Jewish Almanac, Amsterdam, 1838

This is a pocket-sized Jewish Almanac published in Amsterdam in 1838. Intended for Dutch Jewish merchants traveling internationally, it contains information in Dutch, with holidays, festivals, and Torah portions transliterated into Latin script. Hebrew is also used for some text. The Almanac also includes lists of Dutch synagogues and rabbis, historical chronicles (including the Spanish Expulsion and the establishment of Jewish communities in England, Surinam, and Holland), biographies of princes and princesses of the House of Orange-Nassau, essays, and practical travel information.

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