Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Letter from the Rabbis of Jerusalem to the Rabbis of Aleppo, Signed by Rabbi Shmuel Salant – Jerusalem, 1892

Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium

Letter from the rabbis and trustees of Jerusalem, addressed to R. Avraham HaKohen Dwek, chief rabbi of Aleppo and to the Aleppo community leaders. Jerusalem, Cheshvan 1892.
The upper part of the leaf contains a letter signed by the three trustees of the Ashkenazi Kollelot in Jerusalem, regarding a husband who left his wife as an agunah in Jerusalem, and works as a teacher in the school in Aleppo. This is followed by a letter written by a scribe and signed by R. Shmuel Salant, authorizing the above. A letter from the Sephardi Beit Din on the same topic follows, with the stamp of the Beit Din.
[1] leaf. 28.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Tears to folds, affecting text, repaired with paper.


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Jerusalem and Eretz Israel – Letters and Printed Matter
Jerusalem and Eretz Israel – Letters and Printed Matter