The constitution of the burial society of the Bucharest Sephardic community April 30, 1850
The Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, California, has recently acquired the Ladino manuscript of the Constitution drafted in 1850 for the Burial Society of the two Sephardic Synagogues in Bucharest, Rumania. We already knew that the first Constitution of that Burial Society had been written in 181...
| Published in: | Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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College
2005
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| In: |
Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 76, Pages: 234-258 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Modern age
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism TJ Modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
Romania
B Sephardim B Funeral |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, California, has recently acquired the Ladino manuscript of the Constitution drafted in 1850 for the Burial Society of the two Sephardic Synagogues in Bucharest, Rumania. We already knew that the first Constitution of that Burial Society had been written in 1819 by Haham Eliezer Papo, originally from Sarajevo, when he became the spiritual leader of Rumanian Jewry. Documented revisions took place in 1821, 1833, 1837, 1849 and 1878, but no trace of the 1850 revision was available until the present, imposing document came to light. By its contents and structure, it seems to have provided answers to financial and disciplinary issues, such as introducing three classes of funerals, with specific fees, as well as shifting the washing of the deceased from the Burial Society to the Biḳḳur Ḥolim. For reasons still unknown, this document slipped out of the Society's possession until 1903, when a dated endorsement on its verso states that it was "donated" by Albert and Dina Zwiebel to the Spanish Community in Bucharest. As such, it represents a "missing" link in the long chain of organized good deeds performed by the Sephardic Community of Bucharest. |
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| ISSN: | 0360-9049 |
| Contains: | In: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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