Yakov Brafman. Kniga kagala. Vsemirnyi yevreiskiy vopros [Kahal Book. The Universal Jewish Question]. Saint Petersburg: S. Dobrodeev`s printing house, 1888. 270 x 159 mm. Third edition. Edited by Aleksandr Brafman. Two volumes. Hard cover. Modern cloth binding with original embossed spine fragments with title. Graphite annotations. Volume 1 bears author`s dedicating inscription. Volume two comprises translations of more than 1000 kahal documents. "Kahal Book" was first published in 1869 and became surrounded with contoversial polemics right after it came out. The main subject of this book is a criticism of Jewish communities through their life, behaviour, and traditions.