THE ORGANIZING OF HALUKKAH

It wasn’t until 1761, when Halukkah in, what is today, the United States, became organized after an appeal from London to help the Jews of Safed in the aftermath of the recent earthquake that devastated the town. New York, therefore, became the center of Halukkah funding from North America with Daniel Gomez as its treasurer assisted by Hyman Levy who would later become a major subscriber to the Bills of Credit that was issued by the Continental Congress. Other halukkah centers were later established in North America, most notably Newport and Philadelphia.