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[Ashkenazi-Jerusalemite letter to the Verona rabbis].
[מכתב מאת הרבנים-אשכנזיים בירושלים לרבני וירונא].
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Katzenellenbogen, Petaḥiya Ashkenazi, active 1750.
- Jews--Italy--Verona--18th century--History--Sources.
- Jews.
- Ashkenazim--Jerusalem--18th century--History--Sources.
- Ashkenazim.
- Famines--Palestine--18th century.
- Famines.
- Charity--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Charity.
- Local Subjects:
- Katzenellenbogen, Petaḥiya Ashkenazi, active 1750.
- Genre:
- letters of recommendation.
- archival copies.
- Manuscripts, European.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 117 (September 16, 2019) item 93.
- Physical Description:
- 1 leaf : paper ; 294 x 217 (260 x 181) mm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Verona?], [1750?]
- [וירונא?], [1750?]
- Language Note:
- Hebrew.
- Summary:
- This is a manuscript document, copied from a letter sent by the Ashkenazic community in Jerusalem to the rabbis of Verona (named at the head of the letter are Solomon Bassan (romanized Shelomoh Basan, 1670?-1757?) and Joel Pincherle (romanized Yoʼel Finḳerle); line 4) seeking help in raising funds due to a famine in the Holy Land; the original letter was probably copied upon receipt (signature date was 3 Nisan 5510 [April 1750]). The letter details the acute famine and starvation in the Holy Land and their dispatching an emissary for collection to Verona (and probably the nearby cities), Petaḥiya Ashkenazi Katzenellenbogen (likely of the prominent Ashkenazic Katzenellenbogen rabbinical dynasty). Signatories on the original letter were Yehoshuaʻ ben Shimshon of Szydłów, Avraham ben Shalom R'Don (ר'דאן) of Brody, Avraham ben Shimshon Margoliot, Yehuda Eisek of Opatów, Daṿid Ber, Daṿid ben Eliʻezer Yaʻaḳov, Daṿid ben Yitsḥaḳ, Natan-Note ben Shemuʼel Zanṿil Bloch, and Avraham Yafe Ashkenazi.
- Notes:
- Ms. leaf.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Layout: Written in 32 lines (2 paragraphs, 4, 18 lines, 9 additional lines of signatories); signatories list in two columns; alignment justified right.
- Script: Written in an 18th century cursive Italian script in a scribal hand.
- Watermark: A motto (possibly in Latin), single line below a cluster of grapes; watermark faint.
- Origin: Written likely in Verona, Italy, as a scribal copy of the letter written from Jerusalem (possibly for the Verona community archives).
- Decoration: Flourish (ב"ה) at upper right corner.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.
- Cited as:
- UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 578.
- OCLC:
- 1349513533
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