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Lot #    25911
Auction End Date    2/16/2010 10:53:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Document confirming synagogue seat
Title (Hebrew)    כתב בית דין - מקום בבה'כ
Author    [Ms. - Community]
City    Posnen
Publication Date    1828
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 210:177 mm., light age staining, ink on paper, neat Ashkenazic script, signed and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    Document confirming synagogue seat, identified by row, in the men's and ladies section of the synagogue. The document is signed by the five sextons of the five pubvlic synagogues in Poznan. Poznan (Ger. Posen), city in historical Great Poland; in Prussia 1793–1807 and 1815–1919; now in Poznan province, W. Poland. One of the most ancient and leading Jewish communities of Poland-Lithuania, it was probably one of those for whom the charter of rights granted by Prince Boleslav the Pious (1264) was intended. Jews are known to have lived in Poznan in 1379; a blood libel is mentioned in 1399. The development of the community was interrupted in 1447 when a fire ravaged the town, impoverishing the Jews. The first signs of economic recovery appeared during the second decade of the 16th century, inaugurating a period of progress and spiritual efflorescence which lasted until approximately the close of the century. Then one of the largest communities in Poland-Lithuania, with 3,000 persons (about 10% of the city's population) and 137 wooden and stone houses, Poznan became the Jewish center of Great Poland. Its rabbis, among the most prominent authorities of the generation, were recognized throughout the country and the "sages of Poznan" were renowned. Nevertheless this city was marked by a severe struggle with the local townspeople and the monks throughout the centuries.
          
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Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
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Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Other:    Contract
  
Kind of Judaica