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Bidding Information
Lot #    24313
Auction End Date    8/11/2009 10:28:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Jewish Family Life: the duty of the woman
Author    [Women] R. Sidney B. Hoenig
City    Cleveland, Ohio
Publisher    Spero Foundation
Publication Date    1946
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   72 pp., illus. 153:100 mm., light age staining. A very good copy bound in the original wrappers.
          
Detailed
Description
   A small booklet on Jewish Family Purity which the title page indicates was distributed by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. The booklet is divided into five chapters and includes a bibliography and a directory of ritualariums in the United States.

The chapters titles are: Woman's place in Jewish life/ The elevating aspects of Taharah/The symbol of Family Purity--the Mikvah/The ritual for observance of family purity and --Prayers and Blessings.

At the end inserted a plate with two views of Ritualarium, Ladies Mikvah Bldg.

          
Paragraph 2    R. Sidney B. Hoenig was a professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University and author of Guide to the Prophets, and many other works.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Women's Literature
  
Characteristic
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica