Lot 359
Handwritten Leaf - Authorization for Burial of a Jew - Cochin, 1871 - Signatures of Cochin Rabbis
Handwritten leaf, authorization given to a woman to bury her husband in the Jewish cemetery in the city of Cochin (India) complying with his testament, signed by the members of the Beit Din and the heads of the Jewish community. Cochin, Nissan 1871.
Stated in the authorization that "Mrs. Farha daughter of Yitzchak Ashkenazi brought her husband Efraim Zalman son of Yosef Ashkenazi from the city of Madras (Chennai) to the city of Cochin to bury him in a Jewish cemetery…". The Beit Din members and the heads of the "white" Jewish community in Cochin signed the authorization: R. Efraim Yosef, R. Moshe Elya Rachavi, R. Elya David Rechavi, R. Shmuel Chaim Rachavi and R. Yosef David Rachavi. Added to the top of the leaf is a stamp of the Cochin synagogue, as written in the authorization: "She should have proof and testimony that she fulfilled her husband's will…we have written and signed…and also placed the stamp of the synagogue…".
Folded leaf, [1] page. 20 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains and dampstains, folding creases and tears.
Provenance: Sassoon family collection.
