Bidspirit auction | EILEH DIVREI HA’BRIS. ALTONA 1819.

EILEH DIVREI HA’BRIS. ALTONA 1819. UNIDENTIFIED RABBIBICAL SIGNATURES! - EILEH DIVREI HA’BRIS. FIRST EDITION. ALTONA 1819. UNIDENTIFIED RABBIBICAL SIGNATURES! Compendium of letters from great rabbinical leaders condemning “innovations” being made by the Reform leaders to synagogue practices. Published by the Hamburg Rabbinate, following the opening of the Hamburg Reform Temple in 1818. Includes strongly worded letters from R. Meshulam Zalman Ha’Kohen of Furth, R. Akiva Eiger, the Chasam Sofer, R. Mordechai Banet, R. Eliezer Fleckles, R. Hertz Schier and many others. Printed at the height of the epic struggle against the Reform movement, this sefer provides a glimpse of some of points of dispute between the Orthodox and the Reform and the valiant efforts of these Rabbonim to curb the influence of the Reform movement. Bunn press. 16, 132 pages. 22 cm. Overall fine condition, some wear and markings. Modern binding. Unidentified rabbinical signatures!