Glorious historic document – unknown Yerushalmi regulation – especially rare signatures of some of the greatest geonim of the generations ever to have arisen among the Jewish people.
Authentic public document: Tax on newcomers to the Land of Israel for the maintenance of the Yishuv in the eternal city of Jerusalem. Signed by the mighty Torah leaders of the Land of Israel at the time, whose influence on the generations is inestimable. Jerusalem, the week of the parashah [“תקריבו את קרבנכם”] Adar II, 1750, chronogram: “יתהלל המתהל”ל”.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a more detailed discussion of the tax levied to help offset the inflation caused by well-heeled tourists and new immigrants, and also for a list of the signatories and their biographies.
[1] leaf paper written across the width, approximately 46×19 cm. In a later script: “Unprinted regulation from 1750 ‘”יתהלל המתהל”ל'” but one must look carefully at the section of the regulations to determine whether the “note” indicating “unprinted” was written in a different ink.
Moderate-fine condition. Lacks in the top of the leaf with damage to several words. Margins completed with antique paper. Fold marks. Slightly faded ink. Stains.