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Contesting Card Games Tzachkan Melumad U’Mischaret. First Edition. Leipzig, 1686 A fascinating

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Contesting Card Games
Tzachkan Melumad U’Mischaret. First Edition. Leipzig, 1686

A fascinating composition by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena against playing card games.

Written in dialogue form between two young men, Eldad and Meidad, this delightful work presents the advantages and detriments of card games, with each party defending one side of the argument. At the end, the opponents bow to one another as they mutually conclude that these games should be best avoided.

Card games gained popularity among Italian Jewry during the 16th century, inspiring Rabbi Yehuda of Modena, who was still a youth at the time, to author this work which was originally entitled Sur Me’ra, (Venice, 1596).

The book features a translation into German (in Gothic letters) by Shlomiel ben Tzur Shadai, a pen name for the notorious apostate Baruch of Prostitz who, upon his conversion to Christianity, changed his name to Albricht Christian Friedrich. Various sources imply that he returned to Judaism toward the end of his life (Chaim Michal, Ohr Hachaim p. 440-441).


Leipzig, 1686. First edition with German translation and additions. Page Count: [27], 159, [5], sides.
Page Size: 15 cm.
Condition: Good. Attractive, high-quality printing. New binding.


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Contesting Card Games Tzachkan Melumad U’Mischaret. First Edition. Leipzig, 1686 A fascinating

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Contesting Card Games
Tzachkan Melumad U’Mischaret. First Edition. Leipzig, 1686

A fascinating composition by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena against playing card games.

Written in dialogue form between two young men, Eldad and Meidad, this delightful work presents the advantages and detriments of card games, with each party defending one side of the argument. At the end, the opponents bow to one another as they mutually conclude that these games should be best avoided.

Card games gained popularity among Italian Jewry during the 16th century, inspiring Rabbi Yehuda of Modena, who was still a youth at the time, to author this work which was originally entitled Sur Me’ra, (Venice, 1596).

The book features a translation into German (in Gothic letters) by Shlomiel ben Tzur Shadai, a pen name for the notorious apostate Baruch of Prostitz who, upon his conversion to Christianity, changed his name to Albricht Christian Friedrich. Various sources imply that he returned to Judaism toward the end of his life (Chaim Michal, Ohr Hachaim p. 440-441).


Leipzig, 1686. First edition with German translation and additions. Page Count: [27], 159, [5], sides.
Page Size: 15 cm.
Condition: Good. Attractive, high-quality printing. New binding.


Very rare!
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Contesting Card Games
Tzachkan Melumad U’Mischaret. First Edition. Leipzig, 1686

A fascinating composition by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena against playing card games.

Written in dialogue form between two young men, Eldad and Meidad, this delightful work presents the advantages and detriments of card games, with each party defending one side of the argument. At the end, the opponents bow to one another as they mutually conclude that these games should be best avoided.

Card games gained popularity among Italian Jewry during the 16th century, inspiring Rabbi Yehuda of Modena, who was still a youth at the time, to author this work which was originally entitled Sur Me’ra, (Venice, 1596).

The book features a translation into German (in Gothic letters) by Shlomiel ben Tzur Shadai, a pen name for the notorious apostate Baruch of Prostitz who, upon his conversion to Christianity, changed his name to Albricht Christian Friedrich. Various sources imply that he returned to Judaism toward the end of his life (Chaim Michal, Ohr Hachaim p. 440-441).


Leipzig, 1686. First edition with German translation and additions. Page Count: [27], 159, [5], sides.
Page Size: 15 cm.
Condition: Good. Attractive, high-quality printing. New binding.


Very rare!
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