Bidspirit auction | (PRAGUE). Shevu’ah Mi’Kapital. Yiddish text.

(PRAGUE). Shevu’ah Mi’Kapital. Yiddish text. Single tall printed sheet, printed on both sides. Previously in the Israel Mehlman collection, with his penciled notes on endpapers. Neatly taped central tear. Modern boards. Tall folio. Prague, 18th century. UNRECORDED. Oath to be administered by both husband and wife, declaring ownership of all personal possessions and capital, as well as loans. Apparently utilized to determine domestic financial profile for internal, communal tax purposes. The oath was to be declared before the open Synagogue Ark. The couple were to state that the financial document given to the ”Commisaria” of the community, delineating all their possessions and financial worth, was true and provided without trickery or consultation with a ”Lamdan” (expert) residing ”here in Prague” or elsewhere. They affirm, that should they swear falsely, all the curses written in the Bible will fall upon them and they will have no part in the ”community of Israel” in this world, or in the hereafter. Highly interesting for the socio-economic history of the Jews of 18th-century Bohemia.