Collection of 3 documents , detailing the income and expenses of the Chevra Kadisha of Totis, Hungary.

1. Income of the Tata Chevra Kadisha from 1794 , Signed by the City’s Rabbi Aharon Kempner.  36.4 Cm.

Also signed by the Dayan Rabbi Shimon Wolf Arenstein.

2. Income of the Tata Chevra Kadisha from 1817, Signed by his son the City’s Rabbi Yosef Kutno. 36.5 Cm.

3. Expenses of the Tata Chevra Kadisha from 1850, Signed by his grandson/son the City’s Rabbi Aharon Kutno. 35.4 Cm.

The Gaon Rabbi Aharon Kempner (died in 1793), son of Rabbi Shmuel of Stampfen (Hungary), served for 50 years in the Totis rabbinate (Dotis/Tata, Hungary). He was succeeded by the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Kutna, who died in 1829 who was eventually succeeded by his son the Gaon Rabbi Aharon Kutna (1794-1874) disciple of the "Chatam Sofer".

All the documents have more signatures of members of the Chevra Kadisha.

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Collection of documents signed by three generations of Rabbis of the Kempner-Kutno family. 1794-1850.

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