Purchase Deed for a Courtyard in Jerusalem within the City Walls – 1863 and 1885

A purchase deed (Shtar Chazaka) for a courtyard in Jerusalem in the "Talalin Market" – from Chacham Rabbi Bechor Meyuchas, to Rabbi Avraham Dov Ber Grodzansky and Rabbi Natan Neta Greengart, appointees of Kollel Grodno. Signed by the Sephardi Beit Din: Rabbi Moshe Ibn Nachmias, Rabbi Yehuda ben Yisrael and Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Pizanti. Jerusalem, Nissan 1863. On the reverse side: Another bill of sale of the aforementioned plot, by Rabbi Natan ben Shlomo Greengart. Signature of witnesses: Rabbi "Ber Wachsner" and Rabbi "Zvi Hirsh Salant" [grandson of Rabbi Shmuel Salant]. With authorization of the Ashkenazi Beit Din on the witnesses' signatures with the signatures of Rabbi "Binyamin ben R' Shmuel", Rabbi "Binyamin David Wilner" and Rabbi "B. Wolf", with the stamp: "Stamp of the Beit Din Tzedek – Ashkenazi community of the Holy City of Jerusalem. Jerusalem", Elul 1885. Leaf, [2] written pages, approximately 30 cm. Good condition, wear and folding marks.