Brief Description: The collection consists of materials relating to Jewish religious life in Europe between the years 1830s-1930s.      Topics include:  marriages, births, divorces, deaths, bar mitzvahs, holidays, the Sabbath, daily customs, ritual slaughter (shehitah), ritual baths, mezuzahs, prayers, *kvitlekh* (requests to a rabbi for a blessing).      Items include:  marriage contracts, divorce deeds, wedding invitations, birth announcements, bar mitzvah speeches, New Year's cards, correspondence, photographs.

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