Beautiful letter of recommendation sent by Rabbi Raphael Meldolah, av beit din of Livorno and London, to his colleague, Rabbi Michael Shlomo Yonah, av beit din of Torino, Italy, to assist a talmid chacham , the honorable Rabbi Ya’akov ibn Naim, from the Argel [Algiers] community in North Africa, who left his hometown to travel. He requests that he “Watch over him … be it to guide him on the proper path, to speak on his behalf, to see to all his needs – it is a great mitzvah … My master is like a Heavenly angel in his eyes – he will see [your] sharpness and expertise, especially in matters of psak and matters that are related to Torah and hora’ah and [your] character full of humility …”
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of Rabbi Raphael b”r Chizkiyahu Meldolah and of Rabbi Michael Shlomo Yonah, av beit din of Torino, Italy .
[1] leaf. Chatzi-kolmus script. Entirely handwritten. Beautiful script. 16 lines. Size: 20.5×22.5 cm. He wrote the addressee’s name with titles and words of praise on the other side of the leaf. Fold marks. Stains. Tears in the upper right-hand corner. Dark stains along the entire left side. Fine condition.