Shapira, Chaim Elazar. Divrei Kodesh [Words of inspiration by the Rebbe of Munkatch during the Hoshanoth Ceremony on Hoshanah Rabbah]

The Rebbe of Munkatch, R. Chaim Elazar Shapira (author of halachic responsa "Minchath Elazar") [1872-1937] was known for his outspoken views. Our pamphlet is especially critical of the "Agudists" (members of the Agudath Israel party). On pp. 13-15, the pamphleteer derides those who would ascribe Messianic significance to the Balfour Declaration (referred to in pun as "Ba'al Pe'or," name of an idolatrous cult in Biblical times). On p. 15, the Rebbe of Lubavitch is hailed as being at the forefront of the Chassidic Rebbes opposed to the Zionist project. See EJ, Vol. XIV, col. 1296