Early Hebrew American-Chicago Ledger; 1897 Ledger detailing the takkanos...
Early Hebrew American-Chicago Ledger; 1897
Ledger detailing the takkanos (regulations), meetings, decisions, and a list of members from the Kalwaria Congregation in Chicago’s Torah Committee, dated 1896–1916.
The ledger begins with an illustrated title page.In the introduction to this remarkable ledger, there is a description detailing how the congregation’s members were very busy with matters of livelihood and sustenance, and formed this committee, hiring a rabbi to teach them in order to set aside time for Torah study.
297 pages (252 handwritten and 42 blanks) | 19 x 31 cm | tears in margin of title page with no damage to text | Original binding - worn
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Early Hebrew American-Chicago Ledger; 1897
Ledger detailing the takkanos (regulations), meetings, decisions, and a list of members from the Kalwaria Congregation in Chicago’s Torah Committee, dated 1896–1916.
The ledger begins with an illustrated title page.In the introduction to this remarkable ledger, there is a description detailing how the congregation’s members were very busy with matters of livelihood and sustenance, and formed this committee, hiring a rabbi to teach them in order to set aside time for Torah study.
297 pages (252 handwritten and 42 blanks) | 19 x 31 cm | tears in margin of title page with no damage to text | Original binding - worn
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