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Bidding Information
Lot #    13037
Auction End Date    1/24/2006 11:36:15 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Constitution
Title (Hebrew)    קאנסטיטושאן
Author    [Only Ed. - Community]
City    Trenton NJ - New York
Publisher    Bestway Press
Publication Date    1922
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. 48 pp., 153:115 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in the original cloth boards.
          
Detailed
Description		    Constitution of the Hevra Poalei Emet of Trenton, New Jersey. The group, organized in 1922, was an Orthodox Jewish community in the capital on New Jersey. Members were required to "make a nice living", be between the ages of 18-45, married in accordance with Mosaic Law, and pay dues. A cemetery was likewise established in 1922. The Constitution has 27 articles with several hundred rules followed by a list of officers.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
Customs:    Checked
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Yiddish, some English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica