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Auction 24 · Lot 250
(LAND OF ISRAEL)
- Estimate
- $4,000–$5,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Jerusalem
Publication
end 19th century
Description
A letter imposing upon the residents of Jerusalem a tax for the upkeep of the city’s Mikva’oth (ritual baths). Signatories include: Rabbis Lazer Mendel of Leluv, Isaac Biederman, Shlomo Zalman BaHaRaN, Eliezer Dan Ralbag and Chaim Sonnenfeld (disciples of R. Joshua Leib Diskin (“Brisker Rav”)
summary
An insight into the affairs of the Old Yishuv. Addressed to members of both the Perushim (Lithuanian) and Chassidic communities.
Not examined out of frame. Folio (landscape)
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