handwriting of the execution of a will and inheritance agreement, signed by the great rabbis of Yemen in Eretz Israel - the heads of the Yemeni courts "Beit Din Tzedek for the Yemenite community" - the geniuses Rabbi Shalom Yosef Araki, Rabbi Shalom Yosef Alsheikh, and Rabbi Avraham Haim Alendaf. Sivan 1910.
The Gaon Rabbi Shalom Yosef Araki [1843-1917) leader and the first Av Beit Din of the Yemenite community in Jerusalem, and founder of the Neve Shalom Synagogue in the city. One of the first immigrants to Errtz Israel from Yemen. In 1886 he went on a mission on behalf of the Sephardic congregation to the cities of India and Yemen. In 1905 he founded the "Neve Shalom" Yemenite Synagogue in the Mishkenot Yisrael neighborhood of Jerusalem on land he had previously bought. He served as the leader of the Yemenite community in Jerusalem together with Rabbi Yihya Tzarum. After the separation of the Sephardic community in 1908, he was appointed to serve as Av Beit Din of the Yemeni community in Jerusalem, and served in this position until his death. According to the tradition, he was the first member of his congregation to hold the title of Aה beit din in Israel. His brothers were Rabbis Shlomo and Chaim Araki, of the most important and the leaders of the Yemeni congregation in Jerusalem.
The Gaon Rabbi Shalom Halevi Elshich [1859-1944] Rabbi of the Yemenite community in Jerusalem. In 1888, he intended to immigrate to Eretz Israel, but when he arrived in the port city of Hodeida, the Ottoman government forbade his immigration, and he was forced to return to Sana'a. When he returned to the city, he appealed to the government, and the ban was lifted. He visited the Land of Israel for the first time in 1882, and in 1891 immigrated with his family and other community members and settled in the Nachalat Zvi neighborhood in Jerusalem. In 1893, he was chosen to head the community of Yemenites in Jerusalem, together with his friend Rabbi Avraham Alandaf. The community was independent under his leadership from 1908 until his death. After arriving in Jerusalem he studied at the Beit E-l Kabbalistic Yeshiva and the "Chesd E-l" Yeshiva. He participated in the establishment of the Talmud Torah "Torah Or" and the yeshivat "Torat Moshe" for the members of his community. Founded with Rabbi Haim Shaul HaCohen Duwik the "Rehovot Nahar" yeshiva. He wrote poems and prayers, a Kabbalistic commentary on the Torah and a chronicle of his community's history, in which he tells the hardships in Yemen on the eve of the immigration to Eretz Israel, and the settlement of the immigrants in Jerusalem and Jaffa. Most of his writings were not published.
The Gaon Rabbi Avraham Alandaf [1866 - 1940], one of the leaders of the Yemeni Jewish community in the Eretz Israel, Rosh Yeshiva, Dayan, and one of the first scholars of Yemeni Jewish literature among the immigrants from Yemen. In 1891 Rabbi Alandaf immigrated to Eretz Yisrael. When he arrived in Jerusalem he lived in the old city and was one of the founders of the Yemenite village in Shiloh near the City of David. He served as the leader of the Yemenite community in Jerusalem and headed it for 35 years. He established a cemetery on the Mount of Olives and the Yemeni community Committee. Founded Talmudi Torah, yeshivot, synagogues, seminaries and was the head of the Torat Moshe Yeshiva.
[1] leaf. 24x21 cm. Very good condition.
