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Four documents addressed to R. Simon Cahn, Chief Rabbi of France.
1. [4] p., 288:230 mm., letter from the Societe Francaise Israelite Ahavath Ahim a’ Jerusalem inviting R. Cahn to serve as Administrator, signed by R. Baruch Pinto, R. Simcha Cahn of Paris, and R. Isaac Arye Rubowitz, sealed and dated Jerusalem 17th of Iyar 5650 (1890), light browning, creased.
2. [4] p., 290:230 mm., Certificate in gild with attached letter of congratulations upon his appointment as Administrator of the Societe Francaise Israelite Ahavath Ahim a’ Jerusalem, dated Jerusalem c. 1890, light browning, creased.
3. [4] p., 290:230 mm., letter with beautiful calligraphy requesting funding for a charitable institution in Jaffa, signed by the Rabbis of Jaffa, dated Jaffa, 4th of Iyar, 5656 (1896).
4. [1] p., 300:200 mm., browned, cracked on folds, lengthy letter requesting the rabbi to intercede with Baron Rothschild to pay the expenses of his treatment in a Tiberias hospital, signed by six rabbis, three seals, dated Tiberias, c. 1890
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