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Bidding Information
Lot #    21004
Auction End Date    6/17/2008 11:41:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Polemic on the Rebbe Meir Baal ha-Nes Fund
Title (Hebrew)    קול קורא בצדק
Author    [Unrecorded - Polemic - Community]
City    Jerusalem
Publisher    Central Comite
Publication Date    1891
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [2] pp., 290:228 mm., light age staining. Not in CD-EPI.
          
Detailed
Description		    Flyer signed by R. Samuel Salant, demanding that no monies donated to the Rebbe Meir Baal ha-Nes Fund be given to any agents other than the Central Committee agents. Beginning with the 18th century a Rebbe Meir Ba'al ha-Nes box was found in almost every Jewish home, and housewives dropped small change into it just before kindling the Sabbath lights. Due to the miraculous deeds connected with the tomb of Rebbe Meir, it was customary to contribute money, candles, or oil for lighting as a specific protection against all kinds of ailments and dangers; it was also done in the hope of finding something lost, of having children, or of driving away evil thoughts. It is clear, however, that the box also symbolized the longing for Erez Israel where the money was distributed through several competative Kollels.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
  
Subject
Polemics:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica