Letter from Jakob Meir Lehren and Zalman Rubens of the Pekidim ve-ha-amarkalim Society, Amsterdam, to Yitzchak Dov HaLevi Bamberger and Abraham Wechsler, 18 Shevat 1850

A Hebrew letter dated 18 Shevat 1850, written from Amsterdam by Jakob Meir Lehren and Zalman Rubens of the Pekidim ve-ha-amarkalim Society to Yitzchak Dov HaLevi Bamberger and Abraham Wechsler. The letter discusses issues with a charity collector misappropriating funds intended for indigent Jews in Eretz Israel, disputes between Sephardic and Ashkenazic agents collecting funds in America, and the death of a collector sent by Chief Rabbi Chaim Abraham Gaguin. It also requests that R. Bamberger not issue a proclamation against the organization's collectors. The letter is four pages long, written in Hebrew.

Associated People/Businesses

  • Lehren, Jakob Meir, 1793-1861
  • Rubens, Salomon Barend 1790-1856
  • Bamberger, Seligmann Baer, 1807-1878
  • Wechsler, Abraham 1797-1850
  • Peḳidim ṿeha-amarkalim be-Amsṭerdam (Netherlands)

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Arc.MS.56, Box 1, Folder 113