Letter from Tiberias Rabbis - Sages of the Keter Torah Yeshivah, 1910

Letter from Tiberias Rabbis - Sages of the Keter Torah Yeshivah, 1910

Especially beautiful letter on elegant stationery, in artistic script integrating block letters with Rash"i script, to philanthropist Rabbi Shaul Laniado, signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Zrihan, Av Beit Din of Tiberias, Rabbi Moshe Meir Chai Elyakim, Av Beit Din of Casablanca and others.

Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Zrihan, Av Beit Din of Tiberias, founded the Keter Torah yeshivah - the topic of this letter - in 1900, together with Rabbi Machluf Sheetreet, Rabbi Moshe Meir Chai Elyakim and Rabbi Aharon HaLevi Skali. Due to his love for the Land of Israel, Rabbi Zrihan refused to travel abroad to collect funds in Jewish communities for the yeshivah he led. This was in contrast to other Tiberias sages, who would travel for such purposes. This may be the reason that the letter of greetings before us is especially invested, to compensate for the fact that he does not approach the philanthropist personally.

Rabbinic leaders of Tiberias signed on the letter: Rabbi Aharon HaKohen Sakli (his seal in in the form of a signature); Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Zrihan; Rabbi Shalom Aruach; Rabbi Moshe Meir Chai Elyakim and Rabbi Machluf Moshe Sheetreet - rashei yeshivah and presidents of the Keter Torah yeshivah in Tiberias. 

Refer to the Hebrew text for brief biographies of Rabbi Ya'akov Chai Zrihan and Rabbi Moshe Meir Chai Elyakim, known as 'Mesame"ach Elyakim.'

[1] leaf beautiful official yeshivah stationery. 22x28 cm. High-quality paper. Beautiful scribal script, original signatures and stamps.

Very fine condition. Fold marks.