[Letter, 1770 January 23, Altona to David ben Loeb Berlin]. = [מכתב, כ"ו טבת תק"ל, אלטונא אל דוד בן ליב בערלין].

Contributor:

Berlin, David ben Loeb, -1771 (addressee)

Name:

Tsevi-Hirsch ben Elḥanan, (Altona), active 1770

Timespan:

18th century

Date:

1770

Language:

Hebrew; German

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).; Lamm, Louis, 1871-1943, former owner.

Subject:

Jews; Excommunication (Jewish law); Rabbis; Tsevi-Hirsch ben Elḥanan, (Altona), active 1770. Trials, litigation, etc; Mosheh b. Barukh ha-levi, (Altona), active 1770. Trials, litigation, etc; Rabbis -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Excommunication (Jewish law) -- 18th century; Dinei mamonot; Jews -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 18th century -- Correspondence

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); legal correspondence; correspondence artifacts; seals (artifacts); Manuscripts, European; personal correspondence

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper; 168 x 208 (145 x 200) mm

Geographic Subject:

Germany -- Hamburg

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. document.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Layout: Written in twelve lines (letter text) and an additional two lines of greeting above; date centered at upper end.; Script: Written in a Ashkenazic cursive script in the hand of Tsevi-Hirsch ben Elḥanan of Altona.; Decoration: Flourishes, swirls, and exaggerated abbreviations; crosshatched underlining below signature.; Origin: Written in Altona, then Denmark (today part of Hamburg, Germany).; Item previously mounted on blue paper (mostly lost); broken wax seal (verso).; Hebrew; one word in German (in Hebrew charachters, repeated twice).

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

David ben Loeb Berlin correspondence