Letter signed by the rabbis of the Adat HaMa’aravim in Jaffa on the occasion of Montefiore’s sixth visit to Israel in 1866 .
Specifications: [1] page, paper. 19X23 cm. Handsome scribal hand. Includes numerous signatures.
Contents: Later in the letter, they thank Montefiore for his prior aid, and implore for further assistance in the future.
Unique Features: The letter is signed with the personal calligraphic signatures of: Rabbi Shlomo Vechione, one of the prominent rabbis of the Adat HaMa’aravim in Israel; Rabbi Shlomo Buchbot, [born in Rabat] an illustrious rabbi of his generation and teacher of the kabbalist Rabbi Massoud HaCohen Elchadad; Rabbi David HaCohen Elchadad, (father of the Kabbalist Rabbi Massoud HaCohen Elchadad); Rabbi Avraham Abo; Rabbi Saalus Ibn Charbon; Rabbi Avraham Pinto; Rabbi David Ben Charbon, (later one of the scholars of Safed, signatory on the proclamation enclosed in Knessiah LeShem Shamayim against witchcraft; and Rabbi Levi HaCohen.
Condition: Very fine.