The Mohel Book of R. Seligmann of Huffenhardt

1,200 Records

Birth · Hueffenhardt, Baden, and surrounding towns · 1687-1730

Background

This database contains about 1,200 entries and is based on the transcription of the Mohel book, or register of circumcisions, that belonged to Rabbi Seligmann of Hüffenhardt, Baden, who was active between 1687 and 1730.

The towns with the most entries are:

  • Neckarbischofsheim — 68 entries
  • Odenheim — 42 entries
  • Neidenstein — 33 entries
  • Heinsheim — 38 entries
  • Ittlingen — 34 entries
  • Eichtersheim — 34 entries
  • Flehingen — 33 entries
  • Weiler — 33 entries
  • Steinsberg — 33 entries
  • Stein am Kocher — 29 entries
  • Mosbach — 31 entries
  • Wimpfen am Neckar — 28 entries
  • Rappenau — 27 entries
  • Michelfeld — 27 entries
  • Hirschhorn am Neckar — 24 entries

The mohel book was transcribed in German in the mid-1930s by Samuel Jeselsohn of Neckarbischofsheim, who himself was a descendant of the mohel. An article by Jeselsohn about this book can be found at http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/hueffenhardt_synagoge.htm in its original German and in translation at https://www.jewishgen.org/gersig/TPL_Base.asp?id=25.

Each entry contains the date of the circumcision, the town it was performed in, the name of the child and the name of the father. This proceeds the adoption of surnames in Baden so all of the names in this database need to be searched as given names. The original transcription on which this is based can be found on the National Library of Israel website at https://merhav.nli.org.il/permalink/f/ldj0th/NNL_ALEPH11340766590005171. The original Mohel book is still privately held and therefore is not available for consultation.

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Last updated May 2025.