Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Financial Report of the Weißkirchen community – Manuscript – Moravia, 1790

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Gemaynde kase rekhnung far militer yor 1789/1790 [report of the Weißkirchen (Moravia) community treasury for the military (?) year (Gregorian year) 1789/1790, by the gentlemen, community committee members Shlomo Segal, Moshe Leib Trivetz and Gabriel Segal].
Detailed financial report of incomes and expenses, handwritten in Hebrew letters on a large sheet of heavy paper. In the "incomes" column appears a summary of 11 pages of the community's accounts book, and afterwards detailed descriptions of the incomes from slaughter taxes and renting houses and estates of the community members, interest on investments in the stock exchange and loans to the municipality, the government and to private people. In the "expenses" column are 37 paragraphs of "protection money" paid to the authorities, debts of previous years, the rabbi, Shochet, cantor, undertakers and different servants fees, as well as payments made out to community members, interest on loans and more – in much detail. The document is signed by the above mentioned and by other people, that verify the validity of this report. Yiddish-Deitch. 58X46.5 cm. Folded. Tears in margins and folding lines. Stains.
Central European Jewry
Central European Jewry