(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00

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

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Lot 265

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

D'AZEVEDO, MOSES HACOHEN. Autograph Manuscript Signed. Certification attesting to the competence of a Shochet. "Ha-Bachur...Yehoshua ben ha-Gevir Yaakov Azulai" is "well versed in the laws of slaughter...his hands are strong and he does not faint…It is however incumbent upon him to review the relevant laws twice a month." Single leaf. Written in a clear semi-cursive Sephardic hand

London: 12th Sivan 1766

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

Moses Cohen d’Azevedo (1720-1784) stemmed from a prominent rabbinic family in Holland. He was appointed as a member of the Sephardic Beth Din of London in 1757 and four years later rose to the position of Haham. See A. M. Hyamson, The Sephardim of England (1951) pp. 182-83, 136n