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Lot #    25676
Auction End Date    1/12/2010 11:49:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Moses Moeschel Elkan of Hildesheim
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר משה מעשיל, אב'ד הילדסהיים
Author    [Ms. - Women]
City    Hildesheim
Publication Date    1812
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 226:194 mm., light age staining, creased on folds, ink on paper, signed, dated, and sealed.
          
Detailed
Description		    Document signed by R. Moses Moeschel Elkan (1739-1822), rabbi of Hildesheim. The letter of recommendation addresses a lady whose husband has suffered blindness for the past 10 years and is unable to financially provide. The lady is currently in desperate need of funds to wed a daughter thus the Hildesheim community is writing this letter of support asking all to assist her. R. Moses was born in Brody, appointed rabbi of Hildesheim in 1808, and passed on in Hildesheim. During his term Hildesheim was incorporated into the kingdom of Westphalia , the Jews of the bishopric enjoyed full equality from 1806 to 1815. In that period an elementary school was founded which continued to exist into the 20th century. When Hildesheim came under Hanoverian rule (1815), the Jews again suffered from legal disabilities.
          
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Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
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Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica