Sha'ar HaTfillah VeSeder Ha'Avoda - London, 1809- portrait engraving of the Chief Rabbi - Rabbi Shlomo Herschel

Sha'ar HaTfillah VeSeder Ha'Avoda - London, 1809- portrait engraving of the Chief Rabbi - Rabbi Shlomo Herschel

Prayer book Sha'ar HaTfillah VeSeder Ha'Avoda as the custom of Poland and Ashkenazi with all prayers on their order and place - a Prayer book for weekdays, and three Regalim prayers. English translation page by page. London 1809.

On the Promote title page is a copper engraving of Rabbi Shlomo Herschel Berliner, Av Beit Din of London, and the caption: "תמונת אדמ"ו החכם הכולל הגאון הגדול מה"ו שלמה בן אדמ"ו הגאון הגדול מה"ו צבי זצ"ל, אב"ד דק"ק אשכנזים בלונדון והמדינה, שלשלת היחוסי[!] הגאונים מהו"ה העשיל וחכם צבי זצ"ל". To the magnitude of his admiration among the London community - During the years of Rabbi Shlomo Herschel's tenure, several Machzorim bearing the engraving of his portrait were printed in London, and also a Passover Haggadah was printed with an engraving on his face. The engraving is based on a painting by Frederick Benjamin made in England in 1802 (the original painting is now in the Jewish Museum in London).

The Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Herschel Berliner [1762-1842] the first chief rabbi of Great Britain. In his youth he served as rabbi of Prenzlau and in 1802 he was appointed rabbi of Great Britain, a position he held for forty years until his death. He also served as rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in London and was one of the leaders fighting against the reforms in Britain .A boycott imposed on the leaders of the Reform leadership in the summer of 1841, a year before his death, with the aim of stopping the movement, failed, after his successor Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler failed to enforce it in the years following his death.

[4], 188, p. 19 leaves. 21 cm. Original leather binding (with monogram of JUDITH SAMUELS]. Gilt page cutting. Slight moth marks on title pages. The rest of the pages are completely clean of moth marks. Stains. Good condition.