(GERMANY).

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 128

(GERMANY).

Da Seine Kuhrfürstliche Durchlaucht zu Köln… dem angeordneten Landrabbiner David Breslau… gestattet haben, daß derselbe…die jüdische Ehestreitigkeiten, und Sponsalien-Sachen, imgleichen die Errichtung der Inventarien der jüdischen Nachlassenschaften,…vornehmen… und diese… entscheiden möge. pp. (4). Unbound. Folio.

(Münster): 1790

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,100

Decree issued by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and Bishop of Münster Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (1756-1801) relating to the the new District Rabbi (Landrabbiner) in Münster, David Breslau. The decree describes the tasks and the compensation of the newly appointed Rabbi. He was authorized to handle Jewish civil law cases such as marriage disputes and inheritances (but not criminal cases) and describes in detail his salary and compensation for communal services. The Rabbi was not permitted to establish his own synagogue or school, but was allowed to attend the general synagogue. David Breslau (d. 1808) was the son of the influential Court Jew and first District Rabbi, Michael Beyer Breslauer. See Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbiner (2004) Vol. I p. 208, no. 0189.