SPRING GALLERY JUDAICA AUCTION

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Lot 93:

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A LARGE BANNER CELEBRATING THE YOM KIPPUR SERVICE DURING THE SIEGE OF METZ

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93. A LARGE BANNER CELEBRATING THE YOM KIPPUR SERVICE DURING THE SIEGE OF METZ. Germany, 1870. In 1870 there were 4,700 German Jewish service members fighting in the Franco-Prussian war. As the war was to continue over Yom Kippur, a young rabbi named Dr. Isaac Blumenstein (1843-1903) secured permission from the military to hold Yom Kippur prayers on October 4-5, 1870. 24” x 26”.