Auction 67
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Sep 18, 2019
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Israel
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LOT 23:
Letter to the Rabbis of Mantua, Signed by Three Rabbis of Livorno - Regarding a Complaint about an Emissary - ...
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Letter to the Rabbis of Mantua, Signed by Three Rabbis of Livorno - Regarding a Complaint about an Emissary - Livorno, 1820
Letter addressed to the rabbis of Mantua, from the rabbis of Livorno - R. Shlomo Malach, R. Amram Amar and R. Mordechai Nissim. Livorno, [1820].
Written by a scribe, with the handwritten signatures of the rabbis of Livorno: "Shlomo son of R. David Chaim Malach", "Amram Amar" and "Mordechai Nissim".
The letter is addressed to the rabbis of Mantua: R. Matzliach Moshe Ariani, R. Yaakov Cases and R. Elishama Meir Padovani. The rabbis of Livorno respond to the complaints of the Mantuan rabbis regarding a certain emissary, and write that this matter is not under their jurisdiction but rather under that of the "Pekidei Eretz Israel" (Eretz Israel officials) in Livorno, whom they mention by name.
[1] double leaf (on the verso: address in Italian and remnants of wax seal). 25 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains. Folding marks and creases.
