Emissary notebook, recording donations received for the general Talmud Torah (boys' school) and the Torat Eretz Israel yeshiva in Safed, led by R. Yaakov David Ridvaz. Safed, [ca. 1911].
Title page in calligraphic script; ornamental border in gold. Fine binding with leather spine. The title page and binding were made by the artist R. Yosef Tzvi Geiger of Safed.
Following the title page is an appeal in Hebrew and English, with signatures in Latin characters (and signature-stamps in Hebrew) of the heads of the administration: R. Hersch Rosenstein, R. Naftali Chanales grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, and R. David Segal. This is followed by an appeal from the yeshiva deans, signed and stamped by R. Yosef Konvitz (son-in-law of the Ridvaz), and with two stamps (including one signature-stamp) of R. Yaakov David Ridvaz.
The rest of the notebook comprises dozens of leaves of the yeshiva's official stationery, for recording lists of donors (most leaves are blank). Only four leaves were completed in handwriting with lists of donors in Hebrew and French (beginning January 1911).
[14] written pages and dozens of blank leaves (official stationery of the yeshiva). 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Some tears. Colored edges. Binding with elegant leather spine. Fine endpapers. Placed in original slipcase, damaged.

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