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Mikhtav Galui, R. Abraham Isaac Kook, Jerusalem 1930/35

מכתב גלוי - Only Edition

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  • Lot Number 49218
  • Title (English) Mikhtav Galui
  • Title (Hebrew) מכתב גלוי
  • Note Only Edition
  • Author R. Abraham Isaac Kook
  • City Jerusalem
  • Publisher Weiss
  • Publication Date 1930/35
  • Estimated Price - Low 200
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  • Item # 1524735
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Physical Description:

Only edition, octavo, 13 pp. 145:110 mm., nice margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in later boards.

 

Detailed Description:   

Only edition of this appeal by chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook for assistance for the Jews after the Hebron Massacre of 1929 from Jews outside of Israel. R. Kook acknowledges that the worst victims have been taken care of but other Jews who have suffered badly remain in need. At the end are a list of yeshivot, organizations, and hospitals to which aid can be sent.

R. Abraham Isaac Kook (Kuk. 1865–1935), rabbinical authority and thinker; first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of modern Ereẓ Israel. Born in Greiva (now Griva), Latvia, Kook received the type of Jewish education that was customary in 19th-century Eastern Europe. At a very early age he showed independence of mind and far-reaching curiosity. Desirous to supplement his traditional education which was restricted to the study of Talmud, he undertook the study of the Bible, Hebrew language, Jewish and general philosophy, and mysticism. In 1888 he was appointed rabbi of Zaumel, and in 1895 became rabbi of Bausk (now Bauska). In 1904 he immigrated to Ereẓ Israel, where he served as rabbi of Jaffa and the surrounding towns. There he fostered close ties with people of all shades of opinion and belief. He identified with the Zionist movement, thus antagonizing the rabbinical establishment, and at the same time, engaged in a vigorous debate with the irreligious pioneers and laid the foundations for a Religious Zionism that did not settle for the political pragmatism of the Mizrachi (the Religious Zionist Movement) or that of Binyamin Ze'ev Theodor Herzl , the founder of the Zionist Movement, but sought to view Zionism as a process of redemption, of repentance, and of an overall Jewish renaissance. Rabbi Kook was a man of complexity whose persona unified opposing spiritual worlds: the Lithuanian Torah scholarship with the ḥasidic spiritual experience, a commitment to halakhah and Jewish tradition with a modern worldview and Western culture and philosophy, a tendency towards spirituality and mysticism with full involvement in the practical matters of rabbinic and public leadership.

 

Hebrew Description:   

.מכתב גלוי לאחינו שבגולה : ... על הישוב היהודי בא"י בא אסון גדול, בנפש בבנין וברכוש, על ידי התפרצותה של שנאה לאומית מוסתה ומטופחה יום יום במשך שנים ... העזרה שהיהדות העולמית הגישה לאר"י לעזרה במצבה הקשה נתנת כאן רק לאלה שסבלו מהמוארעות באופן ישר ... ובהיות שהמצוקה הכלכלית בסבת המאורעות פגעה בעיקר ובכל כבדה במקומות שישובם מעורב, וביחוד בירושלם, אנו רואים בשלילת העזרה הזאת פגיעה ישרה, אם לא מכוונה בישוב הישן ... / ת"ת וישיבת עץ חיים: יחיאל מיכל טיקוצינסקי, שלמה זלמן זלזניק -- הועד הכללי כנסת ישראל: נחמן גדליה ברודר, אשר זוסמן, נחום צבי יפה -- ישיבת תורת חיים -- ת"ת וישיבת חיי עולם -- ת"ת וישיבת מאה שערים -- ישיבת מרכז הרב -- ישיבת שער השמים -- בקור חיים הוספיטל -- מושב זקנים המאוחד -- בית היתומות הכללי -- בית החולים משגב לדך -- ועד התאחדות בתי כנסת.

 

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