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Meholat ha-Mahanayim, R. Israel David Schlesinger, Pressburg 1859

מחולת המחנים - Only Edition - Polemic - Anti-Reform

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  • Lot Number 44301
  • Title (English) Meholat ha-Mahanayim
  • Title (Hebrew) מחולת המחנים
  • Note Only Edition - Polemic - Anti-Reform
  • Author R. Israel David Schlesinger
  • City Pressburg
  • Publisher M. Ellinger
  • Publication Date 1859
  • Estimated Price - Low 200
  • Estimated Price - High 500

  • Item # 1102300
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Physical Description

Only edition. [1], 80, [3] ff., 185:112 mm., light age toning, wide margins. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed.
        

Detail Description

Meholat ha-Mahanayim, by R. Israel David ben Mordecai Margolies Schlesinger Jaffe (c. 1802–1864), is a defense of Orthodoxy. It is the first attempt in writing to explain the Orthodox position against reformed innovations such as relocating the bimah and other synagogue customs. Written in a clear and lucid style it was an influential work.

R. Jaffe, a descendant of R. Mordecai Jaffe (Levush) and a student of the Hatam Sofer, was rabbi in Senice-Szenc in Slovakia, and after 1832, rabbi and av bet din of the Bazin-Pezinok community in the Bratislava (Pressburg) district. He was a leader in the fight against Reform and is the author of responsa.

 

Hebrew Description

מבאר ... מנהגי בתי כנסיות החדשים והישנים בענין העמדת הבימה והחופה וקריאה לס"ת [לספר תורה](מלבוש או ניגון) וכדומיהן. על כל מנהג ומנהג ... לקטתי אמרים ... מפי סופרים ומן הספרים (לחזק מנהגי ישראל) ...מחוברים מן ... ישראל דוד בן ... מו"ה מרדכי מרגליות יפה ז"ל הנקרא דוד סערעד ... העומד על המשמרת בק"ק פעזינג ...
 

Reference Description

Vinograd, Pressburg 128; CD-NLI 0180836