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Description

The society was founded by the Hasidim of the Hasidic Rebbe, Rabbi Mosheh Tsvi Giterman (c. 1775-1838) of Savran, through his guidance.  [Image 5]

A long introductory essay elaborating on the concepts of prayer and the love of one’s fellow man. A description of the erection of the new, stone synagogue which was built in place of an older wooden one according to the instructions of the Hasidic Rebbe, Rabbi Mosheh Giterman Tsvi of Savran. The society was allotted a small building in the courtyard of the synagogue. The introduction ends with special mention of the need to be faithful to the rulers of the land. [Images 3-8]

There are 22 statutes of the society, with each statute beginning with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The statutes include, among others, the following points: on the High Holidays the society members shall pray in the large synagogue, however they shall have a separate Torah reading in their synagogue; the members of the society have their own table in the larger synagogue; and the members of the society should gather on Shabat in the summer to recite the entire Book of Psalms. [Images 17-27]

A number of poems are included, including the following: a poem of 15 stanzas describing the purpose and benefits of the society; a poem denigrating the trait of haughtiness with the acronym of the stanzas forming the words: Shlomoh ben Yoel mi-Dubno, Ḥazak, Amen (Shlomoh the son of Yoel of Dubno, Strength, Amen); a poem listing the functions of the society with the acronym of the stanzas forming the words Ḥaburah Misharte Tsedek D’Poh Uman (Society Mesharte Tsedek of Here, Uman) as do the first words of the final section. [Images 8-16]

A copy of the document of agreement between the members of the society and the trustees of the community synagogue, and a prayer for the success of the society. [Images 11-12]

At the end appears a description of the pinkas by the transcriber. He mentions that he copied the entire pinkas, excluding the names of the members that were accepted into the society. [Image 30]

A product of a cooperative agreement between the Russian National Library and Touro University’s Project Zikaron in 2019. 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 and transcription were prepared by Rabbi Yitzchok Stroh of Brooklyn, New York, in 2021.

Category

Year of Publication/Creation

1844

Language(s)

Hebrew

Geographic Places

• Uman (Imen), Ukraine (read online)