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Two handwritten leaves – documents recording transfer of land ownership – one of them with the handwritten signature of Rebbe Chaim Tirer, author of Be'er Mayim Chaim and Sidduro Shel Shabbat, bequeathing his property in Europe to his sons prior to his immigration to Eretz Israel in the summer of 1813: · Sale deed, transfer of property to the ownership of the rabbi of Botoshan, Rebbe Chaim son of R. Shlomo Tirer of Czernovitz (Chernivtsi), signed by the seller "Moshe son of Yehuda Leib". Botoshan (Botoșani, Moldavia), Av 15, 1804. · Gift deed, transferring ownership of the property of R. Chaim Tirer in Botoshan, to his sons, R. Yosef Yaakov and Kalonymus Kalman. With his signature: "Chaim of Botoshan", the signature of his wife Rebbetzin "Dreizel daughter of Shimshon" and the signature of his three sons: "Shlomo son of R. Chaim of Botoshan"; "Yisrael son of R. Chaim"; "Kalonymus Kalman Yeshaya Tirer of Botoshan". Botoshan (Botoșani, Moldavia), Sivan 26, 1813. This deed was (presumably) written during the course of the preparations of the Be'er Mayim Chaim and his wife to immigrate to Eretz Israel later that year. The deed was drawn up and written by the scribe of the Botoshan Beit Din, and consists of a testimony from the two witnesses signed below, attesting that R. Chaim and his wife Dreizel daughter of R. Shimshon transferred in their presence the ownership of their property located on Țiganii st. in Botoshan, to their two sons, according to the following allocation: the section of the property facing West would be granted to R. Yosef Yaakov, and the second part, facing East, with all the buildings standing on it, would belong to their son R. Kalonymus Kalman, as specified in the gift deed in his possession. The deed is signed by the two witnesses: "Aharon son of R. David", "Tzvi Hirsh son of R. Meir Segal". The document delineates in detail the borders of the property from all four directions, and the names of the Jewish and non-Jewish neighbors adjoining it, as well as a precise indication of the division of the sections allocated to the two brothers, R. Yosef Yaakov and Kalonymus Kalman. The signatures of the witnesses are followed by a confirmation that this deed is valid according to the laws of the county, with the handwritten signatures: "Chaim of Botoshan"; "Dreizel daughter of R. Shimshon"; "Shlomo son of R. Chaim of Botoshan"; "Yisrael son of R. Chaim"; "Kalonymus Kalman Yeshaya Tirer of Botoshan". The foot of the deed contains countersignatures, confirming that R. Chaim, his wife Dreizel and their sons R. Shlomo and R. Yisrael signed the document and corroborated it with an act of acquisition in their presence. Signed by: "Tzvi Hirsh son of R. Meir Segal" and "Moshe Yisrael son of R. Yonah HaKohen". On the verso of the leaf, an additional inscription appears, signed by three dayanim in the city, confirming that all the above – the transfer of ownership and all the signatures, took place in their presence, on the day cited on the recto, in Botoshan. Signed "Mordechai son of R. Shimshon", "Moshe son of R. Natan Shapira", "Yehuda Leib son of R. Shraga Segal". The top of the page contains several lines (in Romanian), presumably notarization. The first leaf, dated 1804, consists of the sale deed recording the purchase by R. Chaim Tirer of this property: Testimony by the two witnesses signed below, dated Monday, Av 15 1804, in Botoshan, documenting the sale by R. Moshe son of R. Yehuda Leib of his house on Black St. (possibly referring to Gipsy St., mentioned in the second deed from 1813 as the street named Țiganii), to R. Chaim in their presence, and attesting that the latter had already paid in full the value of the property. The deed is not signed by witnesses, only by the seller: "Moshe son of Yehuda Leib". Rebbe Chaim Tirer of Czernovitz (1760s-1817), was a Chassidic leader, close disciple of the Maggid of Zlotchov. He served as rabbi of Czernowitz, Mogilev, Botoșani and Kishinev (Chișinău). He had the