Mevaseret Zion – printed proclamation, letter at the behest of R. Raphael Meir Panigel, the Marpe, after he was chosen for the position as "Head of the Rabbis and Rishon LeZion", succeeding R. Avraham Ashkenazi (who died in Shevat 1880). The proclamation bears the official stamp of R. Panigel. Jerusalem, Rosh Chodesh Elul 1880.

In this proclamation, R. Panigel announces the appointment of a committee responsible for material matters and another for spiritual matters, to supervise the distribution of funds received by Kollel Jerusalem and to undertake responsibility for the religious requirements of the city.
The proclamation lists the heads of the material committee who are responsible for supervising the distribution of funds received by Kollel Jerusalem to be distributed among orphans, widows and Torah scholars and for tuition, etc. Also listed are names of the heads of the spiritual committee whose task is to supervise the religious needs of the city according to Torah law and Jewish customs.

28.5X38 cm. Good-fair condition. Few stains. Folding creases. Tears to folding marks in the center of the leaf, slightly affecting the text.

Rare, bibliographically unknown proclamation. It does not appear in Sh. Halevy, nor in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, and is not recorded in the NLI catalogue.

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