Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Polemic over Corfu Etrogim – Two Books
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Two books published in context with the rabbinical embargo on Corfu etrogim in favor etrogim from Eretz Yisrael.
1. Pamphlet Pri Etz Hadar, on the qualities of the Israeli etrog and the flaws of the Jaffa etrog, by Rabbi Benjamin Beinish Salant. Jerusalem [1878]. S. HaLevi 311.
2-3. The book Pri Etz Hadar , an anthology of letters from Rabbis extolling the virtues of the Israeli etrog, and prohibiting the Corfu etrog, published by Rabbi Shlomo Marcus. Cracow, 1900. [Title page displays ink stamp of Rabbi "Zvi Yechezkel Michaelsohn" Rabbi of Plunsk, who's letter is printed in the book].
Bound together with the pamphlet Kol Ya'akov, relating to the Lydda Yeshiva, by Rabbi Yitzchak Ya'akov Reines. Lydda, 1908.
Varying size and state. Not the original bindings.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection
1. Pamphlet Pri Etz Hadar, on the qualities of the Israeli etrog and the flaws of the Jaffa etrog, by Rabbi Benjamin Beinish Salant. Jerusalem [1878]. S. HaLevi 311.
2-3. The book Pri Etz Hadar , an anthology of letters from Rabbis extolling the virtues of the Israeli etrog, and prohibiting the Corfu etrog, published by Rabbi Shlomo Marcus. Cracow, 1900. [Title page displays ink stamp of Rabbi "Zvi Yechezkel Michaelsohn" Rabbi of Plunsk, who's letter is printed in the book].
Bound together with the pamphlet Kol Ya'akov, relating to the Lydda Yeshiva, by Rabbi Yitzchak Ya'akov Reines. Lydda, 1908.
Varying size and state. Not the original bindings.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection
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