Lot 178
Printed Letters and Receipts - Baghdad, Late 19th Century / Early 20th Century
Collection of printed leaves, some completed and signed by hand with signatures and stamps. Baghdad, 1897-1912.
· Printed receipt, in Judeo-Arabic, completed by hand signed by "Yechezkel son of R' Aharon HaLevi" [Baghdad rabbi], about money belonging to the influential Ezra Sassoon, transferred by the author of the Ben Ish Chai - "…R' Yosef Chaim son of R' Eliyahu son of R' Moshe Chaim". Baghdad, Cheshvan 1897.
· "Open notice" - Printed leaf with letters and stamps of Baghdad rabbis and Eretz Israel emissaries about the annulment of the emissary's appointment. Letter by Rabbi Yosef Chaim, author of the Ben Ish Chai. Letter of the Beit Din of Rabbi Avraham Moshe Hillel, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Shlomo David and Rabbi Yechezkel Moshe HaLevi. Letter by the Chacham Bashi Rabbi Yitzchak Avraham Shlomo and letter of the emissaries Rabbi Chaim Ya'akov Burla, Rabbi David Shrim, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Shrim and Rabbi Ezra Chaim HaCohen. Baghdad, 1899.
· "Known Prohibition of Encroachment" - Printed proclamation with letters expressing the exclusivity of the right to raise funds for the emissaries of the Magen David fund. Letter by the rabbis of Eretz Israel, a letter by Rabbi Yosef Chaim, author of the Ben Ish Chai, letter by the Chacham Bashi and a letter by the members of the Baghdad Beit Din. Baghdad, 1902.
· Wedding invitation, printed card in Judeo-Arabic (in golden ink). By Rabbi Shimon Aharon Agassi. Invitation to the wedding of his son Ezra Ben-Zion. Sivan 1912.
4 items, size and condition vary. The first three items have gluings.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
