Archive of Meintz Family from Frankfurt – Bills of Tna’im [Premarital Stipulations], Ketubot and Documents

Archive of bills and documents of Meintz (Mentz) family from Frankfurt am Main. Items include: * Bill of Tna’im [premarital stipulations] from 1796 of engagement of Rabbi Leib son of Rabbi Hertz Meintz and Ms. Ette’le daughter of Rabbi Moshe Rintz-Kopf. Additional bill of premarital stipulations from 1797 of same couple, read during marriage ceremony. [Signed by: Rabbi Hertz Meintz and his son Rabbi Michel Meintz]. * Handwritten bills in handwriting and signature of Rabbi Moshe son of Rabbi Leib Meintz. [1834, 1874] * Bill of premarital stipulations of engagement of Rabbi Shmuel son of Rabbi Moshe Meintz. Frankfurt am Main, 1864. * Ketubah of marriage of Rabbi Shmuel Meintz. Frankfurt, 1866. * Three additional Ketubot from Frankfurt, from years 1877, 1899 and 1909; Ketubah from Bukenheim village in 1806 [signatures of witnesses]. * Bill pertaining to will. Frankfurt, 1826. * Other bills and documents.
The Meintz family, an affluent family of bankers in Frankfurt am Main, was among pillars of Orthodox community of city. Rabbi Leib Meintz [passed away in 1822], his son Rabbi Moshe Meintz and his grandson Rabbi Yitzchak Meintz, were among exemplary personalities of German Jewry, great in Torah and financially wealthy. Supporters and leaders of Frankfurt, they were known for their greatness in Torah and reverence of G-d. Their instructions and rulings are mentioned in responsa books of rabbis of Germany [see attached material].
Rabbi Moshe Meintz (1805-1886) served as Dayan in Frankfurt, was involved in relocation of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch to Frankfurt, however, later on rejected his decision to leave his former well-established community.
His glosses on the Shulchan Aruch were printed in the collection ‘Zechor L'Avraham’, section 1, Holon 1990.
19 items, various sizes and conditions.