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MOVING LETTER BY TZEFAS RABBIS SUPPORTING FUNDRAISING MISSION OF RABBI CHAIM MODAI AFTER THE 1760 EARTHQUAKE. Rare printed broadside containing letter written in Acco by refugee rabbis from Tzefas, in support of fundraising mission of Rabbi Chaim Modai. Printed in Constantinople and sent to the Modena community in Italy. “On the eve of the ninth .. before daybreak, the town was shaken by an earthquake ... several Jewish houses were destroyed and many were injured ... and the Synagogues ... and 114 poor people died ... and half of the residents of the town are here in Acco”. They point out that the tombs of Rabbi Yosef Habanai and of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai were not damaged, but the synagogue of the Beis Yosef was. Constantinople 1761. Signed by the rabbis of Tzefas: R. Masud Benan, R. Binyamin Pontrimoli, R. Avraham Dweikh HaCohen, R. Yitzchak Angil, R. Shlomo Tzaba, R. Aharon HaCohen Nahar, R. Avraham Kimchi, R. Yitzchak Pragi and R. Chaim Yerucham of Vilna. Yaari reproduced a similar letter, sent to the Pisa community. For further details on the earthquake and on this fundraising mission, see Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael pp. 450-455. No copy at the Israel National Library. 1 side. 21 x 29.5 cm. Very good condition.