Lawsuit for the Volhynian land elders in the case of the Jews from Beresteczko
Piotr Karczewski, the Castellan of Łęczyca and Konary, and the Jewish community from Beresteczko sue: Lejba Szmujłowicz, the rabbi of Krzemieniec, Szawel Jakubowicz, the rabbi of Wodzimierz, Bunia, a Jew from Krzemieniec, the elders of Volhynian Jews, to the Tax Tribunal of Radom for the overburdening of the kahal in Beresteczko and a failure to enforce the Tribunal’s decree of the 18th June 1749, in which the Ruthenian, Volhynian and Podolian synagogues were ordered to apply the reduced rate, and also on the issue of taking loans in the name of a community for one own’s use.
Ekstrakt z akt grodzkich krzemienienieckich z 4 V 1751 r. Na odwrocie wzmianka o nałożonej infamii w dn. 14 VI 1751 r.
Microfilm: The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP), Jerusalem, HM2/7297.10