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LOT 17:
A defiant letter against traditional Judaism and rabbis by Itamar Ben Avi'. Tammuz 1935
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A defiant letter against traditional Judaism and rabbis by Itamar Ben Avi'. Tammuz 1935
'Please live! - Letter to Rabbis of Eretz Israel in the Diaspora as well - A harsh letter in which he attacks, defies, criticizes, and disgraces Itamar Ben-Avi the traditional Judaism and orthodox rabbis. Tammuz 1935.
Ben Avi' formulated his claims against traditional Judaism and sent the same wording to a number of rabbis in Israel and abroad. The letter before us was sent to Dr. Ehrenfreze - Chief Rabbi of the Queen of Sweden Stockholm, whom he calls 'Mori and Rabbi'. And adds that he received many answers from important rabbis and specifically mentions Rabbi Chaim Nahum, 'head of the Egyptian rabbis', who agreed with him that It's time for his "religious revival".
Because of the many words of blasphemy in the letter, we do not quote excerpts from it, but we should note that the main point of Ben Avi is that he fails to associate the traditional words of prayer with contemporary reality, and proposes to make changes to the traditional form of prayer, and said that not G-d don't need all jewish prayers, and requests that instead of traditional religious ceremonies, shorter and less 'burdensome' ceremonies be performed. Signature of Ben Avi' twice, at the end of the things he wrote in his handwriting to Dr. Ehrenfreise, and at the end of the letter. A copy of this letter, which has been sent to a number of rabbis as mentioned, appears in the Zionist archive.
Itamar (Ben-Zion) Ben-Yehuda 1882-1943: "The First Hebrew Child," the son of the Hebrew language arousing Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, a Hebrew journalist and Zionist activist.
4 leaves. Filing holes, very good condition.
