| Notes |
The signatures are of three functionaries in the Hevra Maariv Bezmano. The first one (J. Marks in English) signs as Rav[?] of the Hevra Maariv Bezmano, Yehoshua …..Reuven?? The Second (Solomon Isaacs in English) is Zalman, Shamash [beadle] of the Hevra Maariv Bezmano. The third (is of the testator Moses Aaron) who signs as Moshe. (ref. The Prof) Zalman the Shamash is possibly Shlomeh Zalman b. (adj.) Azreal Pollak – the Shamash (NSM 115). Hyam Painter is Hyam Hyams, DPL 0039 Burial 1801 [14 Jun] Hyams NR (Child) Hayim Painter Hyam Garden Ct. P’Coat Lane Spitalfield Parish. Cf the will of Abraham Hyams of the same address, NA180. The Maariv Bezmano was a minyan that met at the Bet Hamidrash – Source Jewish Education in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: A Study of the Early Victorian London CommunitySteven SingerThe Jewish Quarterly Review New Series, Vol. 77, No. 2/3 (Oct., 1986 – Jan., 1987), pp. 163-178 |
