Beit din ruling on commercial matters, in penmanship identical to that of the G-dly Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim HaKohen, ra’ava”d of Aleppo, and one of the leading disciples of Rabbeinu Chaim Vital, disciple of the Ariza”l. [Syria, 1639]. Precious and significant certificate. The ruling mentions Siman Tov Mizrachi and R’ Avraham Berachah. Written in a different script on the back of the ruling: “The kohen gadol , greater than his brothers, the complete sage, Rabbi Chaim HaKohen … to Aleppo. From Damascus and …” First-rate historic document, a record of Jewish life in Aleppo from a very early period. Extremist Arab countries have almost no surviving Jewish documentation. Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Chaim HaKohen of Aleppo, author of Tur Baraket . [1] leaf paper, written on both sides. 15×20 cm. Moderate condition. Many stains. Some of the text is illegible. Tears with lack and worming perforations, professionally restored.