Printed leaflet, Ot LeZikaron, sermon delivered by R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger on the duty not to pollute, at the request of Baron Edmund Benjamin Rothschild, during one of his visits to Eretz Israel. [Jerusalem: printer not indicated, 1887].

Printed without a title page.

R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger (1837-1922), author of Lev HaIvri, son-in-law of R. Hillel Lichtenstein, Rabbi of Kolomyia, disciple of the great Hungarian rabbis and a zealous opponent of the Reform and Haskalah movements. In 1870 he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he continued his struggle against the "innovators". He was embroiled in a number of controversies, including with the Old Yishuv when he contested the Halukka system. He was a founder of Petach Tikva, and was involved in other pioneering settlements.

4 pages. 19 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Open tear to second leaf, slightly affecting text. New leather binding.

Not documented by Sh. Halevy.