A reception in honor of a new member of the community – Yehuda Leib, who has joined the Chevra Kadisha (burial society) – Writing of sofer on behalf of the heads of the Samlin community [Zemlin, Serbia], and rabbinical signatures – a leaf decorated with a magnificent floral gold frame. 1864.
“In honor of our great Rabbi the great genius … Yehuda Leib … thanks and excitement our heart feelings … may his Majesty be one of the members of our congregation and our Chevra Kadisha from now and for generations to come… at the will of the members of the Semlin congregation and its leaders ” and the signatures of the rabbis, the heads of the community in a foreign language.
Jewish refugees began arriving to Zemlin in the middle of the 18th century, when the Habsburg authorities officially recognized the small Jewish community living in the city. Towards the end of the 18th century more immigrants arrived from Bohemia and the community lived in the lower town of Zemlin on a street called “Jewish Street”. The earliest tombstone in the old cemetery is from 1740. In 1813 a Talmud Torah was established in Zemlin and a burial society was founded. At that time there were two congregations in the city – a large Ashkenazi, and a small Sephardic. In 1850 the main Ashkenazi synagogue was established and in 1867 the Sephardic synagogue.
25×20 cm. Very good condition.
