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Emunat Yisrael, R. Gedaliah ben Abraham Menahem Teikus, Warsaw 1837
אמונת ישראל - First Edition
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- Lot Number 52971
- Title (English) Emunat Yisrael
- Title (Hebrew) אמונת ישראל
- Author R. Gedaliah ben Abraham Menahem Teikus
- City Warsaw
- Publisher דפוס דוד שקלאווער
- Publication Date 1837
- Estimated Price - Low 200
- Estimated Price - High 500
- Item # 2281196
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Description
Physical Description
[1], 24 ff., octavo, 190:109 mm.,wide margins, usual light age staining. A good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed.
Detail Description
Popular ethical work on the principles of Judaism by R. Gedaliah ben Abraham Menahem Teikus. The title page describes the purpose of Emunat Yisrael, a small book of great value, as being intended to arouse the heart on faith, service (Avodah), and Torah. In it are explained the thirteen yesodei ha-da'at (principles of faith) of Israel. The text is in a single column in rabbinic type. This edition is entirely in Hebrew and Yiddish.<p>R. Gedaliah ben Abraham Menahem Teikus was an Ashkenaz ethicist. He translated the Torah and Megillot into Yiddish, printed as Ba'er ha-Torah (Amsterdam, 1758). In addition to Emunat Yisrael R. Gedaliah wrote Torat Katan (Amsterdam, 1764), an abbreviated listing of the Taryag mitzvoth and Kellalei ha-Dikduk (Amsterdam, 1765).
Hebrew Description
על-פי חמ"ד [אחר תקכ"ד]. כאן נשמטה גם ה"תפלה".
References
BE alef 1982; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 # 000178047