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Collection of Interesting Letters handwritten by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ha'Cohen Kook to Zionist leaders/Letters by ...

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Collection of Interesting Letters handwritten by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ha'Cohen Kook to Zionist leaders/Letters by His Leading Disciples
A. Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ha'Cohen Kook to "The exalted Sir, Mr. Dr. Ya'akov Tohn" on the matter of two litigants. At the end of the letter, a rare reference to "letters that have come into my hands from the traceller to Yemen", that is, DR. Shmuel Yavni'eli who was sent by Arthir Rupin to Yemen in order to bring the Yemen Jews to the Land of Israel. It is common knowledge that Rabbi Kook was involved in this secret affair. The letter was not printed in the book "Igrot Ha'Re'aya'.
An early letter which was written when Rabbi Kook served as the rabbi of Jaffa on Adar 2, 1911. Written on official stationery. 8 lines and a signature. Condition: Very Good.
B. Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ha'Cohen Kook to Professor Pick about helping a young man "with a Talmudic talent, who is fluent in several languages and is intelligent and smart" find employment. From Kislev 19, 1920. 7 lines and a signature. On official stationery. The letter was not printed in the book "Igrot Ha'Re'aya'. Condition: Good. Filing holes.
C. Letter by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ha'Cohen Kook to "the honorable consul of the Egyptian government" in Jerusalem. Elul 1, 1929. The content of the letter: a request for a visa "for my sister's son Mr. Nachum Ha'Meiri". Typewritten. Rabbi Kook's signature and stamp on the margins of the letter. Condition: Good. Tears and wrinkels.
D. Letter by the heads and managers of the 'Merkaz Ha'rav' Yeshiva, Rabbi Ya'akov Mosh eHarlap and Rabbi Shalom Natan Ra'anan-Kook, to one of the wealthy men who supported the yeshiva. Typewritten, with their signatures on the margins of the letter. After his name, Rabbi Ra'anan signed: "the son-in-law of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ha'Cohen Kook". Rabbi Harlap's stamp and a stamp of the yeshiva. 1939. Condition: good. Slight tears.
E. Letter by Rabbi Shalom Natan Ra'anan-Kook to one of the wealthy men who supported the 'Merkaz Ha'Rav' Yeshiva. Typewritten with Rabbi Ra'anan's signature as above. 1939. Condition: Good. Slight tears.

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