Proclamation – "Power of Prohibitions in the past and present, one against the other". [Jerusalem, c. 1896].
Copy of the excommunication written by the Rabbis of Vilnius against the Chassidim: "…Cult of Suspicious men" (Chassidim) who "formed their own groups, and their religious ways and prayers differ from those of Bnei Israel…". The proclamation calls “to destroy and uproot, and raise a call to ban and excommunicate and curse…” 18 of Vilnius’ Rabbis signed this proclamation together with the Vilna Gaon.
This ban is accompanied by the excommunication of Rabbi Shmuel Salant: “To completely forbid our brothers of the Ashkenazi Kollels to study in the schools…".
This proclamation was distributed as a parody by the Enlightenment circles in Jerusalem, to show they were not afraid of Rabbis' bans, just as the ban on Chassidism did not prevent the Chassidic movement from spreading.
Leaf, 45 cm. Thin pink paper. Good-fair condition. Folding marks, tears at the margins without damage to text. Part of the title is printed on an Ottoman postage stamp.
Rare, not listed in the Bibliography Institute CD.