Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Certificate of Recommendation– Grandson of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin – Signatures of Rabbis of Jerusalem – 1889
Opening: $300
Sold for: $450
Including buyer's premium
Large handwritten certificate, with letters of recommendation from the gabba'im and rabbis of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Tammuz 1889.
Neat semi–cursive script (Ashkenazic Rashi script), with headings and emphasized words in (calligraphic) square script. Fundraising recommendation for R. Ze'ev Wolf of Jerusalem, a descendant of R. Chaim of Volozhin, signed by the gabba'im.
Additional recommendations signed by the head of the Beit Din R. Yaakov Leib Levy, and by the dayanim of the Ashkenazi Beit Din. With various stamps (see Hebrew description for list of signatories).
On the verso, letter of recommendation in semi–cursive Oriental (Rashi) script, with the signature and stamp of R. Yissachar Assaraf, from the Maghrebi community.
[1] leaf. 40 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains. Wear and tears, slightly affecting text (professionally repaired with paper). Folding marks.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.030.
Neat semi–cursive script (Ashkenazic Rashi script), with headings and emphasized words in (calligraphic) square script. Fundraising recommendation for R. Ze'ev Wolf of Jerusalem, a descendant of R. Chaim of Volozhin, signed by the gabba'im.
Additional recommendations signed by the head of the Beit Din R. Yaakov Leib Levy, and by the dayanim of the Ashkenazi Beit Din. With various stamps (see Hebrew description for list of signatories).
On the verso, letter of recommendation in semi–cursive Oriental (Rashi) script, with the signature and stamp of R. Yissachar Assaraf, from the Maghrebi community.
[1] leaf. 40 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains. Wear and tears, slightly affecting text (professionally repaired with paper). Folding marks.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.030.
Emissary Letters and Documents in Manuscript and Print
Emissary Letters and Documents in Manuscript and Print