(LAND OF ISRAEL)

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 250

(LAND OF ISRAEL)

A letter imposing upon the residents of Jerusalem a tax for the upkeep of the city’s Mikva’oth (ritual baths). Signatories include: Rabbis Lazer Mendel of Leluv, Isaac Biederman, Shlomo Zalman BaHaRaN, Eliezer Dan Ralbag and Chaim Sonnenfeld (disciples of R. Joshua Leib Diskin (“Brisker Rav”) Not examined out of frame. Folio (landscape)

Jerusalem: end 19th century

Est: $4,000 - $5,000

An insight into the affairs of the Old Yishuv. Addressed to members of both the Perushim (Lithuanian) and Chassidic communities.