Handwritten and signed halachic ruling by R. Moshe David Ashkenazi, rabbi of Safed. The ruling is also signed by the dayanim R. "Yaakov Shapira MeGeza-Zvi ", and R. "Baruch ben R. Yitzchak". [Safed], Tevet, 1850.
The subject of the ruling is an argument between neighbors regarding repairs to gutters and chimneys in the courtyards of Safed.
R. Moshe David Ashkenazi - Rabbi of Tolcsva-Safed (1774-1856, Ishim B'Teshuvot HeChatam Sofer, p. 300), author of Toldot Adam and Be'er Sheva, father-in-law of the Rebbe author of Yitav Lev of Siget and father of R. Yoel Ashkenazi, rabbi of Złoczew. The Rebbes of Satmar and Klausenburg were his descendants. At a young age he was appointed Rabbi of Tolcsva, a position he held for forty years. He moved to Safed in 1844 and was one of the founders of the Chassidic settlement in post-earthquake Safed. A short while after his immigration to Eretz Israel, he printed his book "Toldot Adam" in the printing house of Rabbi Israel Bak in Jerusalem. He authored the book in his thirties and Rabbi Ya'akov of Lisa, author of Chavat Da'at writes in his approbation to the book: "The famous Torah scholar R. Moshe David… does not need me and my likes, but I honor his wish and cannot refuse a person greater than I". His home and Beit Midrash in Safed were restored by his grandson the Klausenberg Rebbe and at present, they house the Sanz institutes in Safed.
[1] folded leaf (glued in half), 14.5 cm. Approximately 20 handwritten lines. Good-fair condition. Creases and wear.