Internal communal regulations [haskamoth] concerning marriage.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $800

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author

(ITALY)

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Place

(Venice)

Publication

1767)

Description

Italian interspersed with Hebrew.

summary

The common theme of these decisions is that clandestine marriages are forbidden under threat of excommunication. The Venetian Rabbinate was determined to maintain strict parental and religious control of matrimony.

Single-sided broadside. Horizontal and vertical folds, minute holes along folds (text virtually unaffected). Light stains. Folio.

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