Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art
Kol Kore Mi Yirpa Lach – Jerusalem, 1879 – Printed Broadside and Signed Letter – Call for Assistance Following Famine in Eretz Israel, From Sephardi and Ashkenazi Rabbis
Kol Kore – Mi Yirpa Lach, printed broadside and signed letter, call for assistance from the Sephardi and Ashkenazi rabbis of Jerusalem, asking for food packages from abroad due to the harsh conditions in the city, after three years of the heavy famine that was then in Jerusalem. Jerusalem: printer not indicated, [1879].
The top of the printed leaf is addressed in handwriting to R. "Dov Ber son of R. Yitzchak Moshe" [apparently R. Dov Ber Rabinowitz, Rabbi of Jassy (1794-1884), son of R. Yitzchak Moshe of Jassy, a disciple of the Baal HaTanya]. The middle of the leaf contains a personal letter in handwriting, signed by six people: R. "Shalom Shmuel, shochet in Jerusalem" [who signed other official documents from Jerusalem]; R. "Baruch[?] HaLevi[?] son of R. Aryeh Leib"; R. "Eizik son of Yitzchak Moshe" [possibly the brother of the addressee]; R. "Tzvi, shochet and prayer leader of Podolia[?]", R. "Moshe Rokeach" [apparently R. Moshe Rokeach of Jassy, son of R. Yitzchak Yosef Rokeach, a follower of R. Yisrael of Ruzhin], R. "Gershon Sofer" (apparently R. Gershon Sofer (Rokeach), a Chabad Chassid who established a Torah study group in the synagogue of the Or HaChaim). At the end of the leaf is added an English signature of "Zalman Schechter" of Jerusalem.
The broadside is signed by the heads of the Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities, the Rishon LeTzion R. Avraham Ashkenazi, R. Refael Meir Panigel, and heads of the Sephardic Kollel Committee; R. Shmuel Salant and heads and rabbis of the Ashkenazi community.
At the bottom of the broadside is printed a recommendation in English by the English consul Temple Moore.
[1] leaf. 25X36.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Folding marks. Small tears to folding marks, slightly affecting text.
Not documented by Sh. Halevy.
Rare. Two variants of this broadside were sold at auction by Asufa (Kislev 2004, no. 465; Cheshvan 2005 no. 504), one with another printed recommendation by the German consul and one with no recommendation. The present copy is an unknown variant with only the recommendation by the English consul.
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