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Description

A ḥevrah (society) called Poale Tsedek (Righteous workers) indicates that its members were artisans.

This short ledger only includes the statues of the society, which include the following: Members need to adhere to their Torah study sessions, to cease working early enough on Fridays, and not to infringe on others livelihoods. Members may not hire workers for the week or to be paid by the piece. An employee who left his boss may not be accepted by any other employer without the permission of his previous boss or the permission of the treasurers of the society. “Hatters should not do the work of the tailors, nor should tailors do the work of the hatters.” Though single men are not permitted to join the society, they may join as shamashim (junior members) until their wedding. [Images 3-5]

A product of a cooperative agreement between the Russian National Library andTouro University’s Project Zikaron in 2019. This pinkas is part of the Günzburg Manuscript Collection at the Russian National Library in Moscow. In the 1890s, Baron David Günzburg of St. Petersburg, Russia hired Avraham Sharfshteyn to arrange for the original pinkas and others like it to be transcribed for his private library. The current location of the original pinkas is unknown, if it at all still exists. This overview was prepared by Rabbi Yitzchok Stroh of Brooklyn, New York, in 2020.

Category

Language(s)

Hebrew

Geographic Places

• Khashchuvate (Khoshchevatoye, Khashchevato, Khashtshevate, Khashtshevote), Ukraine (read online)