עיתון ה"חבצלת" - אוסף גליונות

Collection of pages from the newspaper "Ḥabazelet." Jerusalem, [between the years 5644–5663, 1884–1903]. Includes: issue no. 1 of year 14 (5644); issue no. 33 of year 21 (5651); and issues 2–31 of year 37 (5663). Total of 32 issues. The newspaper "Ḥabazelet," among the earliest Hebrew newspapers in the Land of Israel, emerged from ultra-Orthodox circles in Jerusalem. Its founder, Rabbi Israel Bak, began publishing it in the year 5623. In the year 5628, the newspaper passed to his son-in-law, Rabbi Israel Dov Frumkin, who published it until the year 5671. This newspaper took a position in various controversies that occurred in Jerusalem, generally on the side of the Hasidic "kollels." 32 cm. Good to fair condition. Stains, creasing marks. Wear, especially at the margins.