"From the Valley of Hebron" – Rare Poster by the "Magen Avot" Talmud Torah and Yeshiva in Hebron – 1890s – Signed ...

"From the Valley of Hebron" – Rare Poster by the "Magen Avot" Talmud Torah and Yeshiva in Hebron – 1890s – Signed by the Chabad Rabbis, Founders of the Yeshiva

"From the Valley of Hebron", large poster by the committee of the "Magen Avot" Yeshiva and Talmud Torah, of the Ashkenazic community in Hebron. [Hebron, ca. 1890s].

This poster, likely printed shortly after the Yeshiva was established in 1889, appeals to Jews of the diaspora for financial assistance.

Signed in print by the founders of the "Magen Avot" Yeshiva in Hebron: Rabbi Shneur Zalman Slonim (1862-1936; grandson of Rebbetzin Menucha Rachel Slonim, daughter of the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch), his cousin, Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Leib Eliezerov (1863-1952; great-grandson of Rebbetzin Menucha Rachel Slonim; signed under the surname of his wife, Ashkenazi), and Rabbi Shimon son of Rabbi Leib Hausman (passed: Nissan 1940; although not a Chabad Chassid, Rabbi Hausman was prominent member of the Ashkenazic community in Hebron).

Two official stamps to bottom part of the poster. An illustration of the Cave of the Patriarchs appears at the head of the poster, surrounded by the verse: "and I will remember My covenant [with] Jacob, and also My covenant [with] Isaac, and also My covenant [with] Abraham I will remember. And I will remember the Land" (Vayikra, 26; 42), and the heading: "From the Valley of Hebron".

Rare poster; does not appear in the NLI catalogue.

[1] printed leaf. 38.5 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Tears to margins and folding lines, reinforced with sellotape on verso.

PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.