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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).
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