Letter of Support for Rabbi Yaakov ben R. Shmuel Kimchi, 1775-1777

A fragmented letter of support for Rabbi Yaakov ben R. Shmuel Kimchi of Constantine, a Rabbinical Emissary from Eretz Yisrael. The letter includes signatures of rabbis from Tunisia (1775) and Italy (1777). Tunisian signatories include Rabbi Yosef Cohen, Rabbi Shlomo Alfasi, Rabbi Yosef Zarka, Rabbi Nassan Burgil, Rabbi David Margi, and Rabbi Nissim Shmuel ben Rabbi Meyuchas. Italian signatories include Rabbi Massud Bunan (Venice, signed as ‘Shliach Tzefas’), Rabbi Yisrael Binyamin Bassan (Reggio), Rabbi Simcha ben Avraham Kalimani, Rabbi Avraham ben Rabb Yitzchak Paccifico, Rabbi Matisyahu ben Moshe Katz (Revigo), Rabbi David ben Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen (Modena), Rabbi Moshe Nachman ben Yedidya Shlomo MeRikanti, Rav Yedidya ben Refael Shlomo Segal (Sienna), and Rabbi Moshe ben Eliyahu Foa. An additional, undeciphered Italian rabbinical signature is also present. The document, measuring 22.5 x 31 cm, is incomplete and was originally torn into two sections.

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