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Hardcover, black cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher’s dust-jacket. 175 pages. Selected Bibliography, Index. First edition, first printing with full number line, albeit dust-jacket unpriced. Possible book club issue, though no indent on lower rear cover. The first book-length study of Kol Nidrei, the Jewish prayer service and ritual that inaugurates Yom Kippur. Rabbi Gershon explains its origins, presents the debates surrounding its meaning over time, and explains its significance in modern times. No previous ownership marks. Slight damage to dust-jacket at very bottom edge of rear panel, now clear tape repaired on verso. Else a clean, fresh, tight and unmarked copy. Fine in a still very good dust-jacket.