Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Emissary Letter to Livorno Community – Signed by Rabbis of Hebron, 1830
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Rabbinical emissary letter signed by rabbi of Hebron, to Rabbi Yosef Motro upon journey to Livorno. Hebron, 1830.
Rabbis of Hebron relate the poverty-stricken situation of the community and the debts “which amounted to fifty thousand”, and they mention that “the channels of sustenance from our brethren in the Diaspora have ceased due to difficulties from the War…”.
Signed by: Rabbi Ya’akov ben Yakar [Av Beit Din of Hebron], Rabbi Chaim HaLevi, Rabbi Eliezer ben Archa, Rabbi Yitzchak Chaim Raphael Shual HaKohen, Rabbi Chaim Yissachar Chason and additional signature.
Emissary Rabbi Yosef Motro was sent on behalf of Hebron community to cities of Italy and the Balkans; he passed away on his way to Bulgaria in 1833 [see attached material of ‘Shluchei Eretz Israel’ to Ya’ari p. 685].
21 cm. leaf. Quality paper, good condition. Folding marks, several stains and tears.
Rabbis of Hebron relate the poverty-stricken situation of the community and the debts “which amounted to fifty thousand”, and they mention that “the channels of sustenance from our brethren in the Diaspora have ceased due to difficulties from the War…”.
Signed by: Rabbi Ya’akov ben Yakar [Av Beit Din of Hebron], Rabbi Chaim HaLevi, Rabbi Eliezer ben Archa, Rabbi Yitzchak Chaim Raphael Shual HaKohen, Rabbi Chaim Yissachar Chason and additional signature.
Emissary Rabbi Yosef Motro was sent on behalf of Hebron community to cities of Italy and the Balkans; he passed away on his way to Bulgaria in 1833 [see attached material of ‘Shluchei Eretz Israel’ to Ya’ari p. 685].
21 cm. leaf. Quality paper, good condition. Folding marks, several stains and tears.
Emissary Letters and Notebooks \ the Old Yishuv in Eretz Israel
Emissary Letters and Notebooks \ the Old Yishuv in Eretz Israel