If you are Rachel Cohen, learning Hebrew at Deal Street School, I have the prize that you won in 1923. This little book with large print was used to teach small children to read Hebrew a hundred years ago. It was compiled and published by the Hebrew bookseller, Jacob Dickson, who had a shop in … Continue reading Lamdu Heitev Hachadash – The New Children’s Primer containing elements of Hebrew reading, compiled by Jacob Dickson, abridged by Rev. Izak Goller, London, 1923.
Month: December 2025
Ezras Kohanim, by Rabbi Yehoshua Yosef ben Nachum Dov haKohen Feinberg, Warsaw, 1877 – and its owner, Szmuel Dawid Jakubowicz, accountant of the Lublin Judenrat.
I bought this book some years ago, intrigued by its journey. It was found among the thousands of books that were saved from destruction during the Holocaust, and were collected in Warsaw after the war and eventually sent to the Land of Israel for distribution to institutions. This volume was apparently purchased by Shmuel David … Continue reading Ezras Kohanim, by Rabbi Yehoshua Yosef ben Nachum Dov haKohen Feinberg, Warsaw, 1877 – and its owner, Szmuel Dawid Jakubowicz, accountant of the Lublin Judenrat.
Birur Halacha, on civil weddings, by Rabbi Tzvi Firsch Ferber, London, 1937.
This small book, on civil marriages and divorce in Jewish law, was published by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber of London and printed by Israel Narodiczky in 1937. It has been reprinted, but this is the original first edition. In this book, Rabbi Ferber quotes the views of many batei din (rabbinical courts) and poskim (Jewish … Continue reading Birur Halacha, on civil weddings, by Rabbi Tzvi Firsch Ferber, London, 1937.
List of Seatholders of the Central Synagogue, Great Portland Street, London, 1909.
The Central Synagogue was founded in 1848, in the West End, because that was where the wealthier members of the London Jewish community had moved - away from the three City of London synagogues. Originally at 120 Great Portland Street, it moved to 133-141 Great Portland Street (where the current synagogue is) in 1868, and … Continue reading List of Seatholders of the Central Synagogue, Great Portland Street, London, 1909.
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