Auction 38
Lot 175:
Typewritten letter from the 25th of Cheshvan 1963, addressed to rabbis leading the American and Canadian Agudas Rabbanim, in which the letter describes the great danger posed by the missionizing organizations in Israel: “mission bodies that oppress the souls of the youth as a result of their impatience and difficult economic circumstances … There is an urgent need for large-scale prevention and rescue operations, and this requires large financial means … which we will not be able to achieve without the help of the Diaspora… It is necessary that great pressure be put to bear to legislate a law forbidding the activities of the missionaries lest the foundations of the nation be ‘tattooed’, God forbid, to stand aside at this crucial hour …”. Signed with their signature and official seal, the geonim, nine in the following number:
Rabbi Yaakov Landau Av Beit Din of Bnei Brak,
Rabbi Simcha HaKohen Kaplan Av Beit Din of Safed and the District,
the late Rabbi Elimelech Bar Shaul the late Rabbi of Rehovot,
the late Rabbi Raphael HaCohen Kook, the late Rabbi of Tiberias and the District.
Rabbi Yekutiel Azrieli Koshlovsky of Zichron Yaakov.
Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Mishkovsky Rabbi of Kfar Hassidim ztl.
Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig Diskin of Pardes Chana.
Rabbi Ephraim Sokolover Av Beit Din of Raanana ztl.
Rabbi Shlomo Noah Karol Rabbi of Moshav Hemed ztl.
Dimensions: 20X27.5 cm. Folding marks, stain from an office staple, good general condition.
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