(First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1865-1935). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to the Fifteenth Zionist Congress.

KOOK, AVRAHAM YITZCHAK HAKOHEN

18th Av

Jerusalem

1927

On the importance that sanctity permeate the entirety of Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel.

Rav Kook urges members of the Zionist Congress to forbid official sports activity from taking place on the Sabbath and Festivals. Only then will “the desire of the Zionist youth to strengthen their muscles and courage take its ideal influence and so have a purifying effect.”