Auction 67 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Sep 18, 2019 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 190:

Collection of Certificates Related to Rabbi Yaakov Chai Lubaton Emissary of Tiberias - With His Seal

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Collection of certificates related to R. Yaakov Chai Lubaton, emissary of the Tiberias community, with his personal seal:
• Certificate of ordination as a shochet and bodek (ritual slaughterer and inspector), accorded to R. Yaakov Lubaton. Signed (and stamped) by the Torah scholars of Tiberias: R. Yaakov Kohen Skali, R. Yaakov Chai Zrihen, R. Aharon Kohen Skali, R. Masoud Adahan. Tiberias, [1913].
• Emissary letter from the Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes fund of the central committee for the Sephardic community in Tiberias, for the emissary R. Yaakov Chai Lubaton, with stamps of the Tiberias Torah scholars. [1920s]. The letter states that the emissary is being sent to collect funds due to "the great and terrible inflation" caused by the "horrific war" (WWI).
• Handwritten leaf, official copying of an emissary letter from Tiberias Torah scholars, for R. Nissim Alchadif, dated 1914, signed by R. Moshe Ifrah, another signatory, and the emissary R. Nissim Alhadef. At the foot of the leaf, an authorization from 1914, transferring the emissary rights from R. Yaakov Tzuri to R. Yaakov Chai Lubaton, signed by R. Shimon Nachmani, R. Yaakov Tzuri and another signatory (signature partially torn). (R. Yaakov Lubaton's letter of appointment as emissary from 1914 is being offered in this auction, see item 189).
• Personal seal of R. Yaakov Chai Lubaton, with the inscription: "Yaakov Chai Lubaton from the holy city of Tiberias", in Hebrew, French and Arabic.
[3] handwritten leaves. Size varies. Fair condition. Tears and wear, repaired with acidic tape.
Seal: 5X2.5 cm. Good condition.