Letter handwritten by Yehiel Bril, addressed to his friend "my dear ….Moshe Daniel Kehat Halevy Voidhuissen" in Holland. Mainz, [1875].
Bril apologizes in this letter for not publishing Voidhuissen's essay in 'HaLevanon' and promises that it will be published in the next issue. Bril continues and says that he sent to Voidhuissen nine copies "of the Jerusalemite Talmud in a special binding" meaning Tractate Brachot of the Jerusalemite Talmud which Bril edited and published in the same year (Mainz,1875) asking to distribute the copies in Holland according to the attached list (amongst the names: R' Akiva Lehrn, of the Amsterdam congregation leaders; Beit Midrash Sepharadim, and more) and charge the receivers for the copies. Signed: Yehiel Bril in Hebrew as well as J. Bril.
Yehiel Bril (1836-1886) – founder of "HaLevanon" paper and a pioneer of Hebrew journalism in Eretz Israel. Immigrated to Eretz Israel in the late 1850s and settled in Jerusalem; married the daughter of Ya'akov Halevy Sapir. In 1862 established the second Hebrew printing house in Jerusalem, in partnership with Joel Moshe Salomon and Michal HaCohen; in February 1863 started publishing "HaLevanon" which was later printed also in Paris; in 1871-1882 published HaLevanon" in Mainz as a Hebrew supplement to the Jewish newspaper in German – "Der Israelite". 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and stains.