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LOT 256:
Handwritten divorce deed. Singapore 1938
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Handwritten divorce deed. Singapore 1938
Bill of lading for the divorce in 'shliach make shliach' (second courier), handwritten. The husband Salman called Tzuli ben Jacob ben Yitzchak from Singapore, made a messenger for the divorce to his wife Ruhma Dorthy known as Dolly Daughter of Eliyahu wherever she is. The first emissary accepted the divorce legally before a three-member court, and now he appoints a second emissary to perform the divorce for the woman. Av 4, 1938. handsome scribal script (square script), and the signature of the messenger "the young, Ezra Zion Moshe יצ"ו".
Jewish letters and documents from Singapore are considered extremely rare. In the Israel Museum there is one ketubah made in Singapore in 1937.
The first Jews who arrived in Singapore were Jewish merchants from Iraq, India and Iran who arrived late compared to the Jews of the Eastern countries and Europe - in 1840. At the end of the 19th century, two synagogues were established there. On the eve of World War II in 1939, the community numbered about 2,500 Jews. During the war, when Singapore was controlled by Japan, most of the Jews were sent to detention in a Japanese prison. When they were released after the war, most of them left Singapore for the United States, Great Britain, Israel and Australia. The first chief minister (equivalent to the position of prime minister - chief minister) of self-government in Singapore (under British auspices) was a Jew, David Marshall. Today there are only a few thousand Jews in Singapore. Two synagogues operate in the city, 'Magan Avot' and 'Hesed E-l'. The Jewish-Iraqi community is the main community on the island.
30x21 cm. Slight fold marks. Good condition.
