Auction 130 Unlimited Belongings of Tzaddikim, Manuscripts, Rabbinical letters and Rare books, Antisemitism, Zionism and Yiddish culture
By Winner'S
Jul 20, 2021
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 64:

Historic Remnant of an Important Community - Burial Society Ledger from Oradea. 1938


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Historic Remnant of an Important Community - Burial Society Ledger from Oradea. 1938


Chevra Kaddisha ledger of 1938, Oradea. Book printed in the official Romanian language with space for the addition of the names of the deceased and many details about them. Each of the deceased was designated a page index including a "declaration" by the leaders of the burial society with information about the deceased's life, his age, his place of residence, his marital status and more. Further details deal with the burial proceedings, the shrouds, the eulogies and more.


Printed at the top of the pages in the ledger: "Chevra Kaddisha G"Ch Dk"k Ordea." The ledger contains 262 death listings in 1938. With a name index (!)


Important memento of an important and flourishing Jewish community. As is known, during that period, the Admo"r Rabbi Yisrael Hager of Vizhnitz, author of Ahavat Yisrael, resided there and this location was where he conducted his court.

263, [5] leaves paper. 32 cm.

Original binding. Fine condition.