Letter to noted philanthropist Yitzchak Shimu regarding the desperate need for assistance, for the three thousand Jews of Jerusalem who were in danger of starving to death due to the drought.
Specifications: [1] leaf, paper, 28×21 cm. Sephardic script.
Unique features: Stamps of sages and community activists, including: The Chacham Bashi Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi; Moshe Benveneste; Yaakov Valro; Chaim (?) Nissim Baruch; Refael Meir Panigel and his stamp as the head of the council of Sephardic Jews in Jerusalem.
Background: Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi was born in Larissa, Greece and was the rabbi of Jerusalem for thirty years and Rishon L’Tzion. Rabbi Eliyahu Meni addressed him with profusive honorofics.
Condition: Fine-very fine. Fold marks and small tears along the fold.