Pinkas Hazkarat Neshamot (memorial book), for the recital of the Yizkor (memorial) prayers by the synagogue gabbai, in one of the communities of Budapest (presumably the Chassidic Beit HaMidrash). Budapest (Hungary), [Tishrei 1921].
Pinkas in calligraphic script, with Hazkarat Neshamot (memorial) prayers and list of names. The first leaf states that the purpose of this pinkas is to recite Yizkor prayers for the souls of the community philanthropists on every festival. The four subsequent leaves contain the Yizkor prayers in square script, with decorative initials. The sixth leaf features a list of names of the deceased from 1921-1946 (rest of leaves blank).
The first leaf mentions the gabbaim of the synagogue, R. Gedalia Yosef son of Menachem Katz Steiner and R. Yitzchak son of Yonatan Traubner. The synagogue in question is presumably the Beit HaMidrash HaSfardi (Chassidic synagogue, where the prayers were held following the Sfard rite) in Budapest. The Yeshiva Ahavas Torah Baranovich catalog (November 2005 Auction, item 316) features a certificate from that same synagogue in Budapest, accorded to the gabbai R. Yitzchak son of Yonah[!] Traubner in 1933, in honor of his fifteen years of service as gabbai. That certificate was scribed by the sofer R. Naftali Laks of Budapest, author of Yoma Tava LeRabbanan (Budapest, 1935).
Signature on the front endpaper of "Mordechai Rubinfeld", 1923.
Pinkas, [6] written leaves, rest of leaves blank. 30 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Open tears, affecting text with loss. Leaves detached and loose. Original binding, loose.