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Letter, 12 December 1913, to the Ashkenazic rabbinical delegation, Jerusalem.מכתב, י"ב כסלו תרע"ד, להרבנים אשכנזיים בירושלים.

Title	Letter, 12 December 1913, to the Ashkenazic rabbinical delegation, Jerusalem.מכתב, י"ב כסלו תרע"ד, להרבנים אשכנזיים בירושלים.
Author	Porath, Israel, -1974, correspondent.
Publication Date:	1913
Subject	Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912--Religious aspects., Balkan Peninsula--History--War of 1912-1913--Religious aspects., Rabbis--Jerusalem--20th century--Correspondence., Manuscripts, Hebrew--Turkey--Istanbul--20th century--Specimens.
Type	belge
Language	heb,tur
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	1 leaf : paper + 2 notes.
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	1450488025
Record ID	9977899943903681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1913
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. \| In Hebrew, with an additional note added in Turkish. \| Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), January 18, 2021.
Sample Text	Letter written in inference (to escape the Turkish postal surveillance) of ongoing work Porath undertook to purchase military exemptions for Turkish Yeshivah students, who received draft notices to serve in the ongoing Ottoman military campaigns (fighting in the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, and the Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912); the verso is dated three days later, written with inference, instructing the next moves for securing the draft exemptions for the longer term; Porath, who was fluent in Turkish, criticized mistakes apparently written by Turkish Rabbis ("נכתב במתאין או בשוגג [...] בחסרון נקודה אחת באופן שהמילה נקראת קוראן...ַ"). Two additional cuttings, one in Hebrew and the other in Turkish, all written by Porath.
Atıf Şekli	Letter, 12 December 1913, to the Ashkenazic rabbinical delegation, Jerusalem.(UPenn CAJS ARC Misc. Mss. 000.218.25). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

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Letter, 12 December 1913, to the Ashkenazic rabbinical delegation, Jerusalem.מכתב, י"ב כסלו תרע"ד, להרבנים אשכנזיים בירושלים.

Author Porath, Israel, -1974, correspondent.

Publication Date 1913

Subject Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912--Religious aspects., Balkan Peninsula--History--War of 1912-1913--Religious aspects., Rabbis--Jerusalem--20th century--Correspondence., Manuscripts, Hebrew--Turkey--Istanbul--20th century--Specimens.

Type belge

Language heb,tur

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 1 leaf : paper + 2 notes.

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 1450488025

Record ID 9977899943903681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1913

Notes Title supplied by cataloger. | In Hebrew, with an additional note added in Turkish. | Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), January 18, 2021.

Sample Text Letter written in inference (to escape the Turkish postal surveillance) of ongoing work Porath undertook to purchase military exemptions for Turkish Yeshivah students, who received draft notices to serve in the ongoing Ottoman military campaigns (fighting in the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, and the Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912); the verso is dated three days later, written with inference, instructing the next moves for securing the draft exemptions for the longer term; Porath, who was fluent in Turkish, criticized mistakes apparently written by Turkish Rabbis ("נכתב במתאין או בשוגג [...] בחסרון נקודה אחת באופן שהמילה נקראת קוראן...ַ"). Two additional cuttings, one in Hebrew and the other in Turkish, all written by Porath.

Atıf Şekli Letter, 12 December 1913, to the Ashkenazic rabbinical delegation, Jerusalem.(UPenn CAJS ARC Misc. Mss. 000.218.25). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.