Prayer book
Archival History
The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Rabbi Isaac Neuman.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Isaac Neuman
Scope and Content
Jewish prayer book carried by Goddle Chudi while umprisoned in several camps before entrusting it to Isaac Neuman in 1945 in Ebensee. It was given to Goddle by his father before the war. It was probably charred during the Nazi book burning party in Ebensee. A Tikkun is "an unpointed copy of the printed Pentateuch used for practice in reading the Scroll of the Law," in other words a printed copy of the Five Books of Moses (the Torah) used to practice Torah readings.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Delicate binding, brittle paper. 20 cm.
Subjects
- Hasidism.
- Names in rabbinical literature.
- Names in the Bible.
- Judaism--Prayers and devotions.
Genre
- Object
- Books and Published Materials
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