Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Manuscript, Hazkarat Neshamot pinkas (memorial book) of the burial society of Szeged (Hungary), [1879 onward].
Printed in gold on thick paper at the front of the pinkas: "Chevra Kadisha Gemilut Chassadim – Szeged, Elul 1879".
The pinkas lists hundreds of names of community members, including the rabbis and dayanim (R. Tzvi Bak, R. Yehuda [Leopold] Löw, R. Yosef Klein, R. Yosef Eliezer Bak and R. Elazar Ze'ev Seelenfreund).
With an inscription in memory of Lady Judith Montefiore, wife of Sir Moses Montefiore.
The Montefiores financially supported many charity organizations in Jewish communities worldwide. As a token of appreciation, they were appointed honorary presidents or honorary members of many Jewish organizations, and were mentioned in synagogue prayers.
More than 20 written leaves, and many more empty pages. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and wear. Pieces of paper with handwritten corrections on some leaves. Fine velvet binding, with gilt design. Damage to binding.
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Three leaves printed in Yas (Iași), ca. 1880-1904:
• Proclamation with rabbinic letters addressed to the Rumnik Sarat community (Râmnicu Sărat, Romania), regarding the polemic against a rival rabbi named R. Fishel, who established an independent community and brought in his own shochet. With letters from: R. Uri Shraga Feivel Taubes Rabbi of Yas, R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Friedman (rebbe of Bohush-Ruzhin), R. Aryeh Leibish Meisels head of the Premishla Beit Din. Yas, 1902.
• Proclamation, "The ban is annulled" – letter from R. Uri Shraga Feivel Taubes Rabbi of Yas, annulling the ban pronounced by one of the rabbis of Yas against some of the shochetim in town. Yas, Kislev 1904.
• Large leaf, "Juramant Israeletini" (Jewish Oath) in Hebrew and Romanian, completed by hand in Romanian (in Hebrew and Latin characters). Signed by R. Sender Taubes. Yas, November 1883.
Three large leaves. Size and condition vary.
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