Lot 303
Manuscript, Ledger of Beit Va'ad HaKlali - Jerusalem, 1900-1911
Manuscript, "Pinkas Beit Va'ad HaKlali LeKupat R' Meir Ba'al HaNess" [Ledger of the Beit Va'ad HaKlali of the fund of R' Meir Ba'al HaNess]. Jerusalem, 1900-[1911].
Color illustrated title page. At the top are a crown and two flags with a Star of David.
The ledger was prepared in 1900, but the inscriptions inside begin from 1909. It contains hundreds of entries of expenses and income, with many details related to the association's activities and hundreds of names of Jerusalem residents at that time and more names from abroad. Among the names mentioned are Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky [author of Kli Chemda], Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Rabbi Natan HaLevi Bamberger Av Beit Din of Würzburg, etc. The list of expenses include various interesting needs: "For an honorary archway for the Chacham Bashi", "For those who pray Mincha in the Rabbi's Beit Midrash", "For the guard in Meah She'arim", "Bendlach for Ma'arat HaMachpela", etc.
Approx. 180 written pages. Approx. 34 cm. Good condition, stains. New binding.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
