Letter to His Son

Barukh Reiniger

1619

To be given to my dearly beloved and pleasant son-in-law—who fears sin and all whose deeds are worthy—the respected Mr. Falk.

He who delivers this letter, on him be blessing.

From the holy community of Prague.

Because of the approaching Sabbath I will write briefly. May there be only joy and happiness to my dearly beloved and pleasant son-in-law…

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Creator Bio

Barukh Reiniger

17th Century

Barukh belonged to a large family in Prague whose name, Reiniger, means “porger” (Heb. menaker), which refers to an expert in removing the sciatic nerve and other halakhically forbidden parts of a properly slaughtered kosher animal. Barukh’s daughter Traune was engaged to a man whose family were also kosher butchers. Barukh’s plea that his son-in-law in Vienna, addressed in a surviving letter, lend him money for Traune’s dowry shows that this profession did not necessarily guarantee financial stability.

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