Auction 92
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Feb 18, 2021
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
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LOT 23:
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Sold for: $1,900
Start price:
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700
Estimated price :
$800 - $1,200
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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(PINKAS).
<<(New York City).>> Pinkas DeChevra Kadisha Sredniker - Pinkas of the Sredniker Benevolent Association of Greater New York.
Manuscript in Hebrew and Yiddish written in square and cursive calligraphic hands on paper. Following a colorful title page is an introduction and a list of 12 takanoth of the society. After this are member rules for the caring of the dead, process of tahara and the dressing of the dead in shrouds. Lists of the deceased are provided along with their burial locations primarily in Mt. Hebron and Mt. Zion cemeteries in Queens, NY. Several dedicated pages are particularly sorrowful, as they are lists of those who died in childhood or young adulthood.
pp. 65 (excluding blanks). Light wear. Original boards, distressed. Sm. folio.
New York : 1913-56
This Chevra Kadisha / Benevolent Association was organized by a landsmannschaft of former residents of the Lithuanian city Srednik (today, Seredžius).
