Iudaica, Chok Israel, tom 4, Lemberg, Pessel Balaban, 1894

Chok Israel, carte u urme evidente de uzura a timpului, legatoria foarte buna, coperta cu piele si carton, cu urme de deteriorare. Chok it is a compendium of Jewish texts designed for daily or weekly study. Pessel Balaban, the most famous Jewish woman printer in Lemberg during the second half of the 19th century. While her husband Pinhus Moshe Balaban was alive she was very active in his printing business, issuing copies of the Bible with commentaries, but after his death she expanded the press, producing high-quality editions of halakhic texts such as the Shulhan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law). Pessel Balaban was the best-known of a number of Jewish women printers who were active in Lemberg in the 19th century distributing copies of Jewish religious texts throughout Eastern Europe. Chok l'Yisrael (Hebrew: חֹק לישראל‎) is a compendium of Jewish texts designed for daily or weekly study. Coperta necesita reparatii.