Significant collection of Broadsides: Mizrachi and Chief Rabbinate
AUCTION 27 |
Tuesday, February 08th,
2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 122
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
Significant collection of Broadsides: Mizrachi and Chief Rabbinate
Jerusalem: v.p. 1920s-1940s
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
In many ways, the pronouncements of the Mizrachi and Agudah movements, and their affiliate institutions, the Chief Rabbinate (Rabbanuth ha-Rashith) versus the BaDaTZ of the Edah Chareidis, mirror one another, as indeed they should, for the two groups were competing for the hearts and minds of the Orthodox Jews of the Holy Land, in terms of educational systems, kashruth supervision, etc.
A SIGNIFICANT ARCHIVE THAT DOCUMENTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL POSITIONS OF IMORTANT SOCIAL / POLITICAL CIRCLES