Title:

Mediaș Jewish Library

Description:

The books that form the Mediaș library were found in the Mediaș synagogue and Jewish community offices. The majority of the German and Hungarian-language volumes were catalogued by local high school students in the course of a project in 2016-2017. The volumes appear to be a mixture of private and communally-owned books. Though they are mostly religious books including siddurim and Jewish religious texts, some secular volumes were also found. In cases where owner information was inscribed or stamped in the book, a note was made in the catalogue record and, in general, a photo of the personal inscription was made. Please click on the individual titles below for more information.

Please note that this collection is being constantly updated. Please check back regularly for new additions. 

Creator:

Mediaș Jewish Community

Date:

circa 1800-1950s

Contains:

Dictionary of the Old Testament

Holiday Prayers of the Israelites: First Volume (1844)

Holiday Prayers of the Israelites - Prayers for the First Day of the New Year Festival (no date)

Holiday Prayers of the Israelites according to the Religious Services in the Israelite Prayerhouse in Vienna and in many other Communities. Third Volume (1901)

Holiday Prayers of the Israelites. Fourth Volume: Prayers for the Day of Redemption (Yom Kippur) (1880)

Holiday Prayers of the Israelites. Fourth Volume: Prayers for the Day of Redemption (Yom Kippur) (1885)

Holiday Prayers of the Israelites. Fifth Volume: For the 1st and 2nd Day of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) (1872)

Holiday Prayers of the Israelites. Seventh Volume: Prayers for the First and Second Day of Passover (Pesach (1885)

Holiday Prayers of the Israelites. Seventh Volume. For the First and Second Day of Passover (Pesach) (1926)

Holiday Prayers of the Israelites. Eighth Volume: Prayers for the Seventh and Eighth Day of Passover (Pesach) (1885)

Hours of Devotion. A Prayer and Edification Book for Israel's Women and Maidens. For Devotion in Public and at Home, as well as for all Conditions of Feminine Life

Lamentations at the Destruction of Jerusalem

Machsor. All the Holiday Prayers of the Israelites with Organized Text and German Translation. (Nine Volume Edition). Sixth Volume: For the Rejoicing of the Torah Holiday (Simchat Torah) 1926)

Mane Loshen: Prayers at the Graves of the Deceased

Pentateuch and the Haftaroth: Numbers (Bamidbar)

Prayers for the Second Day of the New Year Festival (no date)

Sermons - Shabbat Sermons

Slichot Prayers

The Book of Lamentations

The Fabrication of Shoe Cream and Floor Wax

Extent:

Circa 500 volumes.

Language:

German; Hungarian; Hebrew; Yiddish; Romanian; Russian

Access Rights:

Please see the contact information under "Repository" to access any volume or for more information.

Repository:

Mediaș Jewish Community Archives and Synagogue; Strada Kogălniceanu 43-45; Mediaș România; sinagogamedias@gmail.com

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