A printed shtar of sale of a place “in the new synagogue which was completed in 1671”. Completed by hand in Tevet 1671. Signed by the parnassim: Rabbi “Yitzchak son of Shmuel HaCohen”, Rabbi “Naftali son of Moshe HaCohen”, Rabbi “Aharon son of the Chaver R’ Moshe Avraham”, Rabbi “Tzaddok son of Shlomo”, Rabbi “Yehuda Leib Hamburger” and Rabbi “Yechiel son of R’ Gershon”. Amsterdam, 1671. The place sold is located in the “Men’s partition, the seventh row, north side, ninth place, known by its borders, between R’ Itzik Katz on the one side and Kohelet on the other”, [the second place had not yet been sold and belonged to the community, the community places were allocated for guests and non-regular congregants]. On verso: another handwritten shtar of sale of the abovementioned place, from the month of Sivan 1689. Leaf, 18.5X33 cm. Fair condition, tears and ancient paper gluing. An early document from the beginning of the days of the Ashkenazi community of Amsterdam, established in the 17th century. The first Ashkenazi residents of Amsterdam were mostly refugees of the 30 Year War (1618-1648), who arrived from the Rhine region [the customs are Rhine traditions, especially Worms and Frankfurt]. In 1648, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, many refugees arrived from Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine and founded the Polish immigrant communities [headed by the author of Be’er HaGolah and his son-in-law who was the rabbi of the community].