Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Rabbinical Emissary Writing Upon Parchment, Signed by Thirty Rabbis, Tiberias, 1865

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $6,000
Including buyer's premium
Writing on behalf of fund of Rabbi Meir Ba’al HaNess in Tiberias, to rabbinical emissary Rabbi Binyamin Nechmad who traveled to cities of Baghdad, Arabistan, Kurdistan, Calcutta and Bombay and to all cities of India as well as to Persia and large city of Bukhara. Tiberias, [1865].
30 signatures of rabbis of Tiberias, with looped signatures in Oriental calligraphy. Signed by: “Senior” rabbi, Rabbi Chaim Shmuel HaKohen (Konverti); Rabbi Ya’akov Abulafia, Rabbi Shimon Abadi; Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Abulafia; Rabbi Mordechai Karasanti; Rabbi Menasheh Arzi HaKohen; Rabbi Yedidya HaKohen; Rabbi Chaim Asmaga; Rabbi David Esudri; Rabbi David Netanel Rofeh; Rabbi Avraham Alchadif; Rabbi Baruch Toledano; and many others.
49X64 cm. Fine ornamented Oriental writing upon parchment. Good-fair condition, creases on parchment.
Amulets, Single Leaves
Amulets, Single Leaves