Large parchment certificate, with over fifty signatures of Sephardic Torah scholars. Tiberias, Sivan 1914.
Decorative upper edged. Neat calligraphic script – Rashi script; headings and emphasized words in enlarged square script. Arched inscription at top of leaf. Colorful ornaments added at a later date.
Certificate for the emissary R. Yaakov Ben Tzuri, issued by the Sephardic Kollelot in Tiberias (Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes fund), and addressed to the communities of Morocco, Gibraltar, Portugal and Brazil.
Signatures of over fifty Torah scholars and rabbis of Tiberias (some signatures are faded and difficult to decipher). See Hebrew description for list of signatories.
At foot of leaf, recommendation from the Chacham Bashi of Tiberias, R. Chai Abulafia, with his stamp.

[1] large parchment leaf. 90X50 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, creases and wear. Tears and open tears (repaired, new parchment replacements).

The present emissary letter was published in "Sefer Teveria", by Oded Avissar, Jerusalem: Keter 1973, opposite p. 152 (Hebrew).

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.012.001.