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Auction 60 · Lot 329
A group of ten letters: Autograph Letters Signed by Rabbi Kook; with two Typed Letters Signed by Rabbi Kook and others.
- Estimate
- $2,500–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $2,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
KOOK, ABRAHAM ISAAC.
Place
Jaffa-Jerusalem
Publication
1912-35
Description
In Hebrew, one in English; all but one on various letterheads. Pertaining to various private and public matters.
summary
Subject matters of letters include: A rumor that the “Arabs wishes to attack the Jews while the Christians and the Government silently support them… We must save our nation and dispose of daily business matters even if it is only a rumor.” (Adar-Beith, 1913.) * Concerns the widow and daughter of the Maggid R. Elyakim Getzel of Dvinsk who were to be illegaly evicted from their apartment (verso of letter with autograph support from R. Isser Zalman Meltzer on the same matter. * A Din Torah pertaining to charities collected in America (also signed by R. Tzvi Pesach Frank and R. Eliyahu Rom.) * An Autograph Letter Signed by R. Yaakov Moshe Charlap requesting a monthly stipend in support of R. Zelig Reuven Bengis, Ra’avad of the Eidah HaChareidith (1943).
Various sizes and condition.
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