Handwritten document in Hebrew and Arabic, regarding the ownership of the land on which the Kerem neighborhood in Jerusalem was built. The document is signed and stamped by the two chief rabbis of Jerusalem, R. Shmuel Salant and R. Yaakov Shaul Elyashar, the Yisa Brachah. Jerusalem, 1891-1894.
The document was written in 1891 and signed by R. Ziskind Shachor, R. Yaakov Tzvi son of R. Shemaryah and R. Yisrael Chaim son of R. Sh.G. Their signatures are authenticated by R. Shmuel Salant, with his signature and stamp. In 1894, the document was signed and stamped by R. Yaakov Shaul Elyashar, the Yisa Brachah, authenticating the signature of R. Salant.
In 1891, the property in question was sold by R. Moshe Wittenberg of Vitebsk to the heads of the Vilna Kollel, who established the Beit Avraham committee for the purpose of building the "Kerem – Beit Avraham" neighborhood. Since there were legal difficulties in registering property under the ownership of public societies, the title deed was written under the names of the trustees of the committee, who then declared in the present document that they claim no ownership over the land.
[1] leaf. Approx. 40 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and minor tears. Folding marks.

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