Printed letter, "A letter-for-letter transcription of the document from Jerusalem rabbis", signed (in print) by the Sephardic rabbis of Jerusalem: R. Yitzchak Kubo, R. Yaakov Finzi and R. Binyamin Mordechai Navon. [Jerusalem: Yisrael Bak, ca. Cheshvan 1848].

Copying of the emissary letter given by rabbis of Jerusalem in Cheshvan 1848 to R. Avraham Ger Tzedek of Jerusalem, a survivor of the Safed earthquake. R. Avraham was a convert to Judaism, along with his family, who studied Torah diligently. After the earthquake, all his property was stolen and he had to leave Eretz Israel to collect charity.

The leaf is bibliographically unknown, and may be the only extant copy. Another leaf printed in Jerusalem was also recently discovered (see Refaeli Auctions, Auction 11, 16.12.2019, Lot 25), with a letter from the rabbis of Baghdad, detailing how R. Avraham was the son of a high-ranking official who converted to Judaism and immigrated to Safed.

This may be the same R. Avraham Ger Tzedek of Safed who printed an emissary letter from the rabbis of Safed in Livorno (see: Yaari, Shluchei Eretz Yisrael, p. 671).

[1] leaf. 29.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Dark stains. Wear and folding marks. Marginal open tears, not affecting text.

Bibliographically unknown. Not recorded in Sh. Halevy or the NLI catalogue. It may be the only extant copy of this unknown printing.