Auction 103 Part 2 Early Printed Books | Sabbateanism and Crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal | Chassidut and Kabbalah | Books Printed in Slavita and Jerusalem | Letters and Manuscripts
Michtav Galui – Jerusalem, 1879 – On Appointment of Rabbi of Hebron and Tzedakah Collectors, From Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem – Bibliographically Unknown
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Printed letter, Michtav Galui – open letter from Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem R. Avraham Ashkenazi (Rishon LeTzion), on rectification of Hebron public institutions. Jerusalem, Adar 1879.
Open letter on the appointment of Hebron rabbis and tzedakah collectors, appointed for distribution of funds to Torah scholars and the poor, naming the individuals appointed to receive donations.
Bibliographically unknown document from the controversy over tzedakah institutions in Hebron, launched when Chief Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi (in the present letter) appointed R. Rachamim Franko as Rabbi of Hebron, and Mercado Romano (founder of Beit Romano) as member of the city council. R. Avraham Chaim Penso then had Minchat Kenaot printed in Jerusalem, attacking these appointments, along with sharp letters of other Jerusalem rabbis opposing the appointment of R. Franko (and firing of R. Eliyahu Mani). The rabbis of Hebron then published Dimat Ashukim in support of R. Avraham Ashkenazi.
[1] leaf. 21.5X17.5 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Folding marks. Minor marginal tears.
Bibliographically unknown. Undocumented by Sh. Halevy and NLI catalog.
Jerusalem – Early Broadsides and Signed Letters
Jerusalem – Early Broadsides and Signed Letters