Leilão Bidspirit | Written and Signed in my


Written and Signed in my Presence - Important Halachic Letter Handwritten by Leading 18th-Century Italian Sages - Important, beautiful and lengthy halachic document [over 400 words]. Letter permitting appointing a messenger to deliver a get , signed by leading 18th-century Italian rabbis. Livorno, 13 Kislev, 1789. Ma'aseh beit din  carried out by leading Italian sages of their generation, a rare shaliach oseh shaliach contract - a messenger to deliver a get appointed by the Venice beit din appointing an additional messenger at the Livorno beit din  to deliver the  get  to the wife and transfer it at the beit din  in Torino. Dayanim  who signed on the shtar  are as follows: The gaon and Kabbalist Rabbi Ya'akov Nunes-Vais, av beit din  of Livorno, the Chid”a's successor and one of his primary disciples. The letter is apparently all in his penmanship. His teacher, Rabbi David Malach, one of Livorno's scholars and rabbis, close associate of the Chid”a and of the Zera Emet. The gaon Rabbi Ya'akov b”r Moshe Baruch, a dayan  in Livorno and author of the renowned work Shivchei Yerushalayim  (Livorno, 1785). Signatures from Torino dayanim  appear in the margins, confirming delivery of the get : The gaon Rabbi Yeshayah Chizkiyah Shlomo Michael Yonah, av beit din  of Torino, one of the leading geonim of Italy and close friend of the Chid”a's. The entire series of lines of the kiyum  are apparently in his hand. The gaon Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Tziyon Segri, av beit din  of Casali. [A letter from him appears in this catalog.] The gaon Rabbi Avraham of Senigallia, a sage and dayan  in Florence. Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of all the above signatories. [1] double leaf, 19.5x25.5 cm each. High-quality greenish paper. Judeo-Italian script. Very fine condition.