Two letters, with the signatures of dozens of rabbis and members of the Ashkenazi-Chassidic community in Tiberias, 19th century:
• Letter with the signatures of 52 community members in Tiberias. Response to the slander publicized in the press abroad regarding the Linat Tzedek Bikur Cholim society. Tiberias, Tevet 1898. On verso, letter handwritten and signed by the rabbi of the city, R. Yechiel Michel Heilprin (1857-1909. Immigrated to Tiberias in 1880, appointed rabbi of Tiberias in 1896).
[1] leaf (written on both sides). 25.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears and repairs. Stains.
• Letter with the signatures of 4 rabbis, addressed to the Pekidim and Amarkalim in Amsterdam. Request on behalf of the widow and orphans of R. Yeshaya of Dzikov. Tiberias, Cheshvan 1889. Signed by R. Avraham Tzvi HaLevi Rabbi of Tiberias (originally rabbi of Niamtz. Immigrated to Tiberias in 1856. Passed away in Kislev 1894 and was buried in the section of the Baal Shem Tov’s disciples, close to the gravesite of R. Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk). With the signatures of the administrators of the charity funds in the city: R. Yaakov son of R. Yitzchak Eizik (administrator of Kollel Volhyn), R. Yechiel Aharon son of R. Mordechai Avraham (1844-1928, a Karlin Chassid, head of Kollel Volhyn, son of R. Mordechai Avraham of Chmelnik, a disciple of R. Yisrael of Ruzhin) and R. Itamar son of R. Tzvi Ze’ev (R. Itamar of Seret, 1847-1907, administrator of Kollel Austria).
[1] leaf. 26 cm. Good-fair condition. Marginal wear and tears, affecting text.