LEHREN, HIRSCHEL. Sendschreiben an unsere Glaubensbrüder

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Lot 157

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

LEHREN, HIRSCHEL. Sendschreiben an unsere Glaubensbrüder

WIth list of sums collected from various towns in Germany and the Netherlands pp.(2),3-14,(2). Lightly stained. Original paper wrappers, 8vo

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