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Item 1
Der Theater Zshurnal, Edited by B. Gorin, New York, 1901-1903

A collection of issues of the theater journal, bound in two books. Yiddish.
Specifications: Volume one: [14] issues, 10.1901-04.1902, 16×25 cm. Volume two: [12] issues, 10.1902-02.1903, 22×31 cm.
Unique Features: Issues with articles, advertisements and photographs from the world of Jewish theater in America at the beginning of the 20th century.
Condition: Volume one: fine-very fine. A few leaves are detached. Volume two: Fine, binding is detached, a number of leaves are detached.

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Item 2
"Kvutzat Taltalim". Masechet Purim. Pittsburgh, 1906

Criticism, satire, riddles, poems, wise parables and Talmudic insights, by Yosef Zelig Glick, publisher of “Der Folksfraynd” and “Di Yiddishe Post”.
Specifications: [2], portrait, 100, [2] pages. 23 cm.
Unique features: Very rare. On pages 55-56 is Masechet Purim. At the beginning of the book, after the cover, is a leaf which seems to have been printed by lithograph in 1916, with a letter from the author in Yiddish, asking for people to support him in his old age.
Condition: The book’s leaves are in very fine condition. The binding cover is detached and torn with lack, and the letter after the title page is detached.

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Item 3
"Mikveh Yisrael". Chicago, [1898]. The first halachic work printed in America?

Mikveh Yisrael. Laws of mikva’ot by Rabbi Zvi Grodzinsky, Rabbi of Omaha [United States]. One of the first halachic works printed in the United States.
Specifications: [3] [!] XIIII, 18 [4] pages. 31 cm. Goldman, 580.
Unique features: Includes all the laws written in the Shulchan Aruch and its commentaries, with all the laws dispersed throughout the later responsa that were accepted as halacha. With two elucidations: Mikveh Mayim and Mekor Mayim Chaim. Approbation from Rabbi Yitzchak Elchonon Spector of Kovno that was sent to America.Uncommon work. Possibly the first halachic work printed in America.
Background: The author was born in [1857] and studied with his relative, Rabbi Dovid Shlomo Grodzinsky of Iwye, in Kovno and the Volozhin Yeshiva. In 1891, he immigrated to the United States where he served as rabbi of Omaha, Nebraska. After publishing this work, he authored other books and published many articles. He passed away in [1947].
Condition: Excellent. New binding.

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"Shu"t Pnei Aryeh." Amsterdam, 1790. First edition

Responsa, decisions and elucidations, Maamar Yesod HaShtarot and other compilations on a wide range of subjects, by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Bresla, Av Beit Din Emden and Rotterdam.
Specifications: [3], 106 leaves. 30 cm.
Unique features: Impressive copy, thick white paper, wide margins. One of the most fascinating responses, siman 41, relates to a donor named Chaim from Philadelphia, in the United States, who acquiesced to the author’s request and sent a donation to a needy person. In the meantime, the poor person became wealthy and no longer needs the donation. At the start of his response, the author praises the American philanthropist’s generous heart.
Background: The author held halachic correspondence with the sages of his generation: Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz, the Baal Hafla’a; Rabbi Yeshaya Pick Berlin; Rabbi Dovid Tevle, Av Beit Din of Lissa; and Rabbi Meir Posner, author of Beit Meir.
Condition: Very fine-excellent. Old, rubbed leather binding. Minimal aging stains.

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Item 5
Americana. "Ha'Dat V'Hatorah". New York, 1887

“It will prove that religion is not faith, but that rather pure knowledge is religion.” Logical proofs showing that religion and Torah are true and must exist. By Shalom Yosef Zilberstein.
Specifications: [8], 168, [1] pages. 19 cm.
Unique Features: Rare. With original cover, title pages in Hebrew and English. An additional part was printed in 1891.
Condition: Very fine. A slight tear on the last leaf with no damage to text. Simple binding.

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Item 6
Americana. "Kadima". New York, 1899

Monthly journal regarding Jewish life and literature, edited and published by Gershon Rosensweig.
Specifications: [2], 288 pages. 21 cm. Six issues of the first year, bound together.
Unique features: Very rare. The only issues published.Leading American authors contributed to this journal, and it includes important articles regarding the history of America, such as an article regarding the first Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur in Manhattan in the 17th century.
Condition: Very fine. Detached title page. Original, scuffed binding.

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Item 7
Americana. "Siddur Beit Yehuda". New York, 1912

Prayer book for the entire year per the Ashkenaz customs, with translation into clear, easy Yiddish, with the addition of sources for all blessings and prayers, by Yehuda Leib Gordon.
Specifications: [1], 4, [1] 3-168: [1], 190 [1]: [1], 160 pages. 20 cm.
Unique features: Uncommon. Three title pages for the weekdays, shabbat and holidays.
Condition: Fine-very fine. Brittle paper. Light tears in the title page margins, not affecting text. Simple binding.

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Item 8
HaMetzapeh. New York, 1910

A new newspaper for Torah and science and for all matters of Jewish interest. Edited by Rabbi Avraham Aharon Yudelowitz and Rabbi Yaakov Eskolsky.
Specifications: 32, 32, 24, 24, 26, 24 pages. 21 cm.
Unique Features: Many important practical halachic questions connected to Jewish life in America were discussed in this anthology. Only six booklets were printed.
Condition: Very fine-excellent. Simple cardboard binding.

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Item 9
Sefer Imarot Tehorot. "The Holy Speech", New York, 1898

A book which contains a collection of talks, sermons, laws and customs related to Judaism. Yiddish and English.
Specifications: 203, 123 pages. 12×17 cm. contains two parts, one in Yiddish and one in English. Right-hand title page in Yiddish, left-hand title page for English. Contains 10 illustrations from the cycle of life, the realms of halacha, Jewish festivals and great Rabbis.
Unique Features: A book which encompasses many areas of the cycle of Jewish life, festivals, famous Jewish figures and events in Jewish history, wording of contracts on halachic topics, a chart of the beginning of the months for the years 1900-1930, and more.
Condition: Fine. A number of leaves are detached. Original, loose, binding.

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Item 10
Shema Yisrael, The Spirit of Judaism, by Grace Aguilar. Philadelphia, 1864

The first book written by a Jewish woman in America.
Specifications: 263, [1] pages. 11×18 cm. Third edition.
Unique Features: The book is divided into two sections. The first one contains articles about Judaism, and the second thirty two piyutim, beginning from page 201. The index at the end of the book is only for the second section.
Condition: Very fine. Aging stains. Original and scuffed semi-leather binding.

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Item 11
The Rise and Progress of Reform Judaism, by Myer Stern, New York, 1895

A book about the history of Reform, published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Temple Emanu-El in New York.
Specifications: [viii], 205, [27] pages.
Unique Features: Contains a photograph of the Temple at the beginning of the book and dozens of the photographs of the Salem Field cemetery at the end of the book.
Condition: Very fine. Gilded page cuts. Original binding.

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Item 12
Tractate Bikurim. Chicago, 1890

Tractate Bikurim of the Jerusalem Talmud with the Sefer Harel commentary. Includes three commentaries: Bikurei Anavim, Ya’alat Chen, Pri Hilulim and Pri Ginosar. By Avraham Eliezer Alperstein.
Specifications: [2], 6, 48, [1] leaves. 32 cm. Goldman 569, Mishkin, Chicago 9.
Content: Large work on the Jerusalem Talmud, Tractate Bikurim, with the text of the Talmud. With approbations from Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik of Brisk and Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of New York. Decorated title page followed by a “manoach shlucha” within a decorated border.
Unique features: One of the first Hebrew works printed in Chicago, and one of the first scholarly works printed in America in general. In his preface, the author discusses conditions in America.Rare work. The number of pages in this copy matches the listing of the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book; however there are a few copies with an additional frontispiece. Owner stamps, Eliyahu Hercenberg of Libau, rabbi of the “Chevrat Anshei Korland Brooklyn,” and Zvi Hirsh HaKohen of Jerusalem.
Background: Rabbi Avraham Eliezer Alperstein [1853-1913] was born in Kobrin and studied with his relative, the Ridvaz. He served as rabbi in Novogorad and Slobodka. In 1880, he moved to the United States where he served as rabbi in Chicago and New York.
Condition: Excellent. Nice, new binding.

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