Collection of notebooks for commemoration of souls on death anniversary. [Jerusalem, 1920’s and 1930’s].
13 volumes. Notebook for each month of the year [Separate notebooks for Adar I and Adar 2]. Two pages allocated for each day of the year where name of deceased, name of father, year of death, name of relative, no. of letter sent, name of city and address, listed in orderly columns.
Contains hundreds of names from many places throughout the world. Apparently, used in one of charity or Torah institutions in city of Jerusalem.
13 volumes. 28 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Worn bindings.

Letter and List of People Supported by Kollel Holland Deutschland and Batei Machse in Jerusalem, to the philanthropists David Hershel and Yosef Boskowitz of Pest [Budapest]. Jerusalem, 1857. German.
Request for monetary assistance from the philanthropists mentioned above and their communities, for the poor residents of Jerusalem, especially for the families and widows of the Sefardi community. Rabbi Yochanan Hirsh Shlank, Azriel Zelig Housdorf and other names. Stamp of "Ahavat Zion Synagogue of Kollel Deutschland… Jerusalem".
* Attached to the letter is another leaf with a Hebrew list of the names of needy families, with the number of family members and a list of widows. Most are apparently Sefardi families.
The letter and the list of names were written on a thin bluish paper.
Letter [2] pages, 27.5 cm + leaf 26 cm. Good condition. Stains, folding marks and tears.

1. Trattato della Circoncisione, del Chiarissimo Chirurgo Operatore Dr. Samuel Medoro di Padua [The Foundations of Circumcision, by the renowned surgeon Dr. Samuel Medoro of Padua]. Italy, February-March 1838. Italy.
Handwritten notebook, written by a student of Samuel Medoro in the Rabbinical Beit Midrash in Padua, where Medoro taught.
The Jewish physician Prof. Samuel Medoro (1788-1854), received his training in the University of Padua, served as surgeon in the La Confraternità Israelitica "Sovvegno" di Padova which endowed medical assistance to Jews throughout Italy; publicized many medical articles. [9] pages + [1] enclosed leaf, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Tears to enclosed leaf.
2. Manuscript, copy of letters by Italian "scholars" and maskilim, supporting the abolishment of metzitzah during circumcision. Italy, 19th century, later than 1852. Italian.
Copies of letters sent during 1847-1852, expressing support of the abolishment of metzitzah. The following letters are included: an opinion by Dr. Samuel Medoro, for the students of the Rabbinical Beit Midrash of Padua (Nov. 18, 1847); letter by Hillel L. Della Torre, rabbi and teacher of theology in the Rabbinical Beit Midrash of Padua (June 24, 1849); letter by Mordechai (Marco) Samuel Ghirondi of Padua with approbations of David Chananya (D. G. R.) Viterbi and Shmuel David Lutzatto; letters by Aryeh (Leon) Ascoli, Abraham Lattes, Shabtai Elchanan (Sabbato Graziadio) Treves, Yitzchak Shmuel Reggio, Moshe Asson; letter written in Piemonte on September 10, 1848 by Hillel Cantoi and copied on October 1851 from the archive of the Padua community by the request of Eliyahu Pisa of Ferrara, and with the authorization of the Community Secretary Avraham Shalom; written further in the letter that beginning with the month of November 1851, the Chief Rabbis Ascoli and Reggio have abolished metzitza in the city of Ferrara; the last letter from Masadye (Bounajuto) Gallico was written for Moshe Eliyahu ben Zecharya Pisa of Ferrara.
[15] leaves, 19 cm. Good condition. Several detached leaves.
See Manuscript Ms. Var. 765 of the National Library collection.

Manuscript, fine copy of two compositions in Ashkenazi writing. * "Mata’ei Kedem Al Admat Tzafon", poems and plays by Shalom ben Ya’akov HaKohen [based upon 1818 Zholkva edition]. * "LaYesharim Tehila", play by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto – Ramchal [based upon 1825 Amsterdam edition]. Copyist: Yitzchak Segal Walkenstein. Berdichev, 1835.
Separate title pages for both compositions. First composition entirely vowelized and second partially. Bound in original binding.
50, [137]; 113, [1] pages. 16.5 cm. Good condition, stains.