Auction 60 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
By Kedem
Mar 20, 2018
8 Ramban St. Jerusalem 9242209, Israel
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LOT 220:

Blessing of the First Chief of Staff to Mahal Soldiers - First Passover in Israel, 1949

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Blessing of the First Chief of Staff to Mahal Soldiers - First Passover in Israel, 1949
Seder de Pesaj para los Voluntarios del Extranjero [Passover Seder for our Soldiers Volunteering from Abroad]. Mahal Center Press, [Jerusalem?], April 1949 - "First Passover in Israel". Hebrew and Spanish.
Bilingual pamphlet, in Hebrew and Spanish, with a printed blessing from the first Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Ya'akov Dori, to Mahal soldiers on the occasion of the first Passover Seder held in the State of Israel: "Once again, after eighteen hundred years, the People of Israel is free, and as we are seated around this Seder table on this evening, we can congratulate ourselves… the boys and girls, Mahal soldiers, fulfilled a major role in the war effort. I am confident their part in the struggle for peace, which we are waging now, will be no less significant. Let us advance together towards our goal of ensuring complete victory". The pamphlet is printed on greenish paper folded in 4. The quality of its typography is notable.
[4] pp, 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Signs of pen inscription and ink stamp. Creases and small tears to margins.
Not in NLI or OCLC.

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