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Mar 8, 2017 (Your local time)
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To cognoscenti Collectors! 10 full pages, including signatures and correspondence between the Chief Rabbi of Rhodes ...

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To cognoscenti Collectors! 10 full pages, including signatures and correspondence between the Chief Rabbi of Rhodes, Rabbi Chaim Yosef Franco and Italian rabbis after the earthquake that struck the island, 1864-5
To cognoscenti Collectors! 10 full pages, including signatures and correspondence between the Chief Rabbi of Rhodes, Rabbi Chaim Yosef Franco and Italian rabbis after the earthquake that struck the island, 1864-5. Correspondence were in order to elicit funds help the Jewish community in Rhodes rebuilding after the disaster. There are requests different Jewish communities: Padua, Verona, Mantua, Reggio Emilia, Modena Cento, Florence, Livorno, Ancona - (letter of recommendation from Rabbi David Vivanti fundraiser to help poor Jews of Rhodes following the earthquake, followed by a list of donors Ancona and the amounts contributed.)
There are letters of recommendation, stamps and signatures of the chief rabbis of these communities. Description of pages 5-8: 6th December. CE certification Norsa community of Mantua, says some are collected; Not all pages have been solved completely ready to" even signatures. It is an interesting and varied and extremely rare! Description of the situation: Situation: yellow / light brown brittle paper, brown spots, blemishes around the edges, no wrinkles with some places missing, missing a place in the middle to page 5 because of the fragile paper.

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