Lot 430
Emissary Letter by Rabbis of Safed – 1876
Emissary letter by congregation of Safed, to emissary Rabbi Ya’akov Chayun. Safed, [1876].
Scholars of Safed signed on the letter: Rabbi Shmuel Abu[?], Rabbi Ya’akov HaCohen, Rabbi David Edra’i, Rabbi Mordechai Maman, Rabbi Aharon Karasenti, Rabbi Moshe HaCohen, and the "Chacham Bashi" Rabbi Yosef Yehuda Chakim – Chief Rabbi of Safed. [For additional information regarding Rabbi Ya’akov Chayun and his journey to Arabia and India see: Ya’ari, Emissaries of Eretz Israel, p. 678].
Approx. 28 cm. Fair-poor condition, stains and coarse tears.
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