A wooden handstamp from the famous Maisel Synagogue in Prague

The Jewish Religious Community of Prague (Židovská obec v Praze) has been a vital institution for Jewish life in the city for centuries. It has played a central role in religious, cultural, and administrative functions for the Jewish population of Prague.

Maiselova Street is named after Mordechai Maisel (1528–1601), a wealthy Jewish philanthropist and financier who funded numerous communal projects, including synagogues, hospitals, and infrastructure for the Jewish ghetto.

Maisel also initiated the building of the synagogue on 10 Maiselova Street, which remained in use as a synagogue until the Nazi occupation. After the war, it became a depository of Jewish Museum in Prague and was later restored to its former glory. Today the synagogue is administered by the Jewish Museum in Prague.

The present stamp likely dates to the 1930s.