GLI ISRAELITI E IL DIVORZIO ; LAVORO PREMIATO AL CONCORSO BELIMBAU BANDITO IN LIVORNO NELL'OTTOBRE 1891.
Trieste : Tipografia Morterra & Comp. 1895. Item #36970
1st Edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 52 pages ; 21 cm. In Italian. Title translates in English as, “The Israelites and Divorce; Work Awarded at the October 1891 Belimbau Competition in Livorno. ” Rabbi Gustavo Racah (1872-1902) was born in Livorno. In “The History of the Jewish Synagogue of Legorn, ” published in 1891 in The Menorah by Sabato Morris, Morris writes about the competition in Leghorn that Rabbi Racah ultimately won, “Angiolo Belimbau became a well-equipped teacher at the Jewish public schools (of Leghorn) … A few years ago, the trustees of that fund awarded a prize to the most approved essay on the pre-eminence of Jewish ethics and this year they opened a competition among the pupils of the Leghorn Jewish public schools, who have obtained the title of Haber… The theme will have to deal with a question… In the event that the government will no loner recognize the validity of the Jewish bill of divorce (Get) , but will compel submission to the civil divorce, can any means be found within the law and traditions to avoid the scandal of bastardy attending a second marriage contracted by a Jewess, whose first matrimonial alliance has been dissolved by the state? The seriousness of the question induced the trustees to allow the aspirants… a long time for the solution to the query… as late as October 1892.” (The Menorah, 1891) SUBJECT(S) : Divorce (Jewish Law) , Leghorn. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (JTS, Library of Congress, UPenn, Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin, Bibliothek Der Humboldt-Universitat Ber) . Ex-library with usual markings. Good condition. (It-10-1).
Price: $200.00