Solomon Hirschel. “…Unto all individuals of the chosen Congregations of Israel belonging to the several holy Synagogues in London and throughout the Kingdom.”

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

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

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

printer

Kiernan

Place

London

Publication

1822

Description

Text in Hebrew and English, two facing pages, printed on single bifolium.

references

Not in Roth, Vinograd or Yaari.

summary

Solomon Hirschel (1762-1842) was the first Chief Rabbi of England. Here he beseeches his brethren to donate funds for 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 Azeo of Salonica. See A. Yaari, Shluchei Eretz Israel (1977), p. 670; EJ, Vol. VIII, cols. 520-21.

Folds, 4to.

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