SEFER AKEDAT YITSHAK: HESPED MAR 'AL YITSHAK FRIDMAN ספר עקידת יצחק: הספד מר על יצחק פריעדמאן
Nyu York [New York]: Yosef Rapaport, 1925. Item #43154
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 64 pages. Includes portrait, 22 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “The Binding of Isaac: Eulogies in Honor of Yitzhak Friedman.”
Book of eulogies published by Joseph Rapaport for his friend Rabbi Yitzhak Friedman. Includes portrait of Rabbi Yitzhak Friedman.
“Rabbi Isaac Friedman, famous Rabbi of SadiGora, Chassidic leader of many thousands of followers, died yesterday morning at the age of 89. The Rabbi of Sadigora, who was a descendant of one of the Rabbinical families which exercised great influence on the life of the Jewish masses in Galicia and Russia, arrived in the United States for a short visit on June 12th.
Fifteen thousand Jews attended the funeral of Rabbi Isaac Friedman on Monday afternoon. Rabbi Friedman, the Rabbi of Sadigora, who came to the United States at the invitation of his many Chassidic followers, died just before his planned return to Europe….
The throng grew so dense in front of the house where the Rabbi died, that traffic had to be diverted and even street cars were unable to get through for half an hour before the coffin was borne to the street on the shoulders of eight Rabbis….
Several hours before the burial a Din Torah, arbitration court proceedings, were [sic]held…
Two congregations, the Roumanian Synagogue of Brooklyn and the Tifereth Israel Congregation demanded the Rabbi be buried on their plots. The Roumanian synagogue offered $5,000 in cash for the family of the dead Rabbi and a reservation of eighty plots around the grave in order that it might be assured that no one unworthy, should be buried near the Rabbi. The congregation Tifereth Israel undertook to insure support for the family and to make a reservation of thirty-two graves. The demand of the latter congregation was supported by its claim that they were the actual Sadigora Chassidim who invited the Rabbi to America. The Rabbinical court decided that Rabbi Friedman should be buried on the grounds of the Tifereth Israel Congregation….
Before the body was interred the Rabbis declared that this was being done on the condition that should his family so desire, the body will be exhumed and transferred to Europe.” (Jewish Telegraphic Agency).
SUBJECT(S): Jewish funeral sermons. Eulogies. Death and burial of a person. OCLC: 43741121. OCLC locates only 5 copies worldwide (NYPL, YU, JTSA, YIVO, AJHS), none outside New York City. Spine repaired, otherwise excellent, Very Good condition. (YID-48-30-L).
Price: $600.00