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Printed Poster – Mashmia Shalom UModaah Rabah – Regarding Chalukah – Jerusalem, 1868 – Rare

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Printed poster, Mashmia Shalom UModaah Rabah, letter regarding the Chalukah by the heads of the Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities in Jerusalem, to Italian communities, notifying them of a new agreement between the two communities regarding division of contributions. [Jerusalem: printer not indicated, 1868].
The poster requests that the donations gathered by collectors in Italy be handed over to six representatives of both communities together (three Ashkenazim and three Sephardim), donating to both communities without differentiation. The poster contains the printed signatures of eight Ashkenazi rabbis and twelve heads of Ashkenazi kollels.


[1] leaf. Approx. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains. New binding.


Rare. Not recorded by Sh. Halevy. Recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a photocopy from the Morgenstern collection (the record in the NLI catalog is also based on this photocopy).


Previously of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.

Early Hebrew Books and Broadsides Printed in Jerusalem
Early Hebrew Books and Broadsides Printed in Jerusalem