Lot 313
Two Letters by Rabbi Yehuda Yidel Hurwitz - Certificates of Kashrut for Dutch Cheeses - Maastricht, 1807 and 1808
R. Yehuda Yidel Hurwitz of Głogów served as rabbi and posek of Maastricht, capital of the province of Limburg in the south of the Netherlands (see: Pinkas HaKehillot, Holland, p. 339). The village farms of Limburg produced kosher cheeses which were marketed throughout Germany and the Netherlands. These kashrut certificates constitute a documentation of this Jewish industry, primarily operated by the Eijsden Jewish community in the province of Limburg, situated near the borders of Belgium and Germany.
Two letters. 18.5 and 19.5 cm. High-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Creases and wear. One letter bears a collector’s stamp.
Two letters handwritten and signed by R. Yehuda Yidel Hurwitz, posek in Maastricht. Iyar 1807 and Tammuz 1808. Official wax stamp of the rabbi, with the inscription: "Yehuda Yidel son of R. Shaul of Głogów".
Kashrut certificates for Chalav Yisrael cheeses produced under his supervision "through worthy and faithful supervisors, and I myself also went to the pens in Limburg where the cheeses are produced". At the foot of the 1807 certificate, for the cheeses of Avraham of Eijsden, is another letter in Yiddish, a delivery certificate for 415 pieces of cheese, handwritten and signed by Yaakov son of Avraham of Eijsden, written "at the instruction of my father". The 1808 certificate was given for the cheeses of Leiser of Eijsden.
