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Lot #    24949
Auction End Date    10/27/2009 10:58:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Frucht vom Baum des Lebens, Ozer peroth Ez Chajim.
Title (Hebrew)    אוצר פירות עץ חיים
Author    Menko Max Hirsch, trans.
City    Berlin - Antwerp
Publisher    Soncino Gesellschaft
Publication Date    1936
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition in German. 365 pp., 270:195 mm., quality paper, wide margins. A very good copy bound as issued. Limited edition of 1000.
          
Detailed
Description		    Full title: Frucht vom Baum des Lebens, Ozer peroth Ez Chajim: Die Sammlung der Rechtsgutachten Peri Ez Chajim des Rabbinerseminars Ets Haim zu Amsterdam. Zeitlich geordnet, ins Deutsche uebertragen und in gekuerzter Form herausgegeben . Published in Berlin-Antwerpen

German language synopsis of the extant responsa from "Peri Eitz Chaim/ Peri Ez Hayyim" [Fruits of the Tree of Life] , the Hebrew periodical of Amsterdam's renowned Sephardic Yeshiva [Talmud Academy] "Ets Hayim", founded in 1616 as a center for all of Sephardic Jewry. The periodical was published between 1691-1807 and gives a detailed view on Jewish life in Amsterdam of the time. It was translated and published by Menko Max Hirsch. The German synopsis has a Hebrew and a German index.
          
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Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
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Language:    German, some Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica