Collection of five documents:
AUCTION 51 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II
Lot 206
(INDIA)
Collection of five documents:
Est: $800 - $1,200
PRICE REALIZED $1,800
This collection contains an interesting trilogy concerning the fate of the freed slaves (“Meshuhrarim”) of Bombay and Calcutta, who even after their full conversion to Judaism, were evidently discriminated against by local community leaders and sought an authoritative decision in their favor from the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Raphael Meir Panigel. It would appear that the rigid caste-system of highly stratified Indian society had a pervasive influence upon the Indian Jewish community of the time