[Letter, 1768 December 30, Berlin to David Berlin]. = [מכתב, כ' טבת תקכ"ט, בערלין אל דוד בערלין].

Contributor:

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

Name:

Ephraim, Benjamin Veitel, 1742-1811

Timespan:

18th century

Date:

1768

Description:

This is a letter written to David Berlin, Friday 20 Ṭevet 5529 (30 December 1768) by Benjamin Veitel Ephraim, writing in Berlin; Benjamin informs Berlin that he is waiting on the rediscovery of a "rohre" document (?) from the important F.M. (רפ"מ הרמה), which had been lost and unlocateable in all relevant places; the document contained an earlier ruling from Saul Lowenstamm of Amsterdam (1717-1790). The letter informs David Berlin that the plaintiff had not successfully sued for (or was at all entitled to) any amount owed, aside for a loan principle (חסר מהמנוח); the author reports that he has searched his property and that this certain "rohre" document was not to be found, and asks of David Berlin to reissue the document to the plaintiff, Lowenstamm, and the Amsterdam Beth Din, and to insist that the plaintiff listen to the advice of the Amsterdam Beth Din to relinquish the suit upon repayment of a principle owed to him. This episode is likely related to the episode of transfer of the silver factory of Benjamin Veitel Ephraim's father-in-law, Levin Moses Phillip of Amsterdam (also a cousin to Ephraim's father, Veitel Heine Ephraim) following his death; Ephraim's other documents written to David Berlin are 559d and 559j).

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:

Lowenstamm, Saul, 1717-1790 Trials, litigation, etc; Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Rabbis -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Ḥoshen mishpaṭ; Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- 18th century -- History -- Sources; Jews -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 18th century -- History -- Sources; Jews; History; Rabbis; Shaʼul, 1717-1790

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, European; Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 18th century; Legal correspondence; Correspondence artifacts; Sources; Correspondence; Personal correspondence

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper; 100 x 192 (60 x 163) mm

Geographic Subject:

Germany -- Hamburg; Germany -- Berlin

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. document.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Layout: Written in eight lines (letter text) with an additional two lines of greeting above letter text.; Script: Written in a Ashkenazic cursive script, possibly in the hand of Benjamin Veitel Ephraim (otherwise, dictated, and written in a secretarial hand).; Decoration: Flourish preceding greeting.; Origin: Written in Berlin, then the capital of Prussia (today Germany).; Hebrew.

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

David ben Loeb Berlin correspondence