Large collection of sixty letters, handwritten and signed by heads of the community in Tiberias, rabbis and officials of Ashkenazi kollels in the city. Tiberias, 1880s-1890s.

The letters were sent to the Pekidim and Amarkalim organization in Amsterdam, which was responsible for raising funds from the diaspora for the Old Yishuv in Eretz Israel. The collection contains letters handwritten, signed and stamped by community leaders, rabbis and kollel officials in Tiberias, with accounts of allocation and transfer of funds, public affairs and various controversies, as well as private letters of dayanim, Torah scholars and others in Tiberias, describing their harsh financial conditions and requesting financial aid and assistance; some include letters of recommendation from rabbis and kollel officials in Tiberias, and some bear official stamps.
See Hebrew description for a list of authors of letters included in the collection.

60 letters. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.

PLEASE NOTE: Some lot descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to the Hebrew text.