Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Passover products circa 1842

Here's a nice ad for Passover products from 1842, under the rabbinic supervision of Rabbi Solomon Hirschell (1862-1842). From the Voice of Jacob.

British wine!


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9 comments:

  1. Dan Klein1:49 AM, April 02, 2014

    Oh, those British. A hundred years later, Mr. D. Cohen was still being echoed by P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves: "I endeavor to give satisfaction." I wonder if British wine was the kind you could cut with a knife.

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  2. Ovadya12:32 AM, April 03, 2014

    *1762-1842

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  3. MyTurnAtBat11:46 PM, April 05, 2014

    I wonder what R' Hirschell would say about the OU pesach list.

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  4. Harry Joachim9:57 AM, April 06, 2014

    What do the letters נר"ו stand for?

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  5. S.10:41 AM, April 06, 2014

    נטריה רחמנא ופרקיה

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  6. Harry Joachim4:57 AM, April 07, 2014

    Thanks. I am assuming that this was used in previous generations rather than the more modern שליט"א. What does the phrase actually mean?

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  7. S.11:38 AM, April 07, 2014

    May the Merciful guard and save him.

    שליט"א was in use then too, but נר"ו was also quite common. It was used in the time of the Rishonim as well.

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  8. daized794:35 PM, April 07, 2014

    If you don't order cakes and wine from the above, you'll have to face the Rod of Judgment below. Carrot and stick.

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  9. Jacob Ouziel12:19 PM, April 08, 2014

    I'm not sure how kashrut certification worked in England back then, but Rabbi Hirschell most certainly did not personally supervise these products, as he was ill and confined to his house for several months leading up to his death later that year.


    More likely, as Chief Rabbi, he just gave his stamp of approval.

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