Pinkas Shadar (Ledger). Emissary Record-Book. Mission to South Africa. Manuscript on paper. Text in Hebrew and English

(SOUTH AFRICA).

Jerusalem

1900-1901

Title page in large square Hebrew script in black and red inks. Letters of approbation in various square and cursive Ashkenazic and Sephardic hands

The emissary, Chaim Tzvi HaKohen Katz-Friedman, was despatched to Southern Africa to raise funds on behalf of two institutional mainstays of Jerusalem: Yeshivath Eitz Chaim and The Bikur Cholim Hospital. Apparently a journey to Australia and Yemen was also undertaken. Contains letters of introduction signed by the administration of the Yeshiva including: Rabbis Nachum Rogosnitsky, Abba Yaakov Senderovitch, Elchanan Joshua Moshe Schlank (grandson of Solomon Hirschell of London), Yoel Moshe Salomon, Aryeh Leib Hirshner, Raphael Zalman Chaim Rivlin, etc. Additional letters are provided by the eminent Rabbi Samuel Salant, endorsed by the British Consulate of Jerusalem. More than a dozen testimonial letters from communities throughout South Africa and Rhodesia attest to the worthiness of the mission. Includes a physician's letter of recommendation who witnessed a circumcision performed by the emissary and approving of his skills. An interesting record of the relationship between the Jews of Jerusalem and the far-flung communities of the British Empire