Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS General 320

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DS ID:

DS19073

Shelfmark:

MS General 320

Title:

Pinkas ha-Takanot

Pinkas

Record

Place:

Altona, Germany

Altona TGN

Germany TGN

Date:

1729-1746.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

heb

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 volume (8 pages) ; 21 cm

Note:

Manuscript in Hebrew on paper in square and cursive calligraphic Ashkenazic hand.
Shelfmark: MS General 320
This manuscript includes the regulations of the Ḥevra Kadisha (Jewish Burial Society) of Altona and Hamburg, with a responsum from Chief Rabbi Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen, in five sections: 1. An introduction explaining at which meetings these Takanot were adopted.--2. Records twelve Takanot concerning the workings of the Society. (No. 5: "We shall adhere to the stringent obligation of studying...
Manuscript in Hebrew on paper; written in square and cursive calligraphic Ashkenazic hand.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts

Jews

Germany--Hamburg

History

Eighteenth century

Germany--Altona

Burial laws (Jewish law)

Death--Religious aspects--Judaism

Manuscripts, Hebrew

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15318838

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15855040_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library