Rabbi David Feldmann announced his intention to publish a book called Shimusha Shel Torah at the end of his annotated edition of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in 1926. In the meantime, following the rise of Nazi Germany, he left his position in Leipzig and emigrated to England. This book was not published until 1951, when … Continue reading Sefer Shimushoh Shel Torah, by Rabbi David Feldmann, London, 1951.
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Kitzur Shulchan Aruch by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, with Ir David, by Rabbi David Feldman, Leipzig, 1924.
Rabbi David Feldman (he sometimes spelled it Feldmann) was born in Tolno in the Ukraine. He received semicha (his rabbinical diploma) from Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein (known, after his book, as the Aruch HaShulchan), and Rabbi Shalom Mordechai Schwadron. Rabbi Feldman was appointed Rabbi of the Ahavath Torah Synagogue of the Brodde Community in Leipzig … Continue reading Kitzur Shulchan Aruch by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, with Ir David, by Rabbi David Feldman, Leipzig, 1924.
Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Cultural Ideal and Our Times, by Jakob Rosenheim, translated by Dr. I. E. Lichtigfeld, London, 1951.
There's a lot in this book - the subject, the author, the translator, the publisher and the printer. The subject, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-88) was a German rabbi and religious thinker. He was born in Hamburg where he received a general as well as a traditional Jewish education. His teacher in Hamburg was Isaac … Continue reading Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Cultural Ideal and Our Times, by Jakob Rosenheim, translated by Dr. I. E. Lichtigfeld, London, 1951.
Sulzbach Talmud – 1755 to 1770
I have a number of volumes of the Talmud, printed in Sulzbach, Bavaria, on various dates in the mid-eighteenth century. Hebrew printing had begun in Sulzbach, an old-established Jewish community, in 1669. These editions of the Talmud are the second and third editions printed in Sulzbach by Meshulam Zalman (known as Zalman) son of Aharon … Continue reading Sulzbach Talmud – 1755 to 1770
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