Six leaves in the holy handwriting of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. German.
Articles (for month of Kislev and Chanukah), written by Rabbi Hirsch (autographic writing, with erasures and corrections), for publication in the Orthodox periodical Jeschurun which he established and published in the years 1854-1888, and which served as the main literary forum in which he published his articles in German.
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888), great leader of Orthodox Jewry in Germany and founder of the secessionist Orthodox community, disciple of the Chacham Bernays of Hamburg, and Rabbi Yaakov Etlinger author of Aruch La’ner of Altona. From age 22 served in rabbinates of Oldenburg, Emden and Nikolsburg. In 1850 the eleven Orthodox families residing in Frankfurt am Main requested that he lead the new Orthodox Adat Jeschurun congregation. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch was the first who attempted to prevent the rapid spiritual decline of the German Jews and single-handedly reestablished Jewish Orthodoxy in Germany. His authority in Halacha and Torah imbued him the indisputable position of leader of Orthodox Jewry in Western Europe. He was active in establishing congregations in various cities throughout Germany and educated an entire generation in Torah and Mitzvot via the books and articles which he published (Igrot Tzafon, Chorev and more). Upon his initiative Rabbi Meyer Lehmann, rabbi of Mainz, established the orthodox newspaper Der Israelit, to which the periodical Jeschurun, in which Rabbi Samson Raphael published his articles was attached.
6 leaves; four of them: 32 cm + 2 snippets of paper of a different size. Approx. 8 written pages. Tears with missing pieces at heads of pages, restored with paper. Elaborate new leather binding, with gilt embossment.