Chamishah Chumshei Torah and Haftaros with English translation by Rabbi Yitzchak (Isaac) ben Uri ben Eliezer Leeser.
This collector’s 5-volume set of Chamishah Chumshei Torah presents the Hebrew text of the Torah and its English translation on facing sides of the page.
Philadelphia, 1845.
Chumash Bereishis opens with a lengthy introduction. The end of Chumash Devarim presents an index of topics in the Torah.
Stamps of Semuel De Casseres of Curacao. 3 of the volumes have bookplates from a bookseller on the island.
In the set we found 2 notes from the Curacao community concerning Abraham E. Henriques & Abraham Salas.
Rabbi Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) emigrated from his native Germany to the United States where he served for many years as a rabbi of Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. Leeser was a vehement opponent of secularization and abided strictly by halachah.
Rabbi Isaac Leeser was the first Jew to translate the Torah into English without relying on previous translations of the Old Testament by gentiles. Instead he toiled to translate the Torah from its original lashon hakodesh into English, on behalf of American Jewry. His translation of the Chumash had a major impact on the future of Orthodox Jews in the United States.
Five Volumes:
Bereishis: 10, 174: 175, [1] sides.
Shmos: 167:184, [1] sides.
Vayikra: 152: 153 sides (including Megillas Esther).
Bamidbar: 148: 149, [1] sides.
Devarim: 134: 147 sides.
Overall in Good Condition, browning, original leather bindings, spine of volume 4 damaged.
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