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Lot #    23867
Auction End Date    6/9/2009 1:23:22 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Midrash Yayin veShekhor
Title (Hebrew)    îãøù ééï åùëø
Author    [Only Ed.] R. Isidore Koplowitz
City    Detroit
Publication Date    1923
          
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Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. Portrait, 66 pp., 205:132 mm., light age staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards. Not in CD-EPI.
          
Detailed
Description		    R. Isidore Koplowitz was born ca. 1868. He served as the rabbi of Keneseth Israel of Richmond in 1894 and Keneseth Israel (Orthodox) of Kansas City, MO, in 1908. He died in Detroit in 1923. "In compiling data pertaining to the prohibi­tion of wine drinking, the compiler had but one object in view, namely to present to the public a Jewish view­point on this vital and epoch-making question ... This book presents the thoughts and sentiments of the Talmudic Rabbins who were strongly opposed to the drinking of any wine whatever ... The subject of this vol­ume is ... strictly limited to wine. Yet, one will find in its context protests against the drinking of any and all intoxicating drinks ... Have we no vision, no counsel, no hope, no comfort, no encouragement and no salvation to offer this, our American land and country, wherein, after centuries of weary and storm-tossed pilgrimage, we have at last found a haven, a refuge and a God-blessed homeland? Is it not doubly our duty, just because we are Jews, to uphold and support the Laws of America, espe­cially in the case of prohibition, the law of which is sane, just, wise, moral and sacred? '" An earnest and intelli­gent investigation in the tomes of Israel's vast and sacred literature will convince the reader beyond a doubt that the Hebrew prophets and a host of the Talmudic Rabbins, were outspoken in the great cause of prohibi­tion" (pp. 5-7). The text is in English with copious Hebrew sources interspersed throughout.
          
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Description		    HPA 1179
        
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Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
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Subject
Halacha:    Checked
  
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First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English, Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica