Kinus Rabbanei Eretz-Israel be-Beith ha-Knesseth Churvath R. Yehudah he-Chasid be-yom 20 Adar 5705. Hachrazoth ve-Hachlatoth [“Assembly of the Rabbis of Eretz Israel in the Churvah Synagogue on 20 Adar 1945. Declarations and resolutions.”]

AUCTION 38 | Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 133
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Kinus Rabbanei Eretz-Israel be-Beith ha-Knesseth Churvath R. Yehudah he-Chasid be-yom 20 Adar 5705. Hachrazoth ve-Hachlatoth [“Assembly of the Rabbis of Eretz Israel in the Churvah Synagogue on 20 Adar 1945. Declarations and resolutions.”]

pp. (1), 7. Mimeographed sheets. 4to

Jerusalem: 1945

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $350
Portions of the printed program presents one an idea of the atmosphere that prevailed at this solemn event: "Sitting on the earth [as a sign of mourning]; Selichoth [Penitential prayers]; Memorial service [El Maleh Rachamim]; Viduy - "Ashamnu" [Confession of sins]; Blowing the shophar; Recital of the verse asking God's vengeance; Kaddish to be recited by all the rabbis present, etc." On p. 2, we read that the 23rd of Adar has been designated to commence an entire week of mourning for the millions of martyrs of the Holocaust, culminating with a national day of fasting on the Eve of the New Moon of Nissan. The Jews of Eretz Israel are asked to open their arms to receive the influx of refugees from war-torn Europe (p.4). Alarm is expressed lest the children who reach Eretz Israel be "subjected to spiritual destruction by their absorption into secular settlements" (p.5). Finally, the Chief Rabbi announces his concern for the whereabouts of those Jewish children who survived the war by hiding in Catholic monasteries.