New York: H. Rosenberg, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 148pp. Original brown quarter cloth over pink paper-covered boards with black lettering on cover. New York's S. Kantrowitz's Bookstore advertising printed in Yiddish on rear cover. The Sefer Brit Yitzhak is a mere handbook for Rabbis for the rituals of marriage..... More

Jerusalem: Ha-Madpis Lifshits, 1931. Hardcover. Quarto. 88 pp. Black buckram with gilt lettering on cover and spine and decorative symbol. Brown marble endpapers. Half-title page with red lettering and stamp symbol. Title page with red lettering within illustration of alter. Blind stamp on back board. A collection of 15 short..... More

Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2006. First Gorgias Press edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). VII, [1], 217, [1]pp. Original illustrated paper covered boards, with white lettering to spine and front cover."Through literary, historical, archaeological, and engendered readings, this collection of essays presents a multidisciplinary analysis of rabbinic texts..... More

Skotschau, Östr.-Schlesien: Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1912. Softcover. 8vo. [2],118pp. Original wrappers. Front-and back wraps separated, in two parts. Spine missing. Heavy chipping and age toning to wraps. Pages unopened. Text in German. Wraps in poor, interior in very good condition. More

Paris: Albin Michel, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 246pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers. Half title-page inscribed in Hebrew and signed by André Neher. Frontispiece. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work exploring the theology of Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel, widely known to scholars of Judaism as the Maharal of Prague..... More

Vilna: Bi defus Ha-Almana veHa-Achim Ram, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 128pp. Original half leather over red marbled paper-covered boards. "A skin of tears" (Nad shel Dema'ot) gives lectures, sermons, insights and advice on what one should and should not cry. Special awareness is given to mourners, biblical relations..... More

Tel Aviv: Nahar Miskal, 1988. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 21 English intro pages, 18 Hebrew intro pages, 184 double facsimile pages (368pp). Original blind-tooled brown leather with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Facsimile of the beautifully decorated Lisbon Bible, a unique medieval Hebrew manuscript that was completed..... More

Wien: Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1916. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 294pp. Original printed wraps. Scarce and fascinating work written by one of the most renown Austrian theologians of the 19th century, Adolf Schwarz. As a veteran rabbinic scholar, he was a prolific writer on theological, homiletic, and philosophical subjects. Some age wear..... More

Jerusalem: Yesha'yahu Aryeh & Yehoshu'a Dvorkes, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Complete 3 volume set. 4to. 110pp. (12), 184pp. 148pp. (4). Brown cloth with gold lettering on cover in original printed orange illustrated dust jacket. A collection of the thoughts of the renowned early 20th century Jewish Sage Rabbi Israel Meir..... More

Jerusalem: Wigoder, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 163 pp. Original black cloth with pink cutout paper image pasted down on front cover. Marbled edges. Decorative ruling on title page in red and green. This item is a unique collection of a variety of books by the authors Me'ir Wigoder (located..... More

Poland: Leon J. Liebreich, no date. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 158 pp. Original three-quarter leather over decorative paper-covered boards. The book contains a series of three prefaces by the rabbis Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzhak) and Ramban (Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman). Furthermore it contains the text of the Shir Ha-Shirim..... More

Fürth: Josef ben Hakzin. First edition. softcover. Octavo. 98 leaves. Original red endpapers, binding missing. Beautifully decorated title page. Decorative initials. Contains Midrashim on Ruth, Yehoshua, Kohelet, Shoftim, Samuel, Melekhim, Yeshayah, Yermiyah, Yekheskiel, Hoshea, Yonah, Micah, Habakuk, Zkharyah and Malakhi with Ziskind's explanations. Text in Hebrew (Rashi script). Front endpaper..... More

Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 310pp. Original gray cloth with gold lettering and Hebrew Union College emblem on spine. Early 20th century work of academic scholarship by a Reform rabbi on converts to Judaism in the classical period. Mostly focuses on rabbinic literature, but..... More