Pinkes

Pinkes of the Jewish community of Frankfurt an der Oder

A pinkes (Hebrew: פִּנְקֵס, also pinkas, פִּנְקָס; plural: pinkasim, פִּנְקָסִים) is the ledger of a Jewish community, in which the proceedings of and events relating to the community are recorded. Such record book were used to co-ordinate and document organizations in Jewish towns and villages throughout the early modern period in Europe.[1]

  1. ^ Bell, Dean Phillip (2016). Jewish Identity in Early Modern Germany: Memory, Power and Community. Routledge. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-1-317-11104-7.