Darivanje Tore u Kanjiži: istorijski i etnološki prilog

Abstract

Ovo je prikaz darivanja Tore u Kanjiži iz 1907. godine, kao istorijski i etnološki prilog bogate prošlosti jedne male jevrejske zajednice koje više nema. U uvodnom delu daje se kratak osvrt na formalne i sadržajne elemente posebnog poštovanja (kulta) Tore, a čin darivanja pergamentskih svitaka opštini (zajednici) i ceremonija, vezana za ovaj akt, jedan je od tih elemenata. Zatim sledi detaljan opis ceremonije, doslovno prenesene iz dokumenta, priloženog u knjigama zapisnika sa sednica skupštine Jevrejske opštine Kanjiža.

This is a brief historical and ethnological addition to the study of a small Jewish community in Kanjiža. The introduction explains the elements of the form and substance of the cult of the Torah. Given that the Five Books of Moses, or the Pentateuch, contain all the basic elements of the Jewish religion, institutional and popular alike (which inspired a rich oral and written religious tradition), it played an important role in the preservation of the ethnic and religious identity of the Jews. This probably explains the origins of the reverence for the Torah scrolls, manifested in the choice of the material and ornamentation of the cabinet containing it, its special place in the synagogue and the objects used with it, as well as the ceremony of the reading of the Pentateuch and its giving to the community. The second part offers a detailed description of the ceremony of the giving of the Torah in Kanjiža, since it is presumed that it was similar in all other communities, and researchers seldom come across documents of such value.