Leaf from the Ledger of the Ner Tamid Society in Slavita, Signed by Nine Residents of the Town - 1788-1792

Leaf from the Ledger of the Ner Tamid Society in Slavita, Signed by Nine Residents of the Town - 1788-1792
Leaf from the ledger of the Ner Tamid (eternal flame) society in Slavita, with two approvals sanctioning the acceptance of new members into the "holy society", signed by nine of the society's members. Slavita, 1788-1792. The upper part of the leaf contains an approval to accept new members into "the holy society Ner Tamid" in Slavita: "It has been agreed upon… to allow the following men to join in this great deed: the exalted R. Binyamin Ze'ev Wolf son of R. Yissachar Ber, R. Ze'ev son of R. Yehuda, R. Dov Ber son of R. Meshulam…". The approval, drawn up on the last day of Chanukah 1788, is signed by four members of the society: "Shmuel son of R. Moshe", "Avraham son of R. Shmuel", "Aryeh Leib son of R. Moshe…" and "Pesach son of R. Yehuda". On the second part of the leaf, another approval regarding the acceptance of "the outstanding R. Yehuda Leib son of R. Kalonymus HaKohen" to the holy society. The approval mentions the "regulation of the rabbi of our community" - in reference to the rabbi of Slavita - Rebbe Moshe Shapira. This approval was written of Monday, 29th Iyar 1792, and is signed by the society members: "Dov Ber son of R. Yitzchak Segal", "Shlomo son of R. Chaim", "Meir son of the late R. Yehuda", "Avraham son of R. Yaakov" and "Yehuda son of R. David HaKohen". About the Ner Tamid Society in Slavita, see Kedem Auction 12, item 517. [1] leaf. Approx. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Several marginal tears, slightly affecting text. Stains.