Rabbis of Jerusalem
to Sir Moses Montefiore
Jerusalem, 1855
Letter from Rabbis of the Prushim Congregation in Jerusalem to Sir Moses Montefiore. Jerusalem, 1855
Heartfelt letter of thanks by the venerable rabbis of Jerusalem to Sir Moses Montefiore for his generous donation to benefit the poverty-stricken residents of Jerusalem. This donation had been dispatched via Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi, Av Beis Din of Keonigsburg and author of Haksav V’Hakabbalah
The margins of the letter include a special inscription to Lady Judith Montefiore.
The letter is autographed by the following Rabbis:
1. Rabbi Shmuel Salant (1816-1909) was the legendary Rav of Yerushalayim and leader of the Ashkenazic community for close to a half-century. He journeyed to the Holy Land in 1841 where he served in assorted spiritual leadership positions and directed myriad Torah and charity institutions in Jerusalem for seventy years.
2. Rabbi Yeshaya Bardaky (1790-1863) was the leader of the Ashkenazic Jewish community in Yerushalayim, a son-in-law of Harav Yisrael of Shklov (author of the Pe’as Hashulchan), and disciple of Harav Chaim of Volozhin. He journeyed to Tzfas in 1810, but following the devastating earthquake that ravaged the city, settled in Yerushalayim where he stood at the forefront of the Ashkenazic community.
3. Rabbi Uri Shabtai – was the son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Zundel Salant, and one of the early dayanim in Jerusalem in the New Yishuv.
4. Rabbi Dovber Segal – A Jerusalem sage. He passed away the very year that this letter was written in 1855.
Each of the above Rabbis signed his name twice on this letter!.
Jerusalem, 1855. Thin, light blue paper.
Page Size: 27×21 cm. Good condition.
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