Printed Leaflet – Letter of Rabbi Yisrael of Shklow and Other Letters, Following the Earthquake in Safed and the ...

Printed Leaflet – Letter of Rabbi Yisrael of Shklow and Other Letters, Following the Earthquake in Safed and the Galilee – Amsterdam, 1837
Printed leaflet [4 pages], containing letters describing the tragedy and damage caused by the earthquake which struck the Galilee in 1837, with an appeal, by R. Yisrael of Shklow, R. Aryeh "trustee of Kollel Prushim" in Jerusalem, R. Refael Yitzchak Alfandari of Beirut, and the heads of the "Pekidim and Amarkalim" in Amsterdam. [Amsterdam, 1837].
The leaflet contains four letters: the first letter is from R. Yisrael of Shklow, disciple of the Vilna Gaon, who was the overseer of the Kollel Prushim in Safed, dated Shevat 14, 1837; the second letter is from R. Aryeh son of R. Yerachmiel, director of Kollel Prushim in Jerusalem, dated Shevat 21, 1837; the third letter is from R. Refael Yitzchak Alfandari of Beirut, dated Adar I 25, 1837; and the fourth letter is from the heads of the "Pekidim and Amarkalim of the Holy Cities" in Amsterdam, led by R. Tzvi Hirsh Lehren, dated Nissan 11, 1837. The first three letters were received in Amsterdam and printed by the "Pekidim and Amarkalim", with the appendage of the letter of R. Tzvi Hirsh Lehren and his colleagues.
These letters include touching and vivid descriptions of the horrors of the tragedy which struck the Galilee with the earthquake of Tevet 24, 1837, detailing the extensive damage it caused the Jewish settlement in the Galilee. This leaflet was printed as an appeal to raise the funds needed to reestablish the community of Safed, requesting to send the donations via the "Pekidim and Amarkalim" in Amsterdam. On p. [3], following the letter of R. Refael Yitzchak Alfandari, the list of rabbis of Safed and Tiberias killed in the earthquake appears, followed by a list of the villages destroyed by the earthquake.
[2] leaves, [4] pages. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks.