(Kabbalist, 1899-2006). Typed Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Menachem Porush.

KADOURIE, YITZHAK

24th Adar

(Jerusalem)

1978

Requests the head of the Agudath Israel party to assist in procuring a young woman’s release from the IDF, in which she enlisted “by mistake, due to the influences of her friends.”

Baghdad-born Haham Yitzhak Kadoori of Jerusalem was a world-renowned Kabbalist who devoted his life to Torah study. He was regarded as a miracle-worker, offering cures to those seeking solutions to personal and spiritual struggles. Thousands of supplicants sought his blessing, and the personalized amulets he gave certain followers were seen to have great effect.