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Lot #
19465
Auction End Date
1/8/2008 10:10:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Appointing community emissaries to government
Title (Hebrew)
כתב שליחות בעד 'טולראנץ'
Author
[Ms. - Community]
City
Teting (טעטינג), Hungary
Publication Date
1788
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
[1] p., 208:172 mm., light age staining, ink on paper, neat Ashkenazic script, signed and dated.
Detailed
Description
Document appointing two members of the community to represent them before the goverernment authorities on the tax bill (toleranz tax). The taxes were a result of the Toleranzpatent, edict of tolerance issued by Emperor Joseph II on Jan. 2, 1782. It was one of a series of patents granted to the major, non-Catholic denominations of the Empire, guaranteeing existing rights and obligations and laying down additional ones. The final version was less liberal than Joseph II's original drafts. The Toleranzpatent confirmed existing restrictions against any increase in the number of tolerated Jews; however, they were encouraged to engage in large-scale business, to set up factories, and to learn trades (although becoming a master craftsman remained prohibited); to establish schools and attend universities. Upper-class Jews were encouraged to integrate socially. The concluding article exhorted the Jews to be thankful and not to misuse their privileges, particularly not to offend Christianity in public, an offense which would result in expulsion. At the same time insult or violence done to a Jew would be punished.
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Listing Classification
Period
18th Century:
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Location
Other:
Hungary
Subject
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Characteristic
Language:
Hebrew
Manuscript Type
Letters:
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Kind of Judaica
