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Lot #    25571
Auction End Date    1/12/2010 10:56:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Certificat de Propreitate
Title (Hebrew)    שטר זכות בעלים
Author    [Community]
City    Bârlad
Publisher    Tiparul Tutoval
Publication Date    1925
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Large certificate printed in 4 colors, 340:301 mm., light age staining, creased on fold.
          
Detailed
Description		    A certificate from a synagogue called Poalei-Tedec in Bârlad,a city in Vaslui County, Romania. This certificate in written in both French and Hebrew and certifies that a particular seat is now the property of Lazar Mendelovici. It was issued on Lag B'Omer 5685 (May 14, 1925), and it has the stamp of the synagogue on it. The Rabbi of the synagogue was R. Shimshom Kahana, and the president of the congregation was Dr. Weinfeld. As it happens, Lazer Mendelovici is listed as the vice-president.
          
Paragraph 2    BARLAD (Birlad), town in Moldavia, E. Rumania. The Jewish community there is first attested in 1738 when the prince of Moldavia, Gregor Ghica, appointed Marco (Mordecai) as leader (starosty) of the Jews of Barlad "according to ancient custom." "A row of Jewish stores" is mentioned in 1767 and a "Jewish street" in 1819; 53 Jewish households were recorded in 1803. In 1838 the Jews were accused of desecrating Christian holy objects, and 23 notables of the community, including three women, were imprisoned. They were released only after payment of a heavy fine. In December 1867, there was an outbreak of violence when the Jews were accused of murdering an anti-Semitic priest. The community numbered 2,000 in 1859; 5,883 (24% of the total) in 1899, about one-third of the merchants and artisans in the city being Jews; and 3,727 in 1930 (14% of the total), mainly occupied in commerce (many as clerks) and as artisans. There were then in Barlad a Jewish kindergarten and two Jewish schools, for boys and for girls.
          
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Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Romania
  
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Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew, French
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica