Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
Collection of Letters from Tiberias and Safed - Including an Emissary Letter Signed by Rabbis of Tiberias, 1834
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Collection of handwritten and printed letters, Tiberias and Safed, c. 1834-1935.
The collection contains:
· An emissary writ to Assyrian [Kurdistan] cities, for the emissary Rabbi Machluf HaCohen, with (calligraphic) signatures of seven Tiberias rabbis: The Rabbi of Tiberias - R' Chaim Nissim Abulafia, Rabbi She'altiel Ya'akov Ninyo, Rabbi Shlomo Alfasi, Rabbi Refael Maman, Rabbi Ye'uda Nechmad, and others. Tiberias, Kislev 1834.
· "Open announcement" - printed leaf with stamps of the Tiberias community, regarding the appointment of Rabbi Chaim Alchadif as Chacham-Bashi [Chief Rabbi]. Tiberias, Iyar 1898. · Long moving letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shalom Sisu of Safed. Lag B'Omer 1904. · Letter signed by four Safed rabbis: Rabbi Yeshua Falagi, Rabbi Refael Moshe Entebbe, Rabbi Moshe Yosef HaCohen and Rabbi Shimon Shabtai. Safed, Cheshvan 1931. · Three more printed letters from Tiberias and Safed.
7 items, size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
The collection contains:
· An emissary writ to Assyrian [Kurdistan] cities, for the emissary Rabbi Machluf HaCohen, with (calligraphic) signatures of seven Tiberias rabbis: The Rabbi of Tiberias - R' Chaim Nissim Abulafia, Rabbi She'altiel Ya'akov Ninyo, Rabbi Shlomo Alfasi, Rabbi Refael Maman, Rabbi Ye'uda Nechmad, and others. Tiberias, Kislev 1834.
· "Open announcement" - printed leaf with stamps of the Tiberias community, regarding the appointment of Rabbi Chaim Alchadif as Chacham-Bashi [Chief Rabbi]. Tiberias, Iyar 1898. · Long moving letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shalom Sisu of Safed. Lag B'Omer 1904. · Letter signed by four Safed rabbis: Rabbi Yeshua Falagi, Rabbi Refael Moshe Entebbe, Rabbi Moshe Yosef HaCohen and Rabbi Shimon Shabtai. Safed, Cheshvan 1931. · Three more printed letters from Tiberias and Safed.
7 items, size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material