Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Rabbinical Ordination of Ritual Slaughterer – Rangoon, Burma

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"Rabbinical ordination in the city of Rangoon", rabbinical ordination for the ritual slaughterer Rabbi Benjamin Atzlan "from the city of Bahgdad, and now a resident of the city of Rangoon". Rangoon (Yangon, Burma), 1884.
Oriental writing. Signed: "Eliyahu Zion", Yechezkel Meir Shimon Shamash", "Elisha Salman Elisha".
A small Jewish community was established in the 19th Century in Rangoon, capital of Burma, the majority of its members were expatriates from Iraq (Babylon).
Folded page, 33 cm. Good condition. Slightly torn on the margins and fold marks.
Letters
Letters