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Chevrath Chessed Ve’Emeth.

Auction 91 · Lot 176

Chevrath Chessed Ve’Emeth.

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Place

(Jerusalem

Publication

1888)

Description

Text in Hebrew and Yiddish. With stamp in Hebrew and German: “Comite Chesed Ve-Emeth Me-Agudath Baalei Melacha…Handwerker Verein.” With approbations from the Rabbis of Tzfat, along with Consular officials from Austria, France, England, the United States, etc.

references

Unrecorded by S. Halevi.

summary

“Regulations of the Society of Craftsmen.” Based in Safed, established in order to “improve working conditions in the factories of Eretz Israel.” Includes a list of 114 members, including those located in Tiberias, Jerusalem and Rosh Pinah whose jobs are listed as blacksmiths, builders, shoemakers, tailors, etc.
pp. 36. Stained. Modern marbled boards. 8vo.
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