HaBechirah – printed leaf for first elections to the council of the moshava Petach Tikva. [Jerusalem], Tevet 1879-1880 [late 1879 or early 1880].
Rare historical document from the early days of the Petach Tikva moshava. Leaf for elections to the first council established in the moshava, detailing the council and its seven members, and listing of over 60 moshava members with voting rights. Voters were to circle seven names and return the leaf in an envelope to the representative Natan Greengart (the present leaf is not filled in).
The names include Yehoshua Stampfer, Yoel Moshe Salomon, Zerach Barnett, David Gutman, Michel Leib Katz, Yosef Rivlin, Yechiel Michel Pines, R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger and others.
[1] leaf. Approx. 30 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Creases and wear. Marginal tears and open tears, slightly affecting text. Inscriptions.
Rare. Not recorded in Sh. Halevy and not present in NLI catalog (a scanned copy is on the NLI website).
