A document lisiting the division of estate money from Montefiriore between 17 Ashkenazi Kolleleim In Jerusalem end of the 80’s of the 19th century.
21x27cm two pages hand written with pen and pencil.
On one page, the document lists the dividing of “American Kolel” – “United states and Canada”. From the profits of the committee. “Besides people from Chicago” and includes budget from 1989, chapter designated for Kimcha Depischa. Accounting the division of 35 units of 5 silver Lira from the estate of Montefiore, performed according to a lot, between [17] Ashkenazi Kolelim in Jerusalem.
On the second, there is a listing of transfer of payment “to the Ashkenazi Kolelim of Jerusalem” and the total amount of the whole transfer.
Moisture stains, folding marks, tear at the edge of the pages with no damage to text. Fair –good condition.
Unique and rare document, showing a lot the charecter of Kolel of the Ashkenazi communities, the sharing of their work between them, the living conditions and hunger in Jerusalem in the 19th century.