(Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land. 1865-1935)

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 245

KOOK, ABRAHAM ISAAC HAKOHEN

(Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land. 1865-1935)

Typed Letter Signed to Sir Herbert Samuel, British High Commissioner, seeking to preserve the practice of Shechitah (ritual slaughter) in Jerusalem. Five pages in Hebrew on letterhead of the Chief Rabbinate of Eretz-Israel, signed by the “President, Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook,” and the “Secretary General, Samuel Aaron Weber.”

Jerusalem: 25th Mar-cheshvan 1923

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $500

The Chief Rabbi seeks to prevent the outbreak of factionalism within the sphere of the Shechitah system, something that had never occurred throughout the years of the Old Yishuv. On a conciliatory note, Rabbi Kook offers that his opposite number Rabbi Joseph Chaim Sonnenfeld be included as a member of the Va’ad ha-Shechitah, enabling him to make whatever suggestions he feels might contribute to improving the system