Rare bylaws from the Freemasons in Palestine. 1930s. [2].

Rare bylaws from the Freemasons in Palestine. 1930s. [2].
Two ledgers that were used as drafts by Shmuel HaShimshony, one of the founders of the Freemasons in Palestine, in the 1930s. The booklets are full of marks and handwritten notes. Rare, not in the National Library. [2].
[1] 29 pages, 13 cm. Pattern Set of Bye-laws [1930s]. English. Ledger of bylaws printed in Edinburgh, Scottland, which served as a draft when formulating the bylaws for Palestine. Many comments and erasures throughout the ledger. The title page bears the handwritten notation "Hashimshony." Aging stains. Very fine condition. 
[1] 16 pages, 14 cm. Bye-laws. District of Palestine, Syria and Egypt. [End of the 1930s.] English. Handwritten comments and erasures. Aging stains. Very fine condition. 
Refer to a related item in this catalog for more information regarding the Freemasons.
Shmuel HaShimshony (1879-1939) was born in Romania. His father was Dov Samsonoff, a Romanian maskil. In 1896, he immigrated to Palestine and helped found the first Jewish commune. He moved to Egypt for health reasons, was active among the Cairo Jewish community, and founded the first Zionist weekly periodical in French,  La Renusance Juive. He was the president of the Egyptian Bnei Brith society and then secretary of the large Bnei Brith lodge in Jerusalem. He was shot and killed on his way to work in Haifa. These documents prove that he was a founder of the Freemasons in Israel.