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LOT 473:
Transcription of the Writing on the Headstones in the Jewish Cemetery in Bohemia - Jeniken
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Transcription of the Writing on the Headstones in the Jewish Cemetery in Bohemia - Jeniken
Notebook in the Golc-Jeniken [Prague- Bohemia] community chazan's handwriting (L. lchreches) wherein he transcribed the text of the headstones of the departed - rabbinic leaders and great rabbis of the community in the Jewish community's cemetery c. 1882-1887.
Among the names in the texts of headstones that he copied appear: Rabbi Ephraim Walle, grandson of the Noda B'Yehuda [passed away in 1865 'from the stem of elders with great wings ... glory to his family and adornment and head to his companion ...'] Rabbi Zerach Shpitz, Av Beit Din of Jeniken [passed away in 1883: a great minister has fallen in Israel, from the cedars of Lebanon and the great scholars, minister of humility ...'], Rabbi Shimshon Chazan son of Rabbi Avraham Twisk of Prague [passed away 1782], Rabbi Mordechai son of Michael Kornfeld, author of Tziyunim L'Dvar Kabbalah - Prague 1865 and additional rabbis.
Most of the names that appear are among the prominent rabbis of the Jeniken community, and some of the writing expresses the losses of the community, for example: ' Daughter of Jeniken! ... your righteousness is lost, your justice from upon you ... wonder worker to many, the secret of your understanding is gone ...' or, in another writing, 'daughter of Jeniken, wail the howling of jackals, death has come in the windows, entered the palaces ...' and on another headstone, 'many drank from the source emanating from the spring of his Torah, there is no inquiry into his understanding, who is like him shooting and hitting the target ... who will give power to his righteousness, greatness and glory, and the purity of his holiness ...'
The writings are almost entirely in Hebrew, the German text on the headstone of Rabbi Zerach Shpitz, Av Beit Din of the community, was copied by the chazan as well.
Material attached.
[19] handwritten pages. 17 cm. Clear, legible writing. Not bound.
