Auction 68 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Sep 19, 2019 (Your local time)
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 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 202:

Letter by Moses Montefiore – Distribution of Funds to the Kollelim in Palestine – England, 1870

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Letter by Moses Montefiore to the rabbis and philanthropists of Jerusalem. Scribal hand on official stationery, with Montefiore's Hebrew (in square script) and English signatures. Ramsgate (England), 1870.
The letter is addressed to the Rabbis Avraham Ashkenazi (Hakham Bashi), Moshe Ben Venisti (Benvenisti), Meir Maniksht, Ya'akov Yehuda Leib Levi, Rabbi Moshe Dan Ralbag, and the philanthropists Shlomo Amzallag and Ya'akov Valero, and deals with the distribution of funds raised for the various Kollelim of Jerusalem.
The letter notes that the funds for the poor of Jerusalem, 37.19£ by Montefiore and 117.3£ by other donors (their names are noted in the letter alongside the amount they had donated) should "be distributed… with no difference at all between one Kollel and the other" (Hebrew).
[1] folded leaf (two written pages), 25 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and fold lines. Tears and open tears to edges. Several pieces of tape and paper on verso.

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