Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Divrei HaBrit, Against the Reform Movement – Altona, 1819 – The German Edition

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Dibere Haberith, Briefe der ausgezeichnetsten Rabbiner und Rabbiner-Collegien der vorzüglichsten israelitischen Gemeinden Deutschlands, Pohlen und Italien. Altona, [1819].
"Ele Divrei HaBrit" was published in Altona in 1819 following reform "corrections" carried out by the Hamburg community to prayer compositions and customs, such as bringing an organ into the synagogue, using the German language in prayers and other such changes. These "corrections" were the first signs of the reform movement in Germany. This book contains a collection of letters by Torah leaders who strongly protest the corrections including a letter by Rabbi Akiva Eiger, the Chatam Sofer, Maharam Bennet, etc. This book is the German edition of the same book which was published that same year in Hebrew (see previous item).
[4], 91 pages. 16 cm. Good condition. Few stains.
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