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“In 1805 R. Solomon Hirschell established the first continuing Bet Din (Rabbinic Court) in the English-speaking world. Two of their Pinkassim (minute books), spanning from 1805 to 1855, which record the decisions of over seven hundred cases related to marriage, divorce and conversion are the subject of Jeremy Pfeffer's groundbreaking research. A few of the cases involving convict transportees were included in an article by Pfeffer in the AJHS Journal (XVIII, Part 3, 2007). Other Australian related cases are included in this publication. ...This publication by Jeremy Pfeffer is like an X-ray view of the nerve centre of Halachic Judaism as it mapped a path through a difficult new world.” —Gary Luke, DipFHS, committee member of the AJHS
“Curiosity over a family portrait of a rabbi who served in London’s Bet Din (ecclesiastical court), who travelled to Australia in 1830 to arrange a Get (religious divorce) for the British wife of a Jewish convict transported there, led Pfeffer to research the fate of these couples. Drawing on Bet Din records, he relates this little-known chapter of Jewish history in the contexts of Jewish law (on conversion as well as marriage), and the expulsion and return of Jews to England. Illustrations include marriage registers for Australia and Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), and ritual art. This issue is still timely for women unable to remarry when a Get cannot be secured.” —Reference & Research Book News
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Book Description Condition: New. Recounts the history of the London Bet Din from 1805 to 1855 as revealed by the Pinkas record and relates the stories of Jewish convict transportees and their families. Num Pages: 355 pages, b/w illus & tables. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 548. . 2009. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781845193669
Book Description Condition: New. Recounts the history of the London Bet Din from 1805 to 1855 as revealed by the Pinkas record and relates the stories of Jewish convict transportees and their families. Num Pages: 355 pages, b/w illus & tables. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 548. . 2009. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781845193669