[RABBIN] - Lot 115

Lot n° 115
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[RABBIN] - Lot 115
[RABBIN] An important collection of fifteen documents and diplomas chronicling the life and career of Chief Rabbi Isaac Bloch (1848–1925): - Bachelor of Arts degree awarded by the rector of the Strasbourg Academy in 1867. (Creases). 27 x 33 cm. - Notes by student Isaac Bloch on letterhead from the Séminaire Israélite de France. 4 pp., in-4 format, including two blank pages. (Folds, tears, and missing sections). - First-degree rabbinical diploma (Morénou) issued in Paris on March 4, 1873. Printed by A. Marx Cahen in Paris; blank spaces filled in with a pen. Several signatures, including that of Rabbi Isidor. On vellum. (Creases). 30 x 46 cm - Diploma for the second level of rabbinical studies (Morénou Harab) issued in Paris on November 6, 1877. Printed by A. Marx Cahen in Paris; the blank spaces were filled in by pen. Signatures of the members of the Central Consistory. On vellum. (Folds). 30 x 46 cm - Letter on letterhead from the Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts informing Mr. Bloch that he has been appointed an academic officer. 1 page, in-quarto. (Folds). - Handwritten report of the October 17, 1882, session of the Jewish Consistory of the Oran district concerning the departure of Chief Rabbi Isaac Bloch. 3 handwritten folio pages on Consistory letterhead. (Reinforced folds and tears). - Decree appointing Mr. Isaac Bloch, then Chief Rabbi of Algiers, to the office of Chief Rabbi of Nancy, replacing Mr. Libermann. 4 quarto pages, 2 of which are blank, on letterhead of the Central Consistory of the Jews of France. Dated May 14, 1890. - Decree appointing Mr. Bloch, then Jewish chaplain at the Lycée de Nancy, as an officer of the Ministry of Public Instruction. Dated July 27, 1905. (Folds). 25 x 40 cm. - Decree appointing Mr. Isaac Bloch, then Chief Rabbi of Algiers, as an Officer of the Academy. 24 x 38 cm - Authorization for Isaac Bloch, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Consistory of Nancy, to wear the second-class decoration of the Order of Michân Iftikhar. Dated March 18, 1891. Vellum, painted decoration. (Folded) 38 x 48 cm - Letter on letterhead of the Central Consistory of the Jews of France, addressed to the members of the Jewish Consistory of Nancy. Dated April 15, 1891, this letter concerns the request to send Rabbi Bloch the documents he must provide in order to wear the insignia of the Order of Nichân Iftikhar. 1 pp. in-4. - Letter on letterhead of the Central Consistory of the Israelites of France, addressed to the members of the Jewish Consistory of Nancy. It is dated December 30, 1890, and specifies that Mr. Bloch is responsible for paying the administrative fees associated with the authorization to wear the insignia of the Order of Nichân Iftikhar. 1 pp. in-4. - Official letter informing Isaac Bloch, Chief Rabbi of Nancy, that he has been appointed to a position outside the city. Dated September 11, 1891. 3 pp. folio. - Decree on letterhead from the Nancy Academy establishing an Arabic course at the University of Nancy and appointing Mr. Bloch to teach this course. Nancy, April 23, 1907. 1 pp. folio. - Removal of Chief Rabbi Isaac Bloch from the electoral rolls of Nancy for registration on the electoral rolls of Paris, dated October 19, 1919. 1 pp. In-4 This collection of documents concerning Isaac Bloch is likely unparalleled. They trace his rabbinical, military, and academic careers. He spent part of his academic career in Algeria. Keywords: Judaica, Jewish, Hebrew, rabbis, Torah, Hebrew, Hebraica, Judaism, synagogue, Zionism, Passover, Haggadah, Passover, menorah, Hanukkah, Torah, Juden, Israelite, Israel, antisemitism, Dreyfus, Megillah, Sephardic, ketubah
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