Shadar Letter for Emissary [shd”r = shelucha De-Rabbanan]. Official Certificate of Recommendation for R. Gavriel Aaron Sutton to gather funds in aid of the Community of Hebron in Morocco, Tunisia, Gibraltar and Brazil

AUCTION 37 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Shadar Letter for Emissary [shd”r = shelucha De-Rabbanan]. Official Certificate of Recommendation for R. Gavriel Aaron Sutton to gather funds in aid of the Community of Hebron in Morocco, Tunisia, Gibraltar and Brazil

Manuscript on vellum. One leaf. Sephardic square and semi-cursive script with eight signatures and four stamps of the Sephardic Rabbis of Hebron, including: Meir Franco, Meir Samuel Castel, Yonah Tzarfathi, Chanoch Hassoun Large folio

Hebron: 1925

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $450

Includes the names of the various institutions of Hebron as well as the sacred grave sites. This emissary was a prominent scholar from an eminent family. His father, R. Chaviv Chaim David Sutton (author of Tokpo Shel Nes) was also sent as an emissary from Hebron. See Yaari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael, p.655