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Issue of Napoleon's Empire Newspaper Refers to Jewish Regulations Confirmed by "Napoleon's Sanhedrin"
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Issue of Napoleon's Empire Newspaper Refers to Jewish Regulations Confirmed by "Napoleon's Sanhedrin"
JOURNAL DE L'EMPIRE - Napoleon's Empire newspaper dated March 21, 1808. Historical issue with extensive reference to regulations related to Jews, which were enacted after the discussions of the "Napoleon Sanhedrin" - the assembly of Jews in France attended by 71 Jewish dignitaries as members of the Sanhedrin, convened in October 1806 by Rabbi Yosef David Zinzheim.
In this issue were brought regulations relating to synagogues and rabbis as formulated by Napoleon and the heads of the empire, among them: each synagogue will unite under the leadership of community members about 2000 Jewish families near the synagogue, Each synagogue will have one rabbi to head it, and two 'deputies' which will be chosen by the community, The rabbi's age is over 30. The role of the rabbi and his deputies is to maintain order in the synagogues, regulate the collection from community members, fill out records of the number of Jews living in each district, to arrange marriage forms, take care of Jews who have no employment, regulations concerning the appointment of members, regulations relating to the election of the Chief Rabbi to be made by 25 dignitaries, regulations relating to the origin of the rabbi (if he is not a native of France he can not serve as a synagogue rabbi, nor will he serve as a rabbi if he does not know French), An interesting regulation that appears is the obligation to make a public prayer in the synagogue for the peace of the emperor and his wife, and more.
In 1808, following the trend started by Napoleon, the consistories, the district associations of the Jews were established and a chief rabbi was appointed at the head of the Jewish religion in France. Despite the attempts of the Jews to please Napoleon, the "disgraceful order" (Le Décret Infâme) was issued on March 17 of that year, without the approval of the Council of State, which imposed severe restrictions on the freedom of occupation and settlement of the Jews. The issue before us stated that it should be separated the 'religious freedom' that was given to Jews from the daily restrictions that were imposed on them in those months.
[4] pages. Very good condition.
