Emissary letter to Rabbi Mordechai Chaim Meyuchas, signed by rabbis of Jerusalem. Addressed to Rabbi Aliyahu Abutbul and Rabbi Raphael Maman [rabbis of Sefrou, Morocco]. Jerusalem, [1849].
Rabbi Mordechai Chaim Meyuchas, among scholars of Chaim VaChesed Yeshiva in Jerusalem, great-grandson of Rabbi Raphael Meyuchas [author of Pri Ha’Adama and Mizbe’ach Adama] and grandson of Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Meyuchas [author of Sha’ar HaMayim], as detailed in this letter. Sent as emissary of Jerusalem to communities of North Africa on several occasions. This rabbinical emissary letter was written prior to his third journey (see “Shluchei Eretz Israel, p. 726).
Signed by rabbis of Jerusalem: Rabbi Yitzchak Kovo [signature and stamp], Rabbi Yom Tov Meyuchas, Rabbi Eliezer Suzin and Rabbi Binyamin Mordechai Navon.
27 cm. leaf. Fair-poor condition. Stains, folding marks, mildew damage and tears; restored with scotch tape.