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By Tiferet Auctions
Sep 19, 2024
Beit HaDfus 12, B, 4th floor, Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 20:

‘Await the Footsteps of Moshiach’ – Prayer Book For Soldiers During WWII in Hebrew and French.


Start price:
$ 150
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Auction took place on Sep 19, 2024 at Tiferet Auctions
tags: Books

‘Await the Footsteps of Moshiach’ – Prayer Book For Soldiers During WWII in Hebrew and French.
Historic! Short prayers for Jewish soldiers going out to war. Printed in Paris, 1939. Hebrew with French translation.

The title page lists the year of printing, 1939, using Gimatria of marked letters from the Passuk “If war shall come into your land against the oppressor who oppresses you”.

Stamp of 'Aumônerie Militaire’ – Military Chaplaincy, with the region – Algeria. This indicates this Siddur was used by Jewish soldiers who served on the Algiers front.

Preface in French from the Chief Rabbi of the French army, Rabbi Schwartz.

64 pp. in Hebrew, 50 pp. in French. Original cover, nearly intact. Complete and nice pages. Good condition.

Measurement:  12 cm