“לזכרון עולם”
Specifies the contribution of ‘Mrs. Esther wife of the deceased Moshe Avraham Kohen‘ in the amount of 10 Israel lira. The donation was used for the repair of Bet Hakneset and dedicated for the elevation of the soul of the donor and her son. 23cm good – very good condition.
“מזכרת נצח”
Specifies the contribution of ‘Mrs. Esther wife of the deceased Moshe Avraham Kohen and son Shlomo Avraham Kohen’ which was dedicated as per the deceased will “Two Sifrei Torah with their casing and two pairs of silver Rimonim and a silver pointer.” The donation was dedicated for the souls of the deceased Rav and their young son David Yehoneson Hakohen. The leaders undertook that the Haftorah be for the elevation of the souls on the anniversary of their deaths.
Years later another commitment was added, written in Sefardi handwriting for the death-anniversary of Rebbetzin Esther, the Kantor to learn the Haftorah the Shabbat before. And another commitment was added, hand written by a scribe for the dedication of Haftorah for the elevation of the soul of Shlomo Chaim HaKohen, deceased in the year 1957.
23cm several tiny holes with no damage to the text. Good condition.
Both documents signed the 25th day of Kislev the year 1929 and each is stamped by the President of the Bet HaKnesset: Yeshuah Chaim Batino, Chaim Yitchok Eliyahu, and M.Y. Kohen {?} with stamp of ‘Organization of the Jewish Community of Ioannina in Eretz
Yisrael’.
Bet Haknesset –’Bet Avraham and Ohel Sarah’ What is left of the old Jewish Community in the city of Ioannina which is North West of Greece, according to the Jewish tradition, Jews settled in Ioannina close to the destruction of the Second Bet Hamikdosh and many observed the unique wording of their prayers ancient traditions of the wording of prayers of Eretz Yisrael, different from the Ashkenaz, Easter, and Yemen. After part of the Jews of the city ascended to Israel in the beginning of the 20th century they established the Bet Haknesset “Bet Avraham and Ohel Sarah of Jewish Community Ioannina” in the Ohel Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem, in the year 1925. On the onset of World War Two the Jews of Ioannina counted over 2,000. Most were murdered in the Extermination camp of Birkenau in April of 1944.
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