Rabbi Kook - Letters and Paper Items

Rabbi Kook - Letters and Paper Items
Several letters by Rabbi Kook and letters written on his behalf relating to Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Birnbaum, Rabbi of Jida (Ramat Yishai) in the Jezreel Valley, and later Rabbi of Pardes Hanna: • Letter signed by Rabbi Kook authorizing Rabbi Birnbaum, Rabbi of Jida, on behalf of the Chief Rabbinate to arrange Kiddushin and Nisu'in in Pardes Hanna and its area. Jerusalem 1931. • Letter with the signature and stamp of Rabbi Kook, requesting Pardes Hanna's settlement committee to include Rabbi Birnbaum "who is the local rabbi for the past years", in the plans for renovation of the Mikveh and to ask his advice on this matter. Jerusalem 1935. • Letter written in the name of Rabbi Kook on his official stationery, in the handwriting of his son-in-law Rabbi Shalom Natan Ra'anan, to Rabbi Birnbaum with "words of Torah" (Divrei Torah). Jerusalem 1931. • Draft of a letter, type-written, to Rabbi Avraham Palovsky of Pardes Hanna, in which Rabbi Kook responds to various objections raised against Rabbi Birnbaum. (The letter was printed with variations in the Da'at Cohen responsa, Siman 16).
Enclosed: • A copy of the ruling pronounced by the arbitrators headed by Rabbi Kook (handwriting and type-written). • Booklet Le'Shlosha Be'Elul – for Rabbi Kook's third Jahrzeit. Jerusalem 1938.
6 items, varied size and condition.