LEHREN, HIRSCHEL. Sendschreiben an unsere Glaubensbrüder

AUCTION 5 |
Tuesday, June 23rd,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 157
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
LEHREN, HIRSCHEL. Sendschreiben an unsere Glaubensbrüder
Amsterdam: 1837
Est: $200 - $300
In order to organize and simplify the system by which money was raised in Western Europe for Jews in Eretz Israel, Hirschel Lehren and other leading members of the Jewish Community in Amsterdam co-founded in 1809 the Pekidim and Amarkalim Society of the Holy Land. By 1824, they had succeed in becoming the exclusive collecting agency for the Jews of Eretz Israel. See EJ, X col.1584