Group of [4] Letters from the Leaders of the Tiberias Community to or about Moshe Montefiore

Group of [4] Letters from the Leaders of the Tiberias Community to or about Moshe Montefiore

* Condolence letter written just a few days after Moshe Montefiore's passing, signed by the leaders of the Ashkenazic settlement and the heads of the kollelim in Tiberias. 1885.

Lengthy letter, sent to Yosef Sabag, Moshe Montefiore's nephew and executor, and to Dr. Eliezer HaLevi, Montefiore's personal secretary. Signatories include: Avraham Yosef HaLevi, Mordechai Mottel Ashkenazi, Aharon Shmuel b"r Moshe, Mordechai Weiss, Mendel Tashker, Chaim b"r Tzvi Hirsch shu"b.

[1] double leaf paper. 35 cm. Beautiful scribal script, signed and stamped by the rabbis.

Fine condition. Aging stains. Light tears in the margins, without lack in the text.

* Sharp polemic letter sent to Dr. Eliezer HaLevi regarding Moshe Montefiore's inheritance, from the Ashkenazic rabbi of Tiberias. 1888.

The letter was sent to Rabbi Avraham Tzvi HaLevi, av beit din of Tiberias, with a stamp of the Ashkenazic communities of Tiberias, about the appointment of the administrator of Kollel Reisin as the representative of the Ashkenazic community in Tiberias in Montefiore's will, and not Rabbi Avraham Tzvi HaLevi,  ra'ava"d of the Ashkenazim.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Avraham Tzvi HaLevi, rabbi and av beit din of Tiberias.

[1] leaf paper, 29 cm. Lined paper. Beautiful scribal script. With his signature and stamps.

Very fine condition.

* Letter from the clerks and rashei kollel in Tiberias - the Ashkenazic Kollel and the Sephardic Kollel, to Moshe Montefiore. 1874.

Thank-you letter signed by the leaders of the kollelim, with the kollel stamps.

[1] double leaf paper, 19 cm. High-quality paper with an embossed stamp. With the rabbis' signatures and stamps.

Fine-very fine condition. Aging stains. Tiny tears in the margins, without damage or lack.

* Letter from the rashei kollelim in Tiberias to Moshe Montefiore. 1871.

Letter with a request from the rashei kollelim in Tiberias - the Sephardic kollel and the Ashkenazic kollel, to Moshe Montefiore, in which they refer to 'the great hunger.'

[1] double leaf paper. 27 cm. Bluish paper. Beautiful scribal script, handwritten with the rabbis' signatures and stamps.

Fine condition. Aging stains. Small tear in the upper corner without damage to the text.