Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters

Manuscript - Notebooks of Community Allocations, with Many Signatures of City Rabbis - Fez, Morocco - 1913

Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Manuscript, notebook of rental contracts of assets allocated by a charity fund in the city of Fez, with calligraphic signatures of the city's rabbis. Fez (Morocco), 1913.
Approximately one hundred rental contracts of shops and assets leased to various individuals by the community charity fund for the poor. On the verso of the leaves are inscriptions of paid debts. Most of the shtarot (bills) have Beit Din tears as a sign that the debts were paid.
The signatories include Rabbi Moshe Serero [signed most of the shtarot]; Rabbi Refael Ya'akov Benattar; Rabbi Shimon Chaim Ageini; Rabbi Yosef Ibn-Yuli; Rabbi David Turgeman; Rabbi Yosef Cohen Scali; Rabbi Yedidya Nachmias; Rabbi Ya'akov ben Simchon; Rabbi Chaim Yeshaya; Rabbi Chaim Shmuel Attie; Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Ma'imran; Rabbi Amram Monsoneigo; Rabbi Refael Amran ben Amozag; Rabbi Yosef Adahan; Rabbi Shmuel ben Zimra; Rabbi Eliyahu HaTzorfati; Rabbi Yehuda Alkeslasi; Rabbi Yitzchak Edrei; Rabbi Avner Birdugo; Rabbi Avraham ben Sussan; Rabbi Yehoshua Amar; etc.
101 written leaves, and many more empty leaves. 17.5 cm. High-quality paper. Fair condition. All the leaves are detached, many tears (the leaves were originally torn as a sign of a paid debt). Stains and light fungus stains. Contemporary leather binding.
Morrocan and North African Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents
Morrocan and North African Jewry - Manuscripts and Documents