Pauta dos irmaos et Irmas da Sancta Hebra y Jesiba de Aby Yetomim

(DUTCH JUDAICA)

David de Rephael Meldola

Amsterdam

1753

"List of Governors and Members of the Charitable Society of Aby Yetomim of the Portuguese Jewish Community at Amsterdam, Established to Sustain Orphans and to Support Poor Foreign Jews." Abi Yetomim was founded in 1648 as a charitable society for the support of orphans, offering them the opportunity to learn a profession. The most talented among the students were encouraged to train for the Rabbinate. This document, or ‘Pauta,' was the Society’s electoral-roll, comprising the names of those members of Abi Yetomim who were deemed suitable to stand for election. Instructions how to cast one's vote are included. This particular copy was unused. No other copy located. Only Silva Rosa (1933), no. 135 record this pamphlet, (current whereabouts unknown)