Sepher Cheshbon

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Y.D. Frumkin, publisher “Ha-Chavatzeleth”

Jerusalem

1891

Additional title. On verso of title page, woodcut design of Western Wall. On p.15, woodcut of the Moshav Zekeinim, or, Old Age Home, Jerusalem

Halevy 367

In addition to the actual financial figures, this, the eleventh in a series of annual accountings of the Old Age Home in Jerusalem, founded in 1880, contains valuable information, such as lists of donors, etc. Of special interest are the “Te’udoth” or Testimonials from Jewish personages worldwide, who visited the institution,and were duly impressed, including those of “R. Shlomo Sofer, son of R. Avraham Shmuel Sofer, Bergsas, Hungary” (p. 23) and “Rab. Isidore Myers from Melbourne” (p. 24)