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David Brandeis

David Brandeis (fl. 18th c.) was a Bohemian merchant in Jung Bunzlau, Czech Empire, most well-known from a family purim megillah narrating the details of his survival after being accused of poisoning a Gentile girl via "Povidl" (plum jam) that he sold. Little else is known. If you know more, please let us know.

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💬 מְגִלַּת הַפּאָװִדלָא | Megilat Povidl (Shir haMa’alot l’David) — a Purim Sheni scroll for the 10th of Adar liberation of David Brandeis (Powidlpurim) in 1731

Contributed by: Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Moritz Grünwald (translation), David Brandeis

The megillah for Plum-Jam Purim or Powidlpurim, a family Purim celebrated by the Brandeis family of Bumsla, Bohemia (Czech: Mladá Boleslav; German: Jungbunzlau) on 10 Adar to commemorate David Brandeis’ liberation from prison on trumped-up charges of poisoning. First published along with a German translation and some genealogical notes in Magazin für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums, vol. 15, 1888. According to Chef/Rabbi Gil Marks z”l, the celebration of Plum-Jam Purim was the origin of prune hamantaschen as a concept — prior to 1731 all hamantaschen had a poppy seed filling!



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