Pinkes

A pinkes (Hebrew: פִּנְקֵס, also pinkas, פִּנְקָס; plural: pinkasim, פִּנְקָסִים) is the ledger of a Jewish community, in which the proceedings of and events relating to the community are recorded.

Such record book were used to co-ordinate and document organizations in Jewish towns and villages throughout the early modern period in Europe.

[1] The term pinkes is derived from the Greek word πίναξ, meaning a board or writing-tablet.

It originally referred to a physical writing-tablet, as described in the Mishnah, which came in three types: Over time, the term evolved to refer to a book composed of such tablets,[3] and eventually any written record.

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