Azharah Le’rabim [“Public Warning”]

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 475

KOOK, ABRAHAM ISAAC.

Azharah Le’rabim [“Public Warning”]

Broadside. Text in Hebrew and English. “Public Warning! By His Eminence the Chief Rabbi for Eretz Israel...Our dear bretheren who come from far and near to visit the Holy City of Jerusalem, be warned and remember that it is Strictly Forbidden by Jewish Law and Religion to Enter the Temple Area (Haram ash-Sharif) or to ascend the Har-Habaith.” Single large folio leaf. Central fold

Jerusalem: Salomon 1932

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,700

ACCOMPANIED BY: Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, on letter-head, by Abraham Isaac Kook to all the Hotel Keepers of Jerusalem requesting they display this important announcment concerning the site of the Holy Temple in a prominent place. 8vo. Jerusalem, Rosh Chodesh Nissan, 1932