Letter by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook [Abraham Isaac Kook], to Baroness Adelheid Rothschild. Typewritten in French. The letter concludes with 3 Hebrew lines, handwritten by Rabbi Kook, with his signature: "…Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, Rabbi of Jaffa and the settlements". At the end of the letter is another signature in Latin letters: "A. I. Kuck". Jaffa, 1914.
The letter contains a call to renew the support for the Etz Chaim Talmud Torah and Yeshiva in Jerusalem, an institute founded in 1841. Its alumni include many outstanding figures, rabbis, tradesmen and community activists. Mentioned in the letter are the Baroness' father and Sir Moses Montefiore and his wife Yehudit who routinely funded the Etz Chaim Yeshiva. Rabbi Kook requests that the Baroness recommence sending donations, "I see the urgency to do everything possible for the benefit of Judaism and the holy sites in Jerusalem and for the benefit of Etz Chaim".
2 leaves of official stationery, good-fair condition, creases and filing holes.