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LOT 221:
Huge, Unknown Emissary's Letter from the Hebron Community
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Sold for: $440 (₪1,637)
Price including buyer’s premium:
$
545.60 (₪2,029.63)
Calculated by rate set by auction house at the auction day
Start price:
$
300
Estimated price :
$700 - $1,000
Buyer's Premium: 24%
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Huge, Unknown Emissary's Letter from the Hebron Community
Emissary's letter for R' Chaim Rachamim Baggio and R' Yitzchak Ze'evi for the Jewish community in Hebron, directed to the Modona [Modena] community. Livorno, 1762-1765. Unknown.
The top part is a missive from Hebron administrators in Constantinople describing the difficult condition of Hebron Jews, the debt of over 25,000 piases, and the danger lying in wait should they not cover their debt to the Yishmaelim. They note that it is a matter of pidyon shevuyim and mention the merit of the forefathers who are buried in Hebron.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a detailed list of the signatories.
JTS in New York has a copy of this, the one used in the listing by Mif'al HaBibliographiah, but it is not identical to this one.
47x64 cm. Especially large.
Fine condition.
