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Auction 33 · Lot 195
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
- Estimate
- $700–$1,000
- Hammer price
- $1,200
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Jerusalem
Publication
4th Shevat, 1921
Description
Autograph Letter Signed on letterhead of “Council of the Ashkenasic Jewish Community, Jerusalem,” written by Baruch Reuben Solomon Jungreis, Honorary Secretary, presenting his account of the events leading up to the assumption of the Chief Rabbinate of Eretz Israel by Rabbi Kook. Addressed to “Leon Hosiery Mil[linery], Philadelphia.”
summary
The majority of the pious Jews of Jerusalem opposed the selection of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook as the Aschkenazic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem due to his pro-Zionist leanings. This letter details the antagonism provoked by the rabbi's opponents upon Rabbi Kook’s first arrival to Eretz Israel from his exile in London.
A detailed account of the letter accompanies the Lot.
Seven pages. Black ink on ruled paper. Final page with blue stamp of “Waad Hair of the Ashkenas Jewish Community, Jerusalem.” Tear to top of first page. Creased, stapled
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