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Lot 217

Letter of R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook – On the Machazikei HaDat Community in London – Jerusalem, 1932

Letter of R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel. Jerusalem, Adar II 1932.


Typewritten with signature and several additional lines in his handwriting. Addressed to R. Yechezkel Abramsky in London, who was appointed rabbi of the Machazikei HaDat community in London that year. The letter calls for assistance to the "international central yeshiva". After his signature, R. Kook adds a postscript expressing his heartfelt regards and esteem for the community.
R. Abramsky had escaped Russia in 1932 (after much persecution and imprisonment) and reached England, where he was appointed rabbi of the Machazikei HaDat community in London, where R. Kook had previously served, during his stay in London during World War I.


[1] leaf. Official stationery. 28.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.

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