Sepher Hazkaroth Neshamoth (Memorial Book)

(RUMANIA)

Manuscript on paper. 36 leaves (not including blanks). Large square Hebrew with some cursive script. Multi-colored title within colorful borders with floral patterns. Signed by artist / scribe M. Kanstadt. Engraved plaque on upper cover. Galatz (Galati), Rumania, 1922. * WITH: SOCIETATE DE ASUTOR MUTUAL SI BENEFACERE A MESERRIASILOR ISRAELIT DIN GALATI - Regulations and reports of the Commission of Juridicial Personalities recognized to administer this organization (founded in 1875). Tipped in: Manuscript on vellum. 11 large quarto pages (folded concertina-style). Yiddish text, signed by 12 officers of the organization. Galati, 1921-23. * With typed and manuscript ministerial letters, telegrams (29 leaves) and various printed regulation and statute booklets in Rumanian pertaining to the organization

First volume: Contains prayers and names of the prominent members of the community. Includes a special prayer for the Jewish soldiers who perished during World War I (1916-1918). The various names listed contain an interesting anomaly. The first prayer and name listed is the Chassidic Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, the son of R. Yitzchak (of Bohush, the son-in-law of R. Nachum of Stefenest) who indeed served in Galati, whilst a later page contains a prayer for the soul of Theodor Herzl “May he rest in Paradise”. Galatz (Galati, in Rumanian) was a prominent port on the Danube river of Moldavia, Eastern Rumania. Jewish settlement commenced in the 16th century