(First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of Modern Eretz Israel, 1865-1935)

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 248
KOOK, ABRAHAM ISAAC HAKOHEN

(First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of Modern Eretz Israel, 1865-1935)

Autograph Letter Signed, on letterhead of Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land, to R. Dov Abramowitz appeal on behalf of a destitute Torah scholar and his family, “without exaggeration, the man is literally starving to death.” * On the reverse, R. Tzvi (Hirsch) Pesach Frank testifies that he too is familiar with the man, his credentials and his most precarious state pp. 2

Jerusalem: 25th Marcheshvan, 1923

Est: $500 - $700