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Only edition. viii, 48 pp., 202:132 mm., light age and damp staining, stamps, wide margins. A very good copy bound in later cloth and over boards, rubbed. Rare - This title is listed in WorldCat as being available in only two libraries worldwide. |
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A volume on circumcision, Sabbath observance and the Jewish holidays. The subtitle translates as the most important requests of the Bresslauer Rabbi. The text is in German, with frequent use of Hebrew words and passages.
The author, R. Dr. Moritz Duschak , (1815-1890) is also the author of numerous other books, including: Geschichte und Darstellung des jüdischen Cultus (Mannheim, 1866), Die Moral der Evangelien und des Talmud ein vergleichende Studie im Geiste unserer Zeit (Brünn, 1877) Umriss des biblisch-talmudischen Synagogen- Rechtes mit Rücksicht auf die jetzige Stellung der österreichischen Juden (Olmütz, 1853). ,et al.
R. Dr. Duschak was an Austrian rabbi and author; born in Triesch, Moravia, Nov. 14, 1815; died in Vienna July 21, 1890. He was a pupil in Talmud of R. Moses Sofer of Presburg, and was for a long time rabbi at Gaya, Moravia. In 1877 he became preacher in Cracow and teacher of religion at the gymnasium of that city. He was a modern preacher and the author of works in the German language. Although engaged to deliver his sermons at the Temple, his sympathies were mostly with the old-style Orthodox people of the "Klaus," who could better appreciate his Talmudical knowledge. His position as preacher was thus somewhat anomalous; and after several years' service he left Cracow and settled in Vienna, where he spent his last days in neglect and disappointment. |
