This collection contains a manuscript in Judeo-German. At least in part, it is the sermon delivered at the wedding banquet by the bride's maternal uncle (by marriage), containing the following text: "On Thursday, the 14th of Menachem Av, 1860, there took place the wedding of Eliezer (Lazar) Mainz, son of Michel Mainz, to Mathilde, daughter of R. Moshe Mainz." Based on the numbering sequence of the pages, it is possible that pages of other manuscripts are incorporated as well.Scott Offen Fund in memory of Herbert OffenThe Mainzes were one of Frankfurt's most prominent Jewish families. Specifically, Rabbi Moshe Mainz, father of the bride, was a major contributor to the direction ...