Mashkhet Prohibishon min Talmud Batli im perush Hakundas vetosefett khadashot. MeEt HaMefursam Rev. Gerson Kish. [Prohibition Tractate].

Kish, Gerson, Rev. Gerson Kiss,

Published by Orion Press, 161 Grand Street, New York, New York, 1929

About this Item

In Hebrew. 40 pages, 230 x 155 mm. On both sides of the title page the author's last name was printed as KISS, but corrected by hand into KISH. Printed on very high quality paper. WorldCat: Libraries worldwide that own item: 5. Published during the period of "prohibition" of alcohol in the United States, which the author depicts humorously, in Talmudic style. This parody includes many and diverse maneuvers carried out in order to circumvent the laws of prohibition, as well as all the mishaps occurring due to the consumption of noxious drinks. Here is an excerpt from one of the chapters: Mishnah. How does one hide the drinks? One hides them in the walls and under the floor, in pits, ditches and caves, in toilets, bathrooms, and any place out of reach of the city guardians. Gemara. The rabbis have taught: The pious men of olden days used to hide the drinks in the walls and under the floor and in pits, bushes, and caves, but pious men of recent times have decided once and for all that there is no hope of storing them, so they immediately store them in their stomachs. See, Encyclopedia Judaica, XIII column 136. Seller Inventory # 016083

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mashkhet Prohibishon min Talmud Batli im ...

Publisher: Orion Press, 161 Grand Street, New York, New York

Publication Date: 1929

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition