Printed leaf with a handwritten emissary letter, signed by the Sephardic rabbis of Tiberias. [Tiberias, after 1867, ca. early 1870s].
Handwritten letter in semi–cursive Oriental script (Rashi script), with emphasized words in square calligraphic script. Scribed on stationery with printed verse and illustration of the synagogue of R. Meir Baal HaNes set against the Sea of Galilee.
Signed by seven rabbis of Tiberias: R. Refael Maman (signature–stamp), R. Masoud Hatchuel, R. Refael Avraham Khalfon, R. Shlomo Toledano, R. Yosef David Abulafia, R. Yaakov Abulafia, and another stamp. Stamp of the Kollelot of the Sephardim in Tiberias beneath the signatures.
Letter of blessings and appeal, addressed to the philanthropist R. Mordechai Nissim Chazan, with a recommendation for the emissary R. David Soudri, who was being sent on a mission to relieve the famine caused by three years of drought in the Galilee.

[1] double leaf. 30 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains. Folding marks, with tiny tears, repaired with paper.

The stationery was presumably printed in Jerusalem in 1867.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv.