collection of Broadsides: Abraham Isaac Kook

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: $1,300

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

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF )

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v.p.

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1935

Description

Group of c.31 broadsides relating to the failing health and passing of the Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi. Includes an announcement of a Day of Prayer for the ailing “Abraham Isaac Hezekiah Hakohen Kook, son of Pera Zlata.” * Call by the Jerusalem chapter of Agudath Israel to participate in the funeral of Rabbi Kook. * Numerous eulogies, etc

summary

The first broadside is remarkable for the addition of the name “Hezekiah” to the ailing Chief Rabbi (done at the behest of his disciple R. Jacob Moses Charlap. The second mentioned is remarkable due to the extreme ideological breech that existed between the Agudah and Rabbi Kook

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