Lot 264
Printed Letter from the Rabbis of Mantua – Polemic Regarding the Second Festival Day in the Diaspora – Mantua, 1854
Printed letter regarding the second festival day in the Diaspora, by R. Mordechai HaLevi Mortara and R. Shlomo Nissim – rabbis of Mantua. Sent to one of the rabbis of The Hague, Netherlands. [Mantua, Tevet 1854].
A letter regarding the second festival day in the Diaspora. The letter was printed in multiple copies and sent to rabbis in Eretz Israel and Europe, requesting their opinions on the polemic surrounding the matter. A blank space was left on top, to be filled in with the name of the addressee. This copy was sent to the rabbi of "Haag [The Hague] and the entire province of South Holland".
On the second page, stamp of the Mantua rabbinate.
On the polemic in Italy about the second festival day in the Diaspora, see: Meir Benayahu, Yom Tov Sheni shel Galuyot (Jerusalem, 1987; see also: Kedem Auction 59, item 188).
This letter was printed in the book Kedushat Yom Tov by R. Yisrael Moshe Chazan (Vienna 1855).
[1] double leaf (two printed pages). 27 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Tears, not affecting text, repaired. Folding marks and postmarks.
