(Pinkas Kehilath Mehren) Community Ledgers of Moravia.

Estimate: $15,000–$20,000
Hammer price: $18,000

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author

(MORAVIA).

Place

Moravia

Publication

18th-century

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew and Judeo-German, written in a cursive Aschkenazic hand on paper. THE TZVI HIRSH SHAPIRO OF MUNKACS COPY , with his stamps throughout.

summary

Title page reads: “General Policy Process, Commercial Order for the Judenschaft in Moravia, 1754.” Divided into three sections and subsections. Large portion consists of 360 regulations (takanoth) relating to religious affairs and appropriate social behavior, also with many laws pertaining to synagogue-life. It is possible that this was written for the community of Nikolsburg. This volume belonged to R. Tzvi Hirsch Shapira (author of Darchei Teshuvah), the rabbi of Munkacs.

ff. 92. Occasional browning and staining, second section lacking upper corner affecting text. Modern vellum-backed boards. Folio.

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