Hirschel, Solomon. Li-Yechidei segulah adath Yeshurun bi-kehiloth kedoshoth be-London ve-ha-medinah / Unto all individuals of the chosen Congregations of Israel belonging to the several holy Synagogues in London and throughout the Kingdom

(ANGLO JUDAICA)

Kiernan

London

1822

Hebrew and English face `a face

Not in Roth, Vinograd or Yaari

Rare Broadsheet Issued by Solomon Hirschel Soliciting Funds on Behalf of Aschkenazic Settlement of Jerusalem. Solomon Hirschel (1762-1842) was the first Chief Rabbi of England. Here he beseeches his brethren to donate to 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 Aseo of Salonica. Azeo authored a volume of halachic responsa, Higid Mordecai (Salonika, 1845). These responsa were composed chiefly during his travels to the various communities of the Diaspora. (The Hebrew version of the appeal, more trustworthy in this respect, notes that Aseo is a “dayan” or rabbinical judge.) Aseo, a native of Salonika, had settled in Jerusalem. In 1817, he was dispatched to the community of Pisa, Italy. Between the years 1824-1831 he travelled throughout Western Europe on behalf of the Yishuv. Yaari is unaware of the fact that in 1822 Aseo was present in London. See A. Yaari, Shluchei Eretz Israel (1977), p. 670; EJ, Vol. VIII, cols. 520-521