Letter filled with praise and admiration in honor of the great Sir Moses Montefiore, signed by the Botosani rabbis, and community leaders and financiers. Romania, 1864].
Among the praise and accolades, Botosani’s rabbis enumerate Montefiore’s lofty deeds and many journeys. The following is a short quote: “…and he is the Moses who breeched the gap for his brethren in Damascus and silenced liars’ mouths, who advocated his nation’s deliverance in St. Petersberg [enabling them to] dwell in safety, sojourned to Rome to return the captive lamb to G-d’s fold, approached the king of Turkey to help his brother in distress, and is presently in Morocco to say to the prisoners, ‘Go free’…”
The letter was sent to Rabbi Eliezer Zilberman with the intent of printing it in a book that includes letters of thanks and blessings from all Diaspora communities in honor of Montefiore – the book was not published.
The first signatory is probably the Ga’on Rabbi Shalom Taubash, Av Beit Din of Botosani, author of Responsa She’ilat Shalom . We could not decipher his signature, but written alongside the first signature is: “The Rabbi of Botosani,” and Rabbi Taubash was the rabbi of Botosani that year.
28×22 cm, blue paper, with rabbinical signatures and stamp “Kahal Botsan.”
Fine condition. folding creases, aging stains.