A letter from Moses Montefiore to the rabbis and leaders of the Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities in Jerusalem. Handwritten by a scribe on official stationery, with Montefiore's signature in square letters. London, 1872. Hebrew.
Addressed to five Jerusalem rabbis (the Chacham Bashi Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi, the Chacham Moshe Veniste [Moshe Benveniste], Meir son of Asher Manikest, Rabbi Yaakov Yehuda Leib Levy, and Rabbi David Ben Shimon), and concerns a donation of six pounds sterling, sent to Palestine "from our brothers in the holy city of Gliwice [in Upper Silesia]… to distribute… in the holy city of Jerusalem… equally among the kollels…"
[1] leaves, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.