Auction 70 Part 2 Special auction: American and British Jewry, Ashkenaz Jewry and a special collection of Rodelheim books
By Moreshet
Dec 5, 2023
Harav Kook Street 10 Bnei Brak, Israel
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LOT 303:

Historical and Extremely Rare: Igeret Hashabbat - Open Letter to Jewish Industrialists - Toronto, 1922. One of the ...

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Historical and Extremely Rare: Igeret Hashabbat - Open Letter to Jewish Industrialists - Toronto, 1922. One of the Only Copies in the World

Igeret Hashabbat - A Sabbath Letter, an open letter from the Sabbath to Jewish-American manufacturers and workmen. An appeal to Jewish businessmen not to work on Sabbath by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Graubart, Rav of the Jewish community of Toronto. Toronto, 1922. Yiddish and English. Authentic historical item. 


Background: There are many stories about the trials of Jewish immigrants in America. In most cases. non-Jewish employees did not allow Jews to take a day off, which caused them to work on Sabbath too. The phenomenon was so common that the Rav of the community had to appeal to Jews not to work on Sabbath. 


Rare booklet. We know of a single scanned copy of HebrewBooks and on it, the listings of the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and the National Library are based. This is thus one of the single copies in the world!


8; 8 pp. + front and back cover. 13.5 cm. 

Good condition. Some stains. The English title cover is torn and slightly blemished (not affecting the text). 



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