Eitan, Israel.
A CONTRIBUTION TO BIBLICAL LEXICOGRAPHY

Imprint: New York : Columbia University Press, 1924
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover

Original Wraps. 8vo. 66, [2] pages. 23 cm. First edition. Contributions to oriental history and philology, no. 10. Published also as thesis (Ph. D. ) Columbia university, 1924. "Etymological studies": p. 29-66. Comparative lexicographic study of biblical terms, with Hebrew roots compared to Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic, Greek, Coptic, and Syriac, with a major focus on rabbinic sources. Contains a biography of the author at rear (born in Warsaw, attended Heder, studied in France, member of the lexicographical committee headed by Ben Yehuda in Jerusalem, Hebrew teacher in Palestine and Syria, etc. ) . Subjects: Hebrew language - Lexicography. Hebrew language - Etymology. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Old Testament - Criticism, Textual. Wraps worn, with tears at edges, internally clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLE-13-7)

Stock number: 34807.

$US 100.00

Elazar, Daniel Judah; Peter Medding
JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN FRONTIER SOCIETIES: ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AND SOUTH AFRICA

Imprint: New York; Holmes & Meier, 1983
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

Hardcover. 8vo. IX 357 pages. 24 cm. First edition. A work comprising various studies on the immigration, communities, cultural and political experiences of Jewish migrants to Argentina, Australia, and South Africa. Subjects: Jews - Argentina - Politics and government. Jews - Australia - Politics and government. Jews - South Africa - Politics and government. OCLC lists 314 copies worldwide. Slight indent on bottom of back cover, publishers plastic wrap unopened, with slight holes in the plastic, showing dust that has settled on the top edges. Very good+condition. (LATAM1-35)

Stock number: 28288.

$US 100.00

Elbogen, Ismar) Elbogen, Regi
ISMAR ELBOGEN, 1874-1943, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Binding: Paperback

New York, 1946. Wrappers; 8vo. 26 pages. "Edition limited to 100 copies. Reprinted for private circulation from Historia Judaica, vol. VIII, no. 1, April, 1946." OCLC lists seven copies worldwide. Sunned; bit of edgewear. Very good condition. (CT-2/12)

Stock number: 14835.

$US 100.00

Elbogen, Ismar.
ZUM PROBLEM DER JÜDISCHEN LITERATURGESCHICHTE.

Binding: Paperback

Berlin, 1929. Paper wrappers, 8vo. 7 pages. Offprint from: Festgabe zum 10jährigen Bestehen der Akademie für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin 1929, pages 69-75. Very good condition. (O-1)

Stock number: 15144.

$US 100.00

Eliachar, Elie.
Life is with the Palestinians (Living with Palestinians)

Binding: Hardback

Jerusalem: Misgav, 1997. Hardbound. 8vo. 323 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish-Arab relations - History - 1917-1948; Palestinian Arabs - Israel; Jews - Arab countries - Politics and government. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Ex-library with minimal markings. Slight bumping to edges of cover and spine. Picture cover. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-4-6) .

Stock number: 17880.

$US 100.00

Eliezer Frenkel; Itzhak Panner; Itzik Manger
NAYE YIDISHE DIKHTUNG

Imprint: Yas [Romania]: Yidisher Kultur Kreyz Fun Rumenye, 1947
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback

First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 332 pages, 20 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to "New Yiddish Poetry. " An anthology of Yiddish poetry with a foreword from one of the biggest names in the Jewish literary world of the twentieth century. Manger has been described as the Bob Dylan/Dylan Thomas of the Yiddish literary world and was known for his heavy-drinking and love of the Bible (Roskies, JTS) . Frenkel and Panner, both Yiddish poets and journalists, published extensively. Published in Rumania for Holocaust survivors still living in Europe after the war. SUBJECTS: Yiddish poetry. Some browning and wear to wrappers and spine. Previous owner's inscription on title page. Internally Very Good. Overall Good condition. (YID-27-7)

Stock number: 39123.

$US 100.00

Elimelech, Of Lyzhansk and Alter Elisha Peksher Ha-Kohen
SEFER OR ELIMELEKH: LIKUTIM MI-TORAT HA-MA’OR HA-GADOL ... RABI ELIMELEKH ... MI-LIZENSK? ... HA-MEFUZARIM BI-SEFARAN SHEL-TSADIKIM VE-ENAM MOFI’IM BE-SIFRO HA-K. NO’AM ELIMELEKH

Imprint: Yerushalayim: Mekhon “zekher Naftali”, 1998
Binding: Hardback

(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 221 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew. Edition: Mahad. Hadashah ? Im hosafot v? E-tikunim. Series: Sifre Mekhon Zekher Naftali; Variation: Sifre Mekhon Zekher Naftali. SUBJECT(S) : Hasidism. Jewish meditations. Includes bibliographical references on pages 214-221 and indexes. Other Titles: Or Elimelekh. Elimelech of Lyzhansk (1717-1787) was a “popular zaddik of the third generation of ? Asidim and one of the founders of Hasidism in Galicia. Elimelech was a disciple of Dov Baer the Maggid of Mezhirech and is considered the theoretician and creator of “practical zaddikism. ” Elimelech and his brother Zusya of Hanipol traveled from village to village, according to the principle of nedudei galut, i. E. , their travels, symbolically expressing their identification with the wanderings of the shekhinah. According to a later interpretation, the purpose of their wanderings was the promotion of repentance. After the death of Dov Baer, Elimelech settled in Lyzhansk, Galicia, which as a result became an important ? Asidic center. He headed a court financed by pidyonot, i. E. , a system of internal taxes paid to the zaddik usually accompanied by kvitlakh, slips on which the Hasidim wrote their spiritual and material problems for the zaddik to solve. Letters published under his name show his attitude toward the quarrels between the Hasidim and the Mitnaggedim. Elimelech is also mentioned in the indictments against the Hasidim in Sefer ha-Vikku’ah and in Zemir Arizim. In his letters, he defends himself against the objections of the Mitnaggedim to Hasidim praying according to the Sephardi ritual. Elimelech cited as proof Joseph Caro and even Moses Isserles, who according to him established the Ashkenazi ritual for the general community, but not for the pious who had attained a higher plane of faith. Elimelech was ascetic, but he did not regard asceticism as the way of life for all. According to him, asceticism corresponds to the “breaking of the vessels” in Lurianic Kabbalah, whose purpose is tikkun. However, it is not the only path to tikkun; for “one zaddik reaches tikkun through eating and another, through asceticism” (Liebes in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (Hasid-10-5)

Stock number: 27602.

$US 100.00

Elina, Odette
SANS FLEURS NI COURONNES

Imprint: Bourges: Editions J. F. Boulet, 1948
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback

1st edition, original portfolio wrappers, 8vo. 53 pages, plus many blank and unnumbered pages. Illustrations throughout. In French. Title translates as, “Without Flowers Nor Crowns.” This book is told “in the first person, in a succession of scenes, impressions, portraits, thoughts, reflections and emotions that, in chapters very brief and titled, make up a devastating panorama about Elina’s experience in Auschwitz.” (elcultural.com 2018). "When I returned from Auschwitz in 1945, I felt what I had just experienced with such acuteness that it was impossible for me to keep it to myself. I recorded it in notes and drawings. This constituted ‘Without flowers nor Crowns.’ I do not regret having written these notes as soon as I returned from camp because, over time, memories become distorted, they become watered down or dramatized, but always move away from the truth. (...)" Odette Elina (1910-1991) was a “painter, was deported by the Gestapo to Auschwitz-Birkenau in April 1944 as a communist, but above all and above all because she was Jewish. In 1940, she entered the French Resistance network, she had had an initial function to establish the liaison between the writers residing in the South zone (notably Mauriac, Aragon and Julien Benda) before entering the Secret Army in 1942. We actually know very little about the biographical career of Elina before and after her deportation, apart from her exacerbated desire on leaving the Camp to testify to her life in the Camp. ‘Without Flowers nor Crowns’, [was] originally published in 1948 in the wake of the first testimonies…on the Holocaust that appeared in the post-war years..." (Isabelle Dumont).  SUBJECT(S): World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German. Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Camps de concentration -- Récits personnels. Französin. Elina, Odette. Auschwitz (Concentration camp). Konzentrationslager. OCLC: 58452978 (2005 edition by later publisher, with the OCLC record incorrectly listing the original 1st edition as 1947 instead of 1948).  OCLC lists no 1948 (or 1947) copies online. Pages are loose as issued, in an illustrated portfolio. This book is one of 270 numbered copies. Illustrated with 12 inset drawings, one reproduced on the cover; the title page mentions 13 drawings (?), but there are only 12, the same number as reproduced in the 1982 reissue [and also in the other copy of this first edition we examined], so "13" would seem to be incorrect or possibly counting the repeated drawing on the cover. Portfolio is slightly rubbed with short closed tear at lower front inside fold and spine has some creasing, else Very Good Condition. Important and exceedingly rare (HOLO2-141-27-IIIXX)

Stock number: 41862.

$US 1,200.00

Elizur-Epstein, Baruch.
PEREK BA-TALMUD. A CHAPTER OF TALMUD : BAVA MEZIA, IX, PEREK HAMEKABEL : WITH INTRODUCTION, TRANSLATION, COMMENTARY AND ANNOTATIONS.

Imprint: Jerusalem : Dept. of Torah Education and Culture in the Diaspora of the World Zionist Organization., 1963.
Binding: Hardcover

(FT) 8vo. Xvi, 232 pages. In English with some Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Talmud, Baba mez'ia – commentaries. SERIES: Popular Torah library. Ex library. Good condition. (RAB-22-18)

Stock number: 20501.

$US 100.00

Elkin, Judith Laikin. editor
RESOURCES FOR LATIN AMERICAN JEWISH STUDIES

Imprint: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Latin American Jewish Studies Association, 1984
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

Original Stapled Paper Wrappers. 8vo. Xiii, 60 pages. Subtitle: “Proceedings of the First research conference of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association, held on the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion on October 30-November 1, 1982.” CONTENTS: Using Jewish Reference Sources for the Study of Latin American Jewry: A Bibliography. / Arnona Rudavksy – United States Library Collections on Latin American Jews / Richard D. Woods and Arnona Rudavsky – United States Archival Resources for the Study of Jews in Latin America / Thomas Niehaus and Maria Hernandez-Lehmann – Disappearing Memories: The Loss of Jewish Records in Latin America / Robert M. Levine – Program of the First Conference of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association. Laid In: Signed letter from the editor. Minor wear to cover; internal pages are bright and clean. Very Good Condition. (SEF44-5a)

Stock number: 28406.

$US 100.00

Elliott, John H.
BUILDING BRIDGES: BETWEEN GROUPS THAT DIFFER IN FAITH, RACE, CULTURE

Imprint: New York: National Conference Of Christians And Jews,, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback

1st edition. Original color paper wrappers. 8vo, 47 pages. Black and white photographs throughout. Holocaust-era imprint calling on American's to reject racism, bigotry, and Antisemitism. "Christian young people are increasingly aware of the implications of religious and racial antagonisms, and are determined to make concrete their religious professions of love and brotherhood. To help them in the human engineering problem of bridging the gulfs between men is the purpose of this booklet. " (from foreword by author) Describes different religions and includes questions to discuss and things to do for each one. Table of Contents: Who are we Americans? , Roman Catholics, The Jewish People, Protestants, Our Racial Minorities, Cooperating for Common Ends. SUBJECT(S) : Minorities -- United States. Prejudices. Minorities. Race relations. OCLC: 638880464, OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide. (HEBREW UNION COL; TRINITY UNIV, COATES LIBR; WISCONSIN HISTL SOC LIBR; TEL AVIV UNIV) Blue cover with illustration of bridge. Few pencil notes on cover, previous owner's stamp on title page, light wear to front and back cover, else clean copy. Very Good Condition overall. Scarce. (HOLO2-159-1-2) xx

Stock number: 41162.

$US 150.00

Eltzbacher, Paul; Y A Merison
DER ANARKHIZM

Imprint: Nyu York; Internatsyonale Bibliothek Ferlag Ko., 1910
Binding: Hardcover

Original Cloth. 8vo. 347 pages. 21 cm. Second Yiddish edition. Translation by Y. A. Merison of Der Anarchismus. Paul Eltzbacher, a German-Jewish Professor of Law, was born in Cologne 1868 and died in Berlin 1928; scholar and writer; studied in Leipzig, Heidelberg, Strassburg and Göttingen; lectured in Halle and became Professor of Law at the Handelshochschule in Berlin; published on anarchism and contemporary political subjects; author of `Anarchism' 1900. He became a Bolshevik after 1918. Subjects: Yiddish - Anarchism. Anarchists. Institutional stamps on endpages and backstrip, otherwise fresh and clean. Good condition. (YID-19-11)

Stock number: 31056.

$US 100.00

Elzas, Barnett A.
ELZAS VS HUHNER: A FINAL WORD IN THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA CONTROVERSY

Imprint: Charleston, Daggett Printing Co., 1903
Binding: Paperback

Original Self-Wrappers. 8vo. 4 pages. 21 cm. Reprinted from the News and Courier. Subtitle: “Dr. Barnett A. Elzas Establishes the Justice of his Criticisms of Mr. Huhner's article ‘Charleston’ [in the Jewish Encyclopedia] by Reference to Authorities in this State whom None can Gainsay. ” SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. A few minor, closed tears to egdes, but no loss of paper. Very Good Condition. (SEF44-27) . Xx

Stock number: 28430.

$US 100.00

Elzas, Barnett A.
HUHNER VS ELZAS: THE NEW YORKER OBJECTS TO DR. ELZAS’S CRITICISMS [WITH] EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL: DR. ELZAS SUBSTANTIATES HIS FIRST CRITICISMS

Imprint: Charleston, Daggett Printing Co., 1903
Binding: Paperback

Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages. 21 cm. Reprinted from the News and Courier. A correspondence between Huhner and Elzas on the criticisms of Huhner’s article in the Jewish Encyclopaedia. Subtitle: “Some Correspondence that Does not Affect the Questions at Issue – Faulty Encyclopaedias Cited in Defence of an Error – Stands by His Story of Salvador – Is not Familiar with Tory Records of this State – Thinks Lushington’s Company was Composed of Jews – Continental Officers from Other States Credited to South Carolina – Thinks the Act of 1811 Created First Free School Commissioners in Charleston. ” SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Vertical crease throughout. Very Good Condition. (SEF44-28) .

Stock number: 28431.

$US 100.00

Elzas, Barnett A.
THE JEWS OF CHARLESTON… A REVIEW OF THE ARTICLE “CHARLESTON” IN VOL. 3 OF THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Imprint: Charleston, Daggett Printing Co., 1902
Binding: Paperback

Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 21 cm. Reprinted from The Charleston News and Courier, December 1902. A sharp critique of the accuracy of the article, “Charleston” from the Jewish Encyclopaedia by L. Huhner. The review spawned a series of correspondence between Elzas and Huhner on the accuracy of each other’s historical claims. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (SEF44-32) .

Stock number: 28435.

$US 100.00

Elzas, Barnett A. [Mayer Sulzberger's copy with his bookplate]
THE JEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY

Imprint: New York, Press Of J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover

1st edition. Original Publisher’s Cloth, 4to, 352 pages, black and white photos and illustrations, fold-outs are intact, One of 175 numbered copies printedon hand-made paper, this being nr 32. Jewish leader Mayer Sulzberger's copy with his bookplate Contents include: Preface; Beginnings 1670 to 1750; Organization 1750 to 1775; Moses Lindo; Francis Salvador; The Revolutionary Period; Joseph Salvador; 1783 to 1800; 1800 to 1824; The Reformed Society of Israelites; 1824 to 1860; Religious Development 1824 to 1860; The War Between the States; Smaller Communities; Modern Period 1865 to 1905; Miscellaneous Biographies; APPENDIX A: The Act for Making Aliens Free; B: Directories 1695 to 1800; C: The Salvador Grant of Arms; D: The Hebrew Benevolent Society; E: Hebrew Orphan Society; F: The Congregation Beth Elohim 1800 to 1824; G: Ministers of Beth Elohim 1750 to 1905; H: Old Jewish Cemeteries in SC; Bibliography; Index. The author served as Rabbi of K. K. Beth Elo-him of Charleston. Ex-library with usual marks to blank endpapers, one neat stamp to lower margin title page, otherwise Very Good condition. (AMR-38-22B)

Stock number: 41578.

$US 600.00

[Elzevir Press] Gilles, Pierre
P. GYLLII DE CONSTANTINOPOLEOS TOPOGRAPHIA LIB. IV

Imprint: Ex typis Elzevirianis [Barbou], Lugduni Batavorum [Paris], 1632
Binding: Hardcover

Second Bonaventure and Abraham Elzevier edition, more beautiful and more correct than their first release of the same year. Modern green boards, 64mo (2”x3”, miniature), 422+ [6] pages. In Latin. Illustrated title page which includes a nice title-frontispiece on copper showing, among others, a bird’s eye view of Constantinople from the harbor. Willems, 367.The author had been commissioned by Francois I to the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. He left a testimony of the greatest importance describing Constantinople at the time of the great architectural upheavals. Thanks to him, one can locate most of the destroyed ancient buildings. The Elzevirs were “a celebrated family of Dutch booksellers, publishers, and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The duodecimo series of ‘Elzevirs’ became very famous and very desirable among bibliophiles, who sought to obtain the tallest and freshest copies of these tiny books….The family ceased printing in 1712…Bonaventura Elzevir (1583–1652)...began business as a publisher in 1608, and in 1626 took into partnership Abraham Elzevir, his nephew….Abraham died on 14 August 1652, and Bonaventura about a month afterwards. The fame of the Elzevir editions rests chiefly on the works issued by the firm of Bonaventura and Abraham….their small editions in 12mo, 16mo and 24mo, for elegance of design, neatness, clearness and regularity of type, and beauty of paper, cannot be surpassed….Between 1626 and 1649, Bonaventure and Abraham Elzevir published a bestselling series titled the Respublicae (commonly known as the Republics or Petites Républiques), the ancestor of the modern travel guide. Each of the thirty-five volumes in the series gave information on the geography, inhabitants, economy, and history of a country in Europe, Asia, Africa, or the Near East” (Wikipedia). Subjects: Antiquities. Travel. Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel. OCLC: 35259302. Faint blind stamps and paper repair on blank end pages. Nice margins, good attractive paper and internal binding.Very Good Condition. (AC-22-1)

Stock number: 41593.

$US 350.00

Emanuel Hecht;   Meyer Kayserling;   Max Doctor;   Adolf Biach
LEHRBUCH DER JUDISCHEN GESCHICHTE UND LITERATUR: VON DER ZERSTORUNG DES ERSTEN TEMPELS BIS ZUR GEGENWART: FÜR OBERGYMNASIEN UND VERWANDTE LEHRANSTALTEN

Imprint: Leipzig : G. Engel, 1909
Binding: Hardcover

8vo. 242 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- History.  (GER-23-11)

Stock number: 20332.

$US 100.00

Endelman, Todd M.
THE JEWS OF BRITAIN, 1656 TO 2000

Imprint: Berkeley, University Of California Press, 2002
Binding: Hardcover

Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Xii, 347 pages. 22 cm. CONTENTS: The Resettlement (1656-1700) – Bankers and Brokers, Peddlers and Pickpockets (1700-1800) – Poverty to Prosperity (1800-1870) – Native Jews and Foreign Jews (1870-1914) – The Great War to the Holocaust (1914-1945) – The Fracturing of Anglo-Jewry (1945-2000) . Includes glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms, bibliography and index. Lacks dustjacket. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (SEF42-6)

Stock number: 28369.

$US 100.00

Engel, David; Yitzchak Mais; Eva Fogelman
DARING TO RESIST: JEWISH DEFIANCE IN THE HOLOCAUST

Imprint: New York; Museum Of Jewish Heritage, 2007
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

Softbound. 4to. 146 pages. 28 cm. First edition. "Produced and published on the occasion of the exhibition Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust by the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY, April 2007-July 2008." Publishers description: “This important companion book challenges the stereotypical view that Jews were passive victims of Nazi oppression. Highlighting the themes of the exhibition, this unique compilation of more than thirty memoirs, oral histories, and letters - some published for the first time in English - documents from a Jewish perspective the vitality and resilience of Jewish life under Nazi oppression. The collection also includes original and thought provoking essays by exhibition curator Yitzchak Mais, Holocaust scholar David Engel, and psychologist Eva Fogelman, all of whom offer new insights about this important chapter of Jewish history. ” Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Exhibitions. World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - Exhibitions. Near fine condition. (HOLO2-97-38)

Stock number: 29518.

$US 100.00

Engelberg, Rafael Zacharias.
SUOMI JA AMERIKAN SUOMALAISET; KESKINÄINEN YHTEYS JASEN RAKENTAMINEN.

Imprint: Helsinki: Suomi-Seura., 1944.
Binding: Hardcover

8vo. 491 pages. In Finnish. Illustrated. SUBJECT (S) : Finns - United States. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Dust jacket is faded and torn around the edges and has tape on the spine, book is very clean, has owner's small sticker inside front cover, very good condition. (FIN-8-36)

Stock number: 23487.

$US 100.00

Engels, Friederich; H. Puro.
SOSIALISTISEN FILOSOFIAN JUURET : FEUERBACHIN FILOSOFIAN KRITIIKKIÄ.

Imprint: Sudbury, Ont. : Vapaus., 1922.
Binding: Paperback

12mo. 102 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Socialism. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Lakehead Univ, National Library of Finland) . Tear at bottom of spine, light spot on front cover, otherwise very good condition. (FIN-14-27)

Stock number: 22468.

$US 100.00

D'Ennery.
ORPOSISARUKSET.

Imprint: Duluth : Paivalehti Kustannusyhtion Kirjapainossa., 1930.
Binding: Paperback

12mo. 124 pages. In Finnish. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Covers loose and torn along spine, edgeworn, pages yellowed but clean, pen writing and moisture stain on front cover, good condition. (FIN-14-28)

Stock number: 22827.

$US 150.00

Entin, Joel
FUN FOLK'S MOYL. IDISHE MAY'SEH'LAKH FAR SHUL UN HOYZ…

Imprint: New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1919
Binding: Hardback

(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 201 pages, in Yiddish, illustrated Stories followed by explanations of difficult words and bibliographical notes. Includes bibliographical references. Joel Entein (1875–1959) , was a “Yiddish editor, educator, and translator. Entin was born in Pohost, Russia, where he received a traditional religious and secular education. He became active in Hibbat Zion and in 1890 moved to Moscow to work for Bnei Zion. He arrived in New York in 1891 where he audited classes at Columbia University. Although he wrote chiefly in Yiddish, his first publication was an English poem” (EJ, 2007) . SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish --- language--- Readers --- short stories. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Covers very shaken and loose, first and last page loose, the rest is still bind tightly together, overall good+ condition (YIDCHI-5-39)

Stock number: 29727.

$US 125.00

Ephraim Zalman Ben Menahem Mannes Margolioth
ZERA EFRAYIM: ... SHENE PERUSHIM AL PESIKTA RABATI DE-RAV KAHANA

Imprint: Lemberg: Gedruckt Bei M. F. Poremba, 1853
Binding: Hardback

(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 97 leaves, 25 cm. In Hebrew. Other Titles: Pesikta rabbati. Margolioth (1760-1828) was a “rabbi and author. Ephraim studied under his uncle, Alexander Margolioth, rabbi of Satanov, Isaac of Ostrow, author of Berit Kehunnat Olam, and Ezekiel Landau. In his youth he was rabbi of Ohanov, but later left the rabbinate, according to some reports declining an offer of the rabbinate of Frankfurt. Ephraim settled in Brody and went into business, in which he was highly successful. He owned commercial establishments in Vienna and it was said of him: "From the time of the minister Saul Wahl there has not been Torah and wealth such as belong to Margolioth. " He spent most of his time in study, leaving the conduct of his business to his partner Simeon Dishze. He also studied esoteric works with a group of kabbalists at Brody, and had a sound knowledge of history. Margolioth wrote many books and exchanged responsa with the greatest rabbis of his time, with some of whom he maintained close relations. He was involved in the controversy caused by Joshua Heshel Zoref’s book Ha-Zoref and established the fact that it had strong leanings toward Shabbateanism. He also contended with the communal leaders of Brody over the leniency extended to the wealthy parnasim under the prevailing system of communal taxation and demanded their full participation in community expenditure. Margolioth gave his approbation to a great number of books, including many by hasidic rabbis. His own works, which appeared in many editions, and many of his halakhic decisions have been accepted. His works include Beit Efrayim, part 1 entitled Peri Tevu’ah, with commentary Rosh Efrayim; part 2 Shulhan Arukh, Yoreh De’ah; responsa Beit Efrayim; and another collection of responsa Beit Efrayim; Shem Efrayim, on Rashi’s commentary to the Pentateuch and haftarot; Zera Efrayim on the Pesikta Rabbati; Yad Efrayim, on Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim. He also wrote Ma’alot ha-Yuhasin, a genealogical book on the families Landau, Margolioth, etc. R. Zevi Hirsch Chajes of Zolkiew was among his pupils” (Alfassi in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Ex-library. Water stain to front cover. Stained pages. Hinge repair. Chipped cover edges. Wear to binding. Otherwise, good condition. (Heb-18-2)

Stock number: 26727.

$US 125.00