[Letter, 8 May 1768, Leipzig to David Berlin]. = [מכתב, כ"א אייר תקכ"ח, לייפציג אל דוד בערלין].

Contributor:

Berlin, David ben Loeb, -1771 (addressee); Lamm, Louis, 1871-1943 (former owner)

Name:

Shimʻon ben Süsskind

Timespan:

18th century

Date:

1768

Description:

This is a letter written to David Berlin by Shimʻon ben Süsskind, writing in Leipzig (possibly coinciding with the Leipziger Messe); the purpose of the letter is to inquire after multiple attempts to contact "Naftali of Dessau" regarding a proposed match between their children; Shimʻon ben Süsskind's letters had gone unanswered, his attempts to contact him through Eliʻezer of Zabłudów (who was to travel through there) failed; Shimʻon ben Süsskind states that he was worried about the dowry he had sent to Naftali of Dessau through an additional messenger, and asks David Berlin to write another letter to Dessau as that may force Naftali to respond. Shimʻon ben Süsskind additionally beseeches Berlin about the cause of his friend, Natan-Noṭe ben David from Ożarów, whose wife and child were imprisoned (Natan-Noṭe's letter to Berlin survives as UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 559e).

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 121 (May 5, 2020) lot 423 as part of the archive of David ben Loeb Berlin (-1771).

Subject:

Jews; History; Rabbis; Jewish merchants; Betrothal; Natan-Noṭe ben David, (Ożarów, Poland); Betrothal -- 18th century; Jewish merchants -- Poland -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Rabbis -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Jews -- Poland -- 18th century -- History -- Sources; Jews -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 18th century -- History -- Sources

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Sources; Correspondence; Manuscripts, European; Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 18th century; Manuscripts, Yiddish -- 18th century; Letters (correspondence); Correspondence artifacts; Personal correspondence

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper; 205 x 166 (185 x 155) mm

Geographic Subject:

Germany -- Hamburg; Poland

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. document.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Layout: Written in twenty six lines (twenty lines of letter text, two lines of greeting, four lines of postscript); three autographs in center below letter text; single line date above letter text.; Script: Written in an Ashkenazic cursive script.; Hebrew; postscript in Yiddish.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Room, CAJS Rar Ms 559k

Collection:

David ben Loeb Berlin correspondence