Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
Letters to Rabbi Kook - US Rabbis and Other People
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Diverse collection of letters sent to Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel.
· Letter by Rabbi Moshe Zevulun Margaliot, about attaining a visa for Aliya to Eretz Israel. NY, 1932. Rabbi Zevulun Margaliot (1851-1936), Rabbi of Boston (and later in NY) was a leading US rabbi.
· Letter by Rabbi Shalom Elchanan HaLevi Yaffe, concerning a dispute between a man and his wife. NY, 1911. Rabbi Elchanan HaLevi Yaffe (1858-1924), Rabbi in St. Louis (and later in NY), was a leading US rabbi.
· Letter by Yitzchak Glickson, "On behalf of the committee of Moshav Nachalat Ya'akov". A request for halachic guidance (regarding the laws of kil'ayim) planting Vicia with oats. Written in Jerusalem, Elul 1927.
· Letter of Torah teachings [laws of Ma'aser], by Rabbi Shmuel Feinstein. Petach Tikva, 1913. Rabbi Feinstein (1855-1932), alumni of the Volozhin Yeshiva (he became acquainted with Rabbi Kook during the time they both studied in the yeshiva), settled in Petach Tikva upon his Aliya to Eretz Israel and worked in the orchards of the Baron Rothschild.
· Letter from the rabbis of the Beit Chatam Sofer Yeshiva in Safed, regarding monetary support from the estate of the "late Kaduri from Shanghai". Safed, 1923.
· Letter by Rabbi "Michel HaLevi --?", requesting a letter of recommendation for immigration to Eretz Israel. Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislav), 1935.
· Letter by Rabbi Zvi Hirsh son of R' David of Levice, requesting monetary support. Gomel, 1935. With postage envelope.
· Letter by Rabbi Chaim Milikovsky of Slonim, student of the Mir Yeshiva, requesting assistance in attaining an exemption from the army, enclosed with 3 leaves of novellae on Tractate Pe'ah. Mir, 1936. Renowned Torah prodigy, one of the leading students at Mir Yeshiva. Later became the son-in-law of the Amshinov Rebbe and father of the current Amshinov Rebbe.
· Interesting letter, written in flowery language, by Rabbi Gershon son of R' Mordechai Melamed. Slavita, 1934.
· Letter on the topic of "Beliefs and principles", by "M. Ben Yehonatan". Jerusalem, 1924.
· Letter of Torah teachings, by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Shach. Jaffa, 1925. (1847-1929, served as Dayan of the Jaffa Beit Din and the settlements. Was murdered in the riots of 1929 while residing in Motza).
· Letter by Rabbi Shimon Trebnik. Snovsk, 1935. Rabbi Shimon Trebnik Av Beit Din of Snovsk, later teacher in the Kol Ya'akov Yeshiva in Moscow.
12 letters, size and condition vary.
· Letter by Rabbi Moshe Zevulun Margaliot, about attaining a visa for Aliya to Eretz Israel. NY, 1932. Rabbi Zevulun Margaliot (1851-1936), Rabbi of Boston (and later in NY) was a leading US rabbi.
· Letter by Rabbi Shalom Elchanan HaLevi Yaffe, concerning a dispute between a man and his wife. NY, 1911. Rabbi Elchanan HaLevi Yaffe (1858-1924), Rabbi in St. Louis (and later in NY), was a leading US rabbi.
· Letter by Yitzchak Glickson, "On behalf of the committee of Moshav Nachalat Ya'akov". A request for halachic guidance (regarding the laws of kil'ayim) planting Vicia with oats. Written in Jerusalem, Elul 1927.
· Letter of Torah teachings [laws of Ma'aser], by Rabbi Shmuel Feinstein. Petach Tikva, 1913. Rabbi Feinstein (1855-1932), alumni of the Volozhin Yeshiva (he became acquainted with Rabbi Kook during the time they both studied in the yeshiva), settled in Petach Tikva upon his Aliya to Eretz Israel and worked in the orchards of the Baron Rothschild.
· Letter from the rabbis of the Beit Chatam Sofer Yeshiva in Safed, regarding monetary support from the estate of the "late Kaduri from Shanghai". Safed, 1923.
· Letter by Rabbi "Michel HaLevi --?", requesting a letter of recommendation for immigration to Eretz Israel. Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislav), 1935.
· Letter by Rabbi Zvi Hirsh son of R' David of Levice, requesting monetary support. Gomel, 1935. With postage envelope.
· Letter by Rabbi Chaim Milikovsky of Slonim, student of the Mir Yeshiva, requesting assistance in attaining an exemption from the army, enclosed with 3 leaves of novellae on Tractate Pe'ah. Mir, 1936. Renowned Torah prodigy, one of the leading students at Mir Yeshiva. Later became the son-in-law of the Amshinov Rebbe and father of the current Amshinov Rebbe.
· Interesting letter, written in flowery language, by Rabbi Gershon son of R' Mordechai Melamed. Slavita, 1934.
· Letter on the topic of "Beliefs and principles", by "M. Ben Yehonatan". Jerusalem, 1924.
· Letter of Torah teachings, by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Shach. Jaffa, 1925. (1847-1929, served as Dayan of the Jaffa Beit Din and the settlements. Was murdered in the riots of 1929 while residing in Motza).
· Letter by Rabbi Shimon Trebnik. Snovsk, 1935. Rabbi Shimon Trebnik Av Beit Din of Snovsk, later teacher in the Kol Ya'akov Yeshiva in Moscow.
12 letters, size and condition vary.
Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material