Letter from the “Yisa Berachah” and his beit din to the Pekim V’Amraclim in Amsterdam, polemic [1890].
[1] leaf, paper. 29×23 cm. Rashi script in a brown fountain pen. Signatures and stamps of Rabbi Rafael Moshe Panigel, Rabbi Chaim Nissim Baruch, and the Yisa Berachah – Rabbi Yaakov Shaul Elyashar.
Rabbi Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (1817-1906) was the Rishon L’Tzion and Sephardic leader of the Old Yishuv of Jerusalem. The polemic relates to the publication in the
Chavatzelet newspaper that funds were received for the Sephardim.
Brittle paper, a few reinforcements. Fine condition.