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Ketubah addendum : [Drezdenko, Poland], [10 August 1785].
תוספת כתובה : [דריזען, פולין],
Library at the Katz Center - Rare Book Manuscript CAJS Rar Ms 612
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Aramaic
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law).
- Ketubah--Specimens.
- Ketubah.
- Ḥoshen mishpaṭ.
- Lubusz Region (Poland and Germany)--Religious life and customs.
- Lubusz Region (Poland and Germany).
- Strzelce Krajeńskie (Poland)--Religious life and customs.
- Strzelce Krajeńskie (Poland).
- Jews--Lubusz Region (Poland and Germany)--18th century--History--Sources.
- Jews.
- Jews--Poland--Strzelce Krajeńskie--18th century--History--Sources.
- Segel, Mosheh ben Tsevi Hirsch--Marriage.
- Hildesheim, Ḥaṿah bat Josel--Marriage.
- Local Subjects:
- Segel, Mosheh ben Tsevi Hirsch--Marriage.
- Hildesheim, Ḥaṿah bat Josel--Marriage.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 18th century.
- Manuscripts, Aramaic -- 18th century.
- Manuscripts, European.
- ketubahs.
- autographs (manuscripts)
- financial records.
- Penn Provenance:
- GIFT FROM THE MOLDOVAN FAMILY COLLECTION By Joseph T. Moldovan C'76 and Susan A. Moldovan C'76. Donated in Honor and Memory of Jean and Dr. Alfred Moldovan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : paper.
- Place of Publication:
- [10 August 1785].
- [ד' אלול תקמ"ה].
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew and Aramaic.
- Biography/History:
- Driesen (Drezdenko, Poland) had an exiguous Jewish community during the 18th century, whose members were engaged in imports and exports between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Kingdom of Poland.
- Summary:
- This is a ketubah addendum (issued after the formal ketubah; note on dorse) issued in front of witnesses, 4 Elul 5545 (Wednesday, August 10, 1785) in Drezdenko; referred to as Driesen (the name of the town in German; then in Brandenburg under the Kingdom of Prussia), the groom Mosheh, son of Tsevi Hirsch Segel, and bride Ḥaṿah, daughter of Josel Hildesheim. The stipulations of the addendum were that the bride was to allocate division of the ketubah funds to the couple's heirs in case of their death, and that the ketubah amount (previously) was to be revised from 100 Gulden (equal to 400 Reichsthalers) with an addition of 800 Reichsthaler and an aggregate value of 10,000 Reichsthaler (likely mostly real estate; ketubah additionally mentions dresses and gowns, with adornments and frills on them, and her hats to be excluded from the aggregate (“וכל בגדיה ומלבושיה וצמידים וחזיזים שעליהם וכל צעיפיה לא היו נחשבין”; lines 11-12). Signed by the groom below ketubah, with witnesses to the signature Shemuʼel ben Leib, slaughterer and kashrut inspector of the town, and Aharon ben Yehuda Leib, the town's Hebrew schoolteacher. Written in 28 lines, justified to the left margin (ketubah text); four lines of signatures below; written in a German-Ashkenazic 18th century cursive script; final three words written in a square script.
- Cited as:
- UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 612.
- OCLC:
- 1370189858
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