Emissary’s letter from Tiberias to the community of Meknes in Morocco, for the emissary Avraham HaKohen Dwek. Tiberias, 1834.
This emissary’s letter mentions Rabbi Akiva’s grave as well as the history of Jewish Tiberias. Alongside this is a description of the difficult situation of the Jews in Tiberias.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of the emissary, Rabbi Avraham HaKohen Dwek , and the signatories, Rabbi Chaim Nissim Abulafiah , Rabbi Ya’akov She’alitiel Ninio , and Rabbi Yehudah Nechmad .
[1] leaf, approximately 21×31 cm.
Fine condition.