Selichot for Purim according to the customs of Poland, Pihem, Mehrin and Ostreich, [by Yehuda Leib Ben-Zev]. [Breslau, 1794?].
Specifications: 12 leaves, some 10×17 cm. First edition.
Content: Parody for Purim, a humorous version of selichot. The author Yehuda Leib Ben Zev was one of the heads of the Enlightenment, and he published the work anonymously. Illustration of a barrel of wine alongside a person with a glass in his hand on the title page.
Unique Features: Rare book. Listed in the bibliography according to Ben Yaakov and Friedberg, not found in the National Library. Number 35685 in Vinograd-Rosenfeld according to a copy from the collection of the Gross family in Tel Aviv (refer to the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, number 000113247).
Bound with:
Tractate Purim from the Drunkards Talmud with the commentary of Rasha and Tosefot … and Maharsha and several novellae were added to it … by … Rabbi Berza Mechaviyot {Rabbi Faucet from the Barrels}. Sulzbach [1914, and really: 1814].
Specifications: 12 leaves, approximately 10×17 cm.
Unique Features: Parody for Purim. Quasi mishna and gemara in humorous wording. The ‘commentaries’ were printed for the first time in this edition.
There were great rabbis who strongly opposed these works.
Condition: Fine-very fine. Aging stains, old cardboard binding, damage on the spine.