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Auction 27 · Lot 317
(Rabbi of Bialystok, founder of Religious Zionism, 1824-1898). Autograph Letter Signed Letter concerning Chovevei Zion activity
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
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author
MOHILEVER, SAMUEL
Place
Bialystok
Publication
21st Adar, 1890
summary
In this letter addressed to Rabbi Abraham Greenberg, Mohilever writes that he has received letters from several communities, most notably Moscow, requesting that they be involved in the process of choosing the leaders of the “Palestine Committee” about to be formed in Odessa, hub of Chovevei Zion activity.
In 1890 Mohilever was among the first speakers at the Odessa founding assembly of The Society in Support of Jewish Farmers and Artisans in Syria and Palestine (the official name of the Odessa Committee of Chovevei Zion). Subsequently he led a fact-finding mission to Eretz Israel. His findings were published upon his return: “The Purpose of My Trip to the Holy Land.” Mohilever was considered one of the great rabbis of Russia, being an outstanding student of the Volozhin Yeshiva. See EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 217-219; Leo Jung (ed.) Men of the Spirit (1964) pp. 415-36
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