TORAH – BERMOSCHE CHUMISCH

1815
Book format 8°, 416 p., in Hebrew. „Bermosche Chumisch, Anton Schmid Verlag“. Leather binding with gilded spine. Edition of Torah for the swearing of the people of the Jewish faith in civil courts in Austria-Hungary, issue number 98. With an accompanying letter in German explaining and approving swearing on the script - the text describes the place where to lay a finger, otherwise touching the letters of the Torah by hand is not allowed. Letter was written in Prague in 1821, signed by Rabbi Eleasar Flakeles. Signed also by Censor Carolus Fischer.