Lot 448
A Shtar Get by Messenger - Beit Din in Jerusalem, 17th Century
The remnants of a Shtar Beit Din¦ Wednesday, the 16th of the month of Sivan 5¦ here in Jerusalem which is settled on the Shiloach and on water pits¦ ". The husband "Yitzchak called Palma" wrote a get to his wife Esther and he appoints Yitzchak ben Aharon as his messenger to deliver the get. The messenger undertakes to deliver the get to the woman only after she writes a shtar mechila of all her husband's obligations to her, because he has already paid all she is entitled to according to her ketuba.
An interesting and important testimony to a Beit Din's ruling in practice from over four hundred years ago. (Enclosed is the letter of an expert Mr. Yosef Avivi about this document, who dates the letter to the 17th century).
Leaf c. 29 cm. with many damages (restored). We have just the right half of the leaf.
