Lot 82
Torat Emet Yeshiva, Hebron – 1911
"A call by… the Torat Emet Yeshiva in the city of Hebron". [Jerusalem, 1911]. Rabbis' letters and certificates on behalf of the Torat Emet Yeshiva of Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidim in the city of Hebron. Illustrations of Ma'arat HaMachpela, Rachel's Tomb and a picture of the city of Hebron. Wrappers printed in Hebrew and Russian, with the inscription "Torat Emet – Association for weaving kosher tzitziyot and olive oil kosher for Pesach". [Apparently, these wrappers which have no connection to the content of the notebook were intended to camouflage its real objective. This booklet was produced in order to be sent to philanthropists in Russia, since at that time, the Tsarist government decreed very severe conditions for collecting donations for yeshivot and public institutes. The interesting printed wrappers are a Jewish “invention” to enable collecting donations for a professional association for sale of etrogim and Passover matzot, olivewood souvenirs, etc.]. [3], 34, [1] pages. 15.5 cm. Good-fair condition, wear to wrappers. Ex library copy. The booklet is not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and is not listed in the NLI.
