Bidspirit auction | CHIEF RABBINATE OF ISRAEL. LOT


CHIEF RABBINATE OF ISRAEL. LOT OF VARIOUS LETTERS. - RISHON L’ZION. RABBI JACOB MEIR. TERM OF OFFICE 1921–1939. Typed letter, signed in Hebrew and English, on personal letterhead. Dated Dec. 1933, written to R. Shmuel Tiktin on New York in response to an enquiry about the Rishon L’Zion’s sefarim. Fair condition, some tears along folds. CHIEF RABBI YITZCHAK ISSAC HERZOG. TERM OF OFFICE 1936–1949. Typed letter, signed in English, on the letterhead of the Office of the Chief Rabbi. Dated Feb. 15th 1943, written to benefactor in New York thanking him for a generous donation. Makes mention of the situation of refugees from Europe and their terrible plight. Fine condition, some folds. RISHON L’ZION. RABBI BENZION UZIEL. TERM OF OFFICE 1939–1954. Typed letter, signed in Hebrew, on personal letterhead. Dated 1952, written on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of a girls orphanage. Fine condition, some folds, reinforced with tape. CHIEF RABBI ISSER YEHUDA UNTERMAN. TERM OF OFFICE 1964–1972. Typed letter signed in Hebrew. Dated 1962, during his tenure as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv. Written to the offices of Ezras Torah in New York regarding charitable activities. Fine condition, some folds. Lot includes carbon copy of a typed letter, signed in Hebrew, by Rabbi A. Y. Kook to Rabbi Aaron Hyman of London, concerning the raising of funds for R. Kook’s Yeshiva.