Aaron Isaac

Who was Aaron Isaac?

Aaron Isaac was a Jewish seal engraver amd merchant in haberdashery. He came from Pommery, a German-speaking area then part of the Swedish Empire, during the reign of Gustav III, was persuaded to come to Sweden where there were no seal-engravers at the time. He did this on condition that he could bring with him at least ten Jews, in order to have a minyan for prayer. His native language was Yiddish.