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Pragmatica – The Jewish Community of Modena, 1790

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Pragmatica – The Jewish Community of Modena, 1790
Prammatica instituita da osservarsi dai singoli dell'università degli ebrei di Modena. Modena: Bartolomeo Soliani Press, 1790. Italian and some Hebrew.
Booklet of regulations issued by the Jewish community of Modena. Printed at the end of the booklet is a Hebrew approval, signed in print by the rabbis of Modena.
Pragmatica [in Hebrew "Seder HaPragmatica" or "Seder HaHaskama"] was the set of regulations pertaining to the conduct of the community members, instituted for a period of six years. These regulations contained various clauses which determined, in great detail, the standards of acceptable conduct in various areas: the use of luxurious clothes and fabric, wigs, jewelry and jewels; modesty in women's clothing and their conduct in public; the scope of various celebrations and the maximum amount of money to be spent on weddings; the prohibition of gambling with cards, dices and the like; and many other regulations. (For more information on the history of Pragmatica, see: Shlomo Simonsohn, The History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua, Hebrew edition, Vol. II, pp. 386-395).
18, [1] pp., 20 cm. Good condition. Stains and some creases. Notation to last leaf (blank). Paper cover, slightly worn.
Provenance: The Estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.

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