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Ḥaver certificate, issued to Akiva Sofer, formerly of Pressburg [Bratislava], Jerusalem : manuscript.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss (Large) Box 3 Folder 30
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- ʻEdah ha-ḥaredit (Jerusalem), issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Sofer, ʻAḳiva, 1878-1959.
- Sofer, ʻAḳiva.
- Installation (Rabbis).
- Rabbis--Slovakia--Bratislava--20th century.
- Rabbis.
- Rabbis--Jerusalem--20th century.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew--Jerusalem--20th century--Specimens.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased at auction (Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 119 lot 299).
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet : paper, illustrations ; 31 x 42 cm
- Production:
- Jerusalem, 23 Adar I [5]698 [1938 24 February]
- ירושלים, כ"ג אד"ר [אדר ראשון] שנת תפרי"ח
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Large). Box 3 Folder 30
- Other Title:
- caption : Teʻudat ḥaver
- תעודת חבר
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew; additional printed name in English.
- Summary:
- Ḥaver (or Chaver) certificate, illustrated and printed on a folio sheet, inscribed to Akiva Sofer, formerly rabbi of Pressburg [Bratislava] upon his emigration to Jerusalem.
- Notes:
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Illustrations and designs: central escutcheon with the caption, printed in red; outer borders with illustrations of the Dome of the Rock and Rachel's Tomb; upper portion with David's Tomb, Tomb of the Patriarchs, and the Western Wall. By-laws of the ʻEdah ha-ḥaredit printed in outer pillars.
- Autographs: Eliʻezer (?), Yonah Friedberg, and Ephraim Zalman Halpern (1870-1961).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.
- Cited as:
- Ḥaver certificate, issued to Akiva Sofer, formerly of Pressburg [Bratislava], Jerusalem (Misc Mss (Large) Box 3 Folder 30). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 1551320165
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