Lot 303
Two Letters Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook - Jaffa, 1905
Two letters handwritten and signed by R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, rabbi of Jaffa and the colonies. Jaffa, 1905.
Addressed to the committee of the Rishon LeTzion colony. R. Kook encourages the members of the committee to firmly uphold the communal regulations - "So that the colony’s policies should not be trampled by any individual, and why not summon him to a Din Torah…". R. Kook warns them that "such a breach, of shrugging off the bonds of public responsibility, can progressively widen, if it is not fenced off from the start". Both letters pertain to an affair concerning a veteran member of the colony, who was hardening his heart and refusing to provide financial support to his sick, "abandoned and wretched" grandchild. R. Kook urges the members of the committee "to force him to give charity".
These letters were not printed in Igrot HaRaayah, and they document the authority R. Avraham Yitzchak Kook bore as district rabbi of the new colonies in Eretz Israel, during his tenure as rabbi of Jaffa.
2 letters. Official stationery. Approx. 23 cm. Fair condition. Wear and tears, not affecting text. Stains and foxing. Filing holes. Marginal paper repairs to one letter.
