Two books and a brochure printed in Leningrad in the beginning of the Bolshevik regime in Russia, by R. David Tevel Katzenellenbogen, Rabbi of the city.

• Maayan Mei Naftoach on Tractate Yevamot, by R. David Tevel Katzenellenbogen, Rabbi of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg (Leningrad): Red Propagandist (Красный Агитатор), 1923. First edition.
Handwritten and signed dedication of author on front endpaper. On the leaves of the book are several handwritten corrections [by the author?].
[2], 47, [1] leaves. 35.5 cm. Dry paper. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Minor tears and wear. New leather binding.

One of the few Hebrew books printed in Russia during that period.

• Gam Eleh Divrei David, sermons for festivals and important occasions, by R. David Tevel Katzenellenbogen, Rabbi of St. Petersburg, concluding with additions to Mei Naftoach on Yevamot. Leningrad (St. Petersburg): H. Itzkovsky in Berlin, 1928. First edition.
On the title cover is a handwritten dedication by the author, dated 1929, to R. Yaakov Kelms, Rabbi of Moscow at the time.
[3], 4-63 pages + printed wrapper. 26 cm. Good condition. Light stains. The wrapper is in fair condition, with stains, tears and repairs. New binding.

• Advertisement for a Bar Mitzvah book, edited by R. David Tevel Katzenellenbogen. St. Petersburg: Ezrah, [ca. 1920s].
[1] leaf. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and tears.

R. David Tevel Katzenellenbogen (1850-1930) served as Rabbi of Lithuanian and Russian cities. Even after the Bolshevik revolution, he remained Rabbi of St. Petersburg, renamed Leningrad, where, amazingly, his book Mei Naftoach on Tractate Yevamot was printed by the Red Propagandist press [which also printed the official Izvestia newspaper]. In 1928, he printed his homiletical book "Gam Eleh Divrei David" in "Leningrad" (actually Berlin, distributed in Russia with official approval).

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