Two receipts from the charitable society Pekidim ve-Amarkalim of Amsterdam, concerning the disbursement of funds to the Committee to Establish a Hospital in Jerusalem. One signed by Judah Aryeh Lehren, the other stamped Meir Rubens

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1888-89

Description

Hebrew

summary

The organization “Pekidim and Amarkalim” was founded in Amsterdam in 1809 by H. Lehren, A. Prins and S. Rubens, to disburse charitable funds to the Holy Land. See EJ, Vol. X. cols. 1584-5. The Hospital to be established was the celebrated Bikur Cholim.

Brown ink on paper

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