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Regulating Communal Space: Mikvaot In Seventeenth-Century Altona, Debra Kaplan
Regulating Communal Space: Mikvaot In Seventeenth-Century Altona, Debra Kaplan
Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History
Over the course of a few years in the latter half of the seventeenth century, the community of Altona made several changes in the administration of local ritual baths. A series of entries in the communal pinkas, or logbook, elucidates how the community raised funds from mikvaot, how lay and rabbinic leaders worked together, and how communal leaders regulated ritual space both in homes and in communal space.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Pinkas/Communal Logbook of Altona (CAHJP AHW 14 [50])
- Pinkas/Communal Logbook of Altona (CAHJP AHW 14 [90])
- Pinkas/Communal Logbook of Altona (CAHJP AHW 14 [91])