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(MODENA, YEHUDAH ARYEH / LEONE DE). Talmid Tzachkan Musari [dialogue in Hebrew and Yiddish against gambling.] Text in Hebrew and Yiddish. ff. 36. Browned, light wear, last page with pencil marks. Later marbled boards. Sm. 8vo. Vinograd, Frankfurt/Oder, 446; Mehlman 1403. Frankfurt an der Oder, Daughter of Professor Grilo, 1795.  A dialogue against gambling and card-playing in which one “Eldad” seeks to rehabilitate his friend “Meidad.” The unnamed author was remarkably honest concerning his own addiction to gambling, this, alongside his standing as a well-regarded Rabbinic scholar.  The author’s identity is now known to be Yehuda Aryeh Modena.  See L. Rosenthal, Yode’a Sefer 1436. See also I. Rivkind, Der Kampf Kegn Azartshpilen bei Yidden (1946).