Handwritten pamphlet, "copy from Rashi script, of the regulations of the Halukka in 1829" - an early copy of the Halukka arrangements (collection and distribution of charity funds) of the various institutes in Eretz Israel and the manner in which they were managed. This document contains the outcome of negotiations and various arrangements between the communities and their leaders and has a copy of ten signatures of the heads of the Ashkenazi yishuv in Jerusalem and in Safed from 1829, at the time the yishuv was instated. [Jerusalem, c. beginning of the 20th century].
The "Regulations of the Halukka" is an important document recording the history of the Ashkenazi aliya of the Vilna Gaon's disciples in the beginning of the 19th century (c. 1810s-1830s). Documents with "Regulations of the Halukka" from the years 1823 and 1832 have been printed, however this is a rare document of the regulations from 1829. Its content has not yet been printed and only a few copies exist in various archives in Israel and abroad.
The leading rabbis whose signatures are copied in this document: R. Chaim HaCohen Rabbi of Pinsk and of Safed, R. Yisrael of Shklow (disciple of the Vilna Gaon), R. Amram son of R. Moshe Nachum (R. Amram Chassida), R. "Natan Neta son of M. Mendel of Jerusalem", R. "Gershon Margaliot" of Safed, R. Yekutiel Zalman Yehuda Leib" of Tiberias, and others.
[1], 5 written pages. 20 cm. Good condition. Folding creases.