Printed leaflet (4 pages) from the Ashkenazic-Perushim kollels in Jerusalem, on the founding of Bikur Cholim and Shalom Yerushalayim societies, with statutes of the society to establish Bikur Cholim institution in Jerusalem. [Jerusalem, 1862].
Rare, early historical document from the beginning of the Shelom Yerushalayim society, established in Minsk in 1861 in order to raise support for the Bikur Cholim hospital of the Perushim community in Jerusalem.
The announcement is signed (in print) by the treasurers of the Shelom Yerushalayim society, rabbis of the Perushim kollel in Jerusalem: R. Yeshayah Bardaki, his son-in-law R. Netanel Luria, R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe Chasin of Khislavichi, R. Aryeh Marcus of Kėdainiai, Moshe Yehudah Leib Mebel of Tulchyn and others, dated 8th Adar 1862. On last page, letter of recommendation and approbation signed (in print) by rabbis of the Ashkenazic Perushim kollel in Jerusalem: R. Moshe Yehudah Leib son of R. Binyamin Silberberg of Kutno (author of Zayit Raanan), R. Meir Auerbach Rabbi of Kalisz and Jerusalem (author of Imrei Binah) and R. Nachum of Szadek, as well as signatures of R. Yochanan Hirsch son of R. Mordechai Shlank (disciple of the Chatam Sofer) and R. Avraham Yitzchak Porush-Trachtenberg, scribe of the kollel.
On margins, illustration (woodcut) of the tomb of Zechariah son of Jehoiada.
The Shelom Yerushalayim society was founded in Minsk in 1861 by the emissary of the Perushim society R. Moshe Chashin (Chaslowitzer), in order to raise funds in Russia on behalf of the Bikur Cholim society and an establishment of a Jewish hospital in Jerusalem, to prevent the dependence of the poor of Jerusalem on the hospital of the English mission. The hospital eventually opened in 1867.
[1] double leaf (comprising [4] printed pages). 29 cm. Fair condition. Stains, dampstains and dark stains. Creases and wear. Tears, including open tears, repaired with paper and tape, affecting text.
Rare and bibliographically unknown. Not recorded by Sh. Halevy or NLI library.
