Auction 113 Illustrious Personalities, Holocaust & Anti-Semitism, Historic Documents, Art, Seforim, Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes & manuscripts
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Apr 8, 2019
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel

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LOT 33:

Letter Regarding Donations for the Construction of the Churvah Synagogue [London, 1839]. Especially Rare

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Letter Regarding Donations for the Construction of the Churvah Synagogue [London, 1839]. Especially Rare

Letter from the leaders of the Ashkenazic kollellim for an emissary sent to raise funds for the construction of the Churvah synagogue. Printed on paper. [London?] 1839.

Lengthy letter describing conditions in the yishuv in Jerusalem and the desire to construct the Churvah synagogue. The letter mentions that the Menachem Tziyon Synagogue was established, but that "Churvat Rabbi Yehudah HeChassid" is still a ruin. The Menachem Tziyon synagogue was inaugurated in 1837. It was the first Ashkenazi synagogue established after the revitalization of the yishuv in the city. After it was finished, plans were started to build the Churvah, and it seems that this letter was written at the time. The margins of the letter bear the added signatures of London rabbis, from 1839.

The letter opens with the sentences: "To those who greatly influence everything related to holiness." It is signed by six of the leaders of the Ashkenazi kollels in Jerusalem. As mentioned, the margins have additional referrals from the rabbis of London from 1839, in English. An English translation of the letter is printed on the opposite page.

For more information regarding this fundraising mission, refer to: HaChurvah: Shesh Meot Shanim shel Hityashvut Yehudit BiYerushalayim, Jerusalem, 2010, p. 80. In addition, refer to Yaari, Shluchei Eretz Yisrael, p. 783-785. 

[2] pages. 34x21 cm. Fine condition. Light tears without loss and tear along the fold.


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