A handwritten letter by Mendele Mocher Sforim (Sholem Yankev Abramovich) and Mordechai Ben-Ami, written on a postcard with a photograph of the two. Addressed to Elhanan Leib Lewinsky (c/o J.A Gutmann in Jaffa). Geneva, 1907. Hebrew.
A postcard with a photograph of Mendele Mocher Sforim and Mordechai Ben-Ami in Odessa. On the reverse is a short letter written by the two to their friend, Elhanan Leib Lewinsky (signed by both):
"Lewinsky, our dear man! / Your wine, Carmel wine, we are, alas, missing this year! / But your friendship is better than wine / and in light of our love / please accept our portraits".
The postcard is signed with Mordechai Ben-Ami's stamp (with his address in Geneva).
Elhanan Leib Lewinsky (1858-1910) was a writer and publisher, one of the first members of "Hovevei Zion" in Russia, head of the "Carmel Palestine" branch in Odessa.
Approx. 9X14 cm. Fair condition. Stains and creases. Small tears. Peeling to paper, in some places with damage to text.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.