Jewish circumcision registers are personal documents which were kept by the mohel (the ritual cir... more Jewish circumcision registers are personal documents which were kept by the mohel (the ritual circumciser) on his own initiative and for his own specific purposes, and he used them to record every circumcision that he performed. The mohel’s individual character and talents influenced the register’s contents and aesthetic features. Due to both the explicit and implicit information contained in the registers, they can serve as an important research tool for historians studying Jewish communities around the world. This article presents and describes two circumcision registers belonging to Rabbi Shaul Moshe Molho, a mohel who was active in the years 1913-1947, first in Salonika and later in Tel Aviv. These rare registers are unique because of the amount of information they include, the large number of circumcisions, and the fact that they are the only known existing circumcision registers from Salonika’s Jewish community. Rabbi Shaul Molho’s registers shed light on social trends in Salonika, a Jewish community which was decimated during the Holocaust. Presumably, many of the children listed in these registers later perished during the Holocaust, and thus, these records are perhaps the sole testament to their memories. Although at first glance, circumcision registers seem to contain little information, they have great potential as a valuable yet still underused historical source for researchers studying Salonika Jewry.
Jewish circumcision registers are personal documents which were kept by the mohel (the ritual cir... more Jewish circumcision registers are personal documents which were kept by the mohel (the ritual circumciser) on his own initiative and for his own specific purposes, and he used them to record every circumcision that he performed. The mohel’s individual character and talents influenced the register’s contents and aesthetic features. Due to both the explicit and implicit information contained in the registers, they can serve as an important research tool for historians studying Jewish communities around the world. This article presents and describes two circumcision registers belonging to Rabbi Shaul Moshe Molho, a mohel who was active in the years 1913-1947, first in Salonika and later in Tel Aviv. These rare registers are unique because of the amount of information they include, the large number of circumcisions, and the fact that they are the only known existing circumcision registers from Salonika’s Jewish community. Rabbi Shaul Molho’s registers shed light on social trends in Salonika, a Jewish community which was decimated during the Holocaust. Presumably, many of the children listed in these registers later perished during the Holocaust, and thus, these records are perhaps the sole testament to their memories. Although at first glance, circumcision registers seem to contain little information, they have great potential as a valuable yet still underused historical source for researchers studying Salonika Jewry.
Jewish circumcision registers are personal documents which were kept by the mohel (the ritual cir... more Jewish circumcision registers are personal documents which were kept by the mohel (the ritual circumciser) on his own initiative and for his own specific purposes, and he used them to record every circumcision that he performed. The mohel’s individual character and talents influenced the register’s contents and aesthetic features. Due to both the explicit and implicit information contained in the registers, they can serve as an important research tool for historians studying Jewish communities around the world. This article presents and describes two circumcision registers belonging to Rabbi Shaul Moshe Molho, a mohel who was active in the years 1913-1947, first in Salonika and later in Tel Aviv. These rare registers are unique because of the amount of information they include, the large number of circumcisions, and the fact that they are the only known existing circumcision registers from Salonika’s Jewish community. Rabbi Shaul Molho’s registers shed light on social trends in Salonika, a Jewish community which was decimated during the Holocaust. Presumably, many of the children listed in these registers later perished during the Holocaust, and thus, these records are perhaps the sole testament to their memories. Although at first glance, circumcision registers seem to contain little information, they have great potential as a valuable yet still underused historical source for researchers studying Salonika Jewry.
Jewish circumcision registers are personal documents which were kept by the mohel (the ritual cir... more Jewish circumcision registers are personal documents which were kept by the mohel (the ritual circumciser) on his own initiative and for his own specific purposes, and he used them to record every circumcision that he performed. The mohel’s individual character and talents influenced the register’s contents and aesthetic features. Due to both the explicit and implicit information contained in the registers, they can serve as an important research tool for historians studying Jewish communities around the world. This article presents and describes two circumcision registers belonging to Rabbi Shaul Moshe Molho, a mohel who was active in the years 1913-1947, first in Salonika and later in Tel Aviv. These rare registers are unique because of the amount of information they include, the large number of circumcisions, and the fact that they are the only known existing circumcision registers from Salonika’s Jewish community. Rabbi Shaul Molho’s registers shed light on social trends in Salonika, a Jewish community which was decimated during the Holocaust. Presumably, many of the children listed in these registers later perished during the Holocaust, and thus, these records are perhaps the sole testament to their memories. Although at first glance, circumcision registers seem to contain little information, they have great potential as a valuable yet still underused historical source for researchers studying Salonika Jewry.
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