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LOT 117:

Kol Rinah - Amsterdam, 1889 - Printed on the Occasion of the Wedding of Rabbi Avraham Underweiser, Head of the "Etz ...

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Kol Rinah - Amsterdam, 1889 - Printed on the Occasion of the Wedding of Rabbi Avraham Underweiser, Head of the "Etz Chaim" Yeshiva and Av Beit Din of Amsterdam - Extremely Rare!
Kol Rinah, “In honor of our master…Rabbi Avraham son of Shimshon Underweiser, on the day of his celebration with his partner his modest bride, Leah daughter of Yosef Wagna…on Wednesday 13 Sivan 1889…[from] Y”K”.
A vowelized poem. Two columns. Decorated with a pleasant border. “Tune: Yigdal Elokim etc”.

Rabbi Avraham Underweiser was born in 1862. He served as Rosh Yeshiva in the “Etz Chaim” study hall and as Av Beit Din of Amsterdam and Northern Holland. He was the secretary of The Clerks and Administrators of the Holy City in Amsterdam. He is known to have provided great assistance to Jewish refugees who began to arrive at the time from Eastern Europe and Germany. He was dedicated to advancing Jewish education, and contributed greatly to Jewish communal life in Amsterdam.

Extremely rare. Not found in libraries in Israel. Listed in the Hebrew Bibliography according to a copy in the British Library.
24x31 cm.
Condition: Good. Tears and cracks, mainly in the margins, with no lack of text.

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