Auction 111 Rare Books, Manuscripts, Letters of Rabbis and Rebbes
Dec 11, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
 3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem
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LOT 166:

Handwritten Ledger, Apparently of a Shadar (Fundraiser). 19th Century

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Ledger, apparently of an emissary sent to North Africa, with sermons, novellae, records, hymns and more. 19th century.

Specifications: [77] leaves, paper. 11x9 cm. Oriental hand, old cardboard binding.

Content: Torah novellae, segulot and amulets, hymns, records and others compilations. On leaf 2a: Sermon for "Yom Kippurim 1856" with a request for charity donations, apparently for the Land of Israel. Leaf 43a-56a, copied from Shulchan HaTahor by David Pardo (Vienna, 1814) through the laws of Grace after Meals. Leaf 64b features a list of "those in charge of the Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes fund in the Land of Israel" in various North African communities. Leaf 65b has a list of donors to this fund [from Algerian cities and villages]. Owner's signature at the end of the ledger.

Condition: Moderate condition. Partially dismantled spine, one detached leaf, stains. Old binding.


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