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Auction 17 · Lot 448

Collection of posters, pamphlets and documents pertaining to various controversies surrounding R. Kook, and his appointment as Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem

Estimate
$700–$1,000
Hammer price
$1,200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(KOOK, ABRAHAM ISAAC).

Place

Israel

Publication

v.d

summary

Includes: 1. Letter from Rabbi Joseph Rosen (The Rogatchover Gaon), against Rabbi Kook. 2. Kol Koreh Me'Heichal, 1920. Announcement nullifying his appointment, signed by over 60 members including the Beth Din of the Ashkenazic community of Jerusalem. 3. Teromimeno Karnot Tzadik, 1921. In support of Rabbi Kook, protesting the malicious slander by unscrupulous individuals. Signed by 135 notables including members of the Beth Din, Roshei Yeshiva, institutional leaders and other scholars and communal leaders. 4. Yerushalayim Mevaseret, 1920. Announcing Rabbi Kook's arrival. 5. Macha'ah Geluya (open protest), 1933. Against the Agudath Israel organization 'Kol Yisrael' for insulting Rabbi Kook. 6. Letter in the name of Rabbi Yitchak Yerucham Diskin, 1922. In support of Rabbi Kook calling him a Tzaddik and casting aspresions on that Rabbi Sonnenfeld. 7. Ephemera signed by R.S.B. Shulman defending Rabbi Kook's actions and stating that Z. Jabotinsky's report was incorrect
ff. 7. Loose as issued. Various conditions, v.s
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