Da’ath Harabanim [collected responsa concerning the enfranchisement of women in Eretz Israel]. Includes two responsa by Meir Dan Plotzki of Ostrog. * WITH: Kasher, Menachem Mendel. Kuntress Milchemeth Mitzvah [polemic]

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Lot 343

(WOMEN).

Da’ath Harabanim [collected responsa concerning the enfranchisement of women in Eretz Israel]. Includes two responsa by Meir Dan Plotzki of Ostrog. * WITH: Kasher, Menachem Mendel. Kuntress Milchemeth Mitzvah [polemic]

FIRST EDITION. pp. 28; 28. Dampstained in places. Recent boards, gently rubbed at edges. 8vo Freidberg, Daled 941

Warsaw: M. Kaszer 1920

Est: $200 - $300

PRICE REALIZED $350

A controversy arose over the right of women to vote for communal representatives in Eretz Israel. The present work presents the dissenting opinions of more than one hundred Rabbis (including Chief Rabbi A.Y. Kook). Particularly castigates Chaim Tchernowitz (Rav Tzair) and Chaim Hirschenson.