Hazmanah. Chacham Ba La'ir! [“Invitation. A Sage Comes to the City!”]

(KOOK, ABRAHAM ISAAC HAKOHEN)

R. I.N. Levy, (circa May 13th)

Jaffa

1904

Broadside, lettering printed in gilt within decorative border with emblem of City of Jaffa

Rabbi Kook Arrives in the Holy Land. This historic document announces the ship carrying Jaffa's newly appointed Rabbi, Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook, is soon scheduled to dock. The Va'ad ha-Ir [Municipality] hereby extends an invitation to participate in the welcoming committee. Rabbi Kook left the rabbinate of Bausk, Latvia in order to assume the position of Rabbi of Jaffa and the surrounding agricultural settlements. Eventually, he would go on to become the first Aschkenazic Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel