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Guide for the Jewish Housewife, with Recipes – Printed for Passover under the Nazi Occupation of Holland – Rabbi ...

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Guide for the Jewish Housewife, with Recipes – Printed for Passover under the Nazi Occupation of Holland – Rabbi Aaron Barend Davids – Rotterdam, 1941
HaLachma, Pesach in distributietijd, Handleiding voor de Joodsche huisvrouw [Passover during the food rationing, a guide for the Jewish housewife], by Rabbi Aäron Barend Davids. Issued by the Rabbinate of Rotterdam. Rotterdam, 5701 [1941]. Dutch.
A booklet published in preparation for Passover 1941, with instructions on how to observe the Mitzvahs of Passover in the harsh conditions of food rationing that prevailed in Rotterdam under the Nazi occupation. It contains a list of products permitted for use on Passover, several recipes, a list of medicines that can be consumed, the times of the holiday in various areas in Holland, and more.
The booklet was published by the rabbi of the town, Rabbi Aaron Barend Davids (1895-1945 Bergen-Belsen) and includes an introduction by him.
Rabbi Aaron Barend Davids, born in Amsterdam, was one of the leaders of HaMizrachi Movement, served as the Chief Rabbi of the Friesland district and as the rabbi of Rotterdam during the Holocaust. After the Nazi invasion of Holland, he continued to run the religious life of his community, teaching Torah, giving Talmud lessons and dedicating his time to solving halachic problems that arose due to the Nazi occupation. In 1943, he was banished to the Westerbork Camp and later to Bergen-Belsen, where he died.
23 pp, 16 cm. Good condition. Stains on the cover and on several leaves. Minor creases in the corners.

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