(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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printer

(Joel Moses Solomon)

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1869

Description

Moda’ah Rabah neged kol Israel me-ha-tikunim he-chadashim…asher na’asu ba-yamim ha-eleh le-tovath Koleloth ha-Sephardim be-Yerushalayim [“Report to the entire People of Israel regarding the recent improvements in the Sephardic Kollel of Jerusalem”]. pp.4 * With: Circolare - Ai Signori Capi Deputati della Nazione Israelitica di ogni Città e Provincia (1869). pp.4

references

Halevy 147 (not in JNUL) - possibly a unicum

summary

Newly elected Sephardic Chief Rabbi Abraham Aschkenazi details the method by which he was chosen to replace his predecessor Rishon le-Zion Chaim David Chazan. Also recounted here is the sale of Community owned land to repay debts incurred while administering charities in aid of the poor in Jerusalem The accompanying Italian translation is apparently the only non-Hebrew product of the Jewish presses of Jerusalem

pp.4. Portion of border on title slightly abraded. 4to

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