Printed proclamation, Lemaan Zion Lo Echeshe U'l'maan Yerushalayim Lo Eshkot" [For the sake of Zion, I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not rest (Isaiah, 62:1)], a letter calling for assistance from Jews abroad, due to the famine and dire situation in Jerusalem, stamped by Kollel Zhitomir-Volhyn, and bearing seven handwritten signatures of the heads of the kollel. Jerusalem: printer not indicated, [1887].
At the bottom of the leaf, before the signatures, is a handwritten date: "15th of the month of MarCheshvan [November 1887]. Signed by the heads of the kollel in Jerusalem: R. "Avraham Yitzchak of Ludmir", R. "Yaakov Gedalia of Konstantin Yashan" [Starokostiantyniv, Ukraine], R. "Moshe Nachman Kahana", R. "Yisrael Meir Perlmutter" and R. "Asher of Ludmir".
A proclamation addressing Jews abroad bemoaning the poverty and difficult economic and sanitary situation in Jerusalem and the dire lack of food and lack of funds for rental fees and tuition, etc.
23X36 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Fair-good condition. Stains. Folding marks and creases. Tears to margins and to folds, including small open tears, affecting text. Filing holes.
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