Knife, Sacrificial
Object number93.155.2
Date1890-1920
Mediumsteel, screws
Credit LineGift of Joan Chelemer and Charles G. Hirsh
DescriptionKnife with a steel rectangular shaped silver blade and a bronze-colored handle. The handle has a black colored plate attached with two screws.Dimensions2.5 x 18.25 in. (6.4 x 46.4 cm)Historical NotesThis knife was used by Schmuel (Samuel) Cohenat at his small butcher shop in Uniontown.Label TextSchmuel (Samuel) Cohen (1865-1936), a Lithuania Jew from the town of Grosza, had a small butcher shop in Uniontown with his wife Minnie Greenspan Cohen. Schmuel Cohen used these knives to butcher animals according to kosher laws. He sold the meat and poultry in their store. He and his wife later moved to Pittsburgh about 1920 and lived just two blocks from Adath Jeshurun Synagogue on Margaretta Street. At the synagogue he worked in many capacities, including as a maker of ritual wines and as a moyel (one who performs ritual circumcisions) for the Jews in the East End
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Adath Jeshurun Congregation
Related person
Samuel Cohen
(1865 - 1936)
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