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Full title: Alexander's Hebrew Ritual and doctrinal explanation of the whole ceremonial law, oral and traditional of the Jewish Community in England and foreign parts; being a necessary companion to the Holy Scriptures. Together with several remarkable events relative to the people of the Jew from the most ancient records.
The book was dedicated to His Royal Highness, the Duke of Kent.
Levy (Judah Leib; d. 1834?)Alexander, son of Alexander Alexander (d. 1807) printed Hebrew and English works for many years, reproducing several of his father's editions. Failing to secure for one of these the patronage of Chief Rabbi Solomon Hirschel, he published a number of scurrilous attacks on him ("The Axe laid to the root, or, Ignorance and Superstition evident in the character of the Rev. S. Hirschel," 1808; "A Critique of the Hebrew Thanksgiving prayers... on Thursday the 7th of July... With an anecdote of the humorous sermon delivered by the High Priest the Rev. Solomon Hirschel... for the occasion," 1814). He continued the attack on the wrappings of his edition of the festival prayers issued in parts 1808–15. His own writings include a reply to the proposals of J. Van Oven on the problem of Jewish poor (1802), and an English grammar in rhyme (1833). His Memoirs of the Life and Commercial Connections of the late Benjamin Goldsmid of Roehampton (1808) contains piquant details of contemporary Jewish life in London.
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