Creator Bio
Judah Scheindling of Shkudy
19th Century
Judah (Yehudah) Scheindling of Shkudy (now Skuodas, Lithuania) was a scribe who helped write a minute book, or pinkas, kept by a group of Jewish soldiers from the Russian Army.
Content by Judah Scheindling of Shkudy
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Excerpts from the Minute Book of a Psalms Society in the Russian Army
This minute-book belongs to the members of the Psalms-Society formed here, at Aleksat, of the honorable Jews serving in the army of His Imperial Majesty Alexander, may His glory be exalted, at the…
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