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Ḥalitsah

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Bernhard Felsenthal papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-21
Abstract

This Collection consists primarily of English, German, Hebrew, and French language correspondence concerning Reform Judaism, Zionism; the founding of the American Jewish Historical Society; the Jewish Publication Society; B'nai B'rith; the legal position of Jews in England and the United States with particular reference to the Naturalization Acts; the religious and social life and the history of Jews in Russia and Poland; Bible readings in public schools; the study of Jesus in Jewish Sabbath Schools; anti-slavery issues in the Fremont Campaign in 1856; and other correspondence pertaining to his numerous activities.

Dates: undated, 1844-1922

Ernst Wolf Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1113
Abstract

This collection consists of a variety of documents, including family correspondence and the papers of the Wolf family, letters of protection, patents, vital documents, school certificates, and business records, some of which originate from the Saxon court in Dresden in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Dates: 1724-1960

Jacob Raphael Cohen collection

 Collection — Box CB-P3, Folder: P-118
Identifier: P-118
Abstract

Contains the original of Jacob Raphael Cohen's (1810-1811) will, of and the inventory of his estate (1812). Of special note in the will are his requests regarding the manner of his burial and the furnishing of oil for the eternal light in the Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia.

Dates: undated, 1776-1843

Irene Shomberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6256
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of materials documenting Ernst Shomberg's education and career as a physician both in Germany and in New York after emigration. There are a also a few items pertaining to his wife's family and some genealogical materials.

Dates: 1909-1994

Jutrosinski Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7018
Abstract

The bulk of the materials in this collection consist of family trees for the Hamburger and Jutrosinski families. There are also a few photocopies of family documents and papers.

Dates: 1825-1960s

Shmuel Robles de Medina formula and contracts

 Collection — Box CB-P3, Folder: P-113
Identifier: P-113
Abstract

This volume, which belonged to Shmuel Robles de Medina, hazzan of Congregation Neve Shalom, contains the following: a Hebrew poem with the first letters forming the acrostic, "Shmuel Robles de Medina"; formulas for ketubot, divorce, power of attorney, certification of ritual slaughter, removal of a required levirate marriage (halizah) in Portuguese and Hebrew; specifications for a mikveh with the mention that land for the mikveh was purchased by Rabbi Olivera. Of interest is a document for halizah which was received from Amsterdam. The document includes the names of the parties involved as well as the names of the witnesses, including David Cohen d'Azevedo (d. 1792). The last few pages contain copies of documents which have been copied out in Dutch.

Dates: 1763

Sulzberger family collection

 Collection — Box CB-P4, Folder: P-147
Identifier: P-147
Abstract

Contains Sulzberger's passport from Baden (1848), seven documents from Germany certifying his qualifications as a shohet, and three letters from German friends and relatives (2 from 1853, 1 undated) regarding immigration to America. Also includes the will of Nathan Segal (Michaelfeld, 1825); a Halitzah document (Eppingen, 1830); two letters; and the will of Mayer Sulzberger.

Dates: 1825-1953