Kotel Hama'aravi. Exchange of letters regarding the status of the Western Wall during the reign of the Turks in Palestine

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

Not recorded

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

author

SONNENFELD, JOSEPH CHAIM

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

Tishrei, 1928

Description

Typed Letter Signed and stamped by Rabbi Sonnenfeld on his stationary. WITH: Additional letter from the Va'ad Haleumi

summary

The letter by the Va'ad Haleumi to Rabbi Sonnenfeld inquired about the relations between the Arabs and Jews who prayed at the Western Wall. Asked how conflicts were resolved and if violence ever ensued. They queried whether an Aron Hakodesh (Ark) was kept at the site and if Torah Scrolls were read from. They also inquired regarding the customs of a "mechitza" (separation) and use of lighted Menorah. Rabbi Sonnenfeld's responded that neither an Ark nor Torah Scrolls where brought to the Western Wall in the past, and he is not pleased with the present practice to do so. He is unable to supply any other circumstantial information

ff. 2 Lightly stained, central folds. Folio

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