Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Kin'at Zion – Torat HaKan'ut – Amsterdam, 1846 – Dedication by author Mashia"ch
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Kin'at Zion, "Zealousy for G-d, …. to raise the banner of the Torah……[against] those evildoers….who have convened in the town of Braunschweig", Rabbi Moshe Israel Chazan [Mashia"ch]. Amsterdam, 1846.
An article protesting resolutions determined by the Reform Congress in Braunschweig, and including letters of condemnation from the Rabbis of Eretz Yisrael (Jerusalem, Tiberias and Safed0.
Bound together with: the book Torat HaKan'ut, letters from Rabbis from Germany, Holland, Poland and Hungary against the Reform Congress in Braunschweig. [Amsterdam, 1845; bound without jacket].
The first Reform Congress was held in Tammuz 1844 in Braunschweig, Germany, during which they announced "modifications " to Jewish Law and to the traditional Prayer book. In retaliation, the Committee directors in Amsterdam, Rabbi Z. H. Lehrn and Rabbi A. Prinz embarked on a fierce campaign, hastening letters to all the Torah Leaders, and then printing the response in a book "Torat HaKana'ut ", they also published the book "Kin'at Zion" by Rabbi Moshe Israel Chazan, Jerusalem emissary to Europe, and later Rabbi in Rome, Corfu and Alexandria (see enclosed material).
Ownership inscriptions in Spanish handwriting: "Yosef, ben Simchon", "Ya'akov, ben Simchon". Ink stamp "Abin". There is an interesting personal inscription at the foot of the page: "….I was walking in the street and a man approached me to buy this book from him for three shillings and I became acquainted with it and brought it to the Rabbinic Judge, Rabbi Avraham Chalva'ah…. here in London…..Menachem Man Manzfeld".
A dedication from the author is impressed on the cover of the book "A gift of zealousy to the venerable affluent Shlomo, ben Uleil…..from one who enjoyed his hospitality, Mashia"ch. [Moshe Israel Chazan]
[1], 17; 33 leaves. 26 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Moth stains. Slight damage to title page. Original binding with leather spine and gilt embossing, damaged.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
An article protesting resolutions determined by the Reform Congress in Braunschweig, and including letters of condemnation from the Rabbis of Eretz Yisrael (Jerusalem, Tiberias and Safed0.
Bound together with: the book Torat HaKan'ut, letters from Rabbis from Germany, Holland, Poland and Hungary against the Reform Congress in Braunschweig. [Amsterdam, 1845; bound without jacket].
The first Reform Congress was held in Tammuz 1844 in Braunschweig, Germany, during which they announced "modifications " to Jewish Law and to the traditional Prayer book. In retaliation, the Committee directors in Amsterdam, Rabbi Z. H. Lehrn and Rabbi A. Prinz embarked on a fierce campaign, hastening letters to all the Torah Leaders, and then printing the response in a book "Torat HaKana'ut ", they also published the book "Kin'at Zion" by Rabbi Moshe Israel Chazan, Jerusalem emissary to Europe, and later Rabbi in Rome, Corfu and Alexandria (see enclosed material).
Ownership inscriptions in Spanish handwriting: "Yosef, ben Simchon", "Ya'akov, ben Simchon". Ink stamp "Abin". There is an interesting personal inscription at the foot of the page: "….I was walking in the street and a man approached me to buy this book from him for three shillings and I became acquainted with it and brought it to the Rabbinic Judge, Rabbi Avraham Chalva'ah…. here in London…..Menachem Man Manzfeld".
A dedication from the author is impressed on the cover of the book "A gift of zealousy to the venerable affluent Shlomo, ben Uleil…..from one who enjoyed his hospitality, Mashia"ch. [Moshe Israel Chazan]
[1], 17; 33 leaves. 26 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Moth stains. Slight damage to title page. Original binding with leather spine and gilt embossing, damaged.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
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