Notebook of the rabbinic emissary, Joseph Horwitz, who is being sent by the Jerusalem benevolent association, Bread for the Hungry and Lodging for the Poor, to collect donations abroad.  He is being sent to Australia, New Zealand and India.  It contains letters of recommendation, some in English, and also one written by the women’s arm of the association.  A letter by the British Consul in Jerusalem is also included.  The bylaws of the organization are also listed in Hebrew and in English.
       
Bound manuscript containing various documents relating to the work of a rabbinic emissary who was sent from Jerusalem in 1878 to collect funds for the charitable organization “Bread for the Hungry and Lodging for the Poor”. He was sent to Australia and India and thus letters of introduction are in English (including that of the British Consul in Jerusalem). The document also includes the signatures of many women who add their support to request for contributions so that the poor of Jerusalem can be fed and housed. In original binding.

Manuscript on paper. 10 leaves, written in a an Ashkenazic cursive, in Yiddish and Hebrew by the scribe Shlomo Zalman Spitz who heard the story and felt the need to transcribe it for future generations. It contains historical details relating to plight of the Jews of Prague who were expelled from the city in 1745 by the empress Marian Theresa. Included are graphic details of the plundering, jailings and killings that took place. The document contains names of community leaders and of the important individuals of the period. To our best knowledge, it has not been published.