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Pinkas of the Ḥevrah Ḥaluḳat ha-Shas, 29 Kislev 5669-5771 [23 December, 1908-1911].
פנקס חברה חלוקת הש"ס
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Ḥevrah Ḥaluḳat ha-Shas (Fall River, Massachusetts), issuing body.
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Talmud Torah (Judaism).
- Confraternities--Massachusetts--Fall River--20th century.
- Confraternities.
- By-laws.
- Synagogues--Massachusetts--Fall River.
- Synagogues.
- Jews, Lithuanian--Massachusetts--Fall River.
- Jews, Lithuanian.
- Jews--Massachusetts--Fall River--20th century--History--Sources.
- Jews.
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- calligraphy (visual works)
- charters
- ledgers (account books)
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Abraham ha-levi Lipschitz, Fall River, Massachusetts (stamp, f. 1r).
- Sold by Yudaika Auctions (Bene Beraḳ (Israel)), Auction 5 (February 16, 2022) lot 89.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (34 leaves) : paper ; 310 x 195 mm + 1 note (535 x 100 mm)
- Place of Publication:
- 29 Kislev 5669-5771 [23 December, 1908-1911].
- כ"ט כסלו תרס"ט-תרע"א.
- Language Note:
- Hebrew.
- Biography/History:
- Ḥevrah Ḥaluḳat ha-Shas was a study confraternity founded by Abraham ha-levi Lipschitz in December 1908 in the American Brothers of Israel Synagogue (f. 2r); Lipschitz (Kaunas, Lithuania, 1871-Fall River, 1943, son of Jacob ha-levi Lipschutz of Kaunas (1838-1921), historian and secretary of Isaac Elhanan Spektor), appointed rabbi in 1904 administering the three Fall River congregations; the Ḥevrah was possibly disbanded after 1911.
- Summary:
- This is the manuscript pinkas of the Ḥevrah Ḥaluḳat ha-Shas in Fall River and the appointment of the presiding members; the manuscript served as a ledger of the donors, participants, and related information for the group. The group was founded on Wednesday, the fifth day of Hanukkah 5669 (23 December 1908); the laws of the group include the completion of at least one tractate of the Talmud per Hebrew year, Siyum celebrations with other members at the synagogue, inscribing the member's name in the manuscript, and including the records of the group's learning with the community study roster (f. 2r; a single name is recorded below as one who studied the entire Talmud in one year). Gabbaim (presiding members, listed on f. 3r), donors to the fund to purchase volumes of the Talmud (f. 3v), members (f. 4r-v), and study allocations (1908-9, f. 5r; 1909-10, f. 6r; 1910-11, f. 7r) are listed in the pinkas, blank after 1911 (possibly from disbandment). An updated list of members (some with addresses in English) is left in the manuscript. Written in an eastern-European cursive script on semi-glossed ledger paper; title with calligraphy (פנקס filled with pastel; f. 1r); bound in cardboard boards with a tape spine (deteriorating).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections.
- Cited as:
- UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 566.
- OCLC:
- 1334608238
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