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discovery! - The source of the Jewish family institution - a complete essay by the rabbi of Venice, Rabbi Moshe ben Avraham (Adolfo Ottolenghi) הי"ד

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l'istituto della famiglia nel diritto mosaico talmudico - The institution of the family in the law of the Talmudic mosaic - a complete typewritten essay about the Jewish family and originated that never printed, by the rabbi of Venice Rabbi Moshe ben Avraham known as "Adolfo Ottolenghi" who was murdered in Auschwitz. Venice, 1911. Italian. Some pages have handwritten corrections and erasures by Rabbi Ottolenghi, at the end of the book his signature. We have not found this essay in any bibliographic list, not in the national library, and it was never printed!.

A complete essay printed on a typewriter in which the Rabbi of Venice discusses and explains at length the origin of the Jewish family starting from biblical times, the matter of the "covenant" mentioned in the Bible, the tribes and groups characterized as a single unit, jubilee laws, slavery laws in Israel, marriage and divorce laws, inheritance laws, And more, both from a halachic point of view, and from a historical point of view, such as comparing them to Hammurabi's laws, and more.

Rabbi Moshe ben Avraham (Adolfo Ottolenghii 1885 - Auschwitz - 1944). Born in Livorno. In his youth he studied at the rabbinic college in Livorno. During the years of the First World War he helped the Jewish refugees from the war, he managed to move a large part of the community members who lived at the front into Livorno. From 1919 until his death he served as the chief rabbi of Venice after the genius rabbis - Rabbi Coen-Porto, Rabbi Luzato and Rabbi Bassi. In addition to his dedicated care for the people of his community, he helped a lot in deciphering the Jewish inscriptions on the tombstones in the Jewish cemetery. With the Nazi occupation, his family managed to escape from Italy using forged documents. Rabbi Ottolenghi then became almost completely blind. In December 1943 he was deported with a group of Jews to the Fossoli camp, and in August 1944 he was taken to Auschwitz. He was murdered in Auschwitz after September 2, 1944, the exact date is unknown.

110 [1] pages. 32 cm. Typewriter printing. Hard cover. Very good condition.

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253. discovery! - The source of the Jewish family institution - a complete essay by the rabbi of Venice, Rabbi Moshe ben Avraham (Adolfo Ottolenghi) הי"ד