Large Esther Scroll – Rabbi Marcus – Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem

Esther Scroll. [Jerusalem, 20th cent.]
A particularly large Esther Scroll. Written in only eight columns, 50 lines per column. Jerusalemite "Beit Yosef" script. "HaMelech" Scroll [Most leaves open with "HaMelech"]. In a matching case, made of tin, with a lid attached with a hinge. On the lid – a silver plaque with an engraved inscription of the owner: "Avraham Ya'akov Marcus". On top of the lid appears an engraving: "Bikur Cholim Hospital". Rabbi Ya'akov Avraham Marcus, a foremost member of a group of righteous in "Etz Haim" Yeshiva, rabbi of Rabbi Shmuel Huminer and of Rabbi Moshe Baruch Levine. He served as rabbi of Bikur Cholim Hospital for thirty years until his demise this past year.
Height of parchment: 56 cm. Fair condition. Wear and spots. Faded letters. Tin case 62 cm, fair condition.