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Impressive notebook of the Chevra Kaddisha of the Zsambokret [Slovakia] community, from 1835 and onwards.

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Impressive notebook of the Chevra Kaddisha of the Zsambokret [Slovakia] community, from 1835 and onwards.

Notebook of the Chevra Kaddisha of the Nyitra-Zsambokret [Zsambokret / Zabokreky], a town in western Slovakia. Documentation of the years 1835-1925.

[2], 279, [4] leaves, thick paper. Stamps of the Chevra Kaddisha appear in the book.

Including:

A. An impressive Sefer with a notebook containing:

* A leaf from 1865 on matters of donations and purchases. Yiddish.

* A leaf referring to the donation of Rabbi Naftali Sofer in 1839.

* Leaves 1-6: 22 regulations of the Chevra Kaddisha. Hebrew and Yiddish.

* Leaf 7: index of the names appearing in the notebook.

* Leaves 8-279 most of the leaves arededicated each to a single member of the community. From leaf 273, 2-10 members appear on each page.

* Leaves 255-259 [9] lists of the new Gabaim of the Chevra Kaddisha from 1835 to 1906.

* On the last leaves, a list of men and women for Hazkaras Neshamos.

Impressive leather binding, with gilt edges and gilt decorations and lettering, aging stains, good-very good condition.

B. Enclosed with the Sefer is a table, on a folded leaf, [2] pp. 31X47 cm.

The table includes names of people with lists of payments, debts, etc. Rabbi Moshe Neumann is referred to. On verso of the leaf, a notation from the period of World War I, 1915-1916. Stains.

Please refer to Hebrew catalog text for a short biography of Rabbi Naftali Sofer and of Rabbi Moshe Neumann.

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Measurement: 39 CM

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