LEHREN, HIRSCHEL. Sendschreiben an unsere Glaubensbrüder

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1837

Description

WIth list of sums collected from various towns in Germany and the Netherlands

summary

In order to organize and simplify the system by which money was raised in Western Europe for Jews in Eretz Israel, Hirschel Lehren and other leading members of the Jewish Community in Amsterdam co-founded in 1809 the Pekidim and Amarkalim Society of the Holy Land. By 1824, they had succeed in becoming the exclusive collecting agency for the Jews of Eretz Israel. See EJ, X col.1584

pp.(2),3-14,(2). Lightly stained. Original paper wrappers, 8vo

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