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Bidding Information
Lot #    11632
Auction End Date    9/20/2005 10:45:47 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Die Pflichten der Jüdischen Frau
Author    [Women] Abraham Levi
City    Frankfort am Main
Publisher    J. Kauffmann
Publication Date    1887
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    20 pp., 217:133 mm., light age staining. A very good copy bound in the original paper wrappers. Not in NYPL.
          
Detailed
Description		    This is the third edition of “The obligations of the Jewish wife”. It was printed in Mainz by Oscar Lehmann. The book is in German, with an occasional word in Hebrew.

The first 12 pages are in the form of letters from Frau Sophie Triest to Rebecca, and then Rebecca’s answers to Frau Triest. This is followed by a discussion of the laws of Niddah (ritual impurity due to menstruation) and the laws of Mikva (ritual bath).

          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
Subject
Halacha:    Checked
Other:    Women
  
Characteristic
Language:    German
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica