Introduction letter for an Algerian rabbi and emissary; מכתב אודות שד"ר מארג'יל

Contributor:

Meldola, Raphael, 1754-1828 (correspondent, scribe); Jona, Solomon Michel, -1811 (addressee)

Timespan:

18th century; 18e siècle

Date:

1775

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 140 (22 February 2023) item 242.

Relation:

The Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1229047

Subject:

Ibn Nayim, Yaʻaḳov, -1803; Rabbis -- Italy -- Livorno -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Rabbis -- Italy -- Turin -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Rabbis -- 18th century -- Travel -- Algeria -- Algiers; Rabbins -- Italie -- Livourne -- 18e siècle -- Correspondance; Rabbins -- Italie -- Turin -- 18e siècle -- Correspondance

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); letters of introduction; letters of introduction; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper; 23 x 21 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.; Item creased and with a stain at left margin.; In Hebrew.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Sephardic-Italian rabbi from Livorno (ordinated by Hayyim Joseph David Azulai, 1796); hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britian and rabbi of the Bevis Marks Synagogue, London, after 1805; works include Ḳorban minḥah and Ḥupat ḥatanim.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 692

Collection:

Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund