Beit Din documents
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired this material from the Kedem Public Auction House in September 2009.
Scope and Content
Consists of documents from a Beit Din established in the Central Bureau of Orthodox Communities of Hungary for the purpose of releasing agunot. These official documents grant religious permission to remarry after the Holocaust. Includes a marriage permission document for men whose wives were murdered at Auschwitz, a form for documenting testimonies given by the survivors, a form for stating the acceptance of Beit Din's authority, and a form regarding the death of a wife.
People
- Leibovich, Ya'akov Segal, Rabbi.
- Gruenwald, Yehoshua, Rabbi.
- Weltz, Israel, Rabbi.
- Shapira, Elazar, Rabbi.
- Ba'abad, Asher, Rabbi.
Subjects
- Jewish marriage customs and rites.
- Agunahs.
- Jews--Religious life--Hungary--Budapest.
Genre
- Document
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