Pinkas shel Chevra Kadisha Gomlei Chassadim [ledger of the free-loan and welfare society of the community of Zabludow]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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

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Lot 62

(POLAND)

Pinkas shel Chevra Kadisha Gomlei Chassadim [ledger of the free-loan and welfare society of the community of Zabludow]

Hebrew manuscript on paper, written in square and cursive calligraphic Aschkenazic hands. Signature of Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro on f. 7 (however different than that of Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro of Munkacs); drawing of a soldier and signed below in square letters: Chaim Elazar Shapiro (of Munkacs?). pp. 67 (excluding blanks). Light wear and some oxidization with minimal loss, few tears. Modern vellum-backed boards. Folio.

Zabludow: 1804

Est: $10,000 - $12,000

A detailed and comprehensive Pinkas which commences with the names of many rabbinic leaders who endorsed the activities of the Society. The volume is divided into three. Part I: Two elaborate title-pages followed by an extensive introduction defining the purpose of the Society and a list of regulations. Part II: Hachnasath Orchim (“Guest Housing”), with an elaborate title-page extolling the virtue of this mitzvah. Part III: Bikur Cholim (“Visiting the Sick), this portion remains unfinished. The town of Zabludow is located in the Bialystok province of Poland, although from 1795 it was held by East Prussia and from 1807-1918 it was part of the Russian Empire. According to the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, the Jewish population of Zabludow in 1807 was 1,831 which represented 50% of the town’s population.