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Devar HaShemitah – Heter Mechirah Controversy – Jerusalem, 1888
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Devar HaShemitah, anthology of letters of rabbis supporting Heter Mechirah, edited by R. Yitzchak Hirschensohn. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Hirschensohn, 1888.
The book contains articles published in periodicals, most by R. Yaakov Mordechai Hirschensohn, the author's father, supporting Heter Mechirah, an allowance for agricultural work in the Shemitah year by sale of the land to a non-Jew.
[2], 110 pages. Approx. 19 cm (uneven trimming). Dry paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 614.
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Early Books Printed in Jerusalem – Books and Booklets, Proclamations and Signed Letters
Early Books Printed in Jerusalem – Books and Booklets, Proclamations and Signed Letters