Auction 53 · Lot 283
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $2,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Tiberias
Publication
1922
Description
Large Shadar Document authorizing the emissary R. Yaakov Vaeknin to on behalf of Kupath Reb Meir Baal HaNess to Tunisia and Libya. Signed by 49 Rabbis and leaders of Tiberias including Shimon Nachmani, Yitzchak Shalom Mizrachi, Chaim Kasous,Yaakov Birdugo, Yaakov Chai Zareihon etc.
summary
Shelucha DeRachmana (Shada”r) was the honorific given to rabbinical emissaries sent on overseas fund-raising missions on behalf of religious institutions in Eretz Israel. These men were generally dedicated scholars of the highest repute whose task it was to deepen ties between Jews in the Diaspora and the Holy Land.
The emissary recorded in the present document, R. Yaakov Vaeknin (1868-1947) was a member of a prominent Sephardic family of Tiberias. Son-in- law of R. Yehudah Birdugo, R. Vaeknin was a Kabbalist and Dayan in Tiberias. See S. Vanunu, Encyclopedia Arzei HaLevanon (2006) Vol. II p. 1129.
31x 20 inches
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