Bristol Hebrew Community Gabbai Book

A Gabbai Book is used by the Gabbai or Shamash/Warden of a synagogue to record donations from congregants without the need to write the details. The holes and threads are used to indicate the type of honour being donated against and the amount donated.

Original data created by the Bristol Jewish community from information given to it by members.

The back of the book bears a typed notation identifying the book as a Gabbai's book and assigning it to “London, 18th century." The exact date is unverified and believed to be between the 1820's-30's.

Digital copies of the pages of the Gabbai book were created by its owner and distributed electronically to the JGSGB. JGSGB has transcribed the Gabbai Book, owned by an anonymous donor in Israel.