Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters

Letter Signed by the Rabbis of Jerusalem – Expansion of the Eruv Boundaries – Tammuz 1933

Opening: $300
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium

Handwritten letter, signed by seven leading rabbis of Jerusalem: R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, R. Shimshon Aharon Polansky (the Tepliker Rav), R. Yosef Gershon Horowitz, R. Eliyahu Romm, R. Yaakov Moshe Charlap, R. Shmuel Pesach Halperin and R. Yechiel Michel Horowitz. Jerusalem, 9th Tammuz 1933.
Appeal to the burial societies in Jerusalem to fund some of the costs of setting up the Eruv in Jerusalem, due to the expansion of the city with new houses and neighborhoods.
The entire letter was handwritten by R. Yaakov Moshe Charlap Rabbi of the Shaarei Chessed neighborhood.


[1] leaf. 27 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Folding marks and tears (repaired on verso with tape). Minor marginal open tears.

Jerusalem and Eretz Israel – Letters, Documents and Printed Items
Jerusalem and Eretz Israel – Letters, Documents and Printed Items