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Title pages. [Image 1,3]
Entry of the Ḥasidic Rebbe of Tolne, signed in Tolne on Sunday, 17 Adar, 5626, stating “The ledger of the Hevra Sha”s of the community of Ternivke was brought before me. Whereas they have committed to gather as a group to study the Talmud each year as outlined in the statutes… the individuals from the kloyz and those from the bet ha-midrash [which were presumably two small synagogue referred to in town by two different names] and all others who wish to join them.… [Signed] David the son of the renowned Morenu (Our Teacher) Mordekhai….” [The pinkas was apparently brought to Tolne for the Rebbe to sign.] [Image 5]
A poem expounding on the virtues of Torah study. It is followed by a brief introduction and 17 statutes. [Images 7-11]
The signatures of the members. The Hebrew date of passing is noted next to the names of those who had passed away. [Images 11-12]
“This note is inscribed to recall that Mrs. Ḥanah. the daughter of Reb Naḥum, the widow of Reb Ḥayim-Tsvi, donated “her rights and her share” in the Torah scroll which was written by her husband…. Hence after her passing the members of the society will honor her as one of their regular members and will also study the Mishnah in her memory.” [Image 13]
A product of a cooperative agreement between the Russian National Library and Touro University’s Project Zikaron in 2019. This pinkas is part of the Günzburg Manuscript Collection at the Russian National Library in Moscow. This overview was prepared by Rabbi Yitzchok Stroh of Brooklyn, New York, in 2020.
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