Shadar Document issued for the emissary Rabbi Seliman Menachem Mani of Hebron for his mission to the Jews of India.

(INDIA).

circa

Hebron

1910

Six mimeographed leaves (i.e. three two leaf documents repeated). Text in Hebrew and English in two columns. With four manuscript signatures of leaders of the Hebron community including Nissim Haim Cario and Chanoch Chason. Plus three stamps of the Hebron community. The front and verso of each leaf contains handwritten listings (in ink and pencil) of financial accounting including detailed expenses and income of this Shadar.

Rabbi Seliman Menachem Mani (1855-1924) was the son of R. Eliyahu Mani, Chief Rabbi of Hebron (d. 1899). His mission to India was two-fold: Seeking funds to release the male Jewish residents of Jerusalem who were forcibly conscripted for military service on behalf of the Ottoman Empire. And the pressing necessity to financially assist in supporting a hospital to treat the sick of Jerusalem. See Otzar HaRabanim 18512; M. D. Gaon, Yehudei Hamizrach Be’Eretz Yisrael p. 444; c.f. A. Yaari, Shluchei Eretz Yisrael pp. 697.