Lot 123:

Letter from Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Toledano, Cheif Rabbi of Thebes [Alexandria] suggesting to accept a student to the Agricultural School "Mikvah Yisrael", Alexandria, 1935.

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Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Toledano. requesting in this letter to accept Victor Shulal to study for a few months who was not accepted due to limited space. ” Please do this for sake of this child who is an orphan of his father and who is also from the prestigeous and noble family Shulal of Egypt.

[1] official page from Bet Din Tzedek yb”tz of Alexandria, with hand written signature of Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Toledano and with the stamp of the Bet Din. Added at he corner of the page hand written the decision of the school to reject the request because “all the places are filled”.

Background: Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Toledano (Teveria, 1880 – Jerusalem, 1960), from the year 1926 served as Daayan in Tangier and established there the Study house for Rabbanim and teachers ‘Torah V’Chaim’, from the year 1928 he served as Ab”d and deputy cheif in Cairo. In the year 1933 he was appointed as Daayan in Alexandria and later was appointed to fill the place of Cheif Rabbi there. In the year 1942 he was appointed as Cheif Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Yafo, and from the year 1958 he served as Minister of Religeous Affairs in the 8th and 9th Knesset. Authored Seforim on Torah and research including: Shu”t “Yam Hagadol”, “Mashiv HaNefesh”, “Shrid Ufalit”, “Bat Ami”, and more.

Folding marks, a little stains, good condition.

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