Manuscript of Rabbi Ben-Zion Chai Uziel – Sermon for Rosh HaShanah

Manuscript of Rabbi Ben-Zion Chai Uziel – Sermon for Rosh HaShanah
Manuscript, sermon for Rosh HaShanah, handwritten by Rabbi Ben-Zion Chai Uziel, Chief Rabbi of the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa community. [C. 1930].
Rabbi Ben-Zion Chai Uziel (1881-1953), was born in Jerusalem to his father, Rabbi Yosef Refael, of an old-established family of Rabbis in Jerusalem, descendants of the "Chikrei Lev". In 1910, he was appointed Chief Rabbi to the Sephardic community in Jaffa. In 1921, he became Chief Rabbi of Salonica and in 1923, Chief Rabbi to the community of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa. He was in London in 1939 as an emissary and representative of the Jewish settlement in Eretz Yisrael, in that same year he was appointed Chief Rabbi and Rishon LeTziyon of Eretz Yisrael. Included in his writings are "Mishpatei Uziel", "Michmanei Uziel", "Hashofet veHamishpat" and more books.
4 Pages, official writing paper, 29.5 cm. very good condition.