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Auction 13 · Lot 442

(First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1865-1934). Collection of c. 61, autograph and typed letters, signed. Most on headed paper and with stamp. Few signed by his son, Tzvi Judah Kook, son-in-law Shalom Nathan Ra’anan Kook and by Jacob Moses Charlap

Estimate
$6,000–$7,000
Hammer price
$5,500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

KOOK, ABRAHAM ISAAC

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summary

Includes: Din Torah (mediation) between Kollel America and Va’ad Kellali Kneseth Yisrael. * An appeal written in Yiddish to Jews in America seeking support for the Diskin Orphanage (with 40 other signatures). * Appeals for funds to enable imigration of various scholars. * Letters concerning the indigent scholars of R. Kook’s Yeshivah. * Requests to find recaltricant husbands, etc.
Variously worn. Lg. 4to and smaller
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