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Notebook with Records and Memories of Rabbi Yechezkel Zwebner – Jerusalem, 1877-1880
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Manuscript, records and memories handwritten and signed by R. Yechezkel Zwebner, grandson of R. Avraham Shag Rabbi of Kobersdorf. Jerusalem, ca. 1877-1880.
Inside front cover, ownership inscription on purchase of the notebook in 1877. The notebook includes various financial accounts of sums received, debts and deposits (some relating to the building of the Mea Shearim neighborhood in those years), and lists of addresses of rabbis and philanthropists outside of Eretz Israel. The notebook mentions the names of well-known rabbis and activists from Jerusalem and outside of Eretz Israel.
On leaf 7, he wrote family inscriptions with dates of events in his and his family's life
R. Yechezkel Shag-Zwebner (1857-1944), son of R. Yehudah Leib son of R. Avraham Shag-Zwebner Rabbi of Kobersdorf, a Torah scholar of Jerusalem, activist and public figure, administrator of the Hungarian kollel and a founder of the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem and the Petach Tikva moshava.
[28] written pages (numbering interrupted on some pages). 14.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and creases. Original binding.
Letters – Chassidut
Letters – Chassidut