Bill pertaining to financial debts and estate of “the esteemed Rabbi Mordechai Bezalel”, signed by Rabbi Binyamin Mandel, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria and Rabbi Binyamin Asa’el. Salonika, Kislev (1620).
Rabbi Binyamin Mandel, among the rabbis of Salonika passed away in 1662; the Luria family was a well-known rabbinical family in Salonika and Safed; Rabbi Binyamin Asa’el who was rabbi of the Kollel of Salonika passed away in 1690 and his Chiddushim were printed in the book "Sam Chayai" [if he indeed was blessed with longevity it is possible that he is the one who signed this bill or possibly a relative of his?]. The Holy Rabbi Mordechai Bezalel was killed in a pogrom against Jews in Salonika on 14th of Elul, 1617 (see his epitaph in the book “Gdolei Salonika” p. 205).
Approx. 16X27 cm. Fair condition, piece missing on top, tears and damage of wear and glue [apparently taken out of a binding archive].