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LOT 51:
Dispute between the Old Yishuv & New Yishuv. Historical document. Yerusholayim 1920.
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Dispute between the Old Yishuv & New Yishuv. Historical document. Yerusholayim 1920.
R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld/R. Moshe Nochum Vallerstein/R. Mordechai Leib Rubin/R. Yitzchok Frenkel.
During the British Mandate a bitter fight arose for control of Jerusalem’s Jewish community between the “Old Yishuv” and the Zionist movement. To settle the issue, the Mandatory authorities ordered a vote. Aware that the Old Yishuv would not allow their women to vote, the Zionist and Mizrachi organizations urged all of their own women to vote, in an underhand effort to win this historic battle.
This Psak Din issued in 1920 by the Eidah Ha’Chareidis forbids women to serve in a communal position or to vote. This therefore called into question the validity of the election, which resulted in control of the communal infrastructure (including the rabbinate), passing to the new Yishuv. The echoes of this epic struggle remain prevalent today.
This is very shortly after the founding of the Eidah Ha’Chareidis and is signed by the Ga’avad: R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, Ra’avad: R. Nochum Vallerstein, (previously of the Perushim Bais Din) and the Dayanim R. Mordechai Leib Rubin and R. Yitzchok Frenkel.
13.5 by 20 cm. Overall good condition. Ink faded and some water stains.
Opening bid $400
