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LOT 107:
Meshech Chochmah. Riga, 1927. Rare First Edition.
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Meshech Chochmah. Riga, 1927. Rare First Edition.
Meshech Chochmah - elucidations, explanations, ideas, sermons and novellae on the Torah by the renowned gaon Rabbi Meir Simchah HaKohen of Dvinsk, author of Ohr Samayach.
In the portion Bechukotai [leaf 123], the author wrote terrible things about the Jews of Germany, something of a far-off-anticipation ... "The Jew in general will forget his origin, and think of himself as a fresh citizen, who will leave the study of his own religion, to study languages not his own ... he will think Berlin is Jerusalem ... and a stormy wind will come, uproot him by the trunk, and place him in a foreign nation whose language he has not learned ..."
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the author, Rabbi Meir Simchah HaKohen.
434 pp, 26 cm. Self-dedication.
Fine-very fine condition: Slight tear in leaf 112. Original semi-leather binding.
