JewishGen Danzig/Gdańsk Research Division Presents:

Members of Eternal Light Society of Mattenbuden, 5593 (1832 or 1833)
Among the objects from Danzig at the Jewish Museum in New York is a short book of the Eternal Light Society of Mattenbuden (No. D 166), dated 5593 (1832 or 1833). Page three contains a list of names, apparently of members of the Society, which is transcribed from Hebrew here. For further information about this book, including a photograph of page three, see pages 118-119 of Danzig 1939: Treasures of a Destroyed Community.

No surnames are provided in the list, so if you can supply further identifying information about any of these people, please contact us. Our CAHJP indexing project includes material from Mattenbuden from this time, which might help. The titles "Moreh" and "HaBachur," appearing frequently in the list, mean "teacher" and "unmarried male," respectively. You can sort the transcription by clicking the column headings.

Thanks to Roni Pelled and Tamar Amit for transcription.

TitleGiven NameFather's TitleFather's Given NameTribalNotes
HaRav Mem-MemYechiel AryehMem-MemMatityahuHaKohenMichel Levin MUNK; "Mem-Mem"=Maggid Meisharim?
RebChaimRebYosefHaKohen
RebBaruchRebMosheHaKohen
RebChaimRebYitzchakHaLevientry crossed out
HaBachurShmuelRebChaimHaLevientry appended
HaBachurYehoshuaRebYitzchak
HaBachurMordechaiRebYitzchak
HaBachurYosefRebYitzchakentry appended
HaBachurChaimRebYitzchak
HaBachurYechezkelRebYitzchakentry crossed out
HaBachurMosheRebYitzchak
Eliezer ShlomoRebMoshe
AbrahamRebSoel [Shmuel?]
ShmuelRebElchanan
ShlomoRebAsher
RebDavidRebAharon
RebYitzchakRebMosheis this Yitzchak GOLDSTEIN, gabbai of Mattenbuden, son of Moshe ben Mordechai?
MorehYaakovMorehChaim
MorehAbraham BaruchMorehYoshuafather "HaAshir"=the wealthy; entry crossed out;
is this the gabbai Abraham Baruch BLUHM mentioned on an alms dish (129)?
RebTzviMorehYehuda
RebElchananRebMoshe
RebTzviRebAzriel
RebReuvenMorehChaimis this Ruben Chaim RABENSTEIN from the 1814 surname adoption list?
RebChaimMorehYosef Yaakovis this the gabbai Chaim Elchanan b. Y.Y. FÜRSTENBERG mentioned on a pair of rimmonim (225)?
RebAbliRebAbraham
RebAharonRebShlomo
RebYoelRebYehoshua
RebChaim TzviRebYisrael