(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,000

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

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12th Sivan

Place

London

Publication

1766

Description

D'AZEVEDO, MOSES HACOHEN. Autograph Manuscript Signed. Certification attesting to the competence of a Shochet. "Ha-Bachur...Yehoshua ben ha-Gevir Yaakov Azulai" is "well versed in the laws of slaughter...his hands are strong and he does not faint…It is however incumbent upon him to review the relevant laws twice a month."

summary

Moses Cohen d’Azevedo (1720-1784) stemmed from a prominent rabbinic family in Holland. He was appointed as a member of the Sephardic Beth Din of London in 1757 and four years later rose to the position of Haham. See A. M. Hyamson, The Sephardim of England (1951) pp. 182-83, 136n

Single leaf. Written in a clear semi-cursive Sephardic hand

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