Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
List of Landlords in Mishkenot Sha'ananim Supported by Moses Montefiore, 1873
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List of landlords and families who received a donation from Moses Montefiore, through Rabbi Abraham Ashkenazi HaRishon Lezion and Rabbi Shmuel Salant. Jerusalem, October 14, 1873.
Scribal writing on blue paper (Rashi script), with signatures of the landlords. The scribe is Yossef Rivlin, who charged "for the list and the letter five and thirty Grush". On the upper part of the leaf: "List – we the undersigned who live in Mishkenot Sha'ananim by grace of the Righteous Minister Sir Moshe Montefiore received from…the two rabbies…charity donated by the Minister who sent…to be distributed according to the number of family members…for each member nine and sixty Grush and ten Pruta…and may G-d give him a long life…".
On the right side appears a list of Sephardic landlords and on the left side a list of Ashkenazic landlords. Amongst the names: Hazan, Burla, Cohen, Taragan, Harush, Tarablus, Lilienthal, Aleb, Rivlin, Meir of Plunge, Aharon Chelemer, Moshe Meir of Vasali, and others. 45X29 cm. leaf Good condition. Folding marks. Tears to folding marks. Some spots scorched by ink.
Scribal writing on blue paper (Rashi script), with signatures of the landlords. The scribe is Yossef Rivlin, who charged "for the list and the letter five and thirty Grush". On the upper part of the leaf: "List – we the undersigned who live in Mishkenot Sha'ananim by grace of the Righteous Minister Sir Moshe Montefiore received from…the two rabbies…charity donated by the Minister who sent…to be distributed according to the number of family members…for each member nine and sixty Grush and ten Pruta…and may G-d give him a long life…".
On the right side appears a list of Sephardic landlords and on the left side a list of Ashkenazic landlords. Amongst the names: Hazan, Burla, Cohen, Taragan, Harush, Tarablus, Lilienthal, Aleb, Rivlin, Meir of Plunge, Aharon Chelemer, Moshe Meir of Vasali, and others. 45X29 cm. leaf Good condition. Folding marks. Tears to folding marks. Some spots scorched by ink.