Takanoth MeYechidim Ve’Anshei Beth Haknesseth Hamburg Be’London [Laws and regulations of the Hambro Congregation, London]

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

A. Asser

London

1795

In Hebrew with some Yiddish.

Vinograd, London 146; Roth, London 74.

Listing the names of the officers and members, this booklet contains fifty-nine regulations and customs (including times of prayer) of the Synagogue, Chevra Kadisha and administration of the cemetery in Hackney. Covers the rights and responsibilities of the Parneisim, gabbaim, employees and members. Delineates fees for aliyoth, salaries for the Hazzan, Sexton and scribe and fines to be enforced for disturbances. The Hambro Synagogue was founded in 1702 by Mordechai of Hamburg, son-in-law of the celebrated Glückel of Hamlin as a break-away from the Great Synagogue. Ironically, two centuries later and after a number of vicissitudes, the synagogue closed and became amalgamated with the Great Synagogue in 1936. See P. Renton, The Synagogues of London (2000) pp. 39-43.