Wir Friedrich Wilhelm, von Gottes Gnaden Koenign von Preussen…eine Verordnung, in welcher unter anderen vor dem allzuschnellen Begraben der Todten.

AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 107
(GERMANY).
Wir Friedrich Wilhelm, von Gottes Gnaden Koenign von Preussen…eine Verordnung, in welcher unter anderen vor dem allzuschnellen Begraben der Todten.
Ansbach: 1793
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
Decree issued by the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II (1744-97) prohibiting immediate burial of the dead. The decree lists in detail signs of death that must be checked. Paragraph twenty admonishes the Jews to prolong the time between death and burial in accordance with the general decree. “It is more important to prevent the burial of the living than to follow the Biblical injunction that no corpse remain unburied overnight. The God of love cannot possibly desire the burial of a living human being.”