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The Expected Good End, in Three Parts
S. M. Ish Yeminy
London: L. Alexander, 1800.Rare Judaica, being Part 1 (and the only published) of a planned three part work by the Sephardi rabbi and Freemason Solomon Mordecai Ximenes; Containing, The Birth of Jacob, his Dream of the Ladder, his Commandments, and his several prophetic Blessings to his Posterity; and various future Events promised by the Prophets. ROTH, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica p. 332 19a. Provenance: Signature and label of the Sydney lay preacher G. P. Beyfus, label of Mr. Pulver, library call number to spine matching others from the collection of the Rabbi L. A. Falk Memorial Library, The Great Synagogue Sydney (deaccessioned with no other library markings).
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Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher; including the Celebrated Correspondence, On the Christian Religion, with J. C. Lavater, Minister of Zurich
M. Samuels
London: Sainsbury and Co., 1827.Memoirs of the German-Jewish philosopher and theologian. Provenance: From the Rabbi Leib A. Falk Memorial Ibrary, The Great Synagogue, Sydney with plate, and ex libris plate of The Rabbi F. L. Cohen Collection.
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Judaism at Bay: Essays Toward the Adjustment of Judaism to Modernity
Horace Mayer Kallen
New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1932.This copy with the bookplate of Rabbi Leib A. Falk, with call number to spine.
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Bibliotheca Hebraea
Jo. Christophori Wolfii
Hamburg & Leipzig: Christian Leibezeit, 1715.[Hebrew Library: or information both of Hebrew authors of any age, and of writers, which were either first written in Hebrew or converted by others, and brought to our age: at the end is Jacobi Gaffarelli’s Index Codicum Cabbalistic. MSS.] The first part only in this four volume work, being a bibliography of rabbinic leaders. The later parts published in 1721, 1727, and 1733. This copy with the frontispiece etching of people studying in a large library and the armorial bookplate of Charles Robert Colvile.
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A Jewish Calendar for Sixty-Four Years, Detailing the New Moons, Festivals, and Fasts,
E. H. Lindo
London: L. Thompson, 1838.With the sections of the law as read in the synagogues every Sabbath during the year; also the days on which the hour for commencing Sabbath is altered; together with the corresponding Christian dates. To which are added tables for continuing the calendar to A.M. 6000-2240 C.AE. and A Chronological Table, forming a summary of Jewish history from the flood to the present time. With various other useful tables; by E. H. Lindo. This copy from the collection of the Rabbi L. A. Falk Memorial Library of The Great Synagogue Sydney (deaccessioned).
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Neito’s Jewish Almanac for One Hundred Years
Abraham H. Neito
New York: Burr Printing House for the Author, 1902.From New Year 5663/1902 to 5763/2002. Showing the New Moons, Festivals and Fasts, with the sections of th elaw as read in the synagogues every Sabbath in the year. Also the first and last days of the solar month, with their corresponding Hebrew dates and pages for family registers. With 3 leaves at rear for Births, Deaths, and Marriages, unmarked. This copy from the collection of the Rabbi L. A. Falk Memorial Library of The Great Synagogue Sydney (deaccessioned), and with the armorial bookplate of David James Benjamin, and inscribed by members of the Sydney Jewish community, Louis Phillips to Moritz Gotthelf.
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Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History
James Picciotto
London: Trubner & Co., 1875.This copy from the collection of the Rabbi L. A. Falk Memorial Library of The Great Synagogue Sydney (deaccessioned), and with Falk’s bookplate.
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Tragedia Slovenskych Zidov: Fotografie a Dokumenty
Lev Haas; Stefan Engel; Bedrich Steiner
: USZNO, 1949.The Tragedy of the Slovak Jews: Photographs and Documents. Primarily illustrations, depicting the horrors of the holocaust.
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Uxor Ebraica, sue de Nuptiis et Divortiis ex Jure Civili, id eft, Divino & Talmudico, Veterum Ebraeorum, Libri Tres.
Joannis Seldeni [John Selden]
Francofurti ad Oderam: Andr. Becmanus, 1673.Treatise on the Jewish laws of marriage and divorce by English polymath, jurist, and scholar of Jewish law John Selden (1584-1654). Bound (as usual) with a second separately titled work on Jewish law of succession, De Successionibus ad Leges Ebraeorum in Bona Defunctorum. Liber Singularis: In Pontificatum, Libri Duo.
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The Law of Sinai, and Its Appointed Times
Moses Angel
London: William Tegg & Co., 1858.Headmaster of the Jewish Free School, London, Moses Angel was a significant figure in 19th century Anglo-Jewish religious and secular education, ‘The Law of Sinai, and Its Appointed Times’ aimed to promote better understanding between Jewish and Christian peoples. This copy with the bookplate of Australian rabbi Leib Aisack Falk, and the binder’s ticket of Westley’s & Co., London.
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The Arabic Commentary of Ali Ben Suleiman the Karaite on the Book of Genesis
Solomon L. Skoss
Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1928.Edited from Unique Manuscripts and Provided with Critical Notes and an Introduction by Solomon L. Skoss.
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Israelitisches Predigt- und Schul-Magazin (3 Volumes)
Ludwig Philippson
Magdeburg: Creutz’sche Buchhandlung, 1834-36.Complete set in three volumes of the Israelite Sermon and School Magazine. This copy from the collection of the Rabbi L. A. Falk Memorial Library of The Great Synagogue Sydney (deaccessioned).
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Die Religionsphilosophie Des Sohar und ihr Verhaltniss zur allgemeinen judischen Theologie.
D. H. Joel
Leipzig: C. L. Fritzsche, 1849.[The religious philosophy of the Zohar and its relationship to general Jewish theology: also a critical examination of Franck’s “Kabbalah”]. This copy with the bookplates of Sidney Edward Bouverie Bouverie-Pussey and Rabbi Leib A. Falk, with Falk’s call number to spine.
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Gutmeinung uber den Talmud der Hebraer / Die Leiden des Messias / Jacob Wimpheling / Leo Hebraeus
Karl Fischer; Aug. Wunsche; F. X. Kunz; B. Zimmels
Wein; Leipzig; Luzern; Breslau: Ulfred Holde; Fues’s Verlang; Gevryder Raber; Wilhelm Koebner, 1870-1886.4 late 19th century German Judaica booklets bound in one volume with the title Pamphlets in gilt to spine. Contains: 1. Karl Fischer: Gutmeinung uber den Talmud der Hebraer (Wein: Ulfred Holder, 1883); 2. Aug. Wunsche: Die Leiden des Messias in ihrer Ubereingstimmung mit der Lehre des Alten Testaments und den Aussprüchen der Rabbinen in den Talmuden, Midraschim und andern alten rabbinischen Schriften (Leipzig: Fues’s Verlang, 1870); 3. F. X. Kunz: Jacob Wimpheling, ein Padagoge des ausgehenden Mittelalters (Luzern: Gevryder Raber, 1883); 4. B. Zimmels: Leo Hebraeus, ein judischer Philosoph der Renaissance; sein Leben, seine Werke und sein Lehren (Breslau: Wilhelm Koebner, 1886).
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Ueber die judische Angelologie und Daemonologie / Die Bibel als Quelle fur Folkloristik / Altarbische Parallelen
Alexander Kohut; Fritz Hommel; Armin Blau; Georg Jacob
Leipzig; Munchen: F. A. Brockhaus; Hermann Lukaschik;, 1866-1926.Collection of four German Judaica booklets bound in one with their original wrappers. Contains: 1. Alexander Kohut: Ueber die judische Angelologie und Daemonologie in ihrer Abhangigkeit vom Parsismus [On Jewish Angelology and Daemonology in their Dependence on Parsism]. Abhandlungen fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes Band 4. No. 3. (Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1866); 2. Fritz Hommel: Der Gestirndienst der alten Araber und die altisraelitische Ueberlieferung [The Star Worship of the Ancient Arabs and the Ancient Israelite Tradition] (Munchen: Hermann Lukaschik, 1901); 3. Armin Blau: Die Bibel als Quelle fur Folkloristik (Hamburg: Verlag Hazoref, 1926); 4. Georg Jacob: Altarbische Parallelen zum Alten Testament (Berlin: Mayer & Muller, 1897).
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Symbolik des Mosaischen Cultus (2 Volumes)
Karl Christ. Wilh. Fel. Bahr
Heidelberg: J. C. B. Mohr, 1837-9.[Symbolism of the Mosaic Cult] by Karl Christian Wilhelm Felix Bahr.
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Sammlung der neuesten Predigten gehalten in dem neuen Israelitischen Tempel zu Hamburg
Eduard Kley; G. Salomon
Hamburg: J. Ahrons, 1826-7.Collection of the latest sermons delivered in the new Israelite temple in Hamburg by Eduard Kley and Gotthold Salomon.
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Predigten-Skizzen
Eduard Kley
Grunberg and Leipzig: W. Levysohn, 1844.Sermon sketches by Eduard Israel Kley, who led the Hamburg Israelite Free School from 1817 to 1848.
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Geschichte, Lehren und Meinungen aller bestandenen und noch bestehenden religiosen Sekten der Juden und der Gheimlehre oder Cabbalah (2 Volumes)
Peter Beer
Brunn: Joseph Georg Trassler, 1822-3.[The History, Teachings and Views of All Former and Present Jewish Sects, Including the Secret Teachings or Kabbalah.] Comprehensive historical review of Judaism with a detailed description of the Kabbalah by the Czech reformer Peter Beer (c. 1758-1838).
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A Bibliography of Riddles
Archer Taylor
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1939.Comprehensive scholarly bibliography compiling global riddle literature, folklore sources, and critical studies. FF Communications No. 126 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.