Solomon Hirschel. “…Unto all individuals of the chosen Congregations of Israel belonging to the several holy Synagogues in London and throughout the Kingdom.”
AUCTION 62 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 114
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
Solomon Hirschel. “…Unto all individuals of the chosen Congregations of Israel belonging to the several holy Synagogues in London and throughout the Kingdom.”
London: Kiernan 1822
Est: $800 - $1,200
Solomon Hirschel (1762-1842) was the first Chief Rabbi of England. Here he beseeches his brethren to donate funds for the rebuilding of the Churvah Synagogue in Jerusalem, lest the property be seized by the Moslem authorities and a mosque erected on the site. The monies donated were to be conveyed by two emissaries of the Holy Land presently in London, Rabbi Solomon of Jerusalem and Mordecai Azeo of Salonica. See A. Yaari, Shluchei Eretz Israel (1977), p. 670; EJ, Vol. VIII, cols. 520-21.