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25.8.21
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ЛОТ 10:

Letter by Rabbi Shimshon Wertheimer Regarding the Debts of the Ashkenazic Community of Jerusalem. Kushta [c. 1714]. ...


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$1 000 - $2 000
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Letter by Rabbi Shimshon Wertheimer Regarding the Debts of the Ashkenazic Community of Jerusalem. Kushta [c. 1714]. Very Rare

In c. 1714, a booklet with [4] leaves was printed in Kushta, containing letters by Rabbi Shimshon Wertheimer regarding the debts of the Ashkenazic community of Jerusalem. From this booklet, only the [2] inner leaves had survived (leaves 2-3). Ya'ari in his book HaDfus HaIvri B'Kushta no. 280, listed these leaves as the only copy in the world, per the copy appearing in the library of the seminar in New-York. The National Library has only leaf 3 and a photocopy of leaf 2.


This is the very rare leaf 2, from the booklet whose other leaves (of which additonal copies are known of) are also very rare. Scarce!


After a short period, this booklet was reprinted, omitting the sharp expressions against dignitaries of the Ashkenazic community of Jerusalem. From this booklet, only leaf 2 had survived. The leaf before us is from the first edition, with the sharp expressions!


The leaf was taken from a 'binding Genizah', from the binding of the book Bnei Chayai, Kushta 1712.


[1] leaf. Approx. 32 cm. 

Moderate condition. The leaf is cut all along its center, with lack of several words. Some worming perforations to the margins. Many aging stains.