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Miskolc, Hungary. Communal registers (two volumes), including regulations, customs, matters before the community board, appointments of rabbis and others serving the Jewish community \(mesharetim ba-kodesh\), and the establishment of social welfare societies, as well as descriptions of historical events in Miskolc. In Hebrew and Yiddish, with title on cover in German and on spine in Hungarian. 40, 43 cm., . This item has been microfilmed; see film HM 271-1.

Names of prominent families cited. 22 cm.

Üdveert [Hungary] ? Memorial book from Jewish community of Üdveert, Hungary (?). Title page in red, gold and black ink, followed by memorial pages with the names of members of the community. Names written in large Hebrew calligraphy and also in Hungarian. Unlike other registers in the collection, names of women are interspersed with the men's names, often on the same page as their husband. An unrelated printed page inserted into this volume appears to be a bill of sale of leaven for the duration of Passover. Manuscript in Hebrew and Hungarian. 31 cm.

Miskolc, Hungary. 1. Wills of Mordekhai Brody and Wolf Brodi written on blue paper in Yiddish. 2. Will of Wolf Brodi written on ivory paper mostly in German, with some Hebrew. Table of contents, written in Hungarian, indicates bequests to individuals and community, including providing for school, distribution of kindling, dowries, and the establishment of a scholarship. The wills include by-laws, customs, and other details of the house of study. 45 cm.

Miskolc, Hungary. Minutes of meetings of school board of Jewish community. Minutes from 1927-1942 written in Yiddish or Judeo-German, 1942-1944 written in Hungarian. Some pages missing or damaged. 1 vol.; 34 cm.

Sighet, Romania? Communal register. Manuscript in Hebrew. Decorative title page. Names of members written in gold and colored ink on individual pages, with dates of death added where appropriate. Includes alphabetical indexes of names of men and women, and chronological lists of the deceased. Although the title page identifies this register with "the Mishnayot Society of the People of Maramarish," founded in 685 [1924 or 1925], the dates of deaths listed are mainly from the post-war years to 1960. The blank register was manufactured in New York, which suggests that it may contain the records of an American group with roots in Sighet. 1 vol.; 37 cm.

Cover title: Pinkas me-ḥevrah mishnayot shel ha-talmud torah de-Nyu Briṭin, Ḳonn. New Britain, Connecticut. Communal register of Mishnah society, including by-laws, names of members, and contributions. Hand-colored title page, illuminated by Samuel Margolin. 1 v. (approx. 20 pp. with writing); 37 cm.

Medias, Romania. Register of Mishnah society of the Jewish community of Medias, Romania. Three pages of by-laws of the society, followed by pages inscribed with the Hebrew names of the members, including both the father's and the mother's names, and a pencil illustration, "Într-o casă religioasă din Germania, desen de: Gidali Nandor." Manuscript in Hebrew, with some Romanian and Yiddish. 22 x 30 cm.

Yafo. By-laws of Mishnah society of a hassidic congregation in Yafo (Jaffa/Tel Aviv, Israel). Illuminated title page and captions written in red, gold, and black ink. In Hebrew. [5] pp., 33 cm.

Hungary. Memorial book from a Jewish community in Hungary(?)--town not given. Includes memorial prayers and separate lists of names of men and women. Title page illuminated with colored paints. Cover has design in gold and silver ink. In Hebrew. [8] pp.; 44 cm.