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Bidding Information
Lot #    24315
Auction End Date    8/11/2009 10:29:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Receipt
Title (Hebrew)    קבלה
City    Jerusalem
Publisher    Yeshivath Haye Olam
Publication Date    1930's
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   2 separate sheets of paper illus., 189: 299 mm.light age staining.
          
Detailed
Description
   Two blank receipt forms from the Talmud Torah Yeshivath Haye Olam & Orphans Kitchen of Jerusalem. One is printed on white paper, with blue ink and a greenish background on the receipt form itself, and the other one is printed on green/blue paper with black ink. The area of the receipt itself has the same green background as the other one.

The forms have text in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. On the back of the forms is a prayer to be recited before candle lighting on Friday night (in Yiddish) and also "Statutes Abridgely" [sic] in English and Yiddish. These statutes give the rights and privileges of the contributors to this charity. Prayers will be offered by the students and "learned men"of the Yeshiva four times a year at the "Holy Wall" and at the tomb of "Our Mother Rachel". In addition, a Prayer of Blessing will be offered every Shabbat and Festival.

For those who contribute $5 per year, after his death a "learned man" will pray in his memory. For $20, plus $5 per year, in addition to praying for him, a "learned man" will study a chapter of Mishnayos and pray "Kadish" during the first year after his "departure." For $50, ten "pious Jews" will pray for his memory during the first month after his death, and a chapter of Mishnayos will be studied in his memory on his Yahrzeit.

For $100, the donor gets all of the above, plus ...

          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
  
Subject
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew, English, Yiddish
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica