Bidspirit auction | ריב”ל RIVAL - 2 books,

ריב”ל RIVAL - 2 books, signed by the convert Asher Temkin, against which one of the books was written. 1881 - יצחק בער לעווינזאהן [יצחק בר לווינזון] - ימין צדקי Yitzhak Ber Levinzahn [Yitzhak Bar Levinson] - Yemin Tzedaki, Warsaw 1851, VIII + 102 pages; bound together with Teuda B'Israel (תעודה בישראל), Warsaw 1890, XX + 188 pages. Ownership signatures in Russian of A. Tamkin on the title page of the first book, on the first page of the introduction and also on the last page of the second book. In addition – writing in Russian and Hebrew on the inner covers, and in several places on the sides of the text. The book Yemin Tzedaki was an answer by Rival against Asher Temkin, a well-known convert who was one of the greatest haters of Israel, who authored a missionary-anti-Semitic book called ”דרך סלולה”. The book was liked by Tsar Nicholas I, and following its publication there was a real fear that it would be forbidden to print the Talmud. Good condition, light wear..