Jacob Saphir (1822–1886) (Hebrew: יעקב הלוי ספיר) was a Meshulach and traveler of Rumanian Jewish descent, born in Oshmyany, government of Wilna.While still a boy he went to Ottoman Palestine with his parents, who settled at Safed, and at their death in 1836, he moved to Jerusalem. In 1848, he was commissioned by the Jewish community of the latter city to travel through the southern countries to collect alms for the poor of Jerusalem.
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