Four Letters from exotic parts of the Jewish world: Tehran, Kutaisi, Joanina & Lima.

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 15
(DIASPORA JEWRY).

Four Letters from exotic parts of the Jewish world: Tehran, Kutaisi, Joanina & Lima.

Est: $150 - $250
PRICE REALIZED $400
<<*>> 1. R. Yedidiah Shofet of Tehran’s Beth Din to R. Zvi Kruger of New York regarding the marital status of a Persian-American immigrant. 1961. <<*>> 2. Request for aid from R. Isaac ben Abraham Nanikishvili of Kutaisi, Georgia. Addressed to Hakham Bashi Chaim Moshe Becerano, Constantinople. 1930. <<*>> 3. Correspondence from Joanina’s Moshe Eliya Nigrin and Cohen with Jerusalem’s Misgav Ladach charity. 1887. <<*>> 4. Gabbaim of the Ashkenazi synagogue in Lima, Peru, describing the difficulties of religious life in their city. Addressed to the Agudath Harabanim of America and Canada. Yiddish. Lima, 1949.