Pinkasim

Pinkas (plural Pinkassim, from Greek Pinax, note or debt book, actually, " blackboard", wax coated notice board ) was the name of the log books of Jewish communities and corporations.

In terms of a permanent semantic expansion, particularly since the Middle Ages, it was the concept of the protocol book ever and could include everything from the community taxpayers over election results, community decisions, statutes findings to tithe or even death lists in terms of a commemorative book ( Memorbuch ) or even a Martyriologie.

The most famous example is the Pinkas of Landjudenschaft Cleves (1690-1807) (edited by Fritz Baer, ​​Berlin 1922).