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Letter to Mantua Community – Regarding Purchase of Lulavim and Etrogim – Ferrara, 1580

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Letter to the Mantua community, regarding purchase of lulavim and etrogim for Sukkot for the community, from Bentzion of Norzi. Ferrara, 1580.


Letter sent to the Mantua community leaders. The author writes that he had received a letter from the Mantua community leaders, followed by another one from R. Yehudah Provenzalo, regarding lulavim. He promises to uphold his promise to send lulavim and etrogim to Mantua. The margins of the letter contain the place and date of writing, with his signature.


[1] double leaf (on the exterior – address of recipients in Italian). 31 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folds. Open tears to margins and center of leaf (not affecting text).

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Italian Jewry – Manuscripts and Printed Matter
Italian Jewry – Manuscripts and Printed Matter