A curious “record of sale” is reported in the “Doar Ha’yom,” Hebrew newspaper.
A young patient in the Hadasah Hospital in Jerusalem agreed to turn over his share in the next world for the price of £2. Payment by the purchaser, an older man, is to be made in monthly instalments of ten shillings.
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