Lot 199
Parchment Certificate – Signatures of Safed Rabbis – 1899
Calligraphic certificate on parchment, signed and stamped by 12 rabbis and notables of the Safed community. Safed, 1899.
Recommendation for a Safed resident of distinguished lineage (descendant of R. Aharon HaGadol of Karlin and of R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi), travelling to health spas in Europe and in need of financial assistance.
Signed by R. Refael Silberman Rabbi of Safed, Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Rabin (descendant of R. Naftali of Ropshitz, rabbi of the Austrian community in Safed), R. Baruch David Kahana author of Birkat HaAretz, and others (see Hebrew description for full list of signatories).
Additional recommendation at the foot of the leaf, handwritten and signed by R. Shlomo Yosef Yehuda Hakim, on behalf the rabbis of the Sephardic communities.
[1] parchment leaf. Approx. 47 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark sellotape stains. Folding marks. Tears and wear. Several open tears, affecting text.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
