(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

AUCTION 36 | Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books & Manuscripts

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Lot 120

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Moda’ah Rabah neged kol Israel me-ha-tikunim he-chadashim…asher na’asu ba-yamim ha-eleh le-tovath Koleloth ha-Sephardim be-Yerushalayim [“Report to the entire People of Israel regarding the recent improvements in the Sephardic Kollel of Jerusalem”]. pp.4 * With: Circolare - Ai Signori Capi Deputati della Nazione Israelitica di ogni Città e Provincia (1869). pp.4 pp.4. Portion of border on title slightly abraded. 4to Halevy 147 (not in JNUL) - possibly a unicum

Jerusalem: (Joel Moses Solomon) 1869

Est: $800 - $1,200

Newly elected Sephardic Chief Rabbi Abraham Aschkenazi details the method by which he was chosen to replace his predecessor Rishon le-Zion Chaim David Chazan. Also recounted here is the sale of Community owned land to repay debts incurred while administering charities in aid of the poor in Jerusalem The accompanying Italian translation is apparently the only non-Hebrew product of the Jewish presses of Jerusalem