Lot 546
Three Books of Satire and Enlightened Criticism
1. Sefer Megaleh Temirin – scathing satire targeting the Chassidic Movement, by Joseph Perl. Lvov, 1864. [Interesting bibliographic notes in old handwriting at beginning and end of book]. Second edition.
2. Hagaddah LaMelamdim, following the custom of Poland, Reissen, Galicia and Rumania – the Haggadah depicts a vicious parody of the status of Jewish teachers in Russia, by Levi Reuven Zimlin. Second printing by Ephraim Deinard. Odessa, 1883.
3. Goral HaMelamdim o HaCheder Milfanim Ve'Atah – "comparison" between the conditions of Jewish teachers in Hebrew School (cheder) and teachers in the state schools, by Mordechai Adler. Vienna, 1883.
Varying state and size.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
