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Congregation Zera Abraham (Denver, Colo.)

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Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Sheldon K. Beren Charitable Trust, 1996-2007

 File
Identifier: B464.01.0001.0010
Abstract This folder contains the paperwork and related correspondences of the Sheldon K. Beren trust. This trust was established to fund the congregation Zera Abraham monthly after Beren's death in 1996. Contained in this folder is the documentation establishing the congregation's bank account, correspondence with the attorneys managing the estate (note that most of these letters at one point contained a check as checks were sent to the congregation monthly via mail), receipt and refunding...
Dates: 1996-2007

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0008.00003
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0008.00005
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0039.00001
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0016.00016
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

West Side Shabboton Dinner, November 2004

 File
Identifier: B464.03.0003.0008
Abstract

This folder contains two copies of a black and white flyer for the Shabboton dinner and five expense sheets. The flyer contains the information for the event, which spanned over three days, including the schedule of activities. The expense sheets include the costs of food and decor including the vendors that staffed the event. Additionally, the folder contains two contribution packets listing congregation members and their donation amount in 2004.

Dates: November 2004

Yahrtzeit List, 2010

 File
Identifier: B464.03.0003.0010
Abstract

This folder contains the congregation's Yahrtzeit list as of approximately 2009. The document contains a list of individuals in alphabetical order with their last name, first name, Yahrtzeit date, Gregorian date of death, and Hebrew name. Note that some individuals do not have every piece of information listed.

Dates: 2010

Zera Abraham and Chevra Shaas (Denver, CO.), 1889- 2004

 File
Identifier: B115.01.0001.0019
Abstract Congregation Zera Abraham (The Seed of Abraham) was organized on strictly orthodox lines, was founded in 1887 by a group of Russian Jews from the unsuccessful agricultural colony of Cotopaxi in southwestern Colorado. Ed Grimes served as president and Mecheeol Solomon was the secretary. There was a Mikvah (ritual bath) at the rear of the property. The first Rabbi, David Radinsky, graduated from the Rabbinical College at Kovno, Lithuania. The Chevra Shaas of Denver was established in 1893 by...
Dates: 1889- 2004

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Religious institutions 18
Denver (Colo.) 14
Colorado 11
Photographs 10
Synagogues 9
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Cotopaxi (Colo.) 8
Financial records 7
Jewish men 7
Rabbis 7
Nonprofit organizations 6
West Colfax (Denver, Colo.) 6
Associations, institutions, etc. 5
Boards of directors 5
Ceremonies 5
Community organization 5
Jewish businesspeople 5
Leadership 5
Peddlers 5
Religious history 5
Social life and customs 5
Administration of estates 4
Anniversaries 4
Butchers 4
Charitable bequests 4
Civic leaders 4
Colfax Avenue (Colo.) 4
Posters 4
Shehitah 4
Banquets 3
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 3
Endowments 3
Financial statements 3
Jewish women 3
Judaism 3
Orthodox Judaism -- Colorado -- Denver 3
Rabbis -- Colorado -- Denver 3
Rabbis--Installation 3
Synagogue fund raising -- Colorado -- Denver 3
Synagogues -- Colorado -- Denver 3
Account books 2
Administrative regulations 2
By-laws 2
Colorado Springs (Colo.) 2
Deeds 2
Donation 2
Jewish religious schools 2
Jews 2
Merchants 2
Nonprofit Organizations--Taxation 2
Orthodox Judaism 2
Property tax 2
Pueblo (Colo.) 2
Synagogues--Membership 2
Trust and trustees 2
Administration 1
Administrative reports 1
Advertisements 1
Agricultural colonies 1
Announcements 1
Articles of incorporation 1
Booklets 1
Brochures 1
Businesspeople 1
Central City (Colo.) 1
Cheyenne (Wyo.) 1
Colonists 1
Community development, Urban 1
Compact Discs (CD's) 1
Counseling--Religious aspects--Judaism 1
Cripple Creek (Colo.) 1
Dealers (Retail trade) 1
Dedications (Ceremonies) 1
Deeds of trust 1
Dinners and dining 1
Dinners and dining--Religious aspects--Judaism 1
Education 1
Elections 1
Evergreen (Colo.) 1
Floods 1
Fort Collins (Colo.) 1
Fund raising 1
Fund raising -- Colorado -- Denver 1
Grant(s) 1
Health insurance 1
Historic buildings 1
History--Societies, etc. 1
Immigrants 1
Institutional Missions 1
Invitation cards 1
Jewish camps 1
Jewish children 1
Jewish families -- Colorado 1
Jewish mourning customs 1
Jewish religious education 1
Jews -- Colorado -- Denver 1
Jews, East European 1
Judaism -- Customs and practices 1
Lawyers 1
Leadville (Colo.) 1
Life insurance 1
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