew and Russian.
"With the time of prayers all year round and the prayers of the Jewish holidays and fasts at the synagogue of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg" (Hebrew).
40 pp., [4] ff., 15.5 cm.
4. Zionist calendar for the Hebrew year of 5664 [1903/1904]. St. Petersburg: W.Y. Milstein Press, 1903. Yiddish and Russian.
Accompanied by articles dealing with Zionism and immigration to Palestine. The seven-star Zionist flag depicted on the front cover.
[18] ff., approx. 13X13.5 cm.
5. Calendar for the Hebrew year of 5668 [1907/1908]. Vilnius: Y. Piroshnikoff Press, 1907. Hebrew and Russian.
"With the time of prayers all year round and the prayers of the Jewish holidays and fasts at the synagogue of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg" (Hebrew).
42 pp., [5] ff., 15 cm.
6. "Ezra" calendar fun yohr 5673 [1912/1913]. St. Petersburg: "Ezra", 1912. Yiddish and some Russian.
21, [3] pp. 16.5 cm.
Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Strips of tape to several leaves. The first calendar is in good-fair condition, with worming to margins, stamps and notations. New bindings. Three calendars are without the cover; one is missing the back cover.
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Lot 234 Hebrew-Russian Dictionary and Russian-Hebrew Dictionary – Leon Mandelstam – St. Petersburg, 1859-1860

Hebrew-Russian Dictionary and Russian-Hebrew Dictionary, by Leon Mandelstam. St. Petersburg: M. Ettinger Press (Эттингер), 1
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Hebrew-Russian Dictionary and Russian-Hebrew Dictionary, by Leon Mandelstam. St. Petersburg: M. Ettinger Press (Эттингер), 1859-1860.
1. Еврейско-русскій словарь [Hebrew Russian Dictionary]. 1859. Two sections (א-מ; נ-ת) in one volume.
[2] ff., 524 pp. [2] ff., 323, [23] pp. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Tear to edge of one leaf. Tape for reinforcement to edges of several leaves at the beginning and end of the book.
2. Русско-еврейскій словарь [Russian-Hebrew Dictionary]. 1860.
[1] f., 933 pp. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to title page, mended with tape. Inked stamp to title page.
Both dictionaries were authored by Leon (Aryeh Dov) Mandelstam (1819-1889), a Jewish writer and intellectual, born in Žagarė (today, in Lithuania). Mandelstam studied at the University of Moscow and later at the University of St. Petersburg, becoming the first Jew to graduate from a Russian university. In 1846, he was appointed the official in charge of Jewish matters at the Russian Ministry of Education. In this role he was in charge of the reform in Jewish education, working to promote modern education among the Jews and introducing general education into educational institutions. He was responsible for establishing new Jewish schools on behalf of the state and authored numerous textbooks. In his last years, he lived in great poverty. When he died, no identifying documents were to be found on his person, and he was buried anonymously in a Christian cemetery. Later he was laid to rest at a Jewish cemetery.
Both books are bound in matching leather bindings.
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Lot 235 Collection of Printed Items – Jewish Community of St. Petersburg – ID Card of a Delegate to the Zionist Congress in Russia, Notice Regarding the Founding of the "Hebrew Language Lovers' Society," and More

Seven items, printed on behalf of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg, 1879-1917. Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish. ● Greeting
Seven items, printed on behalf of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg, 1879-1917. Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish. ● Greeting
Seven items, printed on behalf of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg, 1879-1917. Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish. ● Greeting
Seven items, printed on behalf of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg, 1879-1917. Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish. ● Greeting
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Collection of Printed Items – Jewish Community of St. Petersburg – ID Card of a Delegate to the Zionist Congress in Russia, Notice Regarding the Founding of the Collection of Printed Items – Jewish Community of St. Petersburg – ID Card of a Delegate to the Zionist Congress in Russia, Notice Regarding the Founding of the Collection of Printed Items – Jewish Community of St. Petersburg – ID Card of a Delegate to the Zionist Congress in Russia, Notice Regarding the Founding of the Collection of Printed Items – Jewish Community of St. Petersburg – ID Card of a Delegate to the Zionist Congress in Russia, Notice Regarding the Founding of the
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture December 22, 2020
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Seven items, printed on behalf of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg, 1879-1917. Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish.
● Greeting card for the holiday of Shushan Purim, 1879 (Hebrew). ● Printed invitation, stating that the "Heads of the Council and the Members of the Committee Supervising the Premises of the Synagogue and the Committee that has Maintained Law and Order on the Day of its Consecration will Gather on the Specified Day to the Celebratory Feast… at the Rabbi's Home" (December 1893; Hebrew and Russian). ● Notice announcing the publication of the first issue of "Der Fraynd" (the first Yiddish daily newspaper in Russia). [1902?]. ● Printed notice requesting donations to cover the costs of publishing of a "Scientific Anthology" in honor of Dr. Avraham Eliyahu Harkavy, 1906 (Russian). ● Leaflet announcing the establishment of "Agudat Hovevei Sfat Ever" [the Hebrew Language Lovers' Society] in St. Petersburg, 1907 (Hebrew and Russian). ● Program for the memorial service on the anniversary of the passing of Horacy (Naftali Hertz) Ginzburg, held at the choral Synagogue, 1910 (Russian). ● Identity card issued to the elected delegate representing the town of Zgurița (northern Moldova) to the Zionist Congress in Russia (the second congress of the "Tze'irei Tziyon" [Young Men of Zion] in St. Petersburg?), 1917 (Hebrew and Russian).
Seven items. Size and condition vary.
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