Large parchment certificate, signed by over thirty Sephardic Torah scholars. Safed, Elul [1895].
Decorative upper edge. Neat calligraphic script – Rashi script; headings and emphasized words in enlarged square script. Arched inscriptions at top of leaf.
Certificate for the emissary R. Yaakov Yosef Afriat, issued by the organizations of the Sephardic community in Safed, addressed to the communities of Algeria. The certificate lists the Tzadikim buried in the Galil, by whose gravesites they would pray for the donors.
At the foot of the leaf, signatures of close to forty rabbis and Torah scholars of Safed (some signatures are faded and difficult to decipher). Several stamps. See Hebrew description for list of signatories.

[1] large parchment leaf. 78X53 cm. Fair condition. Stains, creases and wear. Open tears to center of leaf, affecting text (repaired with paper).

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.012.002.