The First Hebrew Book Printed in Washington D.C. The author of this commentary on the Haggadah, Rabbi Gedaliah Silverstone (1871-1944) was a prominent Orthodox rabbi and author in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century. Upon his arrival in America in 1905, he was appointed rabbi of the Combined Congregations of Washington, D.C. This volume is both the first book he published in America as well as the first Hebrew book published in Washington D.C.

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