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Bidding Information
Lot #    15390
Auction End Date    9/5/2006 10:15:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Colorful Receipt by Rebbe Meir Ba'al ha-Nes Fund
Title (Hebrew)    כולל חבת ירושלם - קבלה
Author    [Community]
City    Jerusalem
Publisher    Galician Jewish Congregation
Publication Date    1926
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Broadside, 225:294 mm., usual light age staining, creased on fold, completed in ink with several stamps, clean copy.
          
Detailed
Description		    Broadside acknowledging receipt of a charitable contribution to the Rebbe Meir Ba'al ha-Nes charity fund in Safed in several colors. On the verso in Yiddish and Hebrew are the rules and achievements of the Kollel. Beginning with the 18th century a Rebbe Meir Ba'al ha-Nes box was found in almost every Jewish home, and housewives dropped small change into it just before kindling the Sabbath lights. Due to the miraculous deeds connected with the tomb of Rebbe Meir, it was customary to contribute money, candles, or oil for lighting as a specific protection against all kinds of ailments and dangers; it was also done in the hope of finding something lost, of having children, or of driving away evil thoughts. It is clear, however, that the box also symbolized the longing for Erez Israel where the money was distributed through several competitive Kollels.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
  
Subject
Customs:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew, Yiddish
  
Manuscript Type
Other:    Receipt
  
Kind of Judaica